Japan Soccer League 1980

The 16th Japan Soccer League 1980

The first match day is 19th April and the last match day of the first half season is 18th May, and the first match day of the second half season is 6th September and the last match day is 3rd November 1980.

z-Teams are relegated to division-2 automatically.
z'-Teams play the replace matches.

tabel_.JSL 1980
TeamYANFKCFURMITHITYOMTOYNIPYAMNISWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
Yanmar diesel2:12:12:01:01:01:11:02:11:013/4/1291630
Fujita kogyo club1:10:12:10:12:13:03:42:03:010/3/5331423
Furukawa electric0:00:10:32:12:11:32:25:33:09/4/526522
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries1:11:20:12:22:01:11:12:10:07/6/524420
Hitachi1:33:10:02:21:42:00:12:15:48/3/732419
Yomiuri soccer club1:31:30:31:22:11:34:12:24:08/1/937817
Toyo kogyo2:01:15:12:10:20:32:01:20:16/3/922-415
Nippon Steel0:21:10:20:12:31:41:00:11:06/3/921-615
z'- Yamaha Motor3:51:30:02:32:11:63:00:31:15/3/1028-1113
z- Nissan Motor0:10:40:20:11:51:22:10:31:42/2/1411-306

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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

The bottom one team, Nissan, shall be relegated to division-2 automatically.
The 9th place team, Yamaha, shall play in JSL division-1/2 Replace matches.

YANMAR as the champion shall be eligible to play in Super Cup 1981.

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: USUI Hiroyuki (Hitachi)
Assists leader (Silver ball Award)
9: Jorge YONASHIRO (Yomiuri)
Rookie of the year
NATORI Atsushi (Mitsubishi)
Best eleven
  • TAGUCHI Mitsuhisa (Mitsubishi)
  • SUGAMATA Tetsuo ()
  • HitachiKOMAEDA Mitsuru (Fujita)
  • IMAI Keizo (Fujita)
  • OCHIAI Hiroshi (Mitsubishi)
  • Jorge YONASHIRO (Yomiuri)
  • MAEDA Hideki (Furukawa)
  • SOEJIMA Hiroshi (Yanmar)
  • USUI Hiroyuki (Hitachi)
  • J.D. CALVARIO (Fujita)
  • KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)

The 9th Japan Soccer League division-2 1980

The first match day is 5th April and the last match day is 2nd November 1980.

y-Teams are promoted to division-1 automatically.
y'-Teams shall be eligible to play in the replace matches.

z-Teams are relegated to each Regional league automatically.
z'-Teams play the replace matches.

tabel_.JSL2 1980
TeamHONFUJTOSKOKTMCTANTEISUMKOFDAIWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
y- Honda Motor0:02:01:00:20:13:11:13:04:013/2/3432628
y'- Fujitsu1:22:22:00:02:01:03:02:13:110/5/3251325
Toshiba1:20:00:01:00:01:14:03:05:18/6/4301322
Nippon Kokan1:20:01:12:31:13:01:13:03:07/6/523620
Toyota Motor3:82:04:30:12:10:21:10:31:37/4/729-518
Tanabe seiyaku0:30:11:21:14:20:20:02:14:16/5/719-317
Teijin2:30:10:20:20:00:02:10:23:27/3/820-417
Sumitomo Metal Industries2:53:20:23:01:32:31:22:11:24/5/922-1113
z'- Kofu soccer club0:30:12:10:12:22:01:30:02:64/2/1217-1610
z- Daikyo Oil2:11:41:22:32:40:11:21:31:05/0/1327-1910

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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

Toshiba changes the team name from Toshiba Horikawa-cho.

The top one team, Honda (in Shizuoka), shall be promoted to division-1 automatically.
The 2nd place team, Fujitsu, shall be eligible to play in JSL division-1/2 Replace matches.

The bottom one team, Daikyo Oil, shall be relegated automatically.
The 9th place team, Kofu soccer club, shall play in JSL Replace matches.

Nagoya soccer club (in Aichi), the winner of Regional Football League Competition 1980, is promoted to Japan Soccer League division-2 automatically.

Awards

Goal-scoring leader (division-2)
11: HIGUCHI Shiro (Honda)
Assists leader (division-2)
8: AKIYAMA Mitsuyoshi (Honda)

The 5th JSL Cup

x-Teams progress to next round.

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Honda3:0Tanabe9/8/1980Hamamatsu
Yanmar2:0Fujitsu10/8/1980Utsubo, Osaka
Fujita kogyo2:3Furukawa10/8/1980Mitsuzawa, Yokohama
Yomiuri3:2Yamaha10/8/1980Iwata
tabel_.2nd Rounds
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Toshiba1:0Honda16/8/1980Tokushima
Nippon Steel2:4Nippon Kokan16/8/1980Tokushima
Toyota2:4Teijin16/8/1980Kofu
Yanmar3:0Kofu club16/8/1980Kofu
Mitsubishi0:1Furukawa16/8/1980Maebashi
Daikyo Oil0:2Nissan16/8/1980Maebashi
Hitachi5:1Sumitomo Metal16/8/1980Toyama
Yomiuri1:3Toyo kogyo16/8/1980Toyama
tabel_.Quarter-finals
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Toshiba0:1Nippon Kokan17/8/1980Tokushima
Teijin2:1Yanmar17/8/1980Kofu
Furukawa1:1
(4:5)pso		Nissan17/8/1980Maebashi
Hitachi4:1Toyo kogyo17/8/1980Toyama
tabel_.Semi-finals
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Nippon Kokan2:1Teijin23/8/1980Osaka
Nissan0:2Hitachi23/8/1980Osaka
tabel_.Final
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Nippon Kokan3:1Hitachi24/8/1980Osaka

Super Cup 1980

tabel_.Super Cup 1980
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Fujita kogyo1:2Mitsubishi6/4/1980Osaka

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The 9th East-West JSL Match

tabel_.East-West Match 1980
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
East team2:0West team2/8/1980Mitsuzawa, Yokohama

Japan Soccer League Replace matches

tabel_.JSL division-1/2 Replace matches
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Yamaha1:0
1:1		Fujitsu9/11/1980
16/11/1980		Iwata
Mitsuzawa, Yokohama
tabel_.JSL Replace matches
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Kofu soccer club1:2
4:1		Furukawa electric Chiba
(Regional Runner-up)		9/11/1980
16/11/1980		Nirasaki
Furukawa electric ground, Yokohama

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