1981 Japan Soccer League

Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1981 season.

Japan Soccer League
Season1981
1980
1982

First Division

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Fujita Industries won their third League title.

Nippon Steel, one of eight inaugural member of the First Division in 1965 as Yawata Steel, was defeated by Second Division runner-up Nissan in the playout and relegated, never to play top flight football again. Yamaha Motors was relegated in bottom place, having won only two matches.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fujita Engineering 18 11 5 2 24 7 +17 27 Champions
2 Yomiuri 18 8 9 1 32 16 +16 25
3 Mitsubishi Motors 18 10 4 4 24 16 +8 24
4 Yanmar Diesel 18 7 8 3 21 15 +6 22
5 Furukawa Electric 18 7 7 4 28 23 +5 21
6 Honda 18 5 4 9 23 28 −5 14
7 Hitachi 18 5 3 10 22 27 −5 13
8 Mazda 18 4 5 9 15 27 −12 13
9 Nippon Steel 18 3 5 10 14 27 −13 11 To promotion/relegation Series
10 Yamaha Motors 18 2 6 10 11 28 −17 10 Relegated to Second Division
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion/relegation Series

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JSL Division 1 1st leg 2nd leg JSL Division 2
Nippon Steel 0-3 1-2 Nissan Motors

Second Division

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NKK and Nissan returned after two years in the second tier, NKK also grabbing the Emperor's Cup.

Kofu Club saved itself from relegation yet again by defeating NTT West Japan Kyoto, who were looking to regain their League place. Nagoya Soccer Club, an amateur outfit who never looked like League material, went back to the Tokai regional league after a single attempt.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Nippon Kokan 18 11 4 3 42 22 +20 26 Promoted to First Division
2 Nissan 18 11 4 3 31 16 +15 26 To promotion/relegation Series with First Division
3 Toshiba 18 12 1 5 46 21 +25 25
4 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 18 9 4 5 35 11 +24 22
5 Fujitsu 18 10 1 7 31 27 +4 21
6 Toyota Motors 18 6 4 8 33 30 +3 16
7 Sumitomo 18 7 1 10 32 31 +1 15
8 Teijin Matsuyama 18 5 4 9 23 34 −11 14
9 Kofu Club 18 4 2 12 18 42 −24 10 To promotion/relegation Series with Regional Series
10 Nagoya S.C. 18 2 1 15 16 72 −56 5 Relegated to Regional Leagues
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion/relegation Series

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JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Regional Series
Kofu Club 1-0 1-0 NTTPC Kinki (runner-up)

References

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