2008 L.League

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Nadeshiko.League
Season 2008
Champions Nippon TV Beleza
11th L. League title
Relegated Iga FC Kunoichi
Top goalscorer Shinobu Ono (20 goals)
2007
2009

Statistics of Nadeshiko.League in the 2008 season. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.

Nippon TV Beleza, is a women's football team which plays in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League. It was a founding member of the league in 1989 and is the only Japanese women's club to have never been relegated. Its team name, "Beleza", is Portuguese for "beauty".

Contents

Division 1

Result

PosClubPWDLGFGAPtsNote
1 Nippon TV Beleza 211722732253Champions
2 INAC Leonessa 211434562645
3 Urawa Reds Ladies 211344461843
4 Tasaki Perule FC 211119423834Dissolved
5 Okayama Yunogo Belle 211038302933
6 TEPCO Mareeze 215214244317
7 Albirex Niigata Ladies 213216215111
8 Iga FC Kunoichi 21211815807Division 1 Promotion/Relegation Series

League Awards

Best player

PlayerClub
Flag of Japan.svg Homare Sawa Nippon TV Beleza

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Flag of Japan.svg Shinobu Ono Nippon TV Beleza
20

Best eleven

PosPlayerClub
GK Flag of Japan.svg Nozomi Yamago Urawa Reds Ladies
DF Flag of Japan.svg Yukari Kinga Nippon TV Beleza
Flag of Japan.svg Kyoko Yano Urawa Reds Ladies
Flag of Japan.svg Azusa Iwashimizu Nippon TV Beleza
Flag of Japan.svg Hiromi Ikeda Tasaki Perule FC
MF Flag of Japan.svg Homare Sawa Nippon TV Beleza
Flag of Japan.svg Aya Miyama Okayama Yunogo Belle
Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Hara INAC Leonessa
FW Flag of Japan.svg Shinobu Ohno Nippon TV Beleza
Flag of Japan.svg Kozue Ando Urawa Reds Ladies
Flag of Brazil.svg Pretinha INAC Leonessa

Best young player

PlayerClub
Flag of Japan.svg Mana Iwabuchi Nippon TV Beleza

Division 2

Result

PosClubPWDLGFGAPtsNote
1 JEF United Chiba Ladies 161330761042Promoted for Division 1
2 Speranza FC Takatsuki 161240681940Division 1 Promotion/Relegation Series
3 AS Elfen Sayama FC 161024551432
4 Ohara Gakuen JaSRA LSC 16745262625
5 Fukuoka J. Anclas 16727492423
6 Bunnys Kyoto SC 164111205213
7 Shimizudaihachi Pleiades 16259213811
8 Kagoshima Kamoike FC Asahina 163112188710
9 Renaissance Kumamoto FC 1630138769

Promotion/Relegation Series

Division 1 Promotion/Relegation Series

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