Japan Soccer League 1991/92

The 27th Japan Soccer League 1991/92

The first match day is 15th September 1991 and the last match day is 29th March 1992.

j-Teams participate in J.League (new professional league).

tabel_.JSL 1991/92
Home team	YOM	NIS	YAM	TOS	MAT	MAZ	JEF	ANA	HIT	HON	MIT	TOY	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
j- Yomiuri soccer club		0:0	3:1	2:0	3:0	0:0	4:0	1:0	3:1	3:1	5:1	4:2	15/6/1	43	30	51
j- Nissan Motor	1:1		0:0	1:0	3:0	2:0	2:0	0:1	1:1	1:0	2:1	1:1	12/7/3	25	11	43
y- Yamaha Motor	0:2	1:2		2:1	1:0	0:2	2:0	4:3	1:0	0:0	1:0	1:1	11/3/8	30	-1	36
y- Toshiba	1:1	0:0	4:2		0:0	1:0	4:1	1:0	2:0	2:2	1:1	1:1	7/9/6	26	2	30
j- Matsushita Electric Industrial	0:0	3:1	1:3	1:1		1:1	2:3	2:1	0:0	2:1	4:1	3:1	7/8/7	25	-2	29
j- Mazda soccer club	1:2	3:0	4:0	3:1	1:2		1:2	3:0	1:1	0:2	3:0	1:1	7/6/9	30	7	27
j- JR-East Furukawa	1:3	0:1	2:1	1:1	3:2	0:2		1:3	5:1	0:1	2:1	3:0	8/3/11	30	-8	27
j- ANA soccer club	0:0	0:1	2:3	0:0	1:1	0:0	2:2		1:0	1:0	0:0	2:1	6/7/9	20	-3	25
y- Hitachi	0:2	0:1	3:2	4:2	1:1	2:1	0:1	1:0		0:0	2:2	1:0	6/7/9	22	-8	25
y- Honda Motor	1:2	1:1	0:2	0:1	0:0	0:0	3:2	2:0	1:0		1:1	1:1	5/8/9	18	-7	23
j- Mitsubishi Motors	2:1	1:2	1:2	1:0	2:0	3:2	1:1	0:3	2:3	3:1		1:1	5/6/11	25	-15	21
j- Toyota Motor	0:1	0:2	0:1	1:2	0:2	3:1	3:1	0:0	1:1	3:0	3:0		4/8/10	24	-6	20

note

In Japan Soccer League, all teams play each other two times (each at home and away).
Teams are allotted three 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

3: a Win
1: a Draw
0: a Loss

JR-East Furukawa changes the team name from Furukawa electric.

Yomiuri soccer club (Yomiuri Verdy) as Japan Soccer League champion shall be eligible to play in Asian Club Championship 1992.

Japan Soccer League is reorganized into J.League (professional teams) and Japan Football League (amateur teams) in next season.
The top ten teams, except professional teams, of the league in 1991/92 shall be eligible to play in the 1st Japan Football League division-1 (J1).
The rest of the teams, y'-teams, and the top two teams of Regional Football League Competition, Osaka Gas and Seino Transportation, shall be eligible to play in the 1st Japan Football League division-2 (J2).

Yomiuri soccer club (division-1) and Yomiuri Junior (division-2) is reorganized into Yomiuri Verdy in next season.

JSL Awards

Most Valuable Player

MIURA Kazuyoshi (Yomiuri)

Goal-scoring leader (Golden ball Award)

18: TONINHO (Yomiuri)

Assists leader (Silver ball Award)

12: JORGENYO (Toyota)

Rookie of the year

TAKAGI Takuya (Mazda)

Best Goalkeeper Award

FUJIKAWA Takayuki (Yomiuri)

Best eleven

MATSUNAGA Shigetatsu (Nissan)
HASHIRATANI Tetsuji (Nissan)
HORIIKE Takumi (Yomiuri)
KATO Hisashi (Yomiuri)
IHARA Masami (Nissan)
JORGENYO (Toyota)
RAMOS Ruy (Yomiuri)
KITAZAWA Tsuyoshi (Honda)
TONINHO (Yomiuri)
NAKAYAMA Masashi (Yamaha)
MIURA Kazuyoshi (Yomiuri)

Fair play Award

Mazda soccer club

Referee of the year

TAKADA Shizuo, KIKUCHI Hideo , TANAKA Kenji

Manager of the year

PEPE (Yomiuri)

Manager incentive Award

SHIMIZU Hidehiko (Nissan)

