Japan Soccer League First Division (JSL1)
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Final Table:
1.Hitachi 14 9 3 2 36-16 21
2.Yanmar Diesel 14 7 6 1 30-11 20
3.Toyo Industries 14 7 2 5 20-13 16
4.Mitsubishi 14 5 6 3 26-19 16
5.Nippon Kokan 14 4 5 5 15-18 13
6.Nippon Steel 14 4 4 6 22-30 12
7.Furukawa 14 3 2 9 17-41 8
8.Towa Estate Agent 14 2 2 10 11-29 6 [+]
Cross-Table:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1.Hitachi x 1-3 2-1 1-0 3-2 3-4 5-0 3-1
2.Yanmar Diesel 1-1 x 0-2 0-0 2-0 2-2 4-0 1-1
3.Toyo Industries 1-2 0-2 x 2-0 1-0 0-0 4-1 1-0
4.Mitsubishi 2-2 2-2 2-1 x 2-0 6-2 3-4 1-1
5.Nippon Kokan 0-0 1-1 2-2 0-0 x 2-1 1-4 2-0
6.Nippon Steel 0-3 0-3 2-0 1-1 1-2 x 2-2 3-0
7.Furukawa 0-5 0-6 0-3 2-3 0-0 3-4 x 1-0
8.Towa Estate Agent 1-5 1-3 0-2 1-4 1-3 3-0 1-0 x
Promoted: Toyota and Tanabe
No teams relegated, first division extended to 10 clubs.
Japan Soccer League Second Division (JSL2) (The first edition)
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Final Table:
1.Toyota Motor 18 13 4 1 34-16 30 Promoted
2.Tanabe Pharma 18 10 6 2 37-22 26 Promoted
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3.Kofu Club 18 9 3 6 33-21 21
4.Fujitsu 18 4 9 5 19-23 17
5.Kyoto Shiko Club 18 7 3 8 26-31 17
6.Nippon Light Metal 18 7 2 9 31-33 16
7.Yomiuri Club 18 7 1 10 27-31 15
8.Dainichi Cable 18 5 4 9 36-40 14
9.NTT Kinki 18 4 6 8 21-25 14
10.Toyota Industries 18 4 2 12 14-36 10
Cross-Table:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1.Toyota Motor x 3-3 2-1 5-3 0-0 1-0 2-1 4-0 1-1 1-0
2.Tanabe Pharma 1-2 x 2-2 2-2 4-0 1-0 3-1 3-2 1-1 2-0
3.Kofu Club 0-1 1-1 x 4-0 3-0 1-2 3-2 2-0 0-1 5-1
4.Fujitsu 0-2 0-0 3-1 x 1-1 2-4 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-1
5.Kyoto Shiko Club 2-4 0-4 0-2 0-0 x 1-4 3-0 5-2 2-1 5-1
6.Nippon Light Metal 1-2 2-3 1-1 2-2 1-2 x 1-2 3-2 3-2 3-1
7.Yomiuri Club 0-2 0-2 3-0 0-2 0-2 4-2 x 4-2 1-1 3-0
8.Dainichi Cable 1-2 5-1 1-3 0-0 1-3 4-0 4-1 x 3-3 3-2
9.NTT Kinki 2-0 0-2 0-1 0-0 2-0 1-2 1-2 2-4 x 2-1
10.Toyota Industries 0-0 1-2 1-3 0-2 1-0 1-0 0-3 2-2 1-0 x
Emperor's Cup 1972
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Round 1
Kofu Club 4-1 Nippon Steel Muroran
Chuo University 3-1 Nippon Steel Kamaishi
Osaka Sangyo University 1-3 Eidai Industries
Dainichi Cable Industries 3-2 Fukuoka University
NTT Kinki 1-3 Toyota Motors
Waseda University 2-3 Nippon Light Metal
Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 3-1 Teijin Matsuyama
Keio University 4-2 Toyama Club
Round 2
Hitachi 2-0 Kofu Club
Towa Estate Development 2-0 Chuo University
Nippon Kokan 3-1 Eidai Industries
Mitsubishi Motors 9-0 Dainichi Cable Industries
Nippon Steel 4-1 Toyota Motors
Toyota Industries 2-0 Nippon Light Metal
Furkuawa Electric 4-2 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals
