Japan Soccer League 1968

The 4th Japan Soccer League 1968

The first match day is 13th April and the last match day of the first half season is 23rd June, and the first match day of the second half season is 9th November and the last match day is 22nd December 1968.

tabel_.JSL 1968
Team	TOY	YAN	MIT	YAW	FUR	NAG	HIT	KOK	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
Toyo kogyo		1:3	1:0	2:1	2:1	4:1	4:0	7:0	10/1/3	31	20	21
Yanmar diesel	0:0		2:1	2:2	1:1	3:1	2:3	2:0	7/5/2	29	11	19
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	2:0	1:1		3:2	0:3	3:3	2:2	3:0	7/4/3	25	7	18
Yawata steel	0:1	5:3	2:2		1:1	2:1	3:0	6:0	7/3/4	32	13	17
Furukawa electric	3:2	0:2	0:2	1:3		2:0	2:1	4:1	7/3/4	24	7	17
Mutual savings bank of Nagoya	0:2	2:2	1:2	3:1	0:1		2:0	1:0	3/3/8	17	-8	9
z'- Hitachi' head office	0:2	1:3	1:2	0:1	0:3	1:0		5:2	3/2/9	17	-14	8
z'- Nippon Kokan	0:3	0:3	0:2	0:3	2:2	2:2	3:3		0/3/11	10	-36	3

tabel_.JSL 1968

Team

TOY

YAN

MIT

YAW

FUR

NAG

HIT

KOK

Win/Draw/Loss

Goals

Dif.

Pts.

Toyo kogyo

1:3

1:0

2:1

4:1

4:0

7:0

10/1/3

Yanmar diesel

0:0

2:1

2:2

1:1

3:1

2:3

2:0

7/5/2

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

2:0

1:1

3:2

0:3

3:3

2:2

3:0

7/4/3

Yawata steel

0:1

5:3

2:2

1:1

2:1

3:0

6:0

7/3/4

Furukawa electric

3:2

0:2

1:3

2:0

2:1

4:1

7/3/4

Mutual savings bank of Nagoya

0:2

2:2

1:2

3:1

0:1

2:0

1:0

3/3/8

-8

z'- Hitachi' head office

0:2

1:3

1:2

0:1

0:3

1:0

5:2

3/2/9

-14

z'- Nippon Kokan

0:3

0:2

0:3

2:2

3:3

0/3/11

-36

note

In Japan Soccer League, all teams play each other two times.
Teams are allotted two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of all points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.

Points

2: a Win
1: a Draw
0: a Loss

TOYO kogyo as champion shall be eligible to play in Asian Champion Clubs Tournament 1968.

The bottom two teams shall play in play-off matches.

Japan Soccer League did not make a clear distinction between home and away team before 1983.
Green-coloured matches are in the first half of the season and yellow-coloured matches are in the second half of the season.

JSL Awards

Goal-scoring leader (Golden ball Award)

14: KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)

Assists leader (Silver ball Award)

8: SUGIYAMA Ryuichi (Mitsubishi)

Fighting Spirit Award

KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)

Fighting Spirit Award (Press Club Vote)

YUGUCHI Eizo (Yanmar)

Star Ball Award

KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)

Best eleven

YOKOYAMA Kenzo (Mitsubishi)
KATAYAMA Hiroshi (Mitsubishi)
MIYAMOTO Masakatsu (Furukawa)
KAMATA Mitsuo (Furukawa)
OGI Aritatsu (Toyo)
YAMAGUCHI Yoshitada (Hitachi)
SUGIYAMA Ryuichi (Mitsubishi)
MIYAMOTO Teruki (Yawata steel)
YAEGASHI Shigeo (Furukawa)
KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)
WATANABE Masashi (Yawata steel)

The 3rd East-West JSL Match

tabel_.East-West Match 1968
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
East team	0:6 2:3	West team	3/9/1968 6/9/1968	Tokyo National stadium Nishinomiya baseball stadium

tabel_.East-West Match 1968

Team

Score

Team

Date

Venues

East team

0:6

2:3

West team

3/9/1968

6/9/1968

Tokyo National stadium

Nishinomiya baseball stadium

The play-off matches

tabel_.play-off
JSL's team	Score	Shakaijin's team	Date	Venues
Hitachi	1:0 3:2	Urawa soccer club (Shakaijin Finalist)	29/12/1968 5/1/1969	Kemigawa, Chiba Urawa
Nippon Kokan	1:0 0:1	Toyota Motor (Shakaijin Winner)	27/12/1968 8/1/1969	Fujisawa Nagoya

tabel_.play-off

JSL's team

Score

Shakaijin's team

Date

Venues

Hitachi

1:0

3:2

Urawa soccer club
(Shakaijin Finalist)

29/12/1968

5/1/1969

Kemigawa, Chiba

Urawa

Nippon Kokan

1:0

0:1

Toyota Motor
(Shakaijin Winner)

27/12/1968

8/1/1969

Fujisawa

Nagoya

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