Japanese Non-league Football News

Tochigi SC and new boys Fagiano Okayama maintained their perfect starts to the JFL season on Sunday, Tochigi destroying Mitsubishi Mizushima 5-0 to go top on goal difference. Fagiano's achievement is all the more impressive when one considers how difficult their fixtures have been - they came from behind to win away at 2007 champions Sagawa Shiga FC... the individual performance of the day came at Sony Sendai, for whom Goshi Okubo scored four times against Sagawa Printing...

Sun 23 Mar: Gainare Tottori 0-1 JEF Reserves
Sun 23 Mar: Honda FC 1-0 FC Ryukyu
Sun 23 Mar: Kataller Toyama 2-1 Arte Takasaki
Sun 23 Mar: Mio Biwako Kusatsu 1-0 New Wave Kitakyushu
Sun 23 Mar: Ryutsu Keizai University 1-1 TDK SC
Sun 23 Mar: Sagawa Shiga FC 1-2 Fagiano Okayama
Sun 23 Mar: Sony Sendai 5-1 Sagawa Printing
Sun 23 Mar: Tochigi SC 5-0 Mitsubishi Mizushima
Sun 23 Mar: Yokogawa Musashino 2-2 FC Kariya

1. Tochigi SC 9 (+8)
2. Fagiano Okayama 9 (+3)
3. Yokogawa Musashino 7 (+2)
4. Mio Biwako Kusatsu 7 (+2)
5. Sony Sendai 6 (+5)
6. Honda FC 6 (+3)
7. Gainare Tottori 6 (+2)
8. FC Kariya 4 (+2)
9. Kataller Toyama 4 (-)
10. JEF Reserves 4 (-2)
11. New Wave Kitakyushu 2 (-1)
12. Ryutsu Keizai University 2 (-2)
13. TDK SC 2 (-2)
14. Sagawa Printing 2 (-4)
15. Mitsubishi Mizushima 2 (-5)
16. Sagawa Shiga FC 1 (-2)
17. FC Ryukyu 0 (-4)
18. Arte Takasaki 0 (-5)