The 4th Japan Soccer League 1968
The first match day is 13th April and the last match day of the first half season is 23rd June, and the first match day of the second half season is 9th November and the last match day is 22nd December 1968.
z'-Teams play the replace matches.
| Team | TOY | YAN | MIT | YAW | FUR | NAG | HIT | KOK | Win/Draw/Loss | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyo kogyo | 1:3 | 1:0 | 2:1 | 2:1 | 4:1 | 4:0 | 7:0 | 10/1/3 | 31 | 20 | 21 | |
| Yanmar diesel | 0:0 | 2:1 | 2:2 | 1:1 | 3:1 | 2:3 | 2:0 | 7/5/2 | 29 | 11 | 19 | |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 2:0 | 1:1 | 3:2 | 0:3 | 3:3 | 2:2 | 3:0 | 7/4/3 | 25 | 7 | 18 | |
| Yawata steel | 0:1 | 5:3 | 2:2 | 1:1 | 2:1 | 3:0 | 6:0 | 7/3/4 | 32 | 13 | 17 | |
| Furukawa electric | 3:2 | 0:2 | 0:2 | 1:3 | 2:0 | 2:1 | 4:1 | 7/3/4 | 24 | 7 | 17 | |
| Mutual savings bank of Nagoya | 0:2 | 2:2 | 1:2 | 3:1 | 0:1 | 2:0 | 1:0 | 3/3/8 | 17 | -8 | 9 | |
| z'- Hitachi' head office | 0:2 | 1:3 | 1:2 | 0:1 | 0:3 | 1:0 | 5:2 | 3/2/9 | 17 | -14 | 8 | |
| z'- Nippon Kokan | 0:3 | 0:3 | 0:2 | 0:3 | 2:2 | 2:2 | 3:3 | 0/3/11 | 10 | -36 | 3 |
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
TOYO kogyo as champion shall be eligible to play in Asian Champion Clubs Tournament 1968.
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.
JSL Awards
- Goal-scoring leader (Golden ball Award)
- 14: KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)
- Assists leader (Silver ball Award)
- 8: SUGIYAMA Ryuichi (Mitsubishi)
- Fighting Spirit Award
- KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)
- Fighting Spirit Award (Press Club Vote)
- YUGUCHI Eizo (Yanmar)
- Star Ball Award
- KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)
- Best eleven
- YOKOYAMA Kenzo (Mitsubishi)
- KATAYAMA Hiroshi (Mitsubishi)
- MIYAMOTO Masakatsu (Furukawa)
- KAMATA Mitsuo (Furukawa)
- OGI Aritatsu (Toyo)
- YAMAGUCHI Yoshitada (Hitachi)
- SUGIYAMA Ryuichi (Mitsubishi)
- MIYAMOTO Teruki (Yawata steel)
- YAEGASHI Shigeo (Furukawa)
- KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)
- WATANABE Masashi (Yawata steel)
The 3rd East-West JSL Match
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East team | 0:6 2:3 | West team | 3/9/1968 6/9/1968 | Tokyo National stadium Nishinomiya baseball stadium |
Japan Soccer League Replace matches
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi | 1:0 3:2 | Urawa soccer club (Shakaijin Finalist) | 29/12/1968 5/1/1969 | Kemigawa, Chiba Urawa |
| Nippon Kokan | 1:0 0:1 | Toyota Motor (Shakaijin Winner) | 27/12/1968 8/1/1969 | Fujisawa Nagoya |
note
If two teams are level at the end of Japan Soccer League Replace matches, both teams remain the same divisions.