2007 Japan Football League

{{location map+|Japan Greater Tokyo area|width=450|caption = 2007 JFL teams

| places =

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|26.308612|127.820993}}|label_size=85|label=F.C. Ryūkyū}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|39|43|17.58|N|140|5|57.4|E}}|label_size=85|label=TDK S.C.}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|38|19|9|N|140|52|55|E}}|label_size=85|label=Sony Sendai}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|36.556667|139.986667}}|label_size=85|label=Tochigi S.C.}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|36|23|48.1|N|140|32|4.8|E}}|label_size=85|label=Ryutsu Keizai
University}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|36|19|18.8|N|139|0|11.8|E}}|label_size=85|label=Arte Takasaki|position=left}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|35.717441|139.568354}}|label_size=85|label=Yokogawa Musashino|position=top}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|35.527974|140.071639}}|label_size=85|label=JEF United Reserves}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{Coord|34|48|38.3|N|137|43|20.6|E}}|label_size=85|label=Honda
F.C.}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|34|59|21.4|N|137|0|7.7|E}}|label_size=85|label=F.C. Kariya}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|36|52|N|137|27|E}}|label_size=85|label=YKK AP|position=top}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|36.625056|137.195688}}|label_size=85|label=ALO's Hokuriku|position=left}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|35.441337|136.766052}}|label_size=85|label=F.C. Gifu|position=top}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|35|3|31|N|135|59|39|E}}|label_size=85|label=Sagawa Express|position=left}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|34|52|11|N|135|48|14|E}}|label_size=85|label=Sagawa
Printing|position=bottom}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|34|35|N|133|46|E}}|label_size=85|label=MM Mizushima|position=left}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|35|27|30|N|134|13|18|E}}|label_size=85|label=Gainare Tottori|position=left}}

{{location map~|Japan Greater Tokyo area|coordinates={{coord|32|50|13|N|130|48|0|E}}|label_size=85|label=Rosso Kumamoto}}

}}

It was contested by 18 teams, and Sagawa Express won the championship. The club was created before the season by merger of two Sagawa Express corporate clubs from Tokyo and Osaka.

SC Tottori were renamed to Gainare Tottori before the season.

TDK SC and FC Gifu were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series, the former promoted automatically and the latter won the play-off series against Honda Lock.

FC Gifu, Gainare Tottori and Tochigi SC were approved as J. League associate members at the annual meeting in January.

