Japan Soccer League 1971

The 7th Japan Soccer League 1971

The first match day is 4th April and the last match day of the first half season is 23rd May, and the first match day of the second half season is 17th October and the last match day is 5th December 1971.

z'-Teams play the replace matches.

tabel_.JSL 1971
TeamYANMITNIPHITFURTOYKOKNAGWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
Yanmar diesel1:14:30:13:22:12:04:09/4/1321922
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries1:12:37:03:01:00:12:27/4/3322018
Nippon Steel2:20:20:13:32:12:07:18/2/4341118
Hitachi0:02:12:40:20:03:04:17/4/318118
Furukawa electric0:31:12:41:12:21:03:05/5/424015
Toyo kogyo1:20:41:00:01:21:21:03/4/711-610
z'- Nippon Kokan1:31:21:21:31:10:01:12/4/811-128
z'- Mutual savings bank of Nagoya0:50:51:20:12:40:22:20/3/1110-333

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

Hitachi' head office changes the team name to Hitachi

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)
11: KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)
Assists leader (Silver ball Award)
10: SUGIYAMA Ryuichi (Mitsubishi)
Fighting Spirit Award
ARAI Kozo (Furukawa)
Star Ball Award
KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)
Best eleven
  • YOKOYAMA Kenzo (Mitsubishi)
  • ARAI Kozo (Furukawa)
  • CARLOS (Yanmar)
  • Nelson YOSHIMURA (Yanmar)
  • OGI Aritatsu (Toyo)
  • YAMAGUCHI Yoshitada (Hitachi)
  • SUGIYAMA Ryuichi (Mitsubishi)
  • MIYAMOTO Teruki (Nippon Steel)
  • FUJISHIMA Nobuo (Nippon Kokan)
  • KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)
  • NAGAI Yoshikazu (Furukawa)

The 6th East-West JSL Match

tabel_.East-West Match 1971
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
East team2:4
0:3
West team14/7/1971
30/8/1971
Hiroshima
Tokyo National stadium

Japan Soccer League Replace matches

tabel_.JSL Replace matches
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Nippon Kokan2:2
0:0
Tanabe seiyaku
(Shakaijin Finalist)
12/12/1971
19/12/1971
Yomiuri Land, Tokyo
Osaka
Mutual savings bank of Nagoya0:0
0:1
Towa real estate development
(Shakaijin Winner)
12/12/1971
18/12/1971
Ichinomiya
Yomiuri Land, Tokyo

note

If two teams are level at the end of Japan Soccer League Replace matches, both teams remain the same divisions.

Towa real estate development (in Tochigi) is promoted to Japan Soccer League.
Mutual savings bank of Nagoya is re-relegated and discontinues the activities of the club. Several players leave for Eidai sangyo (in Yamaguchi) to begin a new club.

The loser(s) of the matches, Tanabe, entry into the 1st Japan Soccer League division-2.