Japan Soccer League 1972

The 8th Japan Soccer League 1972

The first match day is 9th April and the last match day of the first half season is 22nd May, and the first match day of the second half season is 14th October and the last match day is 26th November 1972.

tabel_.JSL 1972
TeamHITYANTOYMITKOKNIPFURTOWWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.G. Ave.
Hitachi1:32:11:03:23:45:03:19/3/2362021.692
Yanmar diesel1:10:20:02:02:24:01:17/6/1301920.732
Toyo kogyo1:20:22:01:00:04:11:07/2/520716.606
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries0:10:00:22:06:23:41:15/6/326716.578
Nippon Kokan0:01:12:20:02:11:42:04/5/515-313.455
Nippon Steel0:30:32:01:11:22:23:04/4/622-812.423
Furukawa electric0:50:60:32:30:03:41:03/2/917-248.293
Towa real estate development1:51:30:21:41:33:01:02/2/1011-186.275

note

In division-1, 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 average, 3) total of goals.

Points
  • 2: a Win
  • 1: a Draw
  • 0: a Loss

Hitachi changes team colour from Light Blue to Yellow.

In ONLY 1972, home team players wear white shirts and away team players wear coloured shirts.

Japan Soccer League shall add two teams to division-1 in next season.
The top two teams of division-2, Toyota (in Aichi) and Tanabe (in Osaka), are promoted to division-1.

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)
12: MATSUNAGA Akira (Hitachi)
Assists leader (Silver ball Award)
8: YOSHIMURA Daishiro (Yanmar)
Fighting Spirit Award
MATSUNAGA Akira (Hitachi)
Star Ball Award
KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)
Best eleven
  • SETA Tatsuhiko (Hitachi)
  • KAWAKAMI Nobuo (Hitachi)
  • CARLOS (Yanmar)
  • YOSHIMURA Daishiro (Yanmar)
  • OGI Aritatsu (Toyo)
  • YAMAGUCHI Yoshitada (Hitachi)
  • SUGIYAMA Ryuichi (Mitsubishi)
  • NOMURA Mutsuhiro (Hitachi)
  • MATSUNAGA Akira (Hitachi)
  • KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)
  • TAKADA Kazumi (Mitsubishi)

YOSHIMURA Daishiro is naturalized as a Japanese citizen and changes his name from Nelson YOSHIMURA who was a Japanese-Brazilian.


The 1st Japan Soccer League division-2 1972

The first match day is 9th April and the last match day is 3rd December 1972.

y-Teams are promoted to division-1 automatically.

tabel_.JSL2 1972
TeamTMCTANKOFKSCFUJNLMYOMDAITTKTALWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
y- Toyota Motor3:32:15:30:01:02:14:01:11:013/4/1341830
y- Tanabe seiyaku1:22:22:24:01:03:13:21:12:010/6/2371526
Kofu soccer club0:11:14:03:01:23:22:00:15:19/3/6331221
Fujitsu0:20:03:11:12:41:00:01:10:14/9/519-417
Kyoto Shiko soccer club2:40:40:20:01:43:05:22:15:17/3/826-517
Nippon Light Metal1:22:31:12:21:21:23:23:23:17/2/931-216
Yomiuri soccer club0:20:23:00:20:24:24:21:13:07/1/1027-415
Dainichi-Nippon Cables1:25:11:30:01:34:04:13:33:25/4/936-414
Telegraph and Telephone Public Kinki2:00:20:10:02:01:21:22:42:14/6/821-414
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works0:01:21:30:21:01:00:32:21:04/2/1214-2210

note

In 1972, Japan Soccer League implementes a two-division system.

Seven football teams of business companies including Fujitsu (in Kanagawa), Nippon Light Metal (in Shizuoka), Toyoda, Toyota (both in Aichi), Tanabe, Dainichi Cables and T&T Public Kinki (both in Osaka) and three clubs including Yomiuri (in Tokyo), Kofu soccer club (in Yamanashi) and Kyoto Shiko (in Kyoto) organized Japan Soccer League division-2. (Toyoda was an original member of Japan Soccer League in 1965.)

In division-2, 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 top two teams of division-2, Toyota and Tanabe, promoted to division-1 automatically.
And the top two teams of All Japan Adults Footall Tournament, Eidai sangyo (in Yamaguchi) and Teijin Matsuyama (in Ehime), are promoted to Japan Soccer League division-2 automatically.

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.


Awards

Goal-scoring leader (division-2)
14: OKUDA Akio (Dai-nichi)
Assists leader (division-2)
7: IZUMI Masanobu (Toyota)

The 7th East-West JSL Match

tabel_.East-West Match 1972
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
East team2:4
2:4
West team25/8/1972
28/8/1972
Nishigaoka, Tokyo
Tokyo National stadium