Clean & Exciting Award

HORIIKE Takumi (Yomiuri) and 11 players

The 20th Japan Soccer League division-2 1991/92

The first match day is 7th September 1991 and the last match day is 29th Marh 1992.

j-Teams participate in J.League (new professional league).

y-Teams participate in Japan Football League division-1 (J1).
y'-Teams participate in Japan Football League division-2 (J2).

tabel_.JSL2 1991/92
Home team	FSC	SUM	YAN	NKK	FUJ	OTS	TOK	KAW	NKT	KOF	COS	CHU	TOH	KSC	TAN	YJR	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
y- Fujita soccer club		1:2	0:3	0:3	4:1	3:0	1:1	2:0	2:0	4:0	5:0	3:2	4:0	5:0	2:0	2:0	24/2/4	79	62	74
j- Sumitomo Metal Industries	0:5		0:1	0:1	1:2	5:0	3:0	1:0	2:1	4:0	2:1	3:1	2:3	1:0	5:1	4:0	21/2/7	66	42	65
y- Yanmar diesel	0:1	0:4		1:2	2:0	2:1	2:0	0:0	1:1	6:0	0:1	1:0	3:0	1:0	2:2	3:0	20/5/5	56	39	65
y- NKK	0:2	2:2	1:0		1:0	0:0	1:1	2:0	0:0	0:2	3:1	1:0	2:1	0:1	3:0	4:1	18/6/6	51	27	60
y- Fujitsu	0:2	1:0	2:2	1:0		0:3	0:0	1:0	4:1	2:0	3:1	5:2	1:1	3:1	2:0	2:1	17/8/5	46	20	59
y- Otsuka Pharmaceutical	1:2	0:0	0:1	1:2	1:1		1:0	2:0	2:2	0:1	6:1	0:1	4:0	2:1	2:0	2:1	15/5/10	45	13	50
y- Tokyo Gas	0:6	0:1	0:0	1:0	0:0	0:0		0:3	0:0	3:0	2:0	0:0	1:0	0:0	2:1	1:2	12/10/8	30	2	46
y'- Kawasaki Steel	1:1	1:0	0:1	2:1	0:0	0:2	0:1		1:0	6:0	1:1	1:0	1:0	2:2	2:0	1:1	12/9/9	31	8	45
y'- NTT Kanto	1:0	0:2	0:2	1:1	0:1	3:4	0:2	1:3		6:1	1:2	1:0	2:1	4:2	2:0	0:1	9/6/15	37	-7	33
y'- Kofu soccer club	1:2	0:3	0:7	0:3	1:1	1:0	2:3	0:0	3:0		1:2	3:3	3:1	0:1	1:2	1:1	9/6/15	35	-31	33
y'- Cosmo Oil	0:2	1:4	0:1	0:3	0:4	2:0	0:2	3:0	0:2	1:1		2:0	0:0	0:1	2:1	3:1	8/5/17	27	-26	29
y'- Chuoh Bohhan	0:2	1:3	1:6	1:1	0:3	2:3	0:2	0:1	2:0	1:1	2:1		4:2	1:1	0:1	3:1	7/6/17	33	-19	27
y'- Toho Titanium	1:3	0:5	0:1	1:3	1:3	0:3	3:3	1:1	1:1	2:4	4:2	2:0		0:1	1:0	3:1	7/6/17	32	-27	27
y'- Kyoto Shiko soccer club	0:7	1:4	0:1	0:4	1:2	0:2	0:3	0:0	3:2	1:3	0:0	1:4	1:1		0:1	0:1	5/7/18	21	-36	22
y'- Tanabe seiyaku	0:3	0:1	0:2	2:3	0:0	0:1	1:0	0:1	1:4	1:4	0:0	1:2	0:1	2:1		1:0	6/3/21	18	-32	21
z- Yomiuri Junior	0:3	0:2	1:4	2:4	0:1	1:2	1:2	0:3	0:1	0:1	1:0	0:0	0:1	1:1	1:0		5/4/21	20	-35	19

note

Points

3: a Win
1: a Draw
0: a Loss

Yomiuri soccer club (division-1) and Yomiuri Junior (division-2) is reorganized into Yomiuri Verdy in next season.

