1988–89 Japan Soccer League

Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1988–89 season.

First Division

For the first time, the format of three points for a win was adopted, but only for the First Division. Nissan won their first title.

Four-time champion Mitsubishi was relegated for the first time, along with struggling Sumitomo.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nissan 22 14 4 4 32 17 +15 46 Champions
2 ANA Club 22 12 4 6 37 22 +15 40
3 Yamaha Motors 22 12 3 7 31 21 +10 39
4 Fujita Engineering 22 10 6 6 34 20 +14 36
5 Yomiuri 22 8 8 6 25 23 +2 32
6 Furukawa Electric 22 8 5 9 21 19 +2 29
7 Matsushita Electric 22 8 5 9 26 30 −4 29
8 Yanmar Diesel 22 7 7 8 23 22 +1 28
9 Honda 22 7 6 9 20 23 −3 27
10 Nippon Kokan 22 3 10 9 17 31 −14 19
11 Sumitomo 22 4 7 11 12 37 −25 19 Relegated to Second Division
12 Mitsubishi Motors 22 1 11 10 14 27 −13 14
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Second Division

This was the last season in which the second tier was contested in an East-and-West format. Toshiba won a second championship, but this time their promotion was automatic. Fallen giant Hitachi, still adjusting to the change in town, joined them. Regional outfits Fujieda Municipal and NTT Kansai went back to their regional leagues.

East
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Toshiba 14 9 5 0 38 7 +31 23
2 Fujitsu 14 8 4 2 22 13 +9 20
3 Hitachi 14 7 5 2 18 9 +9 19
4 NTT Kanto 14 6 4 4 16 12 +4 16
5 Kofu Club 14 7 0 7 19 24 −5 14
6 Toho Titanium 14 3 3 8 10 24 −14 9
7 Cosmo Oil 14 2 4 8 13 25 −12 8
8 Fujieda City Office 14 1 1 12 7 29 −22 3
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West
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mazda 14 9 4 1 24 6 +18 22
2 Toyota Motors 14 8 5 1 27 8 +19 21
3 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 14 8 3 3 20 11 +9 19
4 Osaka Gas 14 7 4 3 20 18 +2 18
5 Nippon Steel 14 4 4 6 16 19 −3 12
6 Kawasaki Steel 14 1 6 7 8 15 −7 8
7 Teijin Matsuyama 14 2 4 8 18 32 −14 8
8 NTT Kansai 14 1 2 11 7 31 −24 4
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Promotion Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Toshiba 14 8 5 1 20 10 +10 21 Promoted to First Division
2 Hitachi 14 8 2 4 13 9 +4 18
3 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 14 6 5 3 17 13 +4 17
4 Fujitsu 14 6 4 4 16 15 +1 16
5 Mazda 14 5 4 5 16 9 +7 14
6 Toyota Motors 14 3 6 5 18 18 0 12
7 NTT Kanto 13 4 2 7 18 20 −2 10
8 Osaka Gas 13 0 2 11 5 29 −24 2
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East
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Kofu Club 20 9 2 9 24 29 −5 20
2 Cosmo Oil 20 6 5 9 25 30 −5 17
3 Toho Titanium 20 4 5 11 17 33 −16 13
4 Fujieda City Office 20 2 4 14 11 38 −27 8 Relegated to Regional Leagues
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West
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Nippon Steel 20 7 6 7 25 25 0 20
2 Kawasaki Steel 20 2 10 8 15 22 −7 14
3 Teijin Matsuyama 20 4 5 11 26 42 −16 13
4 NTT Kansai 20 3 3 14 17 42 −25 9 Relegated to Regional Leagues
Source:
9th-16th Places Playoff
PosEastScoreWest
9–10Kofu Club1-1(PK3-1)Nippon Steel
11–12Cosmo Oil0-0(PK3-2)Kawasaki Steel
13–14Toho Titanium2-3Teijin Matsuyama
15–16Fujieda City Office0-3NTT Kansai

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