The first match day is 9th April, and the first match day of the second half season is 14th October and the last match day is 26th November 1972.
| Team | HIT | YAN | TOY | MIT | KOK | NIP | FUR | TOW | Win/Draw/Loss | Goals | Dif. | Pts. | G. Ave. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HITACHI | 1:3 | 2:1 | 1:0 | 3:2 | 3:4 | 5:0 | 3:1 | 9/3/2 | 36 | 20 | 21 | .692 | |
| Yanmar diesel | 1:1 | 0:2 | 0:0 | 2:0 | 2:2 | 4:0 | 1:1 | 7/6/1 | 30 | 19 | 20 | .732 | |
| Toyo kogyo | 1:2 | 0:2 | 2:0 | 1:0 | 0:0 | 4:1 | 1:0 | 7/2/5 | 20 | 7 | 16 | .606 | |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 0:1 | 0:0 | 0:2 | 2:0 | 6:2 | 3:4 | 1:1 | 5/6/3 | 26 | 7 | 16 | .578 | |
| Nippon Kokan | 0:0 | 1:1 | 2:2 | 0:0 | 2:1 | 1:4 | 2:0 | 4/5/5 | 15 | -3 | 13 | .455 | |
| Nippon Steel | 0:3 | 0:3 | 2:0 | 1:1 | 1:2 | 2:2 | 3:0 | 4/4/6 | 22 | -8 | 12 | .423 | |
| Furukawa electric | 0:5 | 0:6 | 0:3 | 2:3 | 0:0 | 3:4 | 1:0 | 3/2/9 | 17 | -24 | 8 | .293 | |
| Towa real estate development | 1:5 | 1:3 | 0:2 | 1:4 | 1:3 | 3:0 | 1:0 | 2/2/10 | 11 | -18 | 6 | .275 |
In division-1, 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 average, 3) total of goals.
Hitachi changes team colour from Light Blue to Yellow.
In ONLY 1972, home team players wear white shirts and away team players wear coloured shirts.
Japan Soccer League shall add two teams to division-1 in next season.
The top two teams of division-2, Toyota (in Aichi) and Tanabe (in Osaka), are promoted to division-1.
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.
YOSHIMURA Daishiro is naturalized as a Japanese citizen and changes his name from Nelson YOSHIMURA who was a Japanese-Brazilian.
| Team | TMC | TAN | KOF | KSC | FUJ | NLM | YOM | DAI | TTK | TAL | Win/Draw/Loss | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y- Toyota Motor | 3:3 | 2:1 | 5:3 | 0:0 | 1:0 | 2:1 | 4:0 | 1:1 | 1:0 | 13/4/1 | 34 | 18 | 30 | |
| y- Tanabe seiyaku | 1:2 | 2:2 | 2:2 | 4:0 | 1:0 | 3:1 | 3:2 | 1:1 | 2:0 | 10/6/2 | 37 | 15 | 26 | |
| Kofu soccer club | 0:1 | 1:1 | 4:0 | 3:0 | 1:2 | 3:2 | 2:0 | 0:1 | 5:1 | 9/3/6 | 33 | 12 | 21 | |
| Fujitsu | 0:2 | 0:0 | 3:1 | 1:1 | 2:4 | 1:0 | 0:0 | 1:1 | 0:1 | 4/9/5 | 19 | -4 | 17 | |
| Kyoto Shiko soccer club | 2:4 | 0:4 | 0:2 | 0:0 | 1:4 | 3:0 | 5:2 | 2:1 | 5:1 | 7/3/8 | 26 | -5 | 17 | |
| Nippon Light Metal | 1:2 | 2:3 | 1:1 | 2:2 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 3:2 | 3:2 | 3:1 | 7/2/9 | 31 | -2 | 16 | |
| Yomiuri soccer club | 0:2 | 0:2 | 3:0 | 0:2 | 0:2 | 4:2 | 4:2 | 1:1 | 3:0 | 7/1/10 | 27 | -4 | 15 | |
| Dainichi-Nippon Cables | 1:2 | 5:1 | 1:3 | 0:0 | 1:3 | 4:0 | 4:1 | 3:3 | 3:2 | 5/4/9 | 36 | -4 | 14 | |
| Telegraph and Telephone Public Kinki | 2:0 | 0:2 | 0:1 | 0:0 | 2:0 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 2:4 | 2:1 | 4/6/8 | 21 | -4 | 14 | |
| Toyoda Automatic Loom Works | 0:0 | 1:2 | 1:3 | 0:2 | 1:0 | 1:0 | 0:3 | 2:2 | 1:0 | 4/2/12 | 14 | -22 | 10 |
In 1972, Japan Soccer League implementes a two-division system.
Seven football teams of business companies including Fujitsu (in Kanagawa), Nippon Light Metal, Toyoda, Toyota (both in Aichi), Tanabe, Dainichi Cables and T&T Public Kinki (both in Osaka) and three clubs including Yomiuri (in Tokyo), Kofu soccer club (in Yamanashi) and Kyoto Shiko (in Kyoto) organized Japan Soccer League division-2. (Toyoda was an original member of Japan Soccer League in 1965.)
In division-2, 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.
The top two teams of division-2, Toyota and Tanabe, promoted to division-1 automatically.
And the top two teams of All Japan Shakaijin Tournament, Eidai sangyo (in Yamaguchi) and Teijin Matsuyama (in Ehime), are promoted to Japan Soccer League division-2 automatically.
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.
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East team | 2:4 2:4 | West team | 25/8/1972 28/8/1972 | Nishigaoka stadium, Tokyo National stadium, Tokyo |
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