Japanese Non-league Football News

There was a double-header of fixtures over Saturday and Sunday of the holiday weekend in the Chugoku League. Previous front-runners Sagawa Kyubin Chugoku were without a game and Renofa Yamaguchi took full advantage to move top, following wins over Mazda SC and Hitachi Manufacturing Kasado... Dezzolla Shimane - the former FC Central Chugoku - are second, despite having only drawn with newcomers FC Ube Yahhh-man... in fact Yamaguchi's Ube and the other team promoted from the Prefectural Leagues, NTN Okayama, are both putting up a good showing in their first ever Regional League campaign...

Sat 03 May: FC Ube Yahhh-man 5-0 JFE Steel Western Japan Fukuyama
Sat 03 May: Hitachi Manufacturing Kasado 1-2 Dezzolla Shimane
Sat 03 May: Mazda SC 1-2 Renofa Yamaguchi
Sat 03 May: NTN Okayama 1-0 Hiroshima Fujita SC

Sun 04 May: FC Ube Yahhh-man 1-1 Dezzolla Shimane
Sun 04 May: Hiroshima Fujita SC 3-0 Mazda SC
Sun 04 May: Renofa Yamaguchi 6-2 Hitachi Manufacturing Kasado

1. Renofa Yamaguchi 10 (+6)
2. Dezzolla Shimane 7 (+1)
3. Sagawa Kyubin Chugoku 6 (+7)
4. NTN Okayama 6 (+2)
5. FC Ube Yahhh-man 5 (+5)
6. Hiroshima Fujita SC 3 (-1)
7. Hitachi Manufacturing Kasado 3 (-4)
8. Mazda SC 3 (-8)
9. JFE Steel Western Japan Fukuyama 0 (-8)