Japan 1973

Japan Soccer League First Division (JSL1)
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Final Table:

 1.Mitsubishi              18 14  2  2  35-12  30
 2.Hitachi                 18 12  1  5  35-18  25
 3.Yanmar Diesel           18 10  3  5  40-17  23
 4.Towa Estate Agent       18  9  3  6  29-22  21
 5.Furukawa                18  9  3  6  31-27  21
 6.Nippon Steel            18  7  2  9  25-26  16
 7.Toyota                  18  5  5  8  22-31  15  [+] 
 8.Toyo Industries         18  4  6  8  16-28  14
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 9.Nippon Kokan            18  4  4 10  24-32  12  Relegation Playoff
10.Tanabe                  18  1  1 16   7-51   3  Relegation Playoff [+] 

Cross-Table: 
                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10    
 1.Mitsubishi               x  2-0 1-0 4-1 0-2 3-0 3-0 2-0 3-1 2-0 
 2.Hitachi                 2-1  x  2-1 3-2 3-1 1-2 1-1 0-2 2-0 5-0 
 3.Yanmar Diesel           1-1 3-1  x  1-0 1-2 3-0 1-2 4-1 4-3 6-0 
 4.Towa Estate Agent       1-2 1-0 0-0  x  2-0 0-0 4-2 2-0 2-1 5-1 
 5.Furukawa                2-4 0-2 0-0 2-1  x  1-3 2-2 0-0 3-1 2-1 
 6.Nippon Steel            0-2 0-2 2-1 2-3 0-1  x  2-3 3-0 1-0 5-1 
 7.Toyota                  1-2 2-3 1-3 0-0 1-4 1-0  x  3-1 0-3 3-1 
 8.Toyo Industries         0-0 0-1 0-6 2-0 0-2 2-2 0-0  x  1-1 2-1 
 9.Nippon Kokan            1-2 0-1 0-3 2-4 5-3 2-1 0-0 1-1  x  1-1 
10.Tanabe                  0-1 0-6 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-2 1-0 0-4 0-2  x 

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs

Tanabe         2-1 0-2 Eidai
Nippon Kokan   2-1 2-2 Kofu Club

Top scorers: 

1.MATSUNAGA Akira (Hitachi)           11 
2.IMAMURA Hiroji (Yanmar Diesel)      10 
  NAKAMURA Tsutomu (Towa Estate)      10 
4.ABE Hiro (Yanmar Diesel)             9 
  KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar Diesel)   9 
6.ASHIKAGA Michio (Mitsubishi)         8 
  OKUBO Kenji (Mitsubishi)             8 
8.HIDAKA Noritaka (Nippon Steel)       7 
  MOCHIZUKI Shizuo (Toyota)            7 



Japan Soccer League Second Division (JSL2)
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NB: Nippon Light Metal changed name to Hagoromo Club.

Final Table: 

 1.Eidai SC                18  11  4  3  51-24  26  Promotion Playoff [+] 
 2.Kofu Club               18  12  2  4  39-25  26  Promotion Playoff
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 3.Yomiuri Club            18  10  4  4  40-21  24  
 4.Fujitsu                 18   9  4  5  33-28  22  
 5.NTT Kinki               18   8  5  5  31-29  21  
 6.Dainichi Cable          18   5  6  7  30-34  16  
 7.Kyoto Shiko Club        18   5  4  9  31-35  14  
 8.Teijin SC               18   4  5  9  21-43  13  [+] 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 9.Toyota Industries       18   2  5 11  20-34   9  Relegation Playoff
10.Hagoromo Club           18   3  3 12  25-48   9  Relegation Playoff

Cross-Table: 
                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10    
 1.Eidai SC                 x  1-2 3-1 0-2 1-1 4-0 2-2 4-0 1-1 5-1 
 2.Kofu Club               3-1  x  1-2 2-1 5-1 3-3 0-4 0-1 2-2 2-1 
 3.Yomiuri Club            3-5 0-1  x  2-3 3-0 4-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 2-2 
 4.Fujitsu                 1-3 4-2 1-3  x  0-2 1-1 2-1 2-1 2-2 2-0 
 5.NTT Kinki               2-2 0-3 0-3 2-2  x  1-1 3-1 3-1 3-1 2-1 
 6.Dainichi Cable          1-2 0-1 2-2 2-0 1-2  x  3-3 2-2 2-1 4-1 
 7.Kyoto Shiko Club        2-4 1-2 0-4 2-3 1-1 2-0  x  4-1 2-0 1-3 
 8.Teijin SC               0-5 1-4 0-5 0-0 0-4 5-2 2-1  x  1-1 1-1 
 9.Toyota Industries       1-3 1-2 1-2 2-3 2-1 0-3 0-1 2-1  x  0-1 
10.Hagoromo Club           1-5 1-4 0-2 1-4 1-3 0-2 4-2 3-4 3-3  x 

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs

Toyota Industries  1-1 1-2  Ibaraki Hitachi 
Hagoromo Club      2-2 1-2  Sumitomo Metals 



Emperor's Cup 1973
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Round 1
Chuo University                    3-0 Nippon Steel Kamaishi
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals             3-1 Osaka University of Economics
 
Round 2
Chuo University                    1-4 Toyota Motors
Eidai Industries                   1-0 Dainichi Cable Industries
Meijo University                   0-1 Waseda University
Kyushu Sangyo University           2-3 Osaka University of Commerce
Kyoto Shiko                        2-2 Honda                              [2-3 pen]
Sapporo University                 0-4 Nippon Sport Science University
Teihens FC                         0-8 Hosei University  
Tanabe Pharmaceuticals             2-1 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
 
