Japan Soccer League 1985

The 21st Japan Soccer League 1985

The first match day is 6th September 1985 and the last match day is 26th March 1986.

z-Teams are relegated to division-2 automatically.

tabel_.JSL 1985
Home teamFURKOKHONFKCNISYAMMITHITYOMYANSUMANAWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
Furukawa electric1:02:11:02:23:01:02:01:02:00:12:115/5/2402535
Nippon Kokan2:03:10:41:00:10:04:02:13:11:02:113/2/7391728
Honda Motor0:01:12:21:01:01:03:32:23:10:04:08/12/2301028
Fujita kogyo club0:00:12:20:00:20:12:03:00:02:02:09/8/5311426
Nissan Motor0:40:31:11:02:20:62:01:00:23:21:18/8/623-624
Yamaha Motor1:12:10:02:20:12:11:00:20:00:13:19/5/820-123
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries0:02:01:22:21:21:00:21:10:12:02:18/6/8291022
Hitachi2:41:50:00:10:01:01:13:11:02:12:18/5/926-721
Yomiuri soccer club1:42:00:02:30:02:01:13:20:12:33:17/5/1028-319
Yanmar diesel1:33:22:20:01:21:20:11:11:00:02:36/6/1020-718
z- Sumitomo Metal Industries2:31:20:20:32:20:11:01:22:31:03:06/3/1321-1115
z- ANA Yokohama soccer club1:40:60:11:30:30:11:6*0:30:21:22:02/1/1916-415

note

In division-1, 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

The bottom two teams, Sumitomo Metal and ANA Yokohama SC, shall be relegated to division-2 automatically.

FURUKAWA as Japan Soccer League champion shall be eligible to play in Asian Club Championship 1986.

*) In 22nd section match of ANA Yokohama v. Mitsubishi, six players of ANA Yokohama SC boycott the match because of protesting against the ANA's club management. ANA Yokohama SC playes the match only ten players.
ANA Yokohama SC is suspended for three months including JSL Cup 1986, and the six players are suspended for an indefinite period.

JSL Awards

Goal-scoring leader (Golden ball Award)
16: YOSHIDA Hiroshi (Furukawa)
Assists leader (Silver ball Award)
11: ASAOKA Tomoyasu (Nippon Kokan)
Rookie of the year
ECHIGO Kazuo (Furukawa)
Best eleven
  • MATSUI Kiyotaka (Nippon Kokan)
  • OKADA Takeshi (Furukawa)
  • KANEKO Hisashi (Furukawa)
  • KATO Hisashi (Yomiuri)
  • KATSUYA Toshinobu (Honda)
  • MIYAUCHI Satoshi (Furukawa)
  • NISHINO Akira (Hitachi)
  • KIMURA Kazushi (Nissan)
  • YOSHIDA Hiroshi (Furukawa)
  • ASAOKA Tomoyasu (Nippon Kokan)
  • NAGAI Yoshikazu (Furukawa)

The 14th Japan Soccer League division-2 1985

In ranking table, the numbers (each points, goals and so on) in brackets are total of the Preliminary Rounds and Play-off matches.

y-Teams are promoted to division-1 automatically.

tabel_.JSL2 1985
Final RankingWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
y- Matsushita Electric Industrial5/4/1
(13/6/1)		11
(37)		4
(24)		14
(32)
y- Mazda sports club3/5/2
(8/7/5)		13
(27)		3
(7)		11
(23)
Toshiba4/2/4
(10/3/7)		12
(24)		4
(9)		10
(23)
Kofu soccer club3/3/4
(8/3/9)		7
(29)		-3
(3)		9
(19)
Tanabe seiyaku2/4/4
(8/5/7)		9
(22)		-2
(3)		8
(21)
Toyota Motor2/4/4
(10/5/5)		12
(35)		-6
(11)		8
(25)
Nippon Steel(8/2/4)(27)(16)(18)
Fujitsu(8/2/4)(33)(19)(18)
Seino Transportation(4/3/7)(18)(-11)(11)
Kyoto Prefectural Police(3/1/10)(7)(-28)(7)
Osaka Gas(2/0/12)(14)(-17)(4)
TDK(0/3/11)(12)(-36)(3)

note

In division-2, the stated order of the top half of the league is determined by adding the points for the Championship Play-off, and the stated order of the bottom half is determined by 7-12 place matches.
In Preliminary Rounds and both Play-off Rounds, 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 in each rounds 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

In Preliminary Rounds, the top three teams in each blocks shall be eligible to play in Championship Play-off, and the rest of teams shall play in Consolation Play-off.

The top two teams, Matsushita (in Osaka) and Mazda, shall be promoted to division-1 automatically. (Mazda is re-promoted.)

