1976 in Japanese football

1976 season
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The year 1976 in Japanese football, or football in Japan, saw the Japan national football team lose more matches than it won.

Japan Soccer League

Main article: 1976 Japan Soccer League

Division 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Furukawa Electric 18 11 4 3 37 15 +22 26 Champions
2 Mitsubishi Motors 18 9 4 5 28 16 +12 22
3 Fujita 18 9 4 5 28 20 +8 22
4 Yanmar Diesel 18 9 3 6 34 20 +14 21
5 Hitachi 18 7 7 4 22 14 +8 21
6 Nippon Kokan 18 6 8 4 22 21 +1 20
7 Eidai 18 7 4 7 18 24 −6 18 Folded
8 Toyo Industries 18 5 5 8 16 20 −4 15
9 Nippon Steel 18 5 2 11 23 30 −7 12 To Promotion/relegation Series
10 Toyota Motors 18 1 1 16 10 58 −48 3
Source: [citation needed]

Division 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fujitsu 18 13 3 2 32 6 +26 29 To Promotion/relegation Series with Division 1
2 Yomiuri 18 11 3 4 51 28 +23 25
3 Tanabe Pharmaceutical 18 10 5 3 28 18 +10 25
4 Honda 18 6 9 3 25 17 +8 21
5 Teijin Matsuyama 18 9 1 8 32 28 +4 19
6 Yanmar Club (Yanmar Diesel B-Team) 18 6 5 7 23 23 0 17
7 Sumitomo Metal 18 5 3 10 27 34 −7 13
8 Kofu SC 18 4 4 10 14 30 −16 12
9 Kyoto Shiko 18 3 5 10 11 25 −14 11 To Promotion/relegation Series with Senior Cup finalists
10 Furukawa Electric Chiba 18 3 2 13 17 51 −34 8
Source: [citation needed]

Japanese Regional Leagues

Main article: 1976 Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 1976 Emperor's Cup
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Japan Soccer League Cup

Main article: 1976 Japan Soccer League Cup

National team

Results

1976.01.25 Japan 1–3 Bulgaria Tokyo, Japan
Kamamoto 12' JFA ? ?'
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Attendance: 20,000
1976.01.28 Japan 1–1 Bulgaria Osaka, Japan
Matsunaga 75' JFA ? ?' Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
1976.02.01 Japan 0–3 Bulgaria Tokyo, Japan
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Attendance: 20,000
1976.03.14 Japan 3–0 Philippines Tokyo, Japan
Ochiai 12', 73'
Takabayashi 17'		 JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
1976.03.17 Japan 3–0 Philippines Tokyo, Japan
Fujishima 23', 44'
Maeda 72'		 JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
1976.03.21 Japan 0–2 South Korea Tokyo, Japan
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Attendance: 58,000
1976.03.27 Japan 2–2 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Kamamoto 40', 89' JFA ? ?'
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1976.03.31 Japan 0–3 Israel Seoul, South Korea
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1976.04.11 Japan 1–4 Israel Tel Aviv, Israel
Matsunaga 40' JFA ? ?'
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1976.08.08 Japan 5–1 India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kamamoto 7'
Nagai 50'
Okudera 55', 70'
Fujishima 85'		 JFA ? ?' Attendance: 15,000
1976.08.10 Japan 6–0 Indonesia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Okudera 15', 30', 73'
Kamamoto 55'
Komaeda 67', 80'		 JFA
1976.08.13 Japan 2–2 Burma Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kamamoto 57'
Okudera 75'		 JFA ? ?'
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1976.08.16 Japan 2–2 Thailand Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kamamoto 13', 25' JFA ? ?'
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1976.08.18 Japan 0–0 South Korea Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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1976.08.20 Japan 2–2 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Okudera 22'
Kamamoto 83'		 JFA ? ?'
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1976.08.22 Japan 0–2 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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1976.12.04 Japan 1–2 South Korea Tokyo, Japan
Nagai 33' JFA ? ?'
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Players statistics

Player -1975 01.25 01.28 02.01 03.14 03.17 03.21 03.27 03.31 04.11 08.08 08.10 08.13 08.16 08.18 08.20 08.22 12.04 1976 Total
Aritatsu Ogi 60(11) - - O - O - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 62(11)
Kunishige Kamamoto 56(66) O(1) O O O - O O(2) O O O(1) O(1) O(1) O(2) O O(1) O O 16(9) 72(75)
Takaji Mori 52(2) - - - O - O O O - - - - - - - - - 4(0) 56(2)
Daishiro Yoshimura 34(7) O O O - - O O - - O O O O O O O - 12(0) 46(7)
Nobuo Kawakami 32(0) O O - O O O O O O - - - - - - - - 8(0) 40(0)
Kozo Arai 31(4) O O O O O - O O O O - O O O O O O 15(0) 46(4)
Nobuo Fujishima 29(3) O O O - O(2) O O O O O(1) O O O O O O O 16(3) 45(6)
Kuniya Daini 29(0) O O O O - O O - O O O O O O O O O 15(0) 44(0)
Yoshikazu Nagai 24(3) O O O O O O O O O O(1) O O O O O O O(1) 17(2) 41(5)
Atsuyoshi Furuta 24(0) - - - - O - - - - - O - - - - - - 2(0) 26(0)
Mitsuo Watanabe 19(4) O O - - O - - - - - - - - - - - - 3(0) 22(4)
Hiroshi Ochiai 15(3) O O O O(2) - O O O O O - O O O O O O 15(2) 30(5)
Eijun Kiyokumo 14(0) O O O O O O - O O - O - - - - - - 9(0) 23(0)
Mitsunori Fujiguchi 12(0) - O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 14(0)
Yasuhiko Okudera 11(1) - - - - - - - - - O(2) O(3) O(1) O O O(1) O O 8(7) 19(8)
Masaki Yokotani 11(0) O - - - - - - - - - O - O - O O O 6(0) 17(0)
Tatsuhiko Seta 10(0) O O O O O O O O O - O O O O - - O 14(0) 24(0)
Hideki Maeda 5(1) - - - O O(1) O O O O - - - - - - - - 6(1) 11(2)
Toshio Takabayashi 4(1) - - - O(1) O O - - - - O O O O O - - 8(1) 12(2)
Akira Matsunaga 3(0) O O(1) O - O - O O O(1) - - - - - - - - 7(2) 10(2)
Hiroyuki Usui 2(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O 1(0) 3(0)
Mitsuhisa Taguchi 1(0) - - - - - - - - - O - - - - O O - 3(0) 4(0)
Kazuo Saito 0(0) - O O O O O O O - O - O O O O O O 14(0) 14(0)
Hiroji Imamura 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O - O O - - O - 4(0) 4(0)
Mitsuru Komaeda 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O(2) - - - - - - 1(2) 1(2)