List of winners of J3 League and predecessors

Japanese League (3rd tier)
(former) Japan Football League Division 2 (1992–1993) Japan Football League (1999–2013) J3 League (2014–present)
Country
Japan
Founded
1992
Number of Teams
16 (2016 season)
Current Champions
Renofa Yamaguchi (2015)
Most successful club
Honda FC (5 championships)

A national third tier of Japanese league football was first established in 1992, as the second division of former Japan Football League, though it only lasted for two seasons. In 1999, following the establishment of J. League Division 2, a new Japan Football League was created, fulfilling the third tier until a fully professional J3 League was launched in 2014.

(former) Japan Football League Division 2 (1992–1993)

The old Japan Football League was established simultaneously with creation of J. League and was initially a two-level tournament but that lasted only for two inaugural seasons.

Season	Winner	Runner-up
1992	Chuo Bohan	Kyoto Shiko
1993	Honda Motors	PJM Futures

Japan Football League (JFL) (1999–2013)

With the establishment of J. League Division 2, the new Japan Football League was automatically moved a tier down the pyramid comparing to its discontinued namesake.

Numbers in parentheses indicate number of wins at the date (for two and more). Upwards arrow (↑) indicates promotion to J. League Division 2

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
1999	Yokohama FC	Honda Motors	Mito HollyHock ↑	Denso SC
2000	Yokohama FC (2) ↑	Honda Motors	Denso SC	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
2001	Honda Motors (2)	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	Jatco FC	Sagawa Express
2002	Honda Motors (3)	Sagawa Express	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	Sony Sendai
2003	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	Honda FC	Ehime FC	Sagawa Express Osaka
2004	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals (2) ↑	Honda FC	Thespa Kusatsu ↑	YKK AP
2005	Ehime FC ↑	YKK AP	ALO's Hokuriku	Tochigi SC
2006	Honda FC (4)	Sagawa Express Tokyo	Sagawa Express Osaka	YKK AP
2007	Sagawa Express	Rosso Kumamoto ↑	FC Gifu ↑	ALO's Hokuriku
2008	Honda FC (5)	Tochigi SC ↑	Kataller Toyama ↑	Fagiano Okayama ↑
2009	Sagawa Shiga (2)	Yokogawa Musashino	Sony Sendai	New Wave Kitakyushu ↑
2010	Gainare Tottori ↑	Sagawa Shiga	Machida Zelvia	Honda FC
2011	Sagawa Shiga (3)	Nagano Parceiro	Machida Zelvia ↑	Matsumoto Yamaga ↑
2012	V-Varen Nagasaki ↑	Nagano Parceiro	Sagawa Shiga	Kamatamare Sanuki
2013	Nagano Parceiro	Kamatamare Sanuki ↑	SC Sagamihara	Machida Zelvia

J3 League (2014–present)

In 2014, J. League launched a fully professional third division.

Season	Winner	Runner-up
2014	Zweigen Kanazawa	Nagano Parceiro†
2015	Renofa Yamaguchi	Machida Zelvia

^† Not promoted to J2 due to a loss in the play-off series.

Total wins

Clubs in bold compete in J3 as of 2016 season. Clubs in italic no longer exist.
Years in italic indicate seasons of amateur football (former and new Japan Football League).

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons	Runners-up seasons
Honda FC	5	4	1993, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008	1999, 2000, 2003, 2004
Sagawa Shiga	3	1	2007, 2009, 2011	2010
Tokushima Vortis	2	1	2003, 2004	2001
Yokohama FC	2	0	1999, 2000
Nagano Parceiro	1	3	2013	2011, 2012, 2014
Avispa Fukuoka	1	0	1992
Ehime FC	1	0	2005
Gainare Tottori	1	0	2010
V-Varen Nagasaki	1	0	2012
Zweigen Kanazawa	1	0	2014
Renofa Yamaguchi	1	0	2015
Sagawa Express Tokyo	0	2		2002, 2006
Kyoto Sanga	0	1		1992
Tosu Futures	0	1		1993
YKK AP	0	1		2005
Roasso Kumamoto	0	1		2007
Tochigi SC	0	1		2008
Yokogawa Musashino	0	1		2009
Kamatamare Sanuki	0	1		2013
Machida Zelvia	0	1		2015

See also

• Japan Football League (1992–98)
• Japan Football League
• J3 League
• List of Japanese football champions
• List of winners of J2 League and predecessors

Sources

• Contents of Domestic Competition of Football in Japan