Japan 1976

Japan Soccer League First Division (JSL1)
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NB: season finished early 1977 due to interruption for Emperor's Cup.

Final Table:

 1.Furukawa                18 11  4  3  37-15  26
 2.Mitsubishi              18  9  4  5  28-16  22
 3.Fujita Industries       18  9  4  5  28-20  22
 4.Yanmar Diesel           18  9  3  6  34-20  21
 5.Hitachi                 18  7  7  4  22-14  21
 6.Nippon Kokan            18  6  8  4  22-21  20
 7.Eidai Industries        18  7  4  7  18-24  18
 8.Toyo Industries         18  5  5  8  16-20  15
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
 9.Nippon Steel            18  5  2 11  23-30  12  Relegation Playoff
10.Toyota                  18  1  1 16  10-58   3  Relegation Playoff

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

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Toyota         2-2 2-1 Fujitsu
Nippon Steel   2-1 3-2 Yomiuri Club

Disbanded: Eidai Industries; replaced by Fujitsu.

Top scorers: 

1.KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar Diesel)  15 
2.USUI Hiroyuki (Hitachi)             13 
3.HIDAKA Noritaka (Nippon Steel)      10 
4.ABE Hiro (Yanmar Diesel)             9 



Japan Soccer League Second Division (JSL2)
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Final Table: 

 1.Fujitsu                 18  13  3  2  32- 6  29  Promotion Playoff 
 2.Yomiuri Club            18  11  3  4  51-28  25  Promotion Playoff
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 3.Tanabe Pharma           18  10  5  3  28-18  25  
 4.Honda Motor             18   6  9  3  25-17  21  
 5.Teijin SC               18   9  1  8  32-28  19  
 6.Yanmar Club             18   6  5  7  23-23  17  [+] 
 7.Sumitomo Metals         18   5  3 10  27-34  13  
 8.Kofu Club               18   4  4 10  14-30  12  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 9.Kyoto Shiko Club        18   3  5 10  11-25  11  Relegation Playoff
10.Furukawa Electric Chiba 18   3  2 13  17-51   8  Relegation Playoff [+] 

Cross-Table: 
                            1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10    
 1.Fujitsu                  x  2-1 0-1 1-0 3-0 1-0 4-0 1-1 1-0 4-0 
 2.Yomiuri Club            0-2  x  1-0 4-4 3-2 2-2 7-4 4-2 5-0 6-0 
 3.Tanabe Pharma           0-2 1-5  x  1-1 2-1 1-1 4-2 3-1 3-0 2-0 
 4.Honda Motor             0-0 2-1 1-1  x  4-0 1-1 2-2 0-0 0-0 5-0 
 5.Teijin SC               1-0 2-0 1-2 2-0  x  2-4 4-2 4-0 1-2 4-1 
 6.Yanmar Club             2-3 0-2 0-3 2-0 1-1  x  2-0 2-0 0-0 3-2 
 7.Sumitomo Metals         0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-2 2-0  x  0-1 3-2 2-1 
 8.Kofu Club               0-4 1-2 1-2 2-2 1-2 1-0 1-0  x  0-2 0-0 
 9.Kyoto Shiko Club        0-0 1-3 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-2 1-2 0-1  x  2-3 
10.Furukawa Electric Chiba 0-3 3-5 1-2 0-1 1-3 2-1 1-7 2-1 0-0  x 

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Kyoto Shiko Club         2-1 2-1  Dainichi Nippon Cable 
Furukawa Electric Chiba  0-0 0-1  Nissan Motors  



League Cup 1976
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Group Stage

Final Tables:

East-A
 1.Mitsubishi Motors        4   3  1  0   9- 2   7  Qualified
 2.Furukawa Electric        4   2  1  1  10- 7   5  Qualified
 3.Yomiuri                  4   1  1  2   7- 6   3
 4.Sumitomo Metals          4   1  1  2   4-14   3  
 5.Nippon Kokan             4   1  0  3   7- 8   2 
 
East-B
 1.Hitachi                  4   2  2  0  12- 2   6  Qualified
 2.Fujita Industries        4   2  1  1  11- 2   5  Qualified
 3.Fujitsu                  4   2  1  1  10- 6   5
 4.Kofu                     4   1  1  2   3-12   3
 5.Furukawa Electric Chiba  4   0  1  3   1-15   1  
 
