1972 Japan Soccer League

The 1972 season in Japanese football introduced a Second Division to the Japan Soccer League. Nine clubs were chosen from the 1971 Japanese Regional Leagues; when Nagoya Mutual Bank resigned from the League, a tenth club was chosen from the Kansai League.

Japan Soccer League
Season1972
1971
1973

League tables

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JSL First Division

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No relegation took place as the First Division was being expanded to 10 clubs.

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]

JSL Second Division

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Toyota Motors, later one of the Japanese big names as Nagoya Grampus, was crowned the inaugural Second Division champion. Tanabe Pharmaceutical, a club from Osaka, followed them into the expanded 10-team First Division. No relegations took place, to keep the Second Division at 10 clubs.

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]

References

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