Japan Soccer League
| Founded | 1965 |
|---|---|
| Folded | 1992 |
| Country | Japan |
| Most championships | Toyo Industries, Yomiuri (5) |
Japan Soccer League (JSL)[1] used to be an amateur football league in Japan.[2]
Champions
[change | change source]Division 1
[change | change source]Division 2
[change | change source]| Season | Champions | Runner-up | Third place |
| 1972 | Toyota Motors | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | Kofu |
| 1973 | Eidai Industries | Kofu | Yomiuri |
| 1974 | Yomiuri | Fujitsu | Kyoto Shiko |
| 1975 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | Yomiuri | Fujitsu |
| 1976 | Fujitsu | Yomiuri | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals |
| 1977 | Yomiuri | Nissan Motors | Sumitomo Metals |
| 1978 | Honda | Nissan Motors | Kofu |
| 1979 | Toshiba Horikawa | Yamaha Motors | Fujitsu |
| 1980 | Honda | Fujitsu | Toshiba |
| 1981 | Nippon Kokan | Nissan Motors | Toshiba |
| 1982 | Yamaha Motors | Toshiba | Sumitomo Metals |
| 1983 | Nippon Kokan | Sumitomo Metals | Toshiba |
| 1984 | Sumitomo Metals | All Nippon Airways | Matsushita Electric |
| 1985/86 | Matsushita Electric | Mazda | Toshiba |
| 1986/87 | Sumitomo Metals | Toyota Motors | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals |
| 1987/88 | All Nippon Airways | Matsushita Electric | Toshiba |
| 1988/89 | Toshiba | Hitachi | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals |
| 1989/90 | Mitsubishi Motors | Toyota Motors | Mazda |
| 1990/91 | Hitachi | Mazda | Fujita |
| 1991/92 | Fujita | Sumitomo Metals | Yanmar Diesel |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ JSL is an English acronym. JSL stands for "Japan Soccer League".
- ↑ BBC.co.uk, "How football went Japanese," 17 May 2002; NHK.or.jp, "The J. League - the Japan Professional Football League," Archived 2014-05-26 at the Wayback Machine September 16, 2012; retrieved 2012-9-27.