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=PR

|team1=SEX|name_SEX=Sagawa Express

|team2=ROS|pos_ROS=3|name_ROS=Rosso Kumamoto

|team3=GIF|name_GIF=FC Gifu

|team4=ALO|name_ALO=ALO's Hokuriku

|team5=HON|name_HON=Honda FC

|team6=YKK|name_YKK=YKK AP

|team7=YMC|name_YMC=Yokogawa Musashino

|team8=TOC|name_TOC=Tochigi SC

|team9=JER|name_JER=JEF Reserves

|team10=RKU|name_RKU=Ryutsu Keizai University

|team11=SON|name_SON=Sony Sendai

|team12=PRI|name_PRI=SP Kyoto

|team13=TDK|name_TDK=TDK SC

|team14=GAI|name_GAI=Gainare Tottori

|team15=MMM|name_MMM=Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima

|team16=KAR|name_KAR=FC Kariya

|team17=RYU|name_RYU=FC Ryukyu

|team18=ART|name_ART=Arte Takasaki

|win_SEX=26|draw_SEX=5|loss_SEX=3|gf_SEX=81|ga_SEX=31|status_SEX=C

|win_ROS=21|draw_ROS=6|loss_ROS=7|gf_ROS=65|ga_ROS=34|status_ROS=P

|win_GIF=17|draw_GIF=9|loss_GIF=8|gf_GIF=45|ga_GIF=31|status_GIF=P

|win_ALO=16|draw_ALO=11|loss_ALO=7|gf_ALO=50|ga_ALO=35

|win_HON=16|draw_HON=10|loss_HON=8|gf_HON=61|ga_HON=42

|win_YKK=16|draw_YKK=7|loss_YKK=11|gf_YKK=60|ga_YKK=53

|win_YMC=16|draw_YMC=6|loss_YMC=12|gf_YMC=50|ga_YMC=44

|win_TOC=14|draw_TOC=10|loss_TOC=10|gf_TOC=43|ga_TOC=29

|win_JER=14|draw_JER=10|loss_JER=10|gf_JER=50|ga_JER=45

|win_RKU=15|draw_RKU=5|loss_RKU=14|gf_RKU=58|ga_RKU=49

|win_SON=13|draw_SON=5|loss_SON=16|gf_SON=46|ga_SON=59

|win_PRI=13|draw_PRI=4|loss_PRI=17|gf_PRI=45|ga_PRI=57

|win_TDK=11|draw_TDK=9|loss_TDK=14|gf_TDK=49|ga_TDK=47

|win_GAI=10|draw_GAI=9|loss_GAI=15|gf_GAI=42|ga_GAI=51

|win_MMM=11|draw_MMM=2|loss_MMM=21|gf_MMM=36|ga_MMM=53

|win_KAR=8|draw_KAR=4|loss_KAR=22|gf_KAR=36|ga_KAR=59

|win_RYU=7|draw_RYU=6|loss_RYU=21|gf_RYU=38|ga_RYU=82

|win_ART=1|draw_ART=4|loss_ART=29|gf_ART=17|ga_ART=71

|note_SEX=Occupied the top place at the end of the first half of the season (17th week) and was automatically qualified for 2007 Emperor's Cup, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.

|note_ROS=J. League Associate Membership

|note_GIF=ROS

|note_TOC=ROS

|note_GAI=ROS

|col_P=#D0F0C0|text_P=Promotion to 2008 J. League Division 2

|note_res_P=Must hold J. League Associate Membership, finish no less than in fourth place and pass a final inspection by J. League to be promoted.

|result2=P|result3=P

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update= December 2, 2007

|source=[http://www.jfl.or.jp/archive/2007/result/result.html Japan Football League]

}}

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=ALO|team2=ART|team3=GAI|team4=GIF|team5=HON