Yanmar Diesel 4-0 Keio University
Quarterfinals
Hitachi 4-0 Towa Estate Development
Nippon Kokan 3-0 Mitsubishi Motors
Nippon Steel 2-2 Toyo Industries [4-5 pen]
Furukawa Electric 1-4 Yanmar Diesel
Semifinals
Hitachi 2-0 Nippon Kokan
Toyo Industries 0-1 Yanmar Diesel
Final [Jan 1, National stadium, Tokyo]
Hitachi 2-1 Yanmar Diesel
Regional Leagues 1972
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Kanto Soccer League
1.Urawa SC 14 10 2 2 38-19 22 Champions
2.Hitachi Mito Katsuta 14 9 2 3 27-17 20
3.Ibaraki Hitachi 14 8 3 3 34-11 19
4.Kodama Club 14 9 0 5 27-16 18
5.Yokohama Club 14 4 4 6 22-24 12 [+]
6.FC Aoyama 14 4 4 6 17-25 12 [+]
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7.Toshiba 14 2 4 8 13-24 8 Relegated [+]
8.Hitachi Tochigi 14 0 1 13 14-56 1 Relegated [+]
Tokai Shakaijin Soccer League
1.Nagoya SC 14 10 3 1 48-22 23 Champions
2.Daikyo Oil 14 9 1 4 41-19 19
3.Sumitomo Bakelite 14 8 2 4 33-24 18 [+]
4.Toyoda Machine Works 14 8 2 4 27-23 18 [+]
5.Wakaayu Club 14 8 0 6 31-28 16
6.Gifu Teachers SC 14 5 2 7 38-31 12
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7.Toyota Auto Body 14 2 0 12 22-52 4 Relegated [+]
8.Nippon Steel Nagoya 14 1 0 13 12-53 2 Relegated
Kansai Soccer League
1.Nippon Steel Hirohata 14 8 2 4 34-21 18 Champions
2.Yuasa Batteries 14 6 5 3 24-15 17
3.Yanmar Club 14 6 4 4 17-13 16 [+]
4.Mitsubishi Kyoto 14 7 2 5 18-15 16
5.Omi Club 14 6 2 6 15-23 14 [+]
6.Mitsubishi HI Kobe 14 5 3 6 19-20 13 [+]
7.Wakayama Teachers SC 14 4 4 6 22-24 12 [+]
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8.Osaka Sportsman Club 14 1 4 9 17-35 6 Relegated
The 8th All-Shakaijin Cup 1972
Venue: Chiba
First Round
Sendai Ikuei 0-2 Hiroshima Teachers
Sapporo FC 0-1 Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki
FC Aoyama 0-0 Yanmar Club [Yanmar won on pen]
Yokohama Club 1-4 Sumitomo Bakelite
Fukui Bank 0-5 Mitsubishi Kyoto
Daikyo Oil 0-1 Mitsui E&S
Second Round
Hiroshima Teachers 0-3 Nagoya SC
Yuasa Batteries 2-3 Urawa SC
Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki 0-0 Teijin SC [Teijin won on pen]
Ibaraki Hitachi 1-2 Yanmar Club
Sumitomo Bakelite 2-0 Kodama Club
Eidai Industries 2-1 Mitsubishi Kyoto
Hitachi Mito Katsuta 2-0 Nippon Steel Hirohata
Kagoshima Teachers 3-0 Mitsui E&S
Quarterfinals
Nagoya SC 1-2 Urawa SC [aet]
Teijin SC 2-0 Yanmar Club
Sumitomo Bakelite 0-2 Eidai Industries [aet]
Hitachi Mito Katsuta 0-1 Kagoshima Teachers
Semifinals
Urawa SC 0-1 Teijin SC [aet]
Eidai Industries 3-2 Kagoshima Teachers
For 3rd place
Urawa SC 1-4 Kagoshima Teachers
Final
Teijin SC 0-5 Eidai Industries
Note: The finalists are promoted to JSL2.
1971.
1973.
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Last updated: 25 Feb 2021
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