2012 Japan Football League

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The league intended to run the season in the usual 18-team format, but after the withdrawal of Arte Takasaki in January no replacement team was invited so in 2012 JFL features only 17 teams.{{cite web|url=http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=386&PHPSESSID=7fcbc0620d7fda9ecaa2198bddc964c1|script-title=ja:アルテ高崎、ＪＦＬからの退会について|trans-title=Withdrawal of Arte Takasaki from JFL|language=ja|publisher=Japan Football League|date=13 January 2012|access-date=11 February 2012}}

Subsequently, only one club will be directly relegated and one take part in pro/rele playoffs to bring the number of JFL clubs back to 18.

During the season, on 23 July, Nagano Parceiro were approved as J. League associate members,{{cite web|url=http://www.j-league.or.jp/release/000/00004604.html|script-title=ja:Ｊリーグ準加盟審査結果について|trans-title=About the results of J. League associate membership examination|language=ja|publisher=J. League|date=23 July 2012|access-date=24 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726074149/http://www.j-league.or.jp/release/000/00004604.html|archive-date=2012-07-26|url-status=dead}} though they are not eligible for promotion until the completion of the renovation of their home stadium which is expected in 2016.

On 28 September 2012, J. League Organization made an announcement for club licenses for 2013, and only Nagasaki was granted conditional J2 license.

On 16 October 2012, it was reported that Sagawa Shiga F.C. had notified JFL organization about their intention of withdrawal from JFL as of the end of this season.{{cite news|url=http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20121016/k10015788121000.html |title=佐川滋賀 JFLへ退会申し出 |publisher=NHK |date=2012-10-16 |access-date=2012-10-16 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019040811/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20121016/k10015788121000.html |archive-date=2012-10-19 }} On 17 October 2012, JFL Committee has approved the request from Sagawa Shiga F.C. for its withdrawal from JFL as of the end of the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=521&PHPSESSID=d10f4d50d9317c3ec79d26c34e21fbbd|title=SAGAWA SHIGA FC、JFLからの大会について|trans-title=About the withdrawal of Sagawa Shiga FC from JFL|language=ja|publisher=Japan Football League|date=22 October 2012|access-date=22 October 2012}}

{{main|2012 J. League Division 2#Relegations to JFL}}

Because of withdrawals by Arte Takasaki and Sagawa Shiga, no clubs will be relegated automatically as of the end of the season. The bottom finished (17th placed) club will play a play-off against the 3rd placed club of the 2012 Regional League promotion series.{{cite web|url=http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=522|script-title=ja:入れ替えについての変更|date=2012-10-22|trans-title=Changes in league promotion/relegation|publisher=Japan Football League|language=ja|access-date=2012-10-22}}

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|team1=VVN|team2=PAR|team3=SSH|team4=KAM|team5=HON|team6=YSC|team7=PRI|team8=MIO|team9=RYU

|team10=YMC|team11=MYF|team12=SON|team13=BLA|team14=ZWE|team15=HOY|team16=LOC|team17=UVA

|name_VVN=V-Varen Nagasaki

|note_VVN=V-Varen Nagasaki topped the table at the end of the 17th round and thus were awarded JFL seed for 2012 Emperor's Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=479|title=第92回天皇杯ＪＦＬシードはＶ･ファーレン長崎に決定！|trans-title=V-Varen Nagasaki as the JFL-seeded for the 92nd Emperor's Cup|publisher=Japan Football League|date=2012-06-24|access-date=2012-06-24}}

