Japan Soccer League

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Japan Soccer League
Japan Soccer League logo.png
Founded1965
Folded1992
Country
 Japan
ConfederationAFC
Divisions1 (1965–1971)
2 (1972–1992)
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1 (1965–1971)
1–2 (1972–1992)

Relegation to
Regional Leagues
Domestic cup(s)
JSL Cup
Emperor's Cup
International cup(s)
Asian Club Championship
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Last champions
Yomiuri SC
(1991–92)
Most championships
Yomiuri SC and Mazda SC
(5 titles each)

Japan Soccer League (日本サッカーリーグ, Nihon Sakkā Rīgu), or JSL, was the top flight football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936. JSL was the first-ever national league of an amateur team sport in Japan.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Champions

    • 2.1 First Division


    • 2.2 Second Division


    • 2.3 League Cup


    • 2.4 Konica Cup



  • 3 All-time JSL member clubs

    • 3.1 Original 8 Clubs


    • 3.2 Other First Division Clubs


    • 3.3 Famous Second Division Clubs



  • 4 See also


  • 5 External links




History


Each JSL team represented a corporation, and like Japanese baseball teams, went by the name of the company that owned the team. Unlike in baseball, however, promotion and relegation was followed, as J. League follows today. The players were officially amateur and were employees of the parent corporations, but especially in later years, top players were generally paid strictly to play soccer.


Originally the JSL consisted of a single division only, but in 1972 a Second Division was added. Clubs could join in by winning the All Japan Senior Football Championship cup competition and then winning a promotion/relegation series against the bottom teams in the JSL. From 1973 to 1980, both the champions and runners-up of the Second Division had to play the promotion/relegation series against the First Division's bottom clubs; afterwards and until 1984, only the runners-up had to play the series.


Top JSL teams included Hitachi Ltd., Furukawa Electric, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nissan Motors, Toyo Industries (Mazda) and Yomiuri Shimbun, which are now, respectively, Kashiwa Reysol, JEF United Ichihara Chiba, Urawa Red Diamonds, Yokohama F. Marinos, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Tokyo Verdy. Furukawa/JEF United was the only one never to be relegated to the Second Division and kept this distinction until 2009.


JSL played its final season in 1991/92 and the J. League began play in 1993. Top nine JSL clubs, (along with the independent Shimizu S-Pulse) became the original J. League members. The others except Yomiuri Junior who merged with their parent club Yomiuri Club joined the newly formed Japan Football League.



Champions



First Division



All clubs are listed under the names they were using in 1992, when the league ceased to exist. Clubs in italic no longer exist.



































































ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning SeasonsRunners-up Seasons

Yomiuri SC
5
3
1983, 1984, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1991–92
1979, 1981, 1989–90

Mazda SC
5
1
1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970
1969

Mitsubishi Motors
4
6
1969, 1973, 1978, 1982
1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977

Yanmar Diesel
4
4
1971, 1974, 1975, 1980
1968, 1972, 1978, 1982

Fujita SC
3
1
1977, 1979, 1981
1980

Nissan Motors
2
4
1988–89, 1989–90
1983, 1984, 1990–91, 1991–92

JR East Furukawa
2
1
1976, 1985
1967

Hitachi SC
1
1
1972
1973

Yamaha Motors
1
0
1987–88


NKK SC
0
3

1985, 1986–87, 1987–88

Nippon Steel Yawata
0
2

1965, 1966

ANA SC
0
1

1988–89


Second Division



All clubs are listed under the names they were using in 1992, when the league ceased to exist. Clubs in italic no longer exist.

































































































