Japanese Non-league Football News

The weekend's JFL fixture list has been affected by the continuing participation of several clubs - including league leaders Sagawa Kyubin SC in the Emperor's Cup, but there was still some significant action on Saturday. Rosso Kumamoto took a step nearer to guaranteeing themselves a top four finish and a J2 place by beating FC Kariya, thanks to a single Takeshi Yamaguchi goal early in the second half.

But in fact all the top sides continued their recent good form. YKK AP cruised to a 4-0 win over FC Ryukyu to stay third and FC Gifu crept past Sony Sendai, Jorginho netting the vital winner six minutes from time. Still putting pressure on Gifu, however, are Alo's Hokuriku, for whom Hideyuki Ishida scored five times as they crushed bottom side Arte Takasaki 7-0.

There were also a couple of mid-table encounters, in which two goals in the first quarter-hour helped Yokogawa Musashino to a victory over Kanto neighbours JEF Reserves and Tochigi SC were pegged back to a 2-2 draw by Gainare Tottori.

Sat 03 Nov: Alo's Hokuriku 7-0 Arte Takasaki
Sat 03 Nov: FC Gifu 3-2 Sony Sendai
Sat 03 Nov: Rosso Kumamoto 1-0 FC Kariya
Sat 03 Nov: Tochigi SC 2-2 Gainare Tottori
Sat 03 Nov: YKK AP 4-0 FC Ryukyu
Sat 03 Nov: Yokogawa Musashino 2-0 JEF Reserves

1. Sagawa Kyubin SC 73 (+48)
2. Rosso Kumamoto 61 (+24)
3. YKK AP 54 (+14)
4. FC Gifu 53 (+11)
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5. Alo's Hokuriku 52 (+11)
6. Honda FC 48 (+18)
7. Yokogawa Musashino 45 (+4)
8. JEF Reserves 45 (+2)
9. Tochigi 42 (+11)
10. Ryutsu Keizai University 41 (+1)
11. Sagawa Printing 39 (-6)
12. Gainare Tottori 36 (-5)
13. TDK SC 34 (-)
14. Mitsubishi Mizushima 34 (-11)
15. Sony Sendai 34 (-16)
16. FC Kariya 27 (-20)
17. FC Ryukyu 23 (-39)
18. Arte Takasaki 6 (-47)