Japanese Non-league Football News

The JFL have held their annual Awards ceremony and announced the winners of this year's prizes, including the Player of the Year and Best Eleven line-up. Details as follows:

Player of the Year: Sho Gokyu (Sagawa Kyubin SC)
Rookie of the Year: Keisuke Kimoto (Alo's Hokuriku)
Coach of the Year: Masafumi Nakaguchi (Sagawa Kyubin SC)
Fighting Spirit Award: Toshiaki Hotta (Tochigi SC)

Best Eleven

GK Koichiro Morita (Sagawa Kyubin SC)
DF Takuya Tomiyama (Sagawa Kyubin SC)
DF Takashi Kageyama (Sagawa Kyubin SC)
DF Masayuki Ishii (Honda FC)
DF Ryosuke Horikiri (Honda FC)
MF Nobumitsu Yamane (Sagawa Kyubin SC)
MF Kento Hori (Sagawa Kyubin SC)
MF Shogo Shimada (Sagawa Kyubin SC)
MF Tomoaki Komorida (Rosso Kumamoto)
FW Sho Gokyu (Sagawa Kyubin SC)
FW Yutaka Takahashi (Rosso Kumamoto)

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