Japan Soccer League 1976

The 12th Japan Soccer League 1976

The first match day is 28th August 1976 and the last match day is 6th Februrary 1977.

z'-Teams play the replace matches.

tabel_.JSL 1976
Team	FUR	MIT	FKC	YAN	HIT	KOK	EID	TOY	NIP	TMC	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
Furukawa electric		0:0	4:0	1:0	1:0	5:2	2:2	0:1	3:0	6:0	11/4/3	37	22	26
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	3:2		1:2	1:0	1:1	0:1	1:0	0:0	2:1	4:1	9/4/5	28	12	22
Fujita kogyo club	0:0	2:1		3:5	0:1	0:0	1:1	1:1	3:1	3:1	9/4/5	28	8	22
Yanmar diesel	1:2	3:2	2:1		0:3	0:0	0:0	2:0	1:0	7:1	9/3/6	34	14	21
Hitachi	0:1	0:0	1:3	1:1		0:0	3:0	1:1	2:1	2:0	7/7/4	22	8	21
Nippon Kokan	2:2	0:3	0:1	4:3	4:1		1:2	1:0	2:2	1:1	6/8/4	22	1	20
z- Eidai	0:3	0:2	1:0	1:0	0:2	1:1		0:1	2:1	3:2	7/4/7	18	-6	18
Toyo kogyo	1:2	0:1	0:3	0:4	1:1	0:0	0:1		0:1	3:1	5/5/8	16	-4	15
z'- Nippon Steel	3:1	3:1	0:3	0:2	0:0	0:2	3:2	1:2		0:1	5/2/11	23	-7	12
z'- Toyota Motor	0:2	0:5	0:2	0:3	0:3	0:1	1:2	0:5	1:6		3/1/1	10	-48	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

Eidai sangyo changes the team name to Eidai

The bottom two teams shall play in JSL division-1/2 Replace matches.

FURUKAWA as the champion shall be eligible to play in Super Cup 1977.

Eidai withdraws from the league on 1st March 1977, and discontinues the activities of the club.
Several players leave for Honda (Division-2), Toshiba (in Kanto), and so on.

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)

15: KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)

Assists leader (Silver ball Award)

8: NAGAI Yoshikazu (Furukawa)

Rookie of the year

ISHII Shigemi (Furukawa)

Best eleven

SETA Tatsuhiko (Hitachi)
ISHII Shigemi (Furukawa)
KIYOKUMO Eijun (Furukawa)
ARAI Kozo (Furukawa)
OCHIAI Hiroshi (Mitsubishi)
FUJISHIMA Nobuo (Nippon Kokan)
KOMAEDA Mitsuru (Fujita)
ABE Mitsuo (Yanmar)
NAGAI Yoshikazu (Furukawa)
OKUDERA Yasuhiko (Furukawa)
KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)

The 5th Japan Soccer League division-2 1976

The first match day is 22nd August 1976 and the last match day is 26th Februrary 1977.

y'-Teams shall be eligible to play in the replace matches.

z'-Teams play the replace matches.

tabel_.JSL2 1976
Team	FUJ	YOM	TAN	HON	TEI	YC	SUM	KOF	KSC	FEC	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
y'- Fujitsu		2:1	0:1	1:0	3:0	1:0	4:0	1:1	1:0	4:0	13/3/2	32	26	29
y'- Yomiuri soccer club	0:2		1:0	4:4	3:2	2:2	7:4	4:2	5:0	6:0	11/3/4	51	23	25
Tanabe seiyaku	0:2	1:5		1:1	2:1	1:1	4:2	3:1	1:0	4:0	10/5/3	28	10	25
Honda Motor	0:0	2:1	1:1		4:0	1:1	2:2	0:0	0:0	5:0	6/9/3	25	8	21
Teijin Matsuyama	1:0	2:0	1:2	2:0		2:4	4:2	4:0	1:2	4:1	9/1/8	32	4	19
Yanmar club	2:3	0:2	0:3	2:0	1:1		2:0	2:0	0:0	3:2	6/5/7	23	0	17
Sumitomo Metal Industries	0:1	0:0	0:0	0:1	1:2	2:0		0:1	3:2	2:1	5/3/10	27	-7	13
Kofu soccer club	0:4	1:2	1:2	2:2	1:2	1:0	1:0		0:2	0:0	4/4/10	14	-16	12
z'- Kyoto Shiko soccer club	0:0	1:3	0:0	0:1	1:0	0:2	1:2	0:1		2:3	3/5/10	11	-14	11
z'- Furukawa electric Chiba	0:3	3:5	1:2	0:1	1:3	2:1	1:7	2:1	0:0		3/2/13	17	-34	8

note

Points

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

The top two teams shall be eligible to play in JSL division-1/2 Replace matches.
The bottom two teams shall play in JSL Replace matches.

Eidai (Division-1) withdraws from the league.
And Fujitsu, champion of division-2, is promoted to division-1 automatically after Japan Soccer League Replace matches.

