1979 Japan Soccer League

Japan Soccer League
Season1979
← 1978
1980 →

Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1979 season.

First Division

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fujita Engineering 18 12 1 3 2 36 15 +21 53 Champions
2 Yomiuri 18 10 0 4 4 48 26 +22 44
3 Hitachi 18 8 5 2 3 23 18 +5 44
4 Yanmar Diesel 18 9 1 2 6 28 21 +7 40
5 Furukawa Electric 18 7 5 2 4 28 22 +6 40
6 Toyo Kogyo 18 5 4 5 4 20 19 +1 33
7 Mitsubishi Motors 18 5 5 2 6 16 20 −4 32
8 Nippon Steel 18 6 2 1 9 23 25 −2 29
9 Nippon Kokan 18 1 1 4 12 17 43 −26 10 To promotion/relegation Series
10 Nissan 18 1 2 1 14 9 39 −30 9
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion/relegation Series

JSL Division 1 1st leg 2nd leg JSL Division 2
Nippon Kokan 0-0(PK3-4) 1-2 Yamaha Motors
Nissan Motors 4-1 2-1 Toshiba Horikawa-cho

Yamaha promoted, NKK relegated.

Second Division

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toshiba 18 10 3 2 3 36 23 +13 48 To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1
2 Yamaha Motors 18 10 2 3 3 33 19 +14 47
3 Fujitsu 18 11 0 3 4 29 18 +11 47
4 Honda 18 10 1 2 5 31 25 +6 44
5 Yanmar Club 18 8 2 0 8 37 30 +7 36 Folded
6 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 18 7 0 0 11 21 21 0 28
7 Toyota Motors 18 5 3 2 8 21 29 −8 28
8 Kofu Club 18 5 2 2 9 26 42 −16 26
9 Teijin SC Matsuyama 18 5 1 3 9 24 30 −6 25 To promotion/relegation Series with Regional Series finalists
10 Sumitomo 18 2 3 0 13 15 36 −21 14
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion/relegation Series

JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Regional Series
Teijin SC Matsuyama 2-1 1-1 Kyoto Shiko Club
Sumitomo 1-0 3-1 Daikyo Oil

No relegations. Due to withdrawal of Yanmar Club, Yanmar Diesel's B-squad, Daikyo was promoted.

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