The 2nd Japan Soccer League 1966
The first match day is 10th April and the last match day of the first half season is 26th June, and the first match day of the second half season is 9th September and the last match day is 13th November 1966.
z'-Teams play the replace matches.
| Team | TOY | YAW | FUR | MIT | HIT | TAL | NAG | YAN | Win/Draw/Loss | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyo kogyo | 3:0 | 2:0 | 1:0 | 2:3 | 1:0 | 5:0 | 2:0 | 12/1/1 | 43 | 37 | 25 | |
| Yawata steel | 1:2 | 4:3 | 2:2 | 2:1 | 2:0 | 2:1 | 3:0 | 10/1/3 | 33 | 17 | 21 | |
| Furukawa electric | 0:0 | 1:3 | 3:2 | 3:0 | 2:1 | 2:1 | 2:1 | 9/2/3 | 30 | 13 | 20 | |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 0:7 | 1:0 | 1:4 | 2:1 | 2:1 | 2:1 | 2:1 | 8/2/4 | 24 | 0 | 18 | |
| Hitachi' head office | 1:5 | 1:2 | 0:2 | 2:2 | 1:1* | 4:0 | 1:1 | 5/3/6 | 24 | -4 | 13 | |
| Toyoda Automatic Loom Works | 0:8 | 0:3 | 2:2 | 0:3 | 1:2 | 0:1 | 0:0 | 2/3/9 | 10 | -19 | 7 | |
| z'- Mutual savings bank of Nagoya | 1:3 | 1:2 | 0:3 | 1:3 | 1:3 | 1:2 | 3:2 | 2/0/12 | 12 | -22 | 4 | |
| z'- Yanmar diesel | 0:2 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 0:2 | 0:4 | 1:2 | 1:0 | 1/2/11 | 7 | -22 | 4 |
note
In Japan Soccer League, all teams play each other two times.
Teams are allotted two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of all points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.
- Points
- 2: a Win
- 1: a Draw
- 0: a Loss
The bottom two teams shall play in JSL Replace matches.
Japan Soccer League did not make a clear distinction between home and away team before 1983.
Green-coloured matches are in the first half of the season and yellow-coloured matches are in the second half of the season.
On 22nd April, the 2nd section match(*), Hitachi v. Toyoda, at National stadium in Tokyo is the first night match in the league.
JSL Awards
- Goal-scoring leader (Golden ball Award)
- 14: OGI Aritatsu (Toyo)
- Assists leader (Silver ball Award)
- 7: KUWATA Takayuki (Toyo)
- Star Ball Award
- MATSUMOTO Ikuo (Toyo)
- Best eleven
- YOKOYAMA Kenzo (Mitsubishi)
- KATAYAMA Hiroshi (Mitsubishi)
- MIYAMOTO Masakatsu (Furukawa)
- IMANISHI Kazuo (Toyo)
- OGI Aritatsu (Toyo)
- KAMI Hisao (Yawata steel)
- SUGIYAMA Ryuichi (Mitsubishi)
- MIYAMOTO Teruki (Yawata steel)
- YAEGASHI Shigeo (Furukawa)
- KUWATA Takayuki (Toyo)
- MATSUMOTO Ikuo (Toyo)
The 1st East-West JSL Match
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East team | 1:2 1:2 | West team | 28/6/1966 8/7/1966 | Hiroshima baseball stadium Tokyo National stadium |
Japan Soccer League Replace matches
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutual savings bank of Nagoya | 2:3 1:2 | Nippon Kokan (Shakaijin Finalist) | 28/11/1966 4/12/1966 | Nagoya Mitsuzawa, Yokohama |
| Yanmar diesel | 1:0 1:1 | Urawa soccer club (Shakaijin Winner) | 23/11/1966 27/11/1966 | Kobe Omiya |
note
If two teams are level at the end of Japan Soccer League Replace matches, both teams remain the same divisions.
Nippon Kokan (in Kanagawa) is promoted to Japan Soccer League.
Mutual savings bank of Nagoya is relegated.