|team6=JER|team7=KAR|team8=RKU|team9=MMM|team10=PRI

|team11=ROS|team12=RYU|team13=SEX|team14=SON|team15=TDK

|team16=TOC|team17=YKK|team18=YMC

|name_ALO=ALO's Hokuriku

|match_ALO_ART=7–0

|match_ALO_GAI=0–0

|match_ALO_GIF=0–0

|match_ALO_HON=1–2

|match_ALO_JER=3–3

|match_ALO_KAR=1–0

|match_ALO_RKU=3–1

|match_ALO_MMM=0–1

|match_ALO_PRI=1–0

|match_ALO_ROS=2–1

|match_ALO_RYU=2–0

|match_ALO_SEX=2–2

|match_ALO_SON=1–0

|match_ALO_TDK=2–2

|match_ALO_TOC=1–0

|match_ALO_YKK=2–1

|match_ALO_YMC=1–0

|name_ART=Arte Takasaki

|match_ART_ALO=0–0

|match_ART_GAI=1–0

|match_ART_GIF=0–2

|match_ART_HON=0–1

|match_ART_JER=0–4

|match_ART_KAR=1–1

|match_ART_RKU=1–3

|match_ART_MMM=1–3

|match_ART_PRI=1–2

|match_ART_ROS=1–2

|match_ART_RYU=1–2

|match_ART_SEX=1–4

|match_ART_SON=0–1

|match_ART_TDK=1–2

|match_ART_TOC=0–1

|match_ART_YKK=0–1

|match_ART_YMC=0–1

|name_GAI=Gainare Tottori

|match_GAI_ALO=2–1

|match_GAI_ART=2–1

|match_GAI_GIF=0–3

|match_GAI_HON=0–1

|match_GAI_JER=1–1

|match_GAI_KAR=1–1

|match_GAI_RKU=1–0

|match_GAI_MMM=0–1

|match_GAI_PRI=1–2

|match_GAI_ROS=3–1

|match_GAI_RYU=3–1

|match_GAI_SEX=0–3

|match_GAI_SON=1–1

|match_GAI_TDK=1–1

|match_GAI_TOC=0–2

|match_GAI_YKK=3–1

|match_GAI_YMC=2–2

|name_GIF=FC Gifu

|match_GIF_ALO=0–0

|match_GIF_ART=2–0

|match_GIF_GAI=4–2

|match_GIF_HON=0–1

|match_GIF_JER=1–2

|match_GIF_KAR=1–0

|match_GIF_RKU=3–0

|match_GIF_MMM=1–0

|match_GIF_PRI=1–3

|match_GIF_ROS=1–1

|match_GIF_RYU=1–0

|match_GIF_SEX=1–3

|match_GIF_SON=3–2

|match_GIF_TDK=1–0

|match_GIF_TOC=0–2

|match_GIF_YKK=3–3

|match_GIF_YMC=1–1

|name_HON=Honda FC

|match_HON_ALO=2–2

|match_HON_ART=2–2

|match_HON_GAI=1–1

|match_HON_GIF=0–1

|match_HON_JER=4–2

|match_HON_KAR=1–3

|match_HON_RKU=0–6

|match_HON_MMM=2–0

|match_HON_PRI=4–1

|match_HON_ROS=2–4

|match_HON_RYU=4–0

|match_HON_SEX=2–2

|match_HON_SON=2–2

|match_HON_TDK=4–1

|match_HON_TOC=2–2

|match_HON_YKK=3–0

|match_HON_YMC=3–0

|name_JER=JEF Reserves

|match_JER_ALO=2–3

|match_JER_ART=2–1

|match_JER_GAI=2–1

|match_JER_GIF=1–2

|match_JER_HON=2–2

|match_JER_KAR=2–0

|match_JER_RKU=0–0

|match_JER_MMM=1–0

|match_JER_PRI=2–1

|match_JER_ROS=0–1

|match_JER_RYU=1–0

|match_JER_SEX=0–5

|match_JER_SON=3–1

|match_JER_TDK=3–2

|match_JER_TOC=0–2

|match_JER_YKK=1–1

|match_JER_YMC=0–0

|name_KAR=FC Kariya

|match_KAR_ALO=0–1

|match_KAR_ART=0–0

|match_KAR_GAI=1–0

|match_KAR_GIF=2–1

|match_KAR_HON=1–3

|match_KAR_JER=0–3

|match_KAR_RKU=3–2

|match_KAR_MMM=1–0

|match_KAR_PRI=0–3

|match_KAR_ROS=0–1

|match_KAR_RYU=2–2

|match_KAR_SEX=0–2

|match_KAR_SON=1–2

|match_KAR_TDK=3–0

|match_KAR_TOC=0–2

|match_KAR_YKK=1–2

|match_KAR_YMC=0–1

|name_RKU=Ryutsu Keizai University

|match_RKU_ALO=1–1

|match_RKU_ART=3–1

|match_RKU_GAI=4–2

|match_RKU_GIF=2–1

|match_RKU_HON=1–1

|match_RKU_JER=1–0

|match_RKU_KAR=1–0

|match_RKU_MMM=0–1

|match_RKU_PRI=0–3

|match_RKU_ROS=1–4

|match_RKU_RYU=1–0

|match_RKU_SEX=4–1

|match_RKU_SON=4–1

|match_RKU_TDK=0–1

|match_RKU_TOC=2–3

|match_RKU_YKK=3–0

|match_RKU_YMC=3–1

|name_MMM=Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima

|match_MMM_ALO=1–2

|match_MMM_ART=4–0

|match_MMM_GAI=0–2

