The was the fifth season of the nationwide fourth tier of Japanese football, and the 20th season since the establishment of Japan Football League. The season ran from 11 March to 18 November 2018.
Clubs Sixteen clubs participated in this season of Japan Football League. The list was announced on 15 January 2018.
Club name Home town Position Notes Cobaltore Onagawa Onagawa, Miyagi RPS 1st Promoted from TSL after 1st place in 41st Regional Promotion Series FC Imabari Imabari, Ehime 6th J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders All cities/towns in Osaka 4th Honda FC Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 1st Defending champions of 2017 Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8th Maruyasu Okazaki Okazaki, Aichi 9th MIO Biwako Shiga Kusatsu, Shiga 13th Nara Club All cities/towns in Nara 7th J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders Aomori, Aomori 2nd Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki 10th Sony Sendai Tagajō, Miyagi 3rd Tegevajaro Miyazaki Miyazaki, Miyazaki RPS 2nd Promoted from KSL after 2nd place in 41st Regional Promotion Series Tokyo Musashino City Musashino, Tokyo 11thJ.League 100 Year Plan club status Vanraure Hachinohe Eastern cities/towns in Aomori 5th J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders Veertien Mie All cities/towns in Mie 12th Verspah Oita Yufu & Ōita, Ōita 14th
Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Cobaltore Onagawa Tatsuya Murata Seiya Narita Mizuno FC Imabari Hirofumi Yoshitake Ryoichi Kanai Adidas Haruo Wada Tomoyuki Iwamoto New Balance Honda FC Hiroyasu Ibata Yuya Suzuki Umbro Kenji Taniguchi Naoya Oyama Kappa Maruyasu Okazaki Ryuji Kitamura Keita Sugimoto Penalty MIO Biwako Shiga Masafumi Nakaguchi vacant Nike Nara Club Norihiro Satsukawa Shinichi Mukai SQUADRA Tatsuya Mochizuki Kanta Takahashi Umbro Shunichi Nakajima vacant Adidas Sony Sendai Shinji Honda Yuta Akimoto Umbro Tegevajaro Miyazaki Nobuhiro Ishizaki Hideo Tanaka Penalty Tokyo Musashino City Kim Jong-song Koji Ishihara Yonex Vanraure Hachinohe Masahiro Kuzuno Takafumi Sudo ATHLETA Veertien Mie Eishi Kaizu Katsuhisa Inamori Mizuno Verspah Oita Shigemitsu Sudo Makoto Nakamura Warrix Sports
Change in rules This season was the last to use the two-stage format, similar to the one J.League had in its early years and used in 2015 and 2016. Two single round-robin stages were held, and winners of each stage determined the champion in the post-season home and away championship playoffs. After five seasons, the JFL reverted to a one-stage double round-robin starting in 2019.
League table
Top scorers . RankPlayerClubGoals Shogo OmachiHonda FC Koji IshiharaTokyo Musashino City FC 3 Shogo FujimakiVeertien Mie 16 Motoki FujiwaraSony Sendai FC 5 Kazuki SakamotoMIO Biwako Shiga 15 Jun ArimaFC Imabari 7 Shota SuzukiSony Sendai FC 14 Ryōta KuwajimaFC Imabari Sachio HamadaReinMeer Aomori FC Shoma MizunagaTegevajaro Miyazaki
Attendances
Promotion from Regional Leagues Matsue City and Suzuka Unlimited
References
External links Official Site (in Japanese)