Club
Winners
Runners-up
Winning seasons
Runners-up seasons

Yomiuri SC

2

2
1974, 1977
1975, 1976

Sumitomo Metal Industries

2

2
1984, 1986–87
1983, 1991–92

Toshiba SC

2

1
1979, 1988–89
1982

Honda Motors

2

0
1978, 1980


NKK SC

2

0
1981, 1983


Toyota Motors

1

2
1972
1986–87, 1989–90

Fujitsu SC

1

2
1976
1974, 1980

Tanabe Pharmaceuticals

1

1
1975
1972

Yamaha Motors

1

1
1982
1979

Matsushita Electric

1

1
1985
1987–88

ANA SC

1

1
1987–88
1984

Hitachi SC

1

1
1990–91
1988–89

Eidai Industries

1

0
1973


Mitsubishi Motors

1

0
1989–90


Fujita SC

1

0
1991–92


Nissan Motors
0
3

1977, 1978, 1981

Mazda SC

0

2

1985, 1990–91

Kofu SC

0

1

1973


League Cup


See Japan Soccer League Cup.



Konica Cup


See Konica Cup (football).



All-time JSL member clubs



Current J. League identity and/or standing in the Japanese football league system follows each name.



Original 8 Clubs



  • Furukawa Electric (1965–1992) - JEF United Ichihara Chiba


  • Hitachi Head Office / Hitachi (1965–1992) - Kashiwa Reysol


  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries / Mitsubishi Motors (1965–1992) - Urawa Red Diamonds


  • Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (1965-1968, 1972-1973) - Toyota Industries S.C. in Tōkai League Div. 2

  • Nagoya Sogo Ginko (Mutual Bank)(1965-1966, 1968-1971) - Nagoya WEST F.C. in Aichi Prefecture Div. 1


  • Yanmar Diesel (1965–1992) - Cerezo Osaka

  • Toyo Industries / Mazda (1965–1992) - Sanfrecce Hiroshima


  • Yawata Steel F.C. / Nippon Steel (1965–1991) - defunct


Other First Division Clubs


In order of their promotion to First Division.



  • Nippon Kokan (Nippon Steel Piping) / NKK F.C. (1967–1992)- defunct

  • Towa Real Estate / Fujita Industry / Fujita (1972–1992) - Shonan Bellmare


  • Toyota Motor Industry / Toyota Motor (1972–1992) - Nagoya Grampus

  • Tanabe Seiyaku (Pharmaceutical) (1972–1992) - Osaka Prefectural League Div. 3 Group C

  • Eidai Sangyo (Industries) (1972–1977) - defunct


  • Fujitsu (1972–1992) - Kawasaki Frontale


  • Yomiuri (1972–1992) - Tokyo Verdy


  • Nissan Motors (1976–1992) - Yokohama F. Marinos


  • Yamaha Motor (1979–1992) - Júbilo Iwata


  • Honda (1975–1992) - Honda F.C. in JFL


  • Sumitomo Metal Industries (1973–1992) - Kashima Antlers

  • Yokohama Tristar / ANA (1983–1992) - Yokohama Flügels, defunct


  • Matsushita Electric Industrial (1984–1992) - Gamba Osaka


  • Toshiba Horikawacho / Toshiba (1978–1992) - Consadole Sapporo


Famous Second Division Clubs


Many of these clubs would only be promoted to the top flight after the J. League was created.


  • Kofu Club (1972–1992) - Ventforet Kofu

  • Kyoto Shiko Club (1972-1978, 1988-1992) - Kyoto Purple Sanga - Kyoto Sanga FC (since 2007)
    (splinter Kyoto Shiko Club formed 1993 now competes in Kansai Div. 2)


  • Kawasaki Steel (1986–1992) - Vissel Kobe


  • NTT Kanto (1987–1992) - Omiya Ardija


  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical (1990–1992) - Tokushima Vortis

  • Tokyo Gas (1992–1992) - F.C. Tokyo

  • Chūō Bohan (Central Crime Prevention)(1992–1992) - Avispa Fukuoka


  • TDK SC (1985–1987) - Blaublitz Akita


See also


  • Category:Japan Soccer League players

  • Category:Japan Soccer League seasons


External links


  • Final tables from 1965 on (First Division only) at rsssf.com

  • Soccerphile: History of Japanese football

  • BBC Sport: "How football went Japanese"

  • Contents of Domestic Competition of Football in Japan









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