|match_MMM_GIF=2–3

|match_MMM_HON=1–2

|match_MMM_JER=2–1

|match_MMM_KAR=3–1

|match_MMM_RKU=1–4

|match_MMM_PRI=1–1

|match_MMM_ROS=1–0

|match_MMM_RYU=3–4

|match_MMM_SEX=2–1

|match_MMM_SON=0–1

|match_MMM_TDK=0–1

|match_MMM_TOC=1–0

|match_MMM_YKK=0–1

|match_MMM_YMC=0–1

|name_PRI=SP Kyoto

|match_PRI_ALO=0–3

|match_PRI_ART=2–0

|match_PRI_GAI=2–4

|match_PRI_GIF=0–0

|match_PRI_HON=0–2

|match_PRI_JER=0–2

|match_PRI_KAR=0–1

|match_PRI_RKU=0–3

|match_PRI_MMM=2–1

|match_PRI_ROS=0–1

|match_PRI_RYU=3–1

|match_PRI_SEX=1–3

|match_PRI_SON=1–2

|match_PRI_TDK=1–0

|match_PRI_TOC=2–2

|match_PRI_YKK=2–2

|match_PRI_YMC=0–2

|name_ROS=Rosso Kumamoto

|match_ROS_ALO=2–0

|match_ROS_ART=1–0

|match_ROS_GAI=3–2

|match_ROS_GIF=0–1

|match_ROS_HON=1–1

|match_ROS_JER=0–1

|match_ROS_KAR=1–0

|match_ROS_RKU=2–1

|match_ROS_MMM=1–1

|match_ROS_PRI=6–3

|match_ROS_RYU=6–0

|match_ROS_SEX=1–1

|match_ROS_SON=1–1

|match_ROS_TDK=3–0

|match_ROS_TOC=1–0

|match_ROS_YKK=1–2

|match_ROS_YMC=3–2

|name_RYU=FC Ryukyu

|match_RYU_ALO=0–2

|match_RYU_ART=3–1

|match_RYU_GAI=1–2

|match_RYU_GIF=0–1

|match_RYU_HON=2–1

|match_RYU_JER=3–3

|match_RYU_KAR=3–4

|match_RYU_RKU=3–3

|match_RYU_MMM=2–1

|match_RYU_PRI=0–1

|match_RYU_ROS=0–4

|match_RYU_SEX=1–3

|match_RYU_SON=2–2

|match_RYU_TDK=0–8

|match_RYU_TOC=1–0

|match_RYU_YKK=2–3

|match_RYU_YMC=0–0

|name_SEX=Sagawa Express

|match_SEX_ALO=4–0

|match_SEX_ART=2–1

|match_SEX_GAI=2–0

|match_SEX_GIF=2–1

|match_SEX_HON=1–1

|match_SEX_JER=1–1

|match_SEX_KAR=3–2

|match_SEX_RKU=4–0

|match_SEX_MMM=3–1

|match_SEX_PRI=1–0

|match_SEX_ROS=1–0

|match_SEX_RYU=4–0

|match_SEX_SON=3–0

|match_SEX_TDK=1–0

|match_SEX_TOC=1–0

|match_SEX_YKK=2–4

|match_SEX_YMC=4–3

|name_SON=Sony Sendai

|match_SON_ALO=3–0

|match_SON_ART=2–0

|match_SON_GAI=1–0

|match_SON_GIF=1–3

|match_SON_HON=1–0

|match_SON_JER=0–1

|match_SON_KAR=2–1

|match_SON_RKU=2–0

|match_SON_MMM=2–0

|match_SON_PRI=2–3

|match_SON_ROS=1–3

|match_SON_RYU=4–1

|match_SON_SEX=2–4

|match_SON_TDK=1–3

|match_SON_TOC=0–1

|match_SON_YKK=0–1

|match_SON_YMC=2–3

|name_TDK=TDK SC

|match_TDK_ALO=2–2

|match_TDK_ART=2–0

|match_TDK_GAI=1–2

|match_TDK_GIF=0–0

|match_TDK_HON=0–2

|match_TDK_JER=2–1

|match_TDK_KAR=5–2

|match_TDK_RKU=1–0

|match_TDK_MMM=2–0

|match_TDK_PRI=1–2

|match_TDK_ROS=2–2

|match_TDK_RYU=2–2

|match_TDK_SEX=0–1

|match_TDK_SON=2–3

|match_TDK_TOC=1–1

|match_TDK_YKK=0–1

|match_TDK_YMC=1–1

|name_TOC=Tochigi SC

|match_TOC_ALO=1–1

|match_TOC_ART=4–0

|match_TOC_GAI=2–2

|match_TOC_GIF=0–1

|match_TOC_HON=0–3

|match_TOC_JER=1–1

|match_TOC_KAR=2–1

|match_TOC_RKU=1–1

|match_TOC_MMM=5–0

|match_TOC_PRI=1–2

|match_TOC_ROS=0–2

|match_TOC_RYU=1–0

|match_TOC_SEX=0–1

|match_TOC_SON=0–0

|match_TOC_TDK=0–0

|match_TOC_YKK=2–0

|match_TOC_YMC=1–0

|name_YKK=YKK AP

|match_YKK_ALO=1–3

|match_YKK_ART=2–1

|match_YKK_GAI=1–1

|match_YKK_GIF=0–0

|match_YKK_HON=1–0

|match_YKK_JER=2–2

|match_YKK_KAR=4–3

|match_YKK_RKU=0–1

|match_YKK_MMM=4–2

|match_YKK_PRI=4–1

|match_YKK_ROS=1–2

|match_YKK_RYU=4–0

|match_YKK_SEX=0–3

|match_YKK_SON=6–1

|match_YKK_TDK=0–3

|match_YKK_TOC=2–2

|match_YKK_YMC=5–1

|name_YMC=Yokogawa Musashino