|name_HOY=Hoyo Oita

|name_BLA=Blaublitz Akita

|name_MYF=Fujieda MYFC

|name_RYU=FC Ryukyu

|name_PRI=SP Kyoto

|name_HON=Honda FC

|name_SSH=Sagawa Shiga

|name_PAR=Nagano Parceiro

|name_KAM=Kamatamare Sanuki

|name_YSC=YSCC Yokohama

|name_MIO=MIO Biwako Shiga

|name_YMC=Yokogawa Musashino

|name_SON=Sony Sendai

|name_ZWE=Zweigen Kanazawa

|name_LOC=Honda Lock

|name_UVA=Tochigi Uva

|win_VVN=20|draw_VVN=7|loss_VVN=5|gf_VVN=57|ga_VVN=24|status_VVN=C,P

|win_PAR=17|draw_PAR=7|loss_PAR=8|gf_PAR=57|ga_PAR=34

|win_SSH=16|draw_SSH=9|loss_SSH=7|gf_SSH=61|ga_SSH=37|status_SSH=R

|win_KAM=15|draw_KAM=8|loss_KAM=9|gf_KAM=49|ga_KAM=29

|win_HON=16|draw_HON=5|loss_HON=11|gf_HON=55|ga_HON=39

|win_YSC=15|draw_YSC=4|loss_YSC=13|gf_YSC=58|ga_YSC=50

|win_PRI=12|draw_PRI=9|loss_PRI=11|gf_PRI=43|ga_PRI=43

|win_MIO=11|draw_MIO=10|loss_MIO=11|gf_MIO=53|ga_MIO=52

|win_RYU=12|draw_RYU=7|loss_RYU=13|gf_RYU=58|ga_RYU=62

|win_YMC=11|draw_YMC=8|loss_YMC=13|gf_YMC=35|ga_YMC=50

|win_MYF=11|draw_MYF=7|loss_MYF=14|gf_MYF=39|ga_MYF=48

|win_SON=9|draw_SON=12|loss_SON=11|gf_SON=27|ga_SON=29

|win_BLA=9|draw_BLA=10|loss_BLA=13|gf_BLA=33|ga_BLA=41

|win_ZWE=8|draw_ZWE=12|loss_ZWE=12|gf_ZWE=33|ga_ZWE=41

|win_HOY=9|draw_HOY=8|loss_HOY=15|gf_HOY=40|ga_HOY=57

|win_LOC=7|draw_LOC=7|loss_LOC=18|gf_LOC=28|ga_LOC=56

|win_UVA=4|draw_UVA=10|loss_UVA=18|gf_UVA=36|ga_UVA=70|status_UVA=O

|col_PRO=green1|text_PRO=Promotion to 2013 J.League Division 2

|result1=PRO

|col_W=black1|text_W=Withdrawn

|note_res_W=On 21 October Sagawa Express Co., the owner and operator of Sagawa Shiga FC, have announced that after the season the club will withdraw from JFL and cease its operations.{{cite web|url=http://www2.sagawa-exp.co.jp/newsrelease/detail/2012/1022_799.html|title=SAGAWA SHIGA FC 活動停止に関するお知らせ|trans-title=Note on cessation of activity of Sagawa Shiga FC|date=2012-10-22|language=ja|publisher=Sagawa Express Co.|access-date=2012-10-22|archive-date=2012-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023094201/http://www2.sagawa-exp.co.jp/newsrelease/detail/2012/1022_799.html|url-status=dead}}

|result3=W

|col_QPR=red2|text_QPR=Qualification for pro/rel playoffs

|result17=QPR

|class_rules=1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw.

|update=18 November 2012

|source=[http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=444 Japan Football League]

