2003 Japanese Regional Leagues

Football league season

Japanese Regional Leagues
Season	2003
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Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues for the 2003 season.

Champions list

Region	Champions
Hokkaido	Hokuden
Tohoku	TDK
Kanto	Horikoshi
Hokushinetsu	Japan Soccer College
Tokai	Shizuoka
Kansai	Ain Food
Chugoku	Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima
Shikoku	Nangoku Kochi
Kyushu	Okinawa Kariyushi

League standings

Hokkaido

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hokuden	14	12	0	0	2	41	10	+31	36
2	Barefoot Hokkaido	14	8	2	1	3	47	21	+26	29
3	Sapporo	14	6	1	1	6	24	34	−10	21
4	Toyota Motors Hokkaido	14	5	2	1	6	22	20	+2	20
5	Blackpecker Hakodate	14	5	1	3	5	25	24	+1	20
6	Sapporo Thank	14	5	0	1	8	25	36	−11	16
7	Erizenmaki Vankei	14	3	2	2	7	24	37	−13	15
8	Chitose Bombers	14	3	1	0	10	13	39	−26	11

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Tohoku

Division 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	TDK	14	8	5	1	38	12	+26	29
2	Primeiro	14	7	5	2	22	14	+8	26
3	Sagawa Express Tohoku	14	8	2	4	24	23	+1	26
4	NEC Tokin	14	6	1	7	19	22	−3	19
5	Akita City Government	14	5	4	5	21	25	−4	19
6	Morioka Zebra	14	4	3	7	16	20	−4	15
7	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	14	3	5	6	21	22	−1	14
8	Aster Aomori	14	1	3	10	11	34	−23	6

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Division 2 North
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ashikaga Engineering Kawabe	10	7	0	3	35	9	+26	21
2	Tono Club	10	6	1	3	24	11	+13	19
3	Hokuto Bank SC	10	6	0	4	27	21	+6	18
4	Villanova Morioka	10	5	3	2	16	12	+4	18
5	Ground Self Defense Forces Hachinohe	10	2	2	6	12	26	−14	8
6	ReinMeer Aomori	10	1	0	9	10	45	−35	3

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Division 2 South
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sendai Nakada Club	10	9	1	0	38	15	+23	28
2	Furukawa Battery	10	5	3	2	21	13	+8	18
3	Northern Peaks Koriyama	10	4	2	4	19	18	+1	14
4	Matsushima	10	4	0	6	13	24	−11	12
5	Yamagata	10	3	1	6	12	22	−10	10
6	Kushibiki Club	10	1	1	8	9	20	−11	4

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Kanto

Division 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Horikoshi	14	11	2	1	49	13	+36	35
2	Honda Luminozo Sayama	14	7	6	1	38	19	+19	27
3	Aries Tokyo	14	7	6	1	28	16	+12	27
4	Nirasaki Astros	14	4	5	5	25	25	0	17
5	Yaita	14	4	4	6	17	38	−21	16
6	Maritime Self Defense Forces Atsugi Base Marcus	14	4	3	7	17	25	−8	15
7	Ome	14	2	3	9	20	40	−20	9
8	Toho Titanium	14	1	3	10	19	37	−18	6

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Division 2
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Thespa Kusatsu	14	11	2	1	51	11	+40	35
2	Saitama	14	11	0	3	53	20	+33	33
3	JEF Ichihara Amateur	14	9	1	4	47	27	+20	28
4	Yokohama Sports and Culture Club	14	7	3	4	59	39	+20	24
5	Kuyo	14	6	1	7	37	40	−3	19
6	Hitachi Tochigi	14	4	0	10	25	55	−30	12
7	Hitachi Mito	14	3	1	10	23	43	−20	10
8	Koma Koma	14	1	0	13	12	72	−60	3