West-A 
 1.Eidai                    4   4  0  0   9- 3   8  Qualified
 2.Toyota Motors            4   2  1  1   7- 5   5  Qualified
 3.Yanmar Diesel            4   1  1  2   3- 4   3
 4.Tanabe Pharmaceuticals   4   1  1  2   7- 9   3
 5.Kyoto Shiko              4   0  1  3   3- 8   1   
 
West-B
 1.Toyo Industries          4   2  2  0   6- 3   6  Qualified
 2.Honda                    4   1  3  0   5- 4   5  Qualified
 3.Yanmar Club              4   1  2  1   2- 3   4
 4.Teijin                   4   1  1  2   4- 5   3
 5.Nippon Steel             4   0  2  2   3- 5   2
 
Knockout Stage

Quarterfinals
Mitsubishi Motors    2-0 Honda
Eidai                2-1 Fujita Industries
Hitachi              2-1 Toyota Motors
Toyo Industries      1-3 Furukawa Electric
 
Semifinals
Mitsubishi Motors    0-1 Eidai
Hitachi              1-1 Furukawa Electric    [2-0 pen]
 
Final
Eidai                0-1 Hitachi



Emperor's Cup 1976
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Round 1
Fukuoka University                 2-1 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals
Nippon Kokan                       1-3 Yomiuri                  
Teijin Matsuyama                   0-4 Toyo Industries
Yamaguchi Teachers                 0-2 Kyoto Shiko
Nihon University                   0-2 Yamaha Motors
Chuo University                    2-0 Gonohe Town Hall
Yanmar Club                        2-1 Honda
Fujita Industries                  5-0 Dainichi Cable Industries
Niigata Eleven                     1-4 Toyota Motora
Sapporo University                 0-6 Waseda University
 
Round 2
Yanmar Diesel                      5-2 Fukuoka University
Yomiuri                            1-2 Toyo Industries
Eidai Industries                   2-0 Kyoto Shiko
Yamaha Motors                      3-3 Nipon Steel                        [2-3 pen]
Hitachi                            2-0 Chuo University
Yanmar Club                        0-2 Furukawa Electric
Fujita Industries                  3-0 Toyota Motors
Waseda University                  0-1 Mitsubishi Motors
 
Quarterfinals
Yanmar Diesel                      2-1 Toyo Industries
Eidai Industries                   0-1 Nippon Steel
Hitachi                            2-3 Furukawa Electric
Fujita Industries                  2-0 Mitsubishi Motors
 
Semifinals
Yanmar Diesel                      1-0 Nippon Steel
Furukawa Electric                  4-0 Fujita Industries
 
Final [Jan 1, National stadium, Tokyo]
Yanmar Diesel                      1-4 Furukawa Electric



Regional Leagues 1976
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Kanto Soccer League 

1.Nissan Motors                 14   9  3  2  35- 7  21  Champions [+] 
2.Toho Titanium                 14   8  4  2  25- 9  20  [+] 
3.Saitama Teachers SC           14   7  3  4  26-22  17 
4.Tokyo Metropolitan Police     14   7  2  5  26-24  16  
5.Urawa SC                      14   4  4  6  17-30  12  
6.Hitachi Mito Katsuta          14   4  3  7  12-20  11  
7.Ibaraki Hitachi               14   3  4  7  15-27  10  
8.Kodama Club                   14   1  3 10   7-24   5  


Hokushinetsu Football League

 1.Nissei Plastic Industrial     9   7  2  0  35- 6  16  Champions [+] 
 2.YKK FC                        9   8  0  1  26-10  16 
 3.Fukui Bank                    9   6  2  1  36-16  14  
 4.Toyama Club                   9   4  2  3  29-11  10 
 5.Fukui Teachers SC             9   4  2  3  22-15  10  
 6.Yamaga Club                   9   2  4  3  17-14   8  
 7.Fukui Matsushita              9   2  2  5  15-23   6  [+]  
 8.Fuji Electric Matsumoto       9   2  1  6  11-21   5  
 9.Niigata SC                    9   2  1  6  14-37   5 
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10.Nakamura-tome                 9   0  0  9   6-58   0  Relegated 