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|match_HOY_YSC=1–2

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|name_KAM=Kamatamare Sanuki

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|match_KAM_HON=1–0

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|match_KAM_ZWE=1–1

|name_MIO=MIO Biwako Shiga

|match_MIO_BLA=0–1

|match_MIO_HON=3–1

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|match_MIO_VVN=1–4

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|match_MIO_YSC=2–2

|match_MIO_ZWE=3–1

|name_MYF=Fujieda MYFC

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|match_MYF_HON=0–2

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|match_MYF_SSH=2–4

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|match_MYF_VVN=1–2

|match_MYF_YMC=0–1

|match_MYF_YSC=4–1

|match_MYF_ZWE=0–0

|name_PAR=Nagano Parceiro

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|match_PAR_HON=5–0

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|match_PAR_YSC=0–1

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|name_PRI=SP Kyoto

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|match_PRI_MYF=2–0

|match_PRI_PAR=1–0

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|match_PRI_SSH=1–0

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|match_PRI_VVN=1–1

|match_PRI_YMC=1–1

|match_PRI_YSC=1–1

|match_PRI_ZWE=1–2

|name_RYU=FC Ryukyu

|match_RYU_BLA=0–1

|match_RYU_HON=1–2

|match_RYU_LOC=1–0

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|match_RYU_VVN=1–0

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|match_RYU_YSC=3–4

|match_RYU_ZWE=3–2

|name_SSH=Sagawa Shiga

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|match_SSH_LOC=2–3

|match_SSH_HOY=2–1

|match_SSH_KAM=2–1

|match_SSH_MIO=4–0

|match_SSH_MYF=1–1

|match_SSH_PAR=0–1

|match_SSH_PRI=4–0

|match_SSH_RYU=4–3

|match_SSH_SON=3–1

|match_SSH_UVA=3–0

|match_SSH_VVN=2–0

|match_SSH_YMC=1–2

|match_SSH_YSC=1–4

|match_SSH_ZWE=0–0

|name_SON=Sony Sendai

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|match_SON_HON=0–1

|match_SON_LOC=1–1

|match_SON_HOY=0–1

|match_SON_KAM=0–0

|match_SON_MIO=2–0

|match_SON_MYF=1–0

|match_SON_PAR=1–2

|match_SON_PRI=0–1

|match_SON_RYU=1–1

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|match_SON_VVN=0–1

|match_SON_YMC=1–0

|match_SON_YSC=0–0

|match_SON_ZWE=0–0

|name_UVA=Tochigi Uva

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|match_UVA_HON=3–3

|match_UVA_LOC=2–1

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|match_UVA_MIO=0–3

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|match_UVA_YSC=1–6

|match_UVA_ZWE=1–1

|name_VVN=V-Varen Nagasaki

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|match_VVN_HON=2–0

|match_VVN_LOC=1–1

|match_VVN_HOY=4–0

|match_VVN_KAM=4–2

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|match_VVN_PAR=2–2

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|match_VVN_RYU=4–1

|match_VVN_SSH=2–2

|match_VVN_SON=1–0

|match_VVN_UVA=2–2

|match_VVN_YMC=1–0

|match_VVN_YSC=2–1

|match_VVN_ZWE=2–0

|name_YMC=Yokogawa Musashino

|match_YMC_BLA=2–0

|match_YMC_HON=0–7

|match_YMC_LOC=0–1

|match_YMC_HOY=0–4

|match_YMC_KAM=0–3

|match_YMC_MIO=1–2

|match_YMC_MYF=1–3

|match_YMC_PAR=1–1

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|match_YMC_RYU=2–2

|match_YMC_SSH=1–1

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|match_YMC_VVN=1–0

|match_YMC_YSC=1–2

|match_YMC_ZWE=1–2

|name_YSC=YSCC Yokohama

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|match_YSC_HON=0–2

|match_YSC_LOC=4–1

|match_YSC_HOY=3–3

|match_YSC_KAM=1–2

|match_YSC_MIO=3–0

|match_YSC_MYF=4–1

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|match_YSC_PRI=1–2

|match_YSC_RYU=2–0

|match_YSC_SSH=1–3

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|match_YSC_VVN=0–3

|match_YSC_YMC=1–2

|match_YSC_ZWE=1–2

|name_ZWE=Zweigen Kanazawa

|match_ZWE_BLA=1–2

|match_ZWE_HON=2–1

|match_ZWE_LOC=2–0

|match_ZWE_HOY=0–0

|match_ZWE_KAM=1–1

|match_ZWE_MIO=2–2

|match_ZWE_MYF=1–3

|match_ZWE_PAR=2–2

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|match_ZWE_RYU=2–3

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|match_ZWE_SON=0–0

|match_ZWE_UVA=0–0

|match_ZWE_VVN=0–1

|match_ZWE_YMC=2–1

|match_ZWE_YSC=0–4

|match_UVA_PAR_note= The 10th round game on May 6 between Tochigi Uva and Nagano Parceiro was discontinued after the first half because of heavy thunderstorm. The score at the moment was 0–0.{{cite web |url=http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=466 |script-title=ja:第10節 栃木ウ－長野 中止のお知らせ |author=Japan Football League |date=6 May 2012 |access-date=8 May 2012 |language=ja |trans-title=Note of discontinuation of the 10th round game between Tochigi Uva and Nagano Parceiro }} The match was replayed in full on June 20.

