Japan Soccer League 1983

The 19th Japan Soccer League 1983

The first match day is 3rd 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 15th October and the last match day is 6th November 1983.

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

tabel_.JSL 1983
TeamYOMNISFKCYAMYANMITFURHONHITMAZWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
Yomiuri soccer club1:02:22:10:10:20:12:02:12:012/3/3271427
Nissan Motor1:12:22:21:23:01:02:12:14:311/3/4281125
Fujita kogyo club1:31:00:22:10:21:01:10:03:07/7/418321
Yamaha Motor1:20:10:00:11:00:22:23:02:07/5/625519
Yanmar diesel1:20:10:22:21:40:00:01:12:16/7/519-219
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries0:10:11:10:11:10:00:12:20:16/4/817116
Furukawa electric1:20:30:10:20:00:12:02:13:06/3/913-215
Honda Motor0:20:11:02:22:31:21:01:22:04/6/817-614
z'- Hitachi0:02:00:02:11:20:21:20:00:13/6/914-812
z- Mazda SC Toyo kogyo0:31:30:12:31:11:01:02:21:05/2/1115-1612

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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, Mazda SC Toyo, shall be relegated to division-2 automatically.
The 9th place team, Hitachi, shall play in JSL division-1/2 Replace matches.

YOMIURI as the champion shall be eligible to play in Super Cup 1984.

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)
10: Ruy Goncalves RAMOS SOBRINHO (Yomiuri)
Assists leader (Silver ball Award)
10: Jorge YONASHIRO (Yomiuri)
Rookie of the year
HASHIRATANI Koichi (Nissan)
Best eleven
  • TAGUCHI Mitsuhisa (Mitsubishi)
  • MATSUKI Yasutaro (Yomiuri)
  • KOSHIDA Takeshi (Nissan)
  • KATO Hisashi (Yomiuri)
  • TSUNAMI Satoshi (Yomiuri)
  • Jorge YONASHIRO (Yomiuri)
  • KANEDA Nobutoshi (Nissan)
  • KIMURA Kazushi (Nissan)
  • Ruy Goncalves RAMOS SOBRINHO (Yomiuri)
  • TOTSUKA Tetsuya (Yomiuri)
  • HASHIRATANI Koichi (Nissan)

The 12th Japan Soccer League division-2 1983

The first match day is 3rd April and the last match day is 10th December 1983.

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 1983
TeamKOKSUMTOSNIPTOYTANFUJKOFTOHSAIWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
y- Nippon Kokan1:12:11:05:02:12:02:03:01:013/4/1392730
y'- Sumitomo Metal Industries2:24:31:03:01:10:31:12:10:08/8/233624
Toshiba1:16:21:01:00:00:28:11:03:08/4/6381520
Nippon Steel0:02:23:32:13:12:12:26:01:27/5/629819
Toyota Motor2:11:10:22:10:52:21:13:11:07/5/623-719
Tanabe seiyaku1:32:22:11:10:23:22:43:12:17/4/729018
Fujitsu0:30:12:11:21:20:10:21:01:06/4/826015
Kofu soccer club2:32:32:10:22:20:23:33:30:14/6/829-1114
z'- Toho Titanium0:40:31:42:02:13:22:23:31:05/2/1121-2112
z- Saitama teachers club1:32:40:10:20:23:01:32:11:24/1/1314-149

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In Japan Soccer League division-2, all teams play each other two times (each at home and away).
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

Toyota Motor Co. have been re-merged the Manufacturre and the Distributions into the One company.
Toyota Motor changes the team name in Japanese from Toyota Jidosha Kogyo to Toyota Jidosha.

The top one team, Nippon Kokan, shall be re-promoted to division-1 automatically.
The 2nd place team, Sumitomo Metal, shall be eligible to play in JSL division-1/2 Replace matches.

The bottom one team, Saitama teachers, shall be relegated automatically.
The 9th place team, Toho Titanium, shall play in JSL Replace matches.

Yokohama Tristar soccer club (in Kanagawa), the winner of Regional Football League Competition 1983, is promoted to Japan Soccer League division-2 automatically.

Awards

Goal-scoring leader (division-2)
18: MATSUURA Toshio (Nippon Kokan)
Assists leader (division-2)
6: YAMAMOTO Kin-ya (Nippon Kokan), MATSUURA Toshio (Nippon Kokan)

The 8th JSL Cup

x-Teams progress to next round.

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Yomiuri1:1
(3:1)pso		Nippon Steel16/6/1983Kitakyushu
Kofu club1:1
(4:2)pso		Toho Titanium12/6/1983Kofu
Furukawa0:1Nippon Kokan15/6/1983Furukawa electric ground, Yokohama
Tanabe1:0Saitama tchrs.11/6/1983Omiya
tabel_.2nd Rounds
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Yanmar5:1Mitsubishi18/6/1983Toyama
Yomiuri4:2Fujitsu18/6/1983Toyama
Toyota3:0Kofu soccer club18/6/1983Kofu
Fujita kogyo1:0Mazda18/6/1983Kofu
Toshiba2:2
(4:2)pso		Yamaha18/6/1983Koga
Nippon Kokan2:1Sumitomo Metal18/6/1983Koga
Nissan3:1Tanabe18/6/1983Yokkaichi
Honda3:1Hitachi18/6/1983Yokkaichi
tabel_.Quarter-finals
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Yanmar1:0Yomiuri19/6/1983Toyama
Toyota1:3Fujita kogyo19/6/1983Kofu
Toshiba1:3Nippon Kokan19/6/1983Koga
Nissan2:1Honda19/6/1983Yokkaichi
tabel_.Semi-finals
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Yanmar1:1
(3:2)pso		Fujita kogyo25/6/1983Kofu
Nippon Kokan3:3
(2:4)pso		Nissan25/6/1983Kofu
tabel_.Final
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Yanmar1:0Nissan26/6/1983Kofu

Super Cup 1983

tabel_.Super Cup 1983
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Mitsubishi3:0Yamaha27/3/1983Tokyo National stadium

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The 12th East-West JSL Match

tabel_.East-West Match 1983
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
East team4:1West team7/8/1983Sapporo Maruyama stadium

The Great Wall Cup
International Tournament in China PR

Preliminary Rounds

tabel_.Preliminary Rounds
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
JSL selection5:3Omid (IRN)11/7/1983Beijing
JSL selection0:5China PR National Team13/7/1983Beijing

Rounds of 16

tabel_.Rounds of 16
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
JSL selection0:2Katowice (POL)17/7/1983Beijing

5-8 place match

tabel_.5-8 place match
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
JSL selection2:1OKS (DEN)19/7/1983Beijing

5th/6th place match

tabel_.5th/6th place match
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
JSL selection0:2Beijing Bayi Corps (CHN)22/7/1983Beijing

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JSL selection team is 6th place.

Japan Soccer League Replace matches

tabel_.JSL division-1/2 Replace matches
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Hitachi3:2
1:0		Sumitomo Metal21/12/1983
28/12/1983		Nishigaoka, Tokyo
Kashima
tabel_.JSL Replace matches
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Toho Titanium0:1
0:2		Matsushita Electric21/12/1983
28/12/1983		venue
Nara

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Matsushita Electric Industrial (in Nara) is promoted to Japan Soccer League division-2.
Toho Titanium is relegated.