Round 3
Nippon Kokan                       3-0 Toyota Motors
Eidai Industries                   0-1 Toyo Industries
Furukawa Electric                  2-2 Waseda University                  [3-1 pen]
Osaka University of Commerce       0-3 Hitachi
Yanmar Diesel                      4-1 Honda
Nippon Sport Science University    0-2 Towa Estate Development
Mitsubishi Motors                  1-1 Hosei University                   [5-4 pen]
Tanabe Pharmaceuticals             0-3 Nippon Steel        
     
Quarterfinals
Nippon Kokan                       3-4 Toyo Industries
Furukawa Electric                  1-3 Hitachi
Yanmar Diesel                      1-0 Towa Estate Development
Mitsubishi Motors                  2-0 Nippon Steel
 
Semifinals
Toyo Industries                    0-2 HItachi
Yanmar Diesel                      0-1 Mitsubishi Motors
 
Final [Jan 1, National stadium, Tokyo]
Hitachi                            1-2 Mitsubishi Motors



Regional Leagues 1973
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Kanto Soccer League 

1.Furukawa Electric Chiba       14   8  5  1  43-18  21  Champions 
2.Hitachi Mito Katsuta          14   9  2  3  30-19  20  
3.Urawa SC                      14   8  3  3  30-23  19  
4.Kodama Club                   14   8  2  4  30-22  18  
5.Toho Titanium                 14   4  3  7  24-27  11  [+]  
6.Ibaraki Hitachi               14   2  6  6  16-24  10 
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7.FC Aoyama                     14   3  2  9  18-34   8  Relegated 
8.Yokohama Club                 14   1  3 10  11-35   5  Relegated 


Tokai Shakaijin Soccer League

1.Honda Motor                   14  12  1  1  48-13  25  Champions [+] 
2.Daikyo Oil                    14   7  5  2  39-16  19  
3.Nagoya SC                     14   8  2  4  42-20  18  
4.Sumitomo Bakelite             14   6  5  3  33-29  17  
5.Wakaayu Club                  14   5  3  6  25-32  13  
6.Gifu Teachers SC              14   3  3  8  18-45   9  
7.Toyoda Machine Works          14   2  3  9  12-28   7  
8.Iga-Machi SC                  14   1  2 11  21-55   4  [+] 


Kansai Soccer League

1.Sumitomo Metals               14   9  2  3  37-22  20  Champions [+] 
2.Yanmar Club                   14   8  3  3  22-13  19  
3.Nippon Steel Hirohata         14   7  2  5  30-16  16  
4.Omi Club                      14   7  1  6  25-25  15  
5.Mitsubishi Kyoto              14   5  4  5  24-27  14 
6.Wakayama Teachers SC          14   6  0  8  24-26  12  
7.Yuasa Batteries               14   4  2  8  20-32  10   
8.Mitsubishi HI Kobe            14   1  4  9  13-34   6  


Chugoku Soccer League
(The first edition)

1.Mazda Auto Hiroshima          10   9  0  1  36- 8  18  Champions 
2.Hiroshima Teachers SC         10   8  0  2  28-15  16  
3.Mitsui E&S                    10   6  0  4  23-10  12  
4.Mitsubishi Oil                10   4  0  6  12-17   8 
5.Mitsui Oil                    10   2  1  7   8-32   5  
6.Hitachi Kasado                10   0  1  9   5-30   1  


Kyushu Soccer League
(The first edition)

1.Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki   6   4  1  1  18- 7   9  Champions
2.Saga Nanyo Club                6   4  0  2  18-11   8  
3.Kagoshima Teachers SC          6   3  1  2  19-10   7  
4.Nishi-Nippon Railroad          6   3  1  2  14-10   7  
5.Kumamoto Teachers SC           6   3  1  2  15-13   7  
6.Kagoshima Club                 6   1  0  5  11-23   2 
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7.Tsuruya Hyakkaten              6   1  0  5   5-26   2  Relegated 


The 9th All-Shakaijin Cup 1973

Venue: Ibaraki

First Round  
Nippon Steel Kamaishi        1-3  Daikyo Oil 
Saga Nanyo Club              0-3  Mitsui E&S 
Nippon Steel Hirohata        0-2  Ibaraki Hitachi 
Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki 0-1  Nissei Plastic Industrial 
Mazda Auto Hiroshima         2-0  Toho Titanium 
Nippon Steel Muroran         3-4  Otsuka Pharma 

Second Round 
Daikyo Oil                   4-0  Hitachi Cable 
Osaka Yanmar Club            1-0  Furukawa Electric Chiba 
Mitsui E&S                   2-3  Kodama Club 
Nagoya SC                    1-2  Ibaraki Hitachi 
Nissei Plastic Industrial    0-3  Urawa SC 
Sumitomo Metals              2-0  Mazda Auto Hiroshima         
Honda Motor                  4-1  Omi Club 
Hitachi Mito Katsuta         2-1  Otsuka Pharma 

Quarterfinals 
Daikyo Oil                   2-1  Osaka Yanmar Club            
Kodama Club                  1-3  Ibaraki Hitachi 
Urawa SC                     2-5  Sumitomo Metals 
Honda Motor                  0-1  Hitachi Mito Katsuta         

Semifinals 
Daikyo Oil                   0-1  Ibaraki Hitachi 
Sumitomo Metals              1-0  Hitachi Mito Katsuta         

For 3rd place 
Daikyo Oil                   2-1  Hitachi Mito Katsuta         

Final 
Ibaraki Hitachi              1-2  Sumitomo Metals 

Note: The finalists are qualified for the JSL2 Promotion playoffs.

1972.

1974.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of cup finals.

list of super cup finals.


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