Kantō Soccer League

Kantō Soccer League

Founded	1967 (1967)
Country	Japan
Confederation	AFC
Divisions	2
Number of teams	Div 1: 10 Div 2: 10
Level on pyramid	5–6
Promotion to	Japan Football League
Relegation to	Prefectural Leagues
Domestic cup(s)	Emperor's Cup
Most championships	Vonds Ichihara (8)
Website	www.kanto-sl.jp
Current: 2024 Japanese Regional Leagues

Kantō Soccer League (関東サッカーリーグ, Kantō Sakkā Rīgu), abbreviated as KSL, is the Japanese fifth tier of league football, which is part of the Japanese Regional Leagues. It covers most of the Kantō region, as well as the prefectures of Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo and Yamanashi. Its area is thus coextensive with the National Capital Region.

History

It was founded in 1967 as the Kanto Adult Soccer League and was renamed to its current name in 2000. In 2003 the KSL moved to a two-tier system and since 2012 both the first and second divisions were expanded to ten clubs. It is one of the nine regional leagues in Japan. The first division corresponds to the fifth tier and the second division corresponds to the sixth tier of Japanese football pyramid.

2024 clubs

Division 1

Team	Hometown	Notes
Aries Tokyo	Nerima, Tokyo	Promoted champions of Div. 2
Joyful Honda Tsukuba FC	Tsukuba, Ibaraki	5th (2023)
Nankatsu SC	Katsushika, Tokyo	6th (2023)
Toho Titanium SC	Chigasaki, Kanagawa	4th (2023)
Toin Yokohama University FC	Yokohama, Kanagawa	8th (2023)
Tokyo International University FC	Sakado, Saitama	7th (2023)
Tokyo 23 FC	Special wards of Tokyo	9th (2023)
Tokyo United FC	Bunkyō, Tokyo	3rd (2023)
Vertfee Yaita	Yaita, Tochigi	Promoted 2nd in Div. 2
Vonds Ichihara	Ichihara, Chiba	Champions 2023

Division 2

Team	Hometown	Notes
Atsugi Hayabusa	Atsugi, Kanagawa	3rd (2023)
Aventura Kawaguchi	Kawaguchi, Saitama	4th (2023)
Coedo Kawagoe F.C.	Kawagoe, Saitama	Promoted from Saitama prefecture league
Esperanza SC	Yokohama, Kanagawa	6th (2023)
Hitachi Building System SC	Chiyoda, Tokyo	5th (2023)
FC N	Inagi, Tokyo	Promoted from Tokyo league
RKD Ryugasaki	Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki	Relegated from Division 1
Tonan Maebashi	Maebashi, Gunma	7th (2023)
Yokohama Takeru	Yokohama, Kanagawa	8th (2023)
Sakai Trinitas	Sakai, Ibaraki	9th (2023)

Kantō Soccer League Champions

Year	Winner
1967	Urawa Club (1)
1968	Fujitsu (1)
1969	Kofu Club (1)
1970	Kofu Club (2)
1971	Towa Real Estate (1)
1972	Urawa Club (2)
1973	Furukawa Chiba (1)
1974	Kodama Club (1)
1975	Hitachi Mito (1)
1976	Nissan Motors (1)
1977	Toshiba Horikawacho (1)
1978	Toho Titanium (1)
1979	Saitama Teachers (1)
1980	Saitama Teachers (2)
1981	Furukawa Chiba (2)
1982	Toho Titanium (2)
1983	Yokohama TriStar (1)
1984	Toho Titanium (3)
1985	Toho Titanium (4)
1986	Saitama Teachers (3)
1987	Saitama Teachers (4)
1988	Yomiuri Juniors (1)
1989	Yomiuri Juniors (2)
1990	Tokyo Gas (1)
1991	Nissan Motors Farm (1)
1992	Honda Motors Sayama (1)
1993	Honda Motors Sayama (2)
1994	Furukawa Electric (3)
1995	Prima Ham Tsuchiura (1)
1996	Luminoso Sayama (3)
1997	Furukawa Electric (4)
1998	Furukawa Electric (5)
1999	Tochigi SC (1)
2000	Sagawa Express Tokyo (1)
2001	Luminoso Sayama (4)
2002	Ome FC (1)
2003	Gunma Horikoshi (1)
2004	Luminoso Sayama (5)
2005	Luminoso Sayama (6)
2006	Yokohama SCC (1)
2007	Machida Zelvia (1)
2008	Machida Zelvia (2)
2009	Yokohama SCC (2)
2010	Yokohama SCC (3)
2011	Yokohama SCC (4)
2012	SC Sagamihara (1)
2013	FC Korea (1)
2014	Urayasu SC (1)
2015	Briobecca Urayasu (2)
2016	Tokyo 23 FC
2017	Vonds Ichihara (6)
2018	Tochigi Uva (1)
2019	Vonds Ichihara (7)
2020	Tochigi City (2)
2021	Criacao Shinjuku (1)
2022	Tochigi City (3)
2023	Vonds Ichihara (8)

External links

• Kantō Soccer League official website