Awards

Goal-scoring leader (division-2)

21: ZICO (Sumitomo metal)

Assists leader (division-2)

18: PITA (Fujita)

Best eleven

ITO Yuji (Yanmar)
NARAHASHI Akira (Fujita)
NATSUKA Yoshihiro (Fujita)
GAO Sheng (Fujitsu)
EDSON Aparecido De Souza (Fujita)
PITA (Fujita)
ZICO (Sumitomo metal)
MORISHIMA Hiroaki (Yanmar)
VALTER Ferreira Luz (Yanmar)
NOGUCHI Koji (Fujita)
MOCHIZUKI Satoru (NKK)

The 16th JSL Cup

x-Teams progress to next round.

Honda
- Nissan
  - Nissan
    - Nissan Motor (division-1)
    - Toyota
      - Toyota Motor (division-1)
      - Yomiuri Junior (division-2)
  - Matsushita
    - Matsushita
      - Matsushita Electric Industrial (division-1)
      - Tokyo Gas (division-2)
    - NKK
      - NKK (division-2)
      - Kyoto Shiko soccer club (division-2)
- Honda
  - Hitachi
    - Hitachi
      - Hitachi (division-1)
      - Toho Titanium (division-2)
    - Toshiba
      - Toshiba (division-1)
      - Otsuka Pharmaceutical (division-2)
  - Honda
    - Tanabe
      - Tanabe seiyaku (division-2)
      - Cosmo Oil (division-2)
    - Honda Motor (division-1)
Yomiuri
- Yomiuri
  - Yomiuri
    - ANA soccer club (division-1)
    - Yomiuri
      - Yomiuri soccer club (division-1)
      - Chuoh Bohhan (division-2)
  - Fujitsu
    - Fujitsu
      - Yamaha Motor (division-1)
      - Fujitsu (division-2)
    - Sumitomo Metal
      - Mitsubishi Motors (division-1)
      - Sumitomo Metal Industries (division-2)
- Mazda
  - Mazda
    - Kofu soccer club
      - Yanmar diesel (division-2)
      - Kofu soccer club (division-2)
    - Mazda
      - Mazda soccer club (division-1)
      - NTT Kanto (division-2)
  - Fujita
    - Fujita
      - Fujita soccer club (division-2)
      - Kawasaki Steel (division-2)
    - JR-East Furukawa (division-1)

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Toyota	3:0	Yomiuri Jr.	18/8/1991	Toyota
Matsushita	1:0	Tokyo Gas	18/8/1991	Kobe
NKK	1:0	Kyoto Shiko	18/8/1991	Toyota
Hitachi	8:0	Toho Titanium	18/8/1991	Kobe
Toshiba	2:0	Otsuka	17/8/1991	Fujieda
Tanabe	2:1	Cosmo Oil	18/8/1991	Yokkaichi
Yomiuri	6:1	Chuoh Bohhan	17/8/1991	Fujieda
Yamaha	1:3	Fujitsu	18/8/1991	Iwata
Mitsubishi	2:4	Sumitomo Metal	18/8/1991	Muroran
Yanmar	3:4	Kofu soccer club	18/8/1991	Nirasaki
Mazda	3:2	NTT Kanto	18/8/1991	Kure
Fujita	2:0	Kawasaki Steel	18/8/1991	Hiratsuka

tabel_.2nd Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Nissan	3:3 (5:4)pso	Toyota	24/8/1991	Toyota
Matsushita	2:1	NKK	24/8/1991	Toyota
Hitachi	1:1 (5:4)pso	Toshiba	24/8/1991	Hamamatsu
Tanabe	1:7	Honda	24/8/1991	Hamamatsu
ANA SC	1:3	Yomiuri	24/8/1991	Toyama
Fujitsu	3:0	Sumitomo Metal	24/8/1991	Toyama
Kofu soccer club	1:3	Mazda	24/8/1991	Takasaki
Fujita	1:0	JR Furukawa	24/8/1991	Takasaki

tabel_.Quarter-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Nissan	1:0	Matsushita	25/8/1991	Toyota
Hitachi	2:2 (5:6)pso	Honda	25/8/1991	Hamamatsu
Yomiuri	4:1	Fujitsu	25/8/1991	Toyama
Mazda	1:1 (4:2)pso	Fujita	25/8/1991	Takasaki

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Nissan	0:0 (2:4)pso	Honda	30/8/1991	Nagoya
Yomiuri	1:0	Mazda	30/8/1991	Nagoya

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Honda	3:4	Yomiuri	1/9/1991	Nagoya

The 2nd Challenge'92 Soccer Championship: Konica Cup 1991

finals

x-Teams progress to next round.

