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Hokkaido Soccer League
Founded	1978; 46 years ago
Country	Japan
Confederation	AFC
Divisions	1
Number of clubs	8
Level on pyramid	5
Promotion to	Japan Football League
Relegation to	Block Leagues
Domestic cup(s)	Emperor's Cup
Current champions	Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth ; (2024)
Most championships	Norbritz Hokkaido (18)
Website	www.hfa-dream.or.jp
	Current: 2024 Japanese Regional Leagues

Hokkaido Soccer League (北海道サッカーリーグ, Hokkaidō Sakkā Rīgu) is the Japanese fifth tier of league football, which is part of the Japanese Regional Leagues. It covers the prefecture/region of Hokkaidō.

Hokkaido is the only regional league whose clubs have never been promoted. The top representative of Hokkaido in the Japanese league system, Consadole Sapporo, entered the J.League after moving from the Kanto region in 1995.

Overview

The Hokkaido Soccer League is the fifth tier in the Japanese soccer structure and the block leagues below corresponds to the sixth tier. There are four block leagues under the Hokkaido Soccer League, and district-based leagues are established under them. Currently, as of 2022, there are fifteen district leagues under the four main block leagues.

Eight teams from all over Hokkaido participate in the competition, and the winners participate in the Regional Football League Competition. There is relegation to the Block leagues below this level, usually the teams that finish in the bottom two places in the league standings are relegated.

Hokkaido is the only prefecture participating in this league, but it is treated as a regional league. In Hokkaido, the block league is the equivalent of the prefectural league that exists in other prefectures.

District associations and divisions

Levels mentioned are according to overall position in the Japanese football league system.

Regional League (level 5)	Block League (level 6)			District League (level 7)	Jurisdiction
Regional League (level 5)	Since 2019	From 2012 to 2018	From 2003 to 2011	District League (level 7)	Jurisdiction
Hokkaido	Sapporo	Sapporo	Central Hokkaido	Sapporo	Northern Ishikari Subprefecture
	Central and Northern Hokkaido	Central Hokkaido		Chitose	Southern Ishikari Subprefecture
				Otaru	Shiribeshi Subprefecture
			Northern Hokkaido	Sorachi	Southern Sorachi Subprefecture
		Northern Hokkaido		Kita-Sorachi	Northern Sorachi Subprefecture
				Asahikawa	Southern Kamikawa Subprefecture, Southern Rumoi Subprefecture
				Dōhoku	Northern Kamikawa Subprefecture, Northern Rumoi Subprefecture
				Sōya	Soya Subprefecture
	Southern Hokkaido	Southern Hokkaido	Southern Hokkaido	Hakodate	Oshima Subprefecture, Hiyama Subprefecture
				Muroran	Western Iburi Subprefecture
				Tomakomai	Eastern Iburi Subprefecture, Hidaka Subprefecture
	Eastern Hokkaido	Eastern Hokkaido	Eastern Hokkaido	Tokachi	Tokachi Subprefecture
				Kushiro	Kushiro Subprefecture
				Nemuro	Nemuro Subprefecture
				Okhotsk	Okhotsk Subprefecture

2024 clubs

#	Team	Hometown	Block	District	Notes
1.	BTOP Hokkaido	Kuriyama, Hokkaido	Central	Sorachi	2023 Champions
2.	Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth	Obihiro, Hokkaido	Eastern	Tokachi
3.	Norbritz Hokkaido FC	Ebetsu, Hokkaido	Sapporo	Sapporo
4.	Sapporo University Goal Plunderers (ja)	Sapporo, Hokkaido	Sapporo	Sapporo
5.	Hokushūkai Iwamizawa (ja)	Iwamizawa, Hokkaido	Central	Sorachi
6.	Kyokusyuukai FC	Asahikawa, Hokkaido	Northern	Asahikawa
7.	ASC Hokkaido (ja)	Atsuma, Hokkaido	Southern	Tomakomai	Promotion (1st place in Block Final)
8.	Canale Otaru	Otaru City, Hokkaido	Central	Otaru	Promotion (2nd place in Block Final)

Norbritz Hokkaido

H. Tokachi SE

BTOP Hokkaido

Sapporo University GP

Hokushukai Iwamizawa

Ballers Kyokushukai

Canale Otaru

ASC Hokkaido

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Locations of the 2024 Hokkaido Soccer League teams

Hokkaido Soccer League Champions

Year	Winner
1978	Hakodate 1976 (1)
1979	Nippon Steel Muroran (1)
1980	Hakodate 1976 (2)
1981	Sapporo Mazda (1)
1982	Nippon Steel Muroran (2)
1983	Sapporo Mazda (2)
1984	Sapporo Mazda (3)
1985	Sapporo Shūkyū (1)
1986	Sapporo Shūkyū (2)
1987	Sapporo Mazda (4)
1988	Sapporo Mazda (5)
1989	Sapporo Mazda (6)
1990	Nippon Steel Muroran (3)
1991	Sapporo Mazda (7)
1992	Hokuden (1)
1993	Hokkaido Electric Power (2)
1994	Nippon Steel Muroran (4)
1995	Hokkaido Electric Power (3)
1996	Hokkaido Electric Power (4)
1997	Hokkaido Electric Power (5)
1998	Hokkaido Electric Power (6)
1999	Hokkaido Electric Power (7)
2000	Hokkaido Electric Power (8)
2001	Barefoot Hokkaido (1)
2002	Barefoot Hokkaido (2)
2003	Hokkaido Electric Power (9)
2004	Norbritz Hokkaido (10)
2005	Norbritz Hokkaido (11)
2006	Norbritz Hokkaido (12)
2007	Norbritz Hokkaido (13)
2008	Norbritz Hokkaido (14)
2009	Sapporo U. Goal Plunderers (1)
2010	Sapporo U. Goal Plunderers (2)
2011	Norbritz Hokkaido (15)
2012	Norbritz Hokkaido (16)
2013	Norbritz Hokkaido (17)
2014	Tokachi Fairsky FC (1)
2015	Sapporo Shūkyū (3)
2016	Norbritz Hokkaido (18)
2017	Tokachi FC (2)
2018	Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (3)
2019	Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (4)
2020	Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (5)
2021	not awarded^[a]
2022	BTOP Hokkaido (1)
2023	BTOP Hokkaido (2)
2024	Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (6)
2025

^ Due to the influence of the new coronavirus pandemic, the tournament was discontinued after only 5 matchdays were played. The ranking was decided according to the ranking at that time, but no champion was declared.

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[1] Due to the influence of the new coronavirus pandemic, the tournament was discontinued after only 5 matchdays were played. The ranking was decided according to the ranking at that time, but no champion was declared.

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