Japan Soccer League shall add four teams to division-2 in next season.
The top four teams of Regional Football League Competition 1985, Cosmo Oil (in Mie), Kawasaki Steel Mizushima (in Okayama), Toho Titanium (in Kanagawa) and NTT Kansai (in Osaka), are promoted to Japan Soccer League division-2.
*)Cosmo Oil (ex-Daikyo Oil), Toho Titanium and NTT Kansai (ex-T&T pub. Kinki) are re-promoted.

Awards

Goal-scoring leader (division-2)
9: YAMAMOTO Hiroyasu (Matsushita)
Assists leader (division-2)
7: TAGUCHI Ryoji (Toyota)

Preliminary Rounds

tabel_.Preliminary Rounds East Block 1985
Home teamTOYTOSKOFFUJSEITDKWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
x- Toyota Motor1:04:02:12:05:08/1/1231717
x- Toshiba1:03:10:21:21:06/1/312513
x- Kofu soccer club2:40:12:02:05:25/0/522610
Fujitsu0:01:22:04:14:24/2/416410
Seino Transportation1:20:00:52:13:33/2/513-88
TDK1:30:30:51:11:40/2/810-242
tabel_.Preliminary Rounds West Block 1985
Home teamMATTANMAZNIPKPPOSAWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
x- Matsushita Electric Industrial1:11:13:15:04:18/2/0262018
x- Tanabe seiyaku0:11:00:34:01:06/1/313513
x- Mazda sports club1:30:11:13:02:15/2/314412
Nippon Steel0:13:00:15:02:15/1/418911
Kyoto Prefectural Police0:50:21:21:01:02/0/83-254
Osaka Gas1:20:31:31:32:01/0/98-132

Championship Play-off

The first match day is 1st September and the last match day is 4th November 1985.

Each points, goals and so on is NOT total of the Preliminary Rounds and Play-off matches.

tabel_.Championship Play-off 1985
Home teamMATMAZTOSKOFTANTOYWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
Matsushita Electric Industrial3:11:01:11:01:15/4/111414
Mazda sports club3:12:21:01:13:03/5/213311
Toshiba0:11:02:00:14:04/2/412410
Kofu soccer club0:00:01:00:20:33/3/47-39
Tanabe seiyaku0:01:11:20:22:22/4/49-28
Toyota Motor1:21:11:11:32:12/4/412-68

Consolation Play-off

Each points, goals and so on is NOT total of the Preliminary Rounds and Play-off matches.

tabel_.Consolation Play-off East Block 1985
Home teamFUJSEITDKWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
Fujitsu4:17:14/0/017158
Seino Transportation0:31:11/1/25-33
TDK0:30:30/1/32-121
tabel_.Consolation Play-off West Block 1985
Home teamNIPKPPOSAWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
Nippon Steel0:03:03/1/0977
Kyoto Prefectural Police1:21:41/1/24-33
Osaka Gas1:41:21/0/36-42

7th/8th place match

tabel_.7th/8th place match
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Nippon Steel1:0Fujitsu26/10/1985venue

9th/10th place match

tabel_.9th/10th place match
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Seino Transp.1:0Kyoto Police-/10/1985venue

11th/12th place match

tabel_.11th/12th place match
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Osaka Gas2:1TDK-/10/1985venue

The 10th JSL Cup

x-Teams progress to next round.

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Fujita kogyo2:0Nippon Steel23/6/1985Kitakyushu
Honda6:0TDK23/6/1985Hamamatsu
Mazda1:1
(5:6)pso		Toyota23/6/1985Susono
Toshiba1:0Hitachi23/6/1985Nobeoka
Tanabe1:5Furukawa23/6/1985Furukawa electric ground, Yokohama
Matsushita2:1Sumitomo Metal22/6/1985Itami
Nippon Kokan5:0Kyoto Police23/6/1985Osaka
Yanmar3:1Kofu club23/6/1985Kofu
tabel_.2nd Rounds
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
ANA Yokohama1:1
(4:5)pso		Fujita kogyo29/6/1985Hamamatsu
Honda3:0Fujitsu29/6/1985Hamamatsu
Yamaha1:0Toyota29/6/1985Iwata
Toshiba2:5Yomiuri29/6/1985Iwata
Osaka Gas1:4Furukawa29/6/1985Koga
Matsushita2:0Seino29/6/1985Koga
Mitsubishi2:1Nippon Kokan29/6/1985Toyama
Yanmar0:5Nissan29/6/1985Toyama
tabel_.Quarter-finals
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Fujita kogyo1:1
(4:5)pso		Honda30/6/1985Hamamatsu
Yamaha1:3Yomiuri30/6/1985Iwata
Furukawa1:0Matsushita30/6/1985Koga
Mitsubishi0:4Nissan30/6/1985Toyama
tabel_.Semi-finals
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Honda1:3Yomiuri6/7/1985Toyohashi
Furukawa0:1Nissan6/7/1985Toyohashi
tabel_.Final
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Yomiuri2:0Nissan7/7/1985Toyohashi

No matches.