Toyota
- Toyota (1st of A)
- Nissan (2nd of B)
Honda
- Furukawa (1st of B)
- Honda (2nd of A)

Results

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Toyota	2:0	Nissan	30/10/1991	Nishigaoka, Tokyo
Furukawa	0:1	Honda	30/10/1991	Nishigaoka, Tokyo

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Toyota	4:4 (2:1) aet	Honda	3/11/1991	Tokyo National stadium

Preliminary Rounds

The first match day is 25th September, and the last match day is 23rd October 1991.

tabel_.Preliminary Round: A group
Home team	TOY	HON	MAT	YOM	ANA	HIT	Win/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
x- Toyota Motor		4:2	2:1 aet	3:2 aet	5:0	1:0	5/0	15	10	21
x- Honda Motor	2:4		4:2	1:0	2:1 aet	2:0	4/1	11	4	17
Matsushita Electric Industrial	1:2 aet	2:4		3:3 aet (1:0)	1:0	2:2 aet (6:5)	3/2	9	-2	12
Yomiuri soccer club	2:3 aet	0:1	3:3 aet (0:1)		2:1 aet	1:0	2/3	8	0	9
ANA soccer club	0:5	1:2 aet	0:1	1:2 aet		0:0 aet (3:2)	1/4	2	-8	3
Hitachi	0:1	0:2	2:2 aet (5:6)	0:1	0:0 aet (2:3)		0/5	2	-4	1

The first match day is 11th September, and the last match day is 23rd October 1991.

tabel_.Preliminary Round: B group
Home team	FUR	NIS	YAM	MAZ	TOS	MIT	U22	Win/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
x- JR-East Furukawa		1:0	3:2	0:2	2:0	1:0 aet	4:1	5/1	11	6	19
x- Nissan Motor	0:1		0:1	2:0	1:0 aet	2:1 aet	5:1	4/2	10	6	16
Yamaha Motor	2:3	1:0		0:0 aet (2:3)	0:3	3:2 aet	1:0	3/3	7	-1	11
Mazda soccer club	2:0	0:2	0:0 aet (3:2)		0:2	1:2	3:2	3/3	6	-2	11
Toshiba	0:2	0:1 aet	3:0	2:0		1:1 aet (2:3)	2:3 aet	2/4	8	1	9
Mitsubishi Motors	0:1 aet	1:2 aet	2:3 aet	2:1	1:1 aet (3:2)		0:1 aet	2/4	6	-3	8
Japan National Team Under-22	1:4	1:5	0:1	2:3	3:2 aet	1:0 aet		2/4	8	-7	8

note

The Challenge Championship '92 (Konica Cup) is a preparatory competition for the professional league which will start in 1992, and is training matches for Japan National Team Under-22 which changes the team name from Under-21.

Team of Under-22 is a squad for the Olympic Games '92 Barcelona qualifying.

In Preliminary Rounds, all teams play each other one time.
When regulation time of the match play fails to determine a winner, teams play a sudden-death (golden-goal) extra time. If the match is still undecided, the winning team is decided in a sudden-death penalty shoot-out.
Teams are allotted three points for a win, no points for a loss, and one point shall be awarded for every two goals in a match.
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of all points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.

Points

3: a Win
0: a Loss

And one point shall be awarded for every two goals in a match.

The top two teams in each group progress to Semi-finals.

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Paulo Roberto Rocha (Toyota)
Fair play Award: JR-East Furukawa

The 6th All Star Soccer '92

tabel_.All Star Soccer 1992
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
JSL East	2:1	JSL West	3/2/1992	Tokyo Dome (baseball stadium)

note

JSL East: selection of eastern Japan Soccer League, including Yomiuri, Toshiba, JR Furukawa, Hitachi, ANA SC and Mitsubishi
JSL West: selection of western Japan Soccer League including Nissan, Honda, Yamaha, Toyota, Matsushita and Mazda SC

Awards

Most Valuable Player: RAMOS Ruy (Yomiuri)
Attractive Player Award: KIMURA Kazushi (Nissan)

Champions' Cup 1992

x-Teams progress to next round.

Toyota
- Nissan (the 71st Emperor's Cup winner)
- Toyota (Challenge'92 winner)
Yomiuri
- Yomiuri (Japan Soccer League 1991/92 champion & JSL Cup winner)
- Yamaha (Wild card: Japan Soccer League 1991/92 3rd-place)

Results

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Nissan	0:1	Toyota	5/4/1992	Tokyo National stadium
Yomiuri	2:0	Yamaha	5/4/1992	Tokyo National stadium

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Toyota	1:2	Yomiuri	12/4/1992	Tokyo National stadium