1977 Japan Soccer League

Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1977 season. This was the inaugural season of the Regional League promotion series, which replaced the Senior Cup as the source of the clubs promoted from the regional Japanese football leagues.

Japan Soccer League
Season1977
1976
1978

First Division

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Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fujita 18 14 1 2 1 64 15 +49 60 Champions
2 Mitsubishi Motors 18 9 4 3 2 34 21 +13 47
3 Hitachi 18 9 4 2 3 36 25 +11 46
4 Toyo Industries 18 9 2 2 5 38 20 +18 42
5 Yanmar Diesel 18 8 3 2 5 39 28 +11 40
6 Furukawa Electric 18 8 2 0 8 33 31 +2 36
7 Nippon Steel 18 3 2 6 7 14 29 −15 22
8 Nippon Kokan 18 3 3 2 10 28 27 +1 20
9 Fujitsu 18 3 2 4 9 18 38 −20 20 To promotion/relegation Series
10 Toyota Motors 18 1 0 0 17 11 81 −70 4
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion/relegation Series

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JSL Division 1 1st leg 2nd leg JSL Division 2
Fujitsu 3-1 3-0 Nissan Motors
Toyota Motors 0-2 0-2 Yomiuri

Yomiuri promoted, Toyota Motors relegated.

Second Division

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Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Yomiuri 18 11 1 1 5 41 19 +22 47 To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1
2 Nissan Motors 18 8 4 3 3 23 18 +5 43
3 Sumitomo Metal 18 6 4 3 5 33 32 +1 35
4 Yanmar Club 18 6 4 0 8 25 24 +1 32
5 Kofu Club 18 6 2 4 6 28 28 0 32
6 Kyoto Shiko Club 18 5 4 3 6 26 37 −11 31
7 Honda 18 5 3 3 7 25 24 +1 29
8 Teijin Matsuyama 18 5 3 3 7 24 31 −7 29
9 Furukawa Electric Chiba 18 5 2 4 7 19 28 −9 28 To promotion/relegation Series with Regional Series finalists
10 Tanabe Pharmaceutical 18 6 0 3 9 21 24 −3 27
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion/relegation Series

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JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Regional Series
Furukawa Electric Chiba 0-0(PK2-4) 1-3 Toshiba Horikawacho (Runner-up)
Tanabe Pharmaceutical 3-1 0-1 Yamaha Motors (Champion)

Toshiba promoted, Furukawa Chiba relegated.

References

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