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Hokushinetsu

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan Soccer College	14	11	1	2	44	18	+26	34
2	Nagano Elsa	14	10	3	1	48	12	+36	33
3	Ueda Gentian	14	10	3	1	46	13	+33	33
4	Kanazawa	14	5	3	6	31	21	+10	18
5	Teihens	14	5	3	6	22	28	−6	18
6	Valiente Toyama	14	3	3	8	22	42	−20	12
7	Matto Orange Monkey	12	3	5	4	10	21	−11	14
8	Nissei Plastic Industrial	12	1	4	7	12	33	−21	7
9	Yamaga	12	1	4	7	13	42	−29	7
10	Niigatashuyukai	12	0	5	7	11	29	−18	5

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Tokai

Division 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shizuoka	14	13	0	1	39	10	+29	39
2	Fujieda City Government	14	8	1	5	30	21	+9	25
3	Chuo Bohan	14	7	1	6	29	18	+11	22
4	Minolta	14	6	2	6	21	26	−5	20
5	Chukyo University	14	6	1	7	22	19	+3	19
6	Yazaki Valente	14	5	3	6	15	23	−8	18
7	Kasugai Club	14	3	1	10	20	32	−12	10
8	Hitachi Shimizu	14	2	3	9	16	43	−27	9

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Division 2
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fuyo Club	16	11	1	4	44	27	+17	34
2	Honda Suzuka	16	10	1	5	49	23	+26	31
3	Maruyasu	16	9	4	3	40	19	+21	31
4	Yamaha Motors	16	8	3	5	37	27	+10	27
5	Nagoya Bank	16	8	0	8	43	44	−1	24
6	Toyota	16	5	5	6	29	37	−8	20
7	Nagoya	16	5	3	8	28	34	−6	18
8	Iga	16	5	2	9	21	42	−21	17
9	Suzuka Club	16	1	1	14	21	59	−38	4

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Kansai

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ain Food	18	15	2	1	59	15	+44	47
2	Takada	18	12	2	4	33	19	+14	38
3	Kobe 1970	18	12	2	4	41	28	+13	38
4	Central Kobe	18	10	3	5	34	25	+9	33
5	Osaka Gas	18	7	2	9	28	33	−5	23
6	Laranja Kyoto	18	5	5	8	27	33	−6	20
7	Hermano Osaka	18	4	6	8	35	37	−2	18
8	Sanyo Electric Sumoto	18	3	6	9	19	35	−16	15
9	Kyoto Shiko Club	18	3	3	12	25	54	−29	12
10	Renaiss College	18	3	1	14	32	54	−22	10

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Chugoku

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima	14	12	0	1	1	34	7	+27	37
2	Tottori Kickers	14	8	2	0	4	28	13	+15	28
3	Iwami	14	6	3	0	5	20	19	+1	24
4	Hiroshima Fujita	14	5	2	1	6	23	24	−1	20
5	JFE Steel West Japan	14	4	2	2	6	23	34	−11	18
6	Hiroshima	14	4	0	4	6	25	30	−5	16
7	Mazda	14	3	1	3	7	19	31	−12	14
8	Yamaguchi Teachers	14	1	3	2	8	8	22	−14	11

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Shikoku

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nangoku Kochi	14	13	1	0	59	9	+50	40
2	Imao	14	10	1	3	48	12	+36	31
3	Sanyo Electric Tokushima	14	6	4	4	23	18	+5	22
4	Alex	14	6	3	5	25	28	−3	21
5	Ventana	14	5	3	6	20	28	−8	18
6	Sunlife	14	4	1	9	28	36	−8	13
7	Sanwa Club	14	4	0	10	21	51	−30	12
8	Mediafarm Yanagimachi	14	1	1	12	15	57	−42	4

