Kansai Soccer League

Kansai Soccer League (関西サッカーリーグ) is the Japanese fifth tier of league football, which is part of the Japanese Regional Leagues. It covers most of the Kansai region, as well as the prefectures of Hyōgo, Kyōto, Nara, Osaka, Shiga and Wakayama. Mie, usually considered part of Kansai in non-football usage, but is allotted to the Tōkai Adult Soccer League.

Overview
The Kansai Soccer League commenced in 1966 as the Kansai Adult Soccer League. The first tournament had eight clubs, these were: -
 * Osaka Sportsman Club
 * Kyoto Shiko Club
 * Dainichi Nippon Cable
 * NTT Kinki
 * Fuji Steel Hirohata
 * Wakayama Club
 * Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe
 * Shiga Club

The tournament was played in a single division, until a second division commenced in 2005, this introduced promotion and relegation at this regional level. Team in the second tier get relegated to the provincial leagues. In 2005, the name was changed to "Kansai Soccer League" and scoreboards are required to be installed at every venue (if the stadium does not have this facility, the league will lend a portable scoreboard).

"SiMSEED" (formerly SiMS), which manages official records and posts information online, was jointly developed with NTT West Japan-Hyogo (formerly NTT Marketing Act Hyogo). Since 2012, the company commenced its official channel "KSLTV", which is now available on the |YouTube KSLTV platform, where some of the matches are streamed live.