|match_RYU_KAM_note= F.C. Ryukyu vs Kamatamare Sanuki, a match for the 27th round originally scheduled on 29 September, was postponed due to approaching Typhoon Jelawat, and played on 31 October.{{cite web |url=http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=512&PHPSESSID=6ed82470897e265fbaecbba62cbecab7 |title=第14回JFL第27節「FC琉球vsカマタマーレ讃岐」代替日決定のお知らせ |author=Japan Football League |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=8 October 2012 |language=ja |trans-title=Noticee of alternative match date for "FC Ryukyu vs Kamatamare Sanuki", a 27th round game for 14th JFL}}

|update= 18 November 2012

|source= Japan Football League: [http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=432 First round], [http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=433 second round]

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Updated to games played on 18 November 2012

Source: [http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=444#goalscorer Japan Football League]

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{{fb a2 team|p=16|t=Hoyo Oita|s=7668 |h=1415 |l=252 |a=479 |pr=183 |nt=†}}

{{fb a2 team|p=17|t=SP Kyoto|s=6242 |h=736 |l=105 |a=390 |pr=383 }}

{{fb a footer|s=337228 |h=11658 |l=92 |a=1240 |pr=1682 |u= 18 November 2012 |source= Japan Football League: [http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=432 First round], [http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=433 second round] |notes=^† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.|date=December 2015}}

V-Varen Nagasaki were automatically promoted to J2 while Machida Zelvia became the first ever team to be relegated from J. League, returning to the JFL after only one season.

SC Sagamihara and Fukushima United were promoted to JFL as the winner and runner-up of the Regional League promotion series, respectively. Third-placed Norbritz Hokkaido faced Tochigi Uva in a playoff series.{{cite web|url=http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=532|title=２０１２年度ＪＦＬ入替戦について|trans-title=About 2012 JFL exchange competition|date=2012-12-03|language=ja|publisher=Japan Football League|access-date=2012-12-03}} Both games were played in Tochigi to prevent snow in Hokkaido from potentially postponing an away game. After two games, the series were tied 2–2, but Tochigi Uva won the penalty shootout 4–1, retaining their spot in JFL for the 2013 season.

{{football box

|date = December 9, 2012

|time = 14:00

|team1 = Norbritz Hokkaido

|score = 2–1

|report = [http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/pdf2012/R2012A0020111J(1).pdf Report]
(Japanese)

|team2 = Tochigi Uva

|goals1 = Yamada {{goal|44||58}}

|goals2 = Wakabayashi {{goal|4}}

|stadium = Tochigi General Athletic Park Stadium, Tochigi

|attendance = 902

|referee = Tomoo Inoue 井上知大

}}

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{{football box

|date = December 16, 2012

|time = 13:00

|team1 = Tochigi Uva

|score = 1–0

|report = [http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/pdf2012/R2012A0020211J(1).pdf Report]
(Japanese)

|team2 = Norbritz Hokkaido

|goals1 = Hamaoka {{goal|62|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|aet = yes

|penaltyscore = 4–1

|penalties1 = Hamaoka {{pengoal}}
Okada {{pengoal}}
Takeuchi {{pengoal}}
Amma {{pengoal}}

|penalties2 = {{penmiss}} Hatakeyama
{{pengoal}} Ji Jun-Gi
{{penmiss}} Kuraya

|stadium = Tochigi General Athletic Park Stadium, Tochigi

|attendance = 1,445

|referee = Takuya Maeda

}}

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Tochigi Uva won the series 4–1 on penalty kicks and remained in JFL.

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