Tokai Shakaijin Soccer League

Championship Group

 1.Nagoya SC                    13  11  1  1  40-13  23  Champions 
 2.Daikyo Oil                   13   8  2  3  32-11  18 
 3.Maruyasu Industries          13   8  1  4  35-19  17  [+] 
 4.Sumitomo Bakelite            13   6  1  6  20-29  13  
 5.Wakaayu Club                 13   4  3  6  17-26  11  

Relegation Group

 6.Toyota Industries            13   7  1  5  20-16  15  
 7.Tomoekawa Paper              13   4  4  5  24-23  12  
 8.Gifu Teachers SC             13   5  1  7  14-19  11  
 9.Mie Teachers SC              13   4  2  7  23-31  10  [+] 
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10.Toyoda Machine Works         13   0  0 13   4-41   0  Relegated 


Kansai Soccer League

1.Dainichi Nippon Cable         16  13  1  2  51-16  27  Champions [-] 
2.Mitsubishi HI Kobe            16  11  1  4  35-19  23  
3.Hyogo Teachers SC             16   6  5  5  38-30  17  [+] 
4.NTT Kansai                    16   7  1  8  31-21  15  [-] 
5.Nippon Steel Hirohata         16   6  2  8  33-35  14  
6.Wakayama Teachers SC          16   4  6  6  19-23  14  
7.Osaka Teachers SC             16   5  3  8  38-36  13  [+] 
8.Mitsubishi Kyoto              16   5  3  8  20-39  13 
9.Omi Club                      16   2  4 10  18-64   8  


Chugoku Soccer League

1.Hiroshima Fujita              14  10  3  1  37-12  23  Champions 
2.Mitsui E&S                    14   9  4  1  26-13  22  
3.Mitsubishi Oil                14   6  5  3  23-17  17  [+] 
4.Mazda Auto Hiroshima          14   6  3  5  27-22  15 
5.Masuda Club                   14   5  5  4  20-20  15  
6.Hiroshima Teachers SC         14   3  3  8  27-39   9  
7.Japan Steel                   14   2  4  8  18-30   8  
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8.Hitachi Kasado                14   1  1 12  10-35   3  Relegated 


Kyushu Soccer League

1.Nakatsu Club                   7   5  1  1  20- 7  11  Champions 
2.Miyano Club                    7   3  3  1  10- 6   9  
3.Kagoshima Club                 7   3  2  2  10- 5   8 
4.Sanwa Rakushu Club             7   3  2  2  11-14   8  [+] 
5.Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki   7   1  5  1  10- 9   7 
  Kumamoto Teachers SC           7   3  1  3  10- 9   7  
7.Kagoshima Teachers SC          7   2  1  4   8-14   5 
8.Saga Nanyo Club                7   0  1  6   3-18   1  


The 12th All-Shakaijin Cup 1976

Venue: Kanagawa

First Round  
Maruyasu Industries          2-1  Nissei Plastic Industrial 
Hakodate Club                0-1  Toho Titanium 
Nakatsu Club                 w/o  Saitama Teachers 
Mitsubishi HI Kobe           2-4  Nippon Steel Kamaishi 
Yokohama Club                1-0  Tokyo Metropolitan Police    [aet] 
Miyano Club                  0-1  Hyogo Teachers 

Second Round 
Dainichi Nippon Cable        1-0  Maruyasu Industries          [aet] 
Hitachi Mito Katsuta         0-3  Mitsui E&S 
Daikyo Oil                   0-1  Toho Titanium 
Nakatsu Club                 0-3  NTT Kansai 
Nagoya SC                    4-1  Nippon Steel Kamaishi 
Yokohama Club                0-0  Hiroshima Fujita             [Hiroshima won on pen] 
Showa Club                   2-1  Urawa SC 
Hyogo Teachers               1-1  Nissan Motors                [Nissan won on pen] 

Quarterfinals 
Dainichi Nippon Cable        2-0  Mitsui E&S 
Toho Titanium                3-0  NTT Kansai 
Nagoya SC                    5-0  Hiroshima Fujita 
Showa Club                   0-2  Nissan Motors 

Semifinals 
Dainichi Nippon Cable        1-0  Toho Titanium 
Nagoya SC                    0-1  Nissan Motors                [aet] 

For 3rd place 
Toho Titanium                1-3  Nagoya SC 

Final 
Dainichi Nippon Cable        0-1  Nissan Motors 

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

1975.

1977.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of cup finals.

list of super cup finals.


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