Awards

Goal-scoring leader (division-2): 15: OKAJIMA Toshiki (Yomiuri)
Assists leader (division-2): 7: Jorge YONASHIRO (Yomiuri)

The 1st JSL Cup

finals

x-Teams progress to next round.

Eidai
- Mitsubishi
  - Mitsubishi (1st of East A)
  - Honda (2nd of West B)
- Eidai
  - Eidai (1st of West A)
  - Fujita kogyo (2nd of East B)
Hitachi
- Hitachi
  - Hitachi (1st of East B)
  - Toyota (2nd of West A)
- Furukawa
  - Toyo kogyo (1st of West B)
  - Furukawa (2nd of East A)

Results

tabel_.Quarter-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Mitsubishi	2:0	Honda	5/5/1976	Nishigaoka, Tokyo
Eidai	2:1	Fujita kogyo	5/5/1976	Ueno
Hitachi	2:1	Toyota	5/5/1976	Hitachi
Toyo kogyo	1:3	Furukawa	5/5/1976	Okayama

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Mitsubishi	0:1	Eidai	9/5/1976	Naruto
Hitachi	1:1 aet (2:0)pso	Furukawa	10/5/1976	Nishigaoka, Tokyo

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Eidai	0:1	Hitachi	14/5/1976	Tokyo National stadium

Preliminary Rounds

The first match day is 3rd April and the last match day is 29th April 1976.

tabel_.Preliminary Round: East Group A
Team	MIT	FUR	YOM	KOK	SUM	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.
x- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (division-1)		1:1	2:1	1:0	5:0	3/1/0	9	7
x- Furukawa electric (division-1)	1:1		0:4	3:2	6:0	2/1/1	10	3
Yomiuri soccer club (division-2)	1:2	4:0		1:3	1:1	1/1/2	7	1
Nippon Kokan (division-1)	0:1	2:3	3:1		2:3	1/0/3	7	-1
Sumitomo Metal Industries (division-2)	0:5	0:6	1:1	3:2		1/1/2	4	-10

tabel_.Preliminary Round: East Group B
Team	HIT	FKC	FUJ	KOF	FEC	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.
x- Hitachi (division-1)		1:1	1:1	6:0	4:0	2/2/0	12	10
x- Fujita kogyo club (division-1)	1:1		4:0	0:1	6:0	2/1/1	11	9
Fujitsu (division-2)	1:1	0:4		5:1	4:0	2/1/1	10	4
Kofu soccer club (division-2)	0:6	1:0	1:5		1:1	1/1/2	3	-9
Furukawa electric Chiba (division-2)	0:4	0:6	0:4	1:1		0/1/3	1	-14

tabel_.Preliminary Round: West Group A
Team	EID	TMC	YAN	TAN	KSC	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.
x- Eidai (division-1)		2:0	2:1	2:1	3:1	4/0/0	9	6
x- Toyota Motor (division-1)	0:2		1:0	5:2	1:1	2/1/1	7	2
Yanmar diesel (division-1)	1:2	0:1		1:1	1:0	1/1/2	3	-1
Tanabe seiyaku (division-2)	1:2	2:5	1:1		3:1	1/1/2	7	-2
Kyoto Shiko soccer club (division-2)	1:3	1:1	0:1	1:3		0/1/3	3	-5

tabel_.Preliminary Round: West Group B
Team	TOY	HON	YC	TEI	NIP	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.
x- Toyo kogyo (division-1)		2:2	3:1	1:0	0:0	2/2/0	6	3
x- Honda Motor (division-2)	2:2		0:0	2:1	1:1	1/3/0	5	1
Yanmar club (division-2)	1:3	0:0		0:0	1:0	1/2/1	2	-1
Teijin Matsuyama (division-2)	0:1	1:2	0:0		3:2	1/1/2	4	-1
Nippon Steel (division-1)	0:0	1:1	0:1	2:3		0/2/2	3	-2

note

In Preliminary Rounds, all teams play each other one time.
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 in each group progress to Quarter-finals.

Japan Soccer League Replace matches

tabel_.JSL division-1/2 Replace matches
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Nippon Steel	2:1 3:2	Yomiuri	6/3/1977 13/3/1977	Kitakyushu Nishigaoka, Tokyo
Toyota	2:2 2:1	Fujitsu	6/3/1977 13/3/1977	Toyota Nishigaoka, Tokyo

tabel_.JSL Replace matches
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Kyoto Shiko soccer club	2:0 2:1	Dainichi-Nippon Cables (Shakaijin Finalist)	6/3/1977 13/3/1977	Osaka Kyoto
Furukawa Chiba	0:0 0:1	Nissan Motor (Shakaijin Winner)	6/3/1977 12/3/1977	Ichihara Nishigaoka, Tokyo

note

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

Nissan Motor (in Kanagawa) is promoted to Japan Soccer League division-2.

Eidai (Division-1) withdraws from the league.
Furukawa Chiba, a defeated JSL team of Japan Soccer League Replace matches, is not relegated.