1972 in Japanese football

1972 in Japanese football is an overview of events relating to football in the Japanese culture.

1972 season
← 1971
1973 →

Japan Soccer League

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Division 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hitachi 14 9 3 2 36 16 +20 21 Champions
2 Yanmar Diesel 14 7 6 1 30 11 +19 20
3 Toyo Industries 14 7 2 5 20 13 +7 16
4 Mitsubishi Motors 14 5 6 3 26 19 +7 16
5 Nippon Kokan 14 4 5 5 15 18 −3 13
6 Nippon Steel 14 4 4 6 22 30 −8 12
7 Furukawa Electric 14 3 2 9 17 41 −24 8
8 Towa Real Estate 14 2 2 10 11 29 −18 6
Source: [citation needed]

Division 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Toyota Motors 18 13 4 1 34 16 +18 30 Promoted to First Division
2 Tanabe Pharmaceutical 18 10 6 2 37 22 +15 26
3 Kofu SC 18 9 3 6 33 21 +12 21
4 Kyoto Shiko 18 7 3 8 19 23 −4 17
5 Fujitsu 18 4 9 5 26 31 −5 17
6 Nippon Light Metal 18 7 2 9 31 33 −2 16
7 Yomiuri 18 7 1 10 27 31 −4 15
8 Dainichi Nippon Cable Industries 18 5 4 9 36 40 −4 14
9 NTT Kinki 18 4 6 8 21 25 −4 14
10 Toyoda Automatic Loom Works 18 4 2 12 14 36 −22 10
Source: [citation needed]

Japanese Regional Leagues

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All Japan Senior Football Championship finalists Eidai Industries and Teijin Matsuyama were promoted to the Second Division.

Emperor's Cup

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National team

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Results

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1972.07.12 Japan 4–1 Khmer Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kamamoto   50', 65', 71', 89' JFA ?   ?'
1972.07.16 Japan 5–0 Sri Lanka Ipoh, Malaysia
Kamamoto   7', 11', 60', 65', 89' JFA
1972.07.18 Japan 5–1 Philippines Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ogi   21'
Arai   39', 47'
Okudera   44'
Kamamoto   68'
JFA ?   ?'
1972.07.22 Japan 1–3 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kamamoto   15' JFA ?   ?'
?   ?'
?   ?'
Attendance: 40,000
1972.07.26 Japan 0–3 South Korea Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
JFA ?   ?'
?   ?'
?   ?'
Attendance: 30,000
1972.08.04 Japan 4–1 Philippines Singapore
Kamamoto   29', 83'
Yoshimura   71'
Ogi   75'
JFA ?   ?' Attendance: 15,000
1972.08.06 Japan 0–1 Indonesia Singapore
JFA ?   ?'
1972.09.14 Japan 2–2 South Korea Tokyo, Japan
Kamamoto   19', 89' JFA ?   ?'
?   ?'
Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 15,000

Players statistics

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Player -1971 07.12 07.16 07.18 07.22 07.26 08.04 08.06 09.14 1972 Total
Aritatsu Ogi 41(9) O O O(1) O O O(1) O O 8(2) 49(11)
Yoshitada Yamaguchi 41(0) O O O O O - - - 5(0) 46(0)
Kenzo Yokoyama 40(0) - O - O O - - - 3(0) 43(0)
Kunishige Kamamoto 33(39) O(4) O(5) O(1) O(1) O O(2) O O(2) 8(15) 41(54)
Takaji Mori 33(1) O O O O O O O O 8(0) 41(1)
Nelson Yoshimura 10(3) O O O O O O(1) O O 8(1) 18(4)
Kozo Arai 10(0) O O O(2) O O O O O 8(2) 18(2)
Nobuo Kawakami 5(0) O O O O O O O O 8(0) 13(0)
Kazumi Takada 4(0) O O - - O - O O 5(0) 9(0)
Koji Funamoto 4(0) O - O - - O O O 5(0) 9(0)
Seiichi Sakiya 2(0) - - - - - - O - 2(0) 3(0)
Nobuo Fujishima 1(0) O - O O - O O O 6(0) 7(0)
Atsuyoshi Furuta 1(0) - O O - - - O O 4(0) 5(0)
Michio Ashikaga 1(0) - - - - - O O O 3(0) 4(0)
Yasuhiko Okudera 0(0) O O O(1) O O - - O 6(1) 6(1)
Kuniya Daini 0(0) O O - O O O - O 6(0) 6(0)
Mitsunori Fujiguchi 0(0) O - O O O O - - 5(0) 5(0)
George Kobayashi 0(0) - O O O - - - - 3(0) 3(0)
Shusaku Hirasawa 0(0) - - - - - O O - 2(0) 2(0)
Noritaka Hidaka 0(0) - - - - - - - O 1(0) 1(0)
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