Hokushinetsu Football League


Hokushin'etsu Football League is a soocer league based in five prefectures in the Hokushinetsu region, which comprises Hokuriku and Shin'etsu in Japan. They are. It is a league of club teams registered in Class 1. Its name is abbreviated HFL.
WWW hfl.jp

Overview

The Hokushi'netsu Football League, one of nine Japanese regional leagues, it began in 1975 and if the JFL is considered as the fourth tier in the league structure of Japanese football, then the Hokushin'etsu's first division is the fifth tier, and the second division is the sixth tier. In 2004, the name was changed to the current Hokushin'etsu Football League. With the addition of the top clubs from each prefecture's first division, the system became a two-division system.
The teams compete for promotion to the Japan Football League and try to avoid relegation to the Prefectural Leagues. The current champions of Division 1 and Division 2 are Toyama Shinjo Club and FC Matsucelona, respectively.
As of the end of 2024 season, there two teams equal with the most championship titles in the league’s history, they are Fukui United and the now defunct YKK AP SC with eleven titles each. The league has seen a variety of champions over the years, including Nissei Plastic Industrial, Fukui Teachers, Yamaga, Niigata Eleven, Teihens, Hokuriku Electric Power, Albirex Niigata, ALO's Hokuriku, Nagano Elza, Kanazawa S.C., Matsumoto Yamaga, Nagano Parceiro, Japan Soccer College, Saurcos Fukui, and Artista Tomi.

2026 clubs


Division 1



Division 2


Hokushin'etsu Soccer League Champions


YearWinner
1975YKK
1976Nissei Plastic Industrial
1977Nissei Plastic Industrial
1978Nissei Plastic Industrial
1979Nissei Plastic Industrial
1980Fukui Teachers
1981YKK
1982Nissei Plastic Industrial
1983Nissei Plastic Industrial
1984YKK
1985Yamaga
1986Niigata Eleven
1987Nissei Plastic Industrial
1988YKK
1989YKK
1990YKK
1991Teihens
1992YKK
1993YKK
1994Hokuriku Electric Power
1995YKK
1996Albirex Niigata
1997Albirex Niigata
1998ALO's Hokuriku
1999YKK
2000YKK
2001Nissei Plastic Industrial
2002Nagano Elsa
2003Japan Soccer College
2004Kanazawa S.C.
2005Nagano Elsa
2006Japan Soccer College
2007Matsumoto Yamaga
2008Nagano Parceiro
2009Japan Soccer College
2010Nagano Parceiro
2011Japan Soccer College
2012Saurcos Fukui
2013Saurcos Fukui
2014Saurcos Fukui
2015Saurcos Fukui
2015Artista Tomi
2017Saurcos Fukui
2018Saurcos Fukui
2019Fukui United
2020Fukui United
2021Fukui United
2022Artista Asama
2023Fukui United
2024Fukui United
2025Toyama Shinjo Club
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YearWinner
2004Niigata University of Management
2005Matsumoto Yamaga
2006Valiente Toyama
2007Gran Sena Niigata FC
2008FC Ueda Genshan
2009CUPS Seiro
2010Artista Togo
2011Toyama Shinjo Club
2012Valiente Toyama
2013FC Ueda Genshan
2014Okuetsu FC
2015FC Hokuriku
2016Hokuriku University Futures
2017FC Ueda Genshan
2018Hokuriku University Futures
2019Niigata University of Health and Welfare FC
2020'09 Keidai FC
2021Libertas Chikuma
2022FC Hokuriku
2023Sakai Phoenix
2024NUHW FC
2025FC Matsucelona
2026