1976 Japan Soccer League

Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1976 season.

League tables

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Furukawa Electric 18 11 4 3 37 15 +22 26 Champions
2 Mitsubishi Motors 18 9 4 5 28 16 +12 22
3 Fujita 18 9 4 5 28 20 +8 22
4 Yanmar Diesel 18 9 3 6 34 20 +14 21
5 Hitachi 18 7 7 4 22 14 +8 21
6 Nippon Kokan 18 6 8 4 22 21 +1 20
7 Eidai 18 7 4 7 18 24 6 18 Folded
8 Toyo Industries 18 5 5 8 16 20 4 15
9 Nippon Steel 18 5 2 11 23 30 7 12 To Promotion/Relegation Series
10 Toyota Motors 18 1 1 16 10 58 48 3
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Promotion/Relegation Series

JSL Division 11st leg2nd legJSL Division 2
Nippon Steel2-13-2Yomiuri
Toyota Motors2-22-1Fujitsu

Since Eidai dropped out of the league and folded in March 1977, Fujitsu was promoted, meaning no team was relegated.

Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fujitsu 18 13 3 2 32 6 +26 29 To Promotion/Relegation Series with Division 1
2 Yomiuri 18 11 3 4 51 28 +23 25
3 Tanabe Pharmaceutical 18 10 5 3 28 18 +10 25
4 Honda 18 6 9 3 25 17 +8 21
5 Teijin Matsuyama 18 9 1 8 32 28 +4 19
6 Yanmar Club 18 6 5 7 23 23 0 17
7 Sumitomo Metal 18 5 3 10 27 34 7 13
8 Kofu SC 18 4 4 10 14 30 16 12
9 Kyoto Shiko 18 3 5 10 11 25 14 11 To Promotion/Relegation Series with Senior Cup finalists
10 Furukawa Electric Chiba 18 3 2 13 17 51 34 8
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JSL Promotion/Relegation Series

Nissan Motors, future Yokohama Marinos, currently Yokohama F. Marinos, joined the league for the first time.

JSL1st leg2nd legSenior Cup
Kyoto Shiko2-12-1Dainichi Nippon Cable Industries (Cup runner-up)
Furukawa Electric Chiba0-00-1Nissan Motors (Cup winner)

Nissan promoted. Furukawa Chiba was not relegated due to Eidai's withdrawal.

References

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