List of football clubs in Japan

This is a list of football (soccer) clubs in Japan.

Japan Professional Football League (J. League) 2008 season

The following is a list of all professional football (soccer) clubs in the top-level Japanese J. League, including defunct clubs:

Japan Football League (JFL - 18 teams) 2008 season

Top Division of the amateur leagues, with some teams aiming to be promoted to J. League. in the near future(those teams indicated by @)
*Arte Takasaki @
*Fagiano Okayama @
*Gainare Tottori @
*Honda F.C.
*JEF United Ichihara Chiba Reserves
*F.C. Kariya
*Kataller Toyama @
*MIO Biwako Kusatsu
*Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima F.C.
*New Wave Kitakyushu @
*F.C. Ryūkyū @
*Ryutsu Keizai University F.C.
*Sagawa Express S.C.
*Sagawa Printing S.C.
*Sony Sendai F.C.
*TDK S.C.
*Tochigi S.C. @
*Yokogawa Musashino F.C.

Regional Leagues (2008 season)

Hokkaidō League

* Barefoot Hokkaidō Football Club (Yūbari, Hokkaidō)
* BlackPecker Hakodate (Hakodate, Hokkaidō)
* Norbritz Hokkaidō Football Club (Ebetsu, Hokkaidō)
* R Supelbe Kushiro (Kushiro, Hokkaidō)
* Sapporo Shukyudan (Sapporo, Hokkaidō)
* Sapporo Winds FC (Sapporo, Hokkaidō)
* SSS Shefield (Sapporo, Hokkaidō)
* Toyota Motor Hokkaidō, Inc S.C. (Tomakomai, Hokkaidō)

Tōhoku League

Division 1
* FC Akita Cambiare (Akita, Akita)
* FC Primerio (Kagamiishi, Fukushima)
* Fukukawa Battery F.C. (Iwaki, Fukushima)
* Grulla Morioka (Morioka, Iwate)
* NEC Tokin (Taihaku-ku, Sendai)
* Sendai Nakata FC (Taihaku-ku, Sendai)
* Shiogama F.C. Wiese (Shiogama, Miyagi)
* Viancone Fukushima (Koriyama, Fukushima)

Division 2 North
* Fuji Club 2003 (Iwate Prefecture)
* Mizusawa Club (Mizusawa, Iwate)
* Morioka Zebra (Morioka, Iwate)
* Nippon Steel Corp. Kamaishi S.C. (Kamaishi, Iwate)
* Saruta Kōgyō (Akita, Akita)
* Shiwa Club (Shiwa, Iwate)
* Tono Club (Tono, Iwate)
* Vanraure Hachinohe (Hachinohe, Aomori)

Division 2 South

* Bandits Iwaki (Iwaki, Fukushima)
* Cobaltore Onagawa (Onagawa, Miyagi)
* Fukushima United F.C. (Fukushima, Fukushima)
* Kureha Chemical Industry S.C. (Iwaki, Fukushima)
* Marysol Matsusima S.C. (Matsushima, Miyagi)
* Nakashinden Club
* Shichigahama F.C. (Shichigahama, Miyagi)
* Sōma FC

Kanto League (KSL)

Division 1
* JMSDF Atsugi Marcus (Atsugi, Kanagawa)
* Club Dragons (Ibaraki Prefecture)
* Hitachi Tochigi S.C. (Ohira, Tochigi)
* Honda Luminozo Sayama F.C. (Sayama, Saitama)
* Machida Zelvia (Machida, Tokyo)
* Saitama S.C. (Sayama, Saitama)
* Toho Titanium S.C. (Chigasaki, Kanagawa)

* Yokohama Sports & Culture Club (Naka-ku, Yokohama) Division 2
* Aries FC Tokyo (Tokyo)
* Furukawa Electric Chiba S.C. (Ichihara, Chiba)
* Hanno Bruder (Hanno, Saitama)
* Kanagawa-ken Kyoin S.C. (Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama)
* FC Korea (Tokyo)
* Toshiba Fuchu S.C. (Fuchu, Tokyo)
* Vertfee Takahara Nasu (Yaita, Tochigi)
* Yono Shūkonkai (Saitama, Saitama)

Hokushin'etsu league

Division 1
* Fervorosa F.C. (Hakusan, Ishikawa)
* Granscena Niigata (Niigata, Niigata)
* Japan Soccer Collage (Seiro, Niigata)
* Matsumoto Yamaga F.C. (Matsumoto, Nagano)
* AC Nagano Parceiro (Nagano, Nagano)
* Saurcos Fukui (Awara, Fukui)
* Valiente Toyama (Toyama, Toyama)
* Zweigen Kanazawa (Kanazawa, Ishikawa)