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Kyushu

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Okinawa Kariyushi	22	16	2	2	2	73	14	+59	54
2	Volca Kagoshima	22	15	2	2	3	50	18	+32	51
3	Nippon Steel Oita	22	15	1	1	5	48	18	+30	48
4	New Wave Kitakyushu	22	12	1	4	5	65	46	+19	42
5	Alouette Kumamoto	22	11	3	2	6	47	35	+12	41
6	Honda Lock	22	8	2	3	9	40	44	−4	31
7	Sun Miyazaki	22	8	2	1	11	63	62	+1	29
8	Okinawa Kaiho Bank	22	6	3	2	11	34	47	−13	26
9	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki	22	5	3	3	11	31	55	−24	24
10	Lanza Kumamoto	22	5	3	1	13	25	48	−23	22
11	Kyusyu Inax	22	4	2	1	15	18	49	−31	17
12	Kyocera Sendai	22	3	0	2	17	20	77	−57	11

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Japanese club football

First-tier club football seasons, 1965–present

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Second-tier club football seasons, 1972–present

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Third-tier club football seasons, 1992–93, 1999–present

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List of champions

Fourth-tier club football seasons, 2014–present

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Regional level club football seasons, 1966–present

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Emperor's Cup seasons, 1921–present

Emperor's Cup
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League Cup seasons, 1976–present

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Suruga Bank Championship

Football clubs in Japan, 2025

J1 League	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Fagiano Okayama Gamba Osaka Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Sanga FC FC Machida Zelvia Nagoya Grampus Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Shonan Bellmare FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama FC
J2 League	Blaublitz Akita Ehime FC Fujieda MYFC Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo FC Imabari Iwaki FC JEF United Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kataller Toyama Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Renofa Yamaguchi FC Roasso Kumamoto Sagan Tosu Tokushima Vortis V-Varen Nagasaki Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu
J3 League	AC Nagano Parceiro Azul Claro Numazu FC Gifu Fukushima United FC Gainare Tottori Giravanz Kitakyushu Kagoshima United FC Kamatamare Sanuki Kochi United Matsumoto Yamaga FC Nara Club FC Osaka FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara Tegevajaro Miyazaki Thespa Gunma Tochigi City Tochigi SC Vanraure Hachinohe Zweigen Kanazawa
100 Year Plan clubs	Criacao Shinjuku Nankatsu SC Tokyo 23 Vonds Ichihara
Japan Football League	Asuka FC Atletico Suzuka Club Briobecca Urayasu Criacao Shinjuku Honda FC Iwate Grulla Morioka Maruyasu Okazaki Minebea Mitsumi Okinawa SV Reilac Shiga ReinMeer Aomori FC Tiamo Hirakata Veertien Mie Verspah Oita Yokogawa Musashino YSCC Yokohama
Defunct clubs (clubs belonging to nationwide leagues only)	Sony Sendai Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku Jatco SC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga NTT Kinki/Kansai SP Kyoto Tanabe Pharmaceutical Dainichi Cable Industries Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC Kagura Shimane Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki J.League U-22 Selection FC Tokyo U-23 Cerezo Osaka U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23

2003 in Japanese football

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League competitions

Men	J.League Division 1 J.League Division 2 Japan Football League Regional Leagues
Women	L.League

Cup competitions

Men	Emperor's Cup (Final) J.League Cup (Final) Super Cup
Women	Empress's Cup (Final)

AFC competitions

Men	AFC Champions League

Related to national teams

Men	Summary FIFA Confederations Cup East Asian Football Championship
Women	Summary FIFA Women's World Cup AFC Women's Championship

Club seasons
J.League Division 1	Vegalta Sendai Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds JEF United Ichihara Kashiwa Reysol FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy 1969 Yokohama F. Marinos Shimizu S-Pulse Júbilo Iwata Nagoya Grampus Eight Kyoto Purple Sanga Gamba Osaka Cerezo Osaka Vissel Kobe Oita Trinita
J.League Division 2	Consadole Sapporo Montedio Yamagata Mito HollyHock Omiya Ardija Kawasaki Frontale Yokohama FC Shonan Bellmare Ventforet Kofu Albirex Niigata Sanfrecce Hiroshima Avispa Fukuoka Sagan Tosu

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