L.League 2004 (L2)

The newly organised L2 division consisted of six teams, and its season ran from June 13th until October 31st.


The league was a straightforward round robin tournament, again using the system of three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The only difference between L1 and L2 was that in the latter all teams would play each other thrice.

Okayama Yunogo Belle won the race to be automatically promoted ahead of Albirex Niigata Ladies. Belle's promotion was sealed on October 24th in a 5-1 away win against Shimizu Daihachi SC, the hometown team of Belle's manager Honda Midori, with whom she had begun her career.

Final Standings and Results

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Okayama Yunogo Belle	15	14	0	1	69	7	62	42
2	Albirex Niigata Ladies	15	12	0	3	61	17	44	36
3	AS Elfen Sayama FC	15	8	1	6	35	24	11	25
4	Renaissance Kumamoto FC	15	4	2	9	16	42	-26	14
5	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies	15	4	0	11	21	57	-36	12
6	Shimizu Daihachi SC	15	1	1	13	11	66	-55	4

First Round, games played June 13th

Okayama Yunogo Belle 1 - 0 Albirex Niigata Ladies
AS Elfen Sayama FC 4 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 1 - 5 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Second Round, games played June 20th

Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 0 - 10 Albirex Niigata Ladies
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 2 - 4 Okayama Yunogo Belle
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 1 - 5 AS Elfen Sayama FC


Third Round, games played June 27th

Albirex Niigata Ladies 6 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
AS Elfen Sayama FC 5 - 0 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.
Okayama Yunogo Belle 7 - 0 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Fourth Round, games played July 4th

Okayama Yunogo Belle 8 - 0 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 3 - 1 JEF United Ichihara Ladies
Albirex Niigata Ladies 3 - 0 AS Elfen Sayama FC


Fifth Round, games played July 11th

AS Elfen Sayama FC 2 - 1 Okayama Yunogo Belle
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 1 - 3 Albirex Niigata Ladies
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 1 - 3 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.


Sixth Round, games played July 18th

Albirex Niigata Ladies 1 - 4 Okayama Yunogo Belle
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 2 - 5 AS Elfen Sayama FC (played August 1st)
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 3 - 4 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.


Seventh Round, games played July 25th

Albirex Niigata Ladies 7 - 1 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.
Okayama Yunogo Belle 6 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
AS Elfen Sayama FC 0 - 2 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Eighth Round, games played September 5th

Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 1 - 2 Albirex Niigata Ladies
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 0 - 6 Okayama Yunogo Belle
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 0 - 3 AS Elfen Sayama FC


Ninth Round, games played September 19th

AS Elfen Sayama FC 1 - 4 Albirex Niigata Ladies
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 0 - 3 Okayama Yunogo Belle
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 4 - 0 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Tenth Round, games played September 26th

Okayama Yunogo Belle 2 - 0 AS Elfen Sayama FC
Albirex Niigata Ladies 6 - 1 JEF United Ichihara Ladies
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 1 - 0 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.


Eleventh Round, games played October 3th

Okayama Yunogo Belle 2 - 1 Albirex Niigata Ladies
AS Elfen Sayama FC 0 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 0 - 4 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Twelfth Round, games played October 10th

Albirex Niigata Ladies 5 - 2 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 0 - 9 Okayama Yunogo Belle
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 1 - 4 AS Elfen Sayama FC


Thirteenth Round, games played October 17th

Albirex Niigata Ladies 3 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
AS Elfen Sayama FC 4 - 1 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.
Okayama Yunogo Belle 7 - 0 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Fourteenth Round, games played October 24th

AS Elfen Sayama FC 2 - 3 Albirex Niigata Ladies
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 1 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 1 - 5 Okayama Yunogo Belle


Fifteenth Round, games played October 31st

JEF United Ichihara Ladies 1 - 7 Albirex Niigata Ladies
Okayama Yunogo Belle 4 - 0 AS Elfen Sayama FC
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 0 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.