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.
| Team | YAN | MIT | NIP | HIT | FUR | TOY | KOK | NAG | Win/Draw/Loss | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yanmar diesel | 1:1 | 4:3 | 0:1 | 3:2 | 2:1 | 2:0 | 4:0 | 9/4/1 | 32 | 19 | 22 | |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 1:1 | 2:3 | 7:0 | 3:0 | 1:0 | 0:1 | 2:2 | 7/4/3 | 32 | 20 | 18 | |
| Nippon Steel | 2:2 | 0:2 | 0:1 | 3:3 | 2:1 | 2:0 | 7:1 | 8/2/4 | 34 | 11 | 18 | |
| Hitachi | 0:0 | 2:1 | 2:4 | 0:2 | 0:0 | 3:0 | 4:1 | 7/4/3 | 18 | 1 | 18 | |
| Furukawa electric | 0:3 | 1:1 | 2:4 | 1:1 | 2:2 | 1:0 | 3:0 | 5/5/4 | 24 | 0 | 15 | |
| Toyo kogyo | 1:2 | 0:4 | 1:0 | 0:0 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 1:0 | 3/4/7 | 11 | -6 | 10 | |
| z'- Nippon Kokan | 1:3 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 1:3 | 1:1 | 0:0 | 1:1 | 2/4/8 | 11 | -12 | 8 | |
| z'- Mutual savings bank of Nagoya | 0:5 | 0:5 | 1:2 | 0:1 | 2:4 | 0:2 | 2:2 | 0/3/11 | 10 | -33 | 3 |
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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
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East team | 2:4 0:3 | West team | 14/7/1971 30/8/1971 | Hiroshima Tokyo National stadium |
Japan Soccer League Replace matches
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nippon Kokan | 2:2 0:0 | Tanabe seiyaku (Shakaijin Finalist) | 12/12/1971 19/12/1971 | Yomiuri Land, Tokyo Osaka |
| Mutual savings bank of Nagoya | 0:0 0:1 | Towa real estate development (Shakaijin Winner) | 12/12/1971 18/12/1971 | Ichinomiya Yomiuri Land, Tokyo |
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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.