Division 2
* F.C. Antelope (Shiojiri, Nagano)
* Cups Niigata (Niigata Prefecture)
* Maruoka Phoenix F.C. (Maruoka, Fukui)
* Niigata University of Health and Welfare F.C. (Niigata, Niigata)
* Niigata University of Management F.C. (Kamo, Niigata)
* Nissei Plastic Industrial F.C. (Sakaki, Nagano)
* Ōhara Gakuen JaSRA (Ueda, Nagano)
* F.C. Ueda Gentian (Ueda, Nagano)

Tōkai League

Division 1
* Chūkyō University F.C. (Toyota, Aichi)
* Fujieda City Hall S.C. (Fujieda, Shizuoka)
* Konica Minolta S.C. Toyokawa (Toyokawa, Aichi)
* Mind House Yokkaichi (Yokkaichi, Mie)
* Maruyasu Industries S.C. (Showa-ku, Nagoya)
* Sagawa Express Chukyo S.C. (Shizuoka prefecture)
* Shizuoka F.C. (Aoi-ku, Shizuoka)
* Yazaki Valente (Shimada, Shizuoka)

Division 2
* Fuyo Club (Shizuoka prefecture)
* Honda Suzuka F.C. (Suzuka, Mie)
* Hamamatsu University F.C. (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka)
* Kasugai Club (Kasugai, Aichi)
* KMEW Iga F.C. (Iga, Mie)
* Mie F.C. Lampore (Nabari, Mie)
* Nagoya Soccer Club (Mizuho-ku, Nagoya)
* Toyota Shūkyūdan (Aichi Prefecture)

Kansai League

Division 1
* Ain Foods S.C. (Izumi, Osaka)
* Banditonce Kakogawa F.C. (Kakogawa, Hyogo)
* Diablossa Takada F.C. (Yamatotakada, Nara)
* Hannan University F.C. (Matsubara, Osaka)
* Kobe F.C. 1970 (Nada-ku, Kobe)
* F.C. Kyoto BAMB 1993 (Ukyo-ku, Kyoto)
* AS. Laranja Kyoto (Sakyo-ku, Kyoto)
* Sanyō Electric Sumoto S.C. (Sumoto, Hyogo)

Division 2
* Biwako S.C. Hira (Otsu, Shiga)
* F.C. Glaspo Kashiwara (Kashiwara, Osaka)
* S.C. Hermano Osaka (Tsurumi-ku, Osaka)
* Kyoto Shiko Club (Kita-ku, Kyoto)
* Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial Kobe S.C. (Hyōgo-ku, Kobe)
* Renaiss Koga S.C. (Koka, Shiga)
* Riseisha F.C. (Ibaraki, Osaka)
* Shiga F.C. (Moriyama, Shiga)

Chūgoku League

* Dezzolla Shimane (Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima and Hamada, Shimane)
* Hiroshima Fujita S.C. (Hiroshima, Hiroshima)
* Hitachi Kasado S.C. (Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi)
* JFE Steel Nishinihon S.C. (Fukuyama, Hiroshima)
* Matsuda FC (Fuchū, Hiroshima)
* NTN Okayama (Okayama, Okayama)
* Renofa Yamaguchi (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi)
* Sagawa Express Chūgoku (Hiroshima Prefecture)
* F.C. Ube Yahhh-man (Ube, Yamaguchi)

Shikoku League

* Tokushoma Compleru (Itano, Tokushima)
* Ehime Shimanani F.C. (Imabari, Ehime)
* Kamatamare Sanuki (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
* Nangoku Kochi F.C. (Kochi, Kochi)
* Sanyō Electric Tokushima S.C. (Matsushige, Tokushima)
* Showa Club (Kōchi, Kōchi)
* Tokushima Vortis Amateur (Tokushima, Tokushima)
* Ventana A.C. (Matsuyama, Ehime)

Kyūshū League (Kyu-League)

* Honda Lock S.C. (Miyazaki, Miyazaki)
* Kyushu Inax F.C. (Kashima, Saga)
* Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial Nagasaki S.C. (Nagasaki, Nagasaki)
* Nippon Steel Corp. Oita S.C. (Ōita, Ōita)
* Okinawa Kaihō Bank S.C. (Naha, Okinawa)
* Okinawa Kariyushi F.C. (Naha, Okinawa)
* Osumi NIFS United (Kanoya, Kagoshima)
* Vainquer Kumamoto F.C. (Kumamoto, Kumamoto)
* Volca Kagoshima (Kagoshima, Kagoshima)
* V-Varen Nagasaki (Shimabara, Nagasaki)

ee also

Football in Japan
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J. League
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Japan Football League