Japanese football league
Football league
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
References
External links
Division 1 (2024) Division 2 (2024) Seasons
National association National teams (2024 )
Leagues (2024 )
Cups(2024 )
International cups
Men Women
MS&AD Cup (Senior)
JENESYS U-17 Women’s Football Memorial Cup
Culture