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Kantō Soccer League
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967)
CountryJapan
ConfederationAFC
Divisions2
Number of clubsDiv 1: 10
Div 2: 10
Level on pyramid5–6
Promotion toJapan Football League
Relegation toPrefectural Leagues
Domestic cup(s)Emperor's Cup
Current championsVonds Ichihara
(2024)
Most championshipsVonds Ichihara (9)
Websitewww.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 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)
2024 Vonds Ichihara (9)

References