|match_YMC_ALO=1–0

|match_YMC_ART=1–0

|match_YMC_GAI=2–0

|match_YMC_GIF=1–1

|match_YMC_HON=1–0

|match_YMC_JER=2–0

|match_YMC_KAR=3–1

|match_YMC_RKU=3–2

|match_YMC_MMM=1–2

|match_YMC_PRI=2–1

|match_YMC_ROS=2–3

|match_YMC_RYU=1–2

|match_YMC_SEX=0–3

|match_YMC_SON=5–0

|match_YMC_TDK=4–1

|match_YMC_TOC=0–2

|match_YMC_YKK=2–0

|update= December 2, 2007

|source=[http://www.jfl.or.jp/archive/2007/schedule/first.html JFL First Round], [http://www.jfl.or.jp/archive/2007/schedule/second.html JFL Second Round]

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{{fb a2 team|p=1 |t=Tochigi SC|s=75771 |h=12539 |l=2449 |a=4457 |pr=2139 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=2 |t=Rosso Kumamoto|s=60680 |h=6365 |l=1559 |a=3569 |pr=3765 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=3 |t=FC Gifu|s=59994 |h=7688 |l=1954 |a=3529 |pr=4076 |nt=†}}

{{fb a2 team|p=4 |t=FC Ryukyu|s=41539 |h=4675 |l=1153 |a=2443 |pr=3189 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=5 |t=Gainare Tottori|s=29832 |h=3811 |l=851 |a=1755 |pr=1146 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=6 |t=TDK SC|s=16711 |h=2245 |l=427 |a=983 |pr =|nt=†}}

{{fb a2 team|p=7 |t=Sagawa Express|s=15705 |h=3138 |l=312 |a=924 |pr=1079 |nt=‡}}

{{fb a2 team|p=8 |t=YKK AP|s=12669 |h=2646 |l=267 |a=745 |pr=730 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=9 |t=Yokogawa Musashino|s=11437 |h=1405 |l=317 |a=673 |pr=688 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=10|t=ALO's Hokuriku|s=11025 |h=2555 |l=130 |a=649 |pr=584 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=11|t=Honda FC|s=10894 |h=1328 |l=168 |a=641 |pr=845 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=12|t=Sony Sendai|s=9841 |h=1411 |l=215 |a=579 |pr=644 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=13|t=Ryutsu Keizai University|s=9541 |h=1505 |l=154 |a=561 |pr=242 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=14|t=FC Kariya|s=8749 |h=1458 |l=211 |a=515 |pr=563 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=15|t=JEF Reserves|s=7041 |h=945 |l=113 |a=414 |pr=295 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=16|t=Arte Takasaki|s=6966 |h=1015 |l=177 |a=410 |pr=482 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=17|t=SP Kyoto|s=6754 |h=772 |l=101 |a=397 |pr=379 }}

{{fb a2 team|p=18|t=Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima|s=6291 |h=711 |l=204 |a=370 |pr=317 }}

{{fb a footer|s=401440 |h=12539 |l=101 |a=1312 |pr=986 |source=[http://www.jfl.or.jp/archive/2007/schedule/first.html JFL First Round], [http://www.jfl.or.jp/archive/2007/schedule/second.html JFL Second Round]

|notes=^† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
^‡ Sagawa Express attendance is compared to the combined figure of its predecessors, Sagawa Express Tokyo and Sagawa Express Osaka.|date=January 2015}}

No relegation has occurred due to a post-season merger of ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP into one club named Kataller Toyama.

Fagiano Okayama, New Wave Kitakyushu and MIO Biwako Kusatsu were promoted to JFL from Regional leagues at the end of the season.

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