The first match day is 31st March and the last match day of the first half season is 20th May, and the first match day of the second half season is 9th September and the last match day is 16th December 1979.
| Team | FKC | YOM | HIT | YAN | FUR | TOY | MIT | NIP | KOK | NIS | Win/s.o/Loss | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujita kogyo club | 1:1 (8:7) | 0:1 | 1:0 | 4:2 | 1:1 (4:5) | 4:0 | 3:1 | 3:0 | 2:1 | 12/(1/3)/2 | 36 | 21 | 53 | |
| Yomiuri soccer club | 1:2 | 2:1 | 2:1 | 3:1 | 3:4 | 2:3 | 1:0 | 7:3 | 2:0 | 10/(0/4)/4 | 48 | 22 | 44 | |
| Hitachi | 1:1 (3:1) | 2:5 | 0:1 | 3:2 | 1:1 (4:2) | 1:0 | 1:1 (2:4) | 2:1 | 2:2 (3:4) | 8/(5/2)/3 | 23 | 5 | 44 | |
| Yanmar diesel | 1:1 (5:3) | 2:5 | 0:1 | 1:2 | 2:1 | 1:0 | 1:0 | 3:2 | 2:0 | 9/(1/2)/6 | 28 | 7 | 40 | |
| Furukawa electric | 3:1 | 1:1 (6:5) | 1:1 (1:4) | 1:1 (5:4) | 1:2 | 0:0 (3:2) | 1:0 | 1:1 (5:4) | 3:0 | 7/(5/2)/4 | 28 | 6 | 40 | |
| Toyo kogyo | 0:2 | 1:1 (3:2) | 0:0 (2:3) | 1:3 | 0:1 | 0:0 (1:3) | 0:0 (4:3) | 1:0 | 1:0 | 5/(4/5)/4 | 20 | 1 | 33 | |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 0:2 | 1:1 (4:1) | 0:1 | 2:2 (4:3) | 1:1 (2:4) | 1:1 (3:1) | 0:1 | 1:1 (4:3) | 3:1 | 5/(5/2)/6 | 16 | -4 | 32 | |
| Nippon Steel | 1:2 | 2:1 | 1:2 | 0:5 | 1:1 (5:4) | 0:3 | 1:2 | 3:0 | 6:1 | 6/(2/1)/9 | 23 | -2 | 29 | |
| z'- Nippon Kokan | 1:3 | 1:7 | 0:0 (0:3) | 2:1 | 2:3 | 1:1 (4:5) | 0:1 | 1:4 | 1:1 (4:2) | 1/(1/4)/12 | 17 | -26 | 10 | |
| z'- Nissan Motor | 0:3 | 0:3 | 0:3 | 0:1 | 0:3 | 2:2 (3:2) | 0:1 | 0:1 | 1:0 | 1/(2/1)/14 | 9 | -30 | 9 |
In Japan Soccer League, all teams play each other two times.
When regulation time of league match play fails to determine a winner, the winning team is decided in a penalty shoot-out.
Teams are allotted four points for a win in regulation play, two point for a win in shoot-out, one point for a loss in shoot-out, and no points for a loss in regulation play.
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of all points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.
The bottom two teams shall play in play-off matches for division-1.
FUJITA as the champion shall be eligible to play in Super Cup 1980.
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.
The first match day is 1st April and the last match day is 11th November 1979.
| Team | TOS | YAM | FUJ | HON | YC | TAN | TMC | KOF | TEI | SUM | Win/Draw/Loss | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y'- Toshiba Horikawa-cho | 3:2 | 4:0 | 1:2 | 3:1 | 3:2 | 0:0 (5:4) | 4:1 | 3:1 | 1:0 | 10/(3/2)/3 | 36 | 13 | 48 | |
| y'- Yamaha Motor | 2:0 | 1:1 (4:2) | 3:3 (4:3) | 2:3 | 2:1 | 0:0 (1:3) | 4:0 | 2:1 | 1:1 (3:4) | 10/(2/3)/3 | 33 | 14 | 47 | |
| Fujitsu | 2:0 | 0:1 | 0:0 (3:4) | 2:1 | 1:0 | 0:1 | 4:0 | 5:2 | 2:0 | 11/(0/3)/4 | 29 | 11 | 47 | |
| Honda Motor | 0:1 | 0:2 | 3:1 | 3:2 | 1:0 | 1:0 | 1:3 | 2:0 | 2:1 | 10/(1/2)/5 | 31 | 6 | 44 | |
| z- Yanmar club | 2:2 (4:1) | 3:0 | 2:3 | 3:3 (5:4) | 0:1 | 3:1 | 3:0 | 2:0 | 2:0 | 8/(2/0)/8 | 37 | 7 | 36 | |
| Tanabe seiyaku | 0:1 | 0:1 | 1:2 | 0:2 | 2:0 | 0:1 | 4:2 | 1:0 | 3:0 | 7/(0/0)/11 | 21 | 0 | 28 | |
| Toyota Motor | 2:2 (5:6) | 0:3 | 1:3 | 1:3 | 4:2 | 0:1 | 3:2 | 0:3 | 2:4 | 5/(3/2)/8 | 21 | -8 | 28 | |
| Kofu soccer club | 1:3 | 1:3 | 1:1 (7:6) | 3:2 | 1:4 | 2:1 | 1:1 (10:11) | 1:1 (4:3) | 1:0 | 5/(2/2)/9 | 26 | -16 | 26 | |
| z'- Teijin | 3:3 (6:7) | 1:3 | 0:1 | 3:1 | 2:1 | 2:0 | 1:1 (2:4) | 2:2 (6:5) | 1:2 | 5/(1/3)/9 | 24 | -6 | 25 | |
| z'- Sumitomo Metal Industries | 2:2 (5:4) | 1:1 (4:2) | 0:1 | 1:2 | 1:3 | 1:4 | 0:3 | 1:4 | 0:1 | 2/(3/0)/13 | 15 | -21 | 14 |
In Japan Soccer League, all teams play each other two times.
When regulation time of league match play fails to determine a winner, the winning team is decided in a penalty shoot-out.
Teams are allotted four points for a win in regulation play, two point for a win in shoot-out, one point for a loss in shoot-out, and no points for a loss in regulation play.
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of all points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.
The top two teams shall be eligible to play in play-off matches for division-1.
The bottom two teams shall play in play-off matches for division-2.
Yanmar club withdraws from the league and the clubs are integrated into Yanmar diesel (division-1). Several players of Yanmar club leave for Matsushita Electric Industrial (in Nara) to begin a new club.
And Daikyo Oil (in Mie), the winner of National Regional League Tournament 1979, is promoted to Japan Soccer League division-2.
The x-Teams progress to next round.
In 2nd Rounds and Quarter-finals, venues are Fujieda, Toyama, Kofu and Nishigaoka stadium (in Tokyo).
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kofu soccer club | 1:2 | Nippon Steel | 18/7/1979 | Nirasaki |
| Yanmar | 5:0 | Toshiba Horikawa | 15/7/1979 | Suita |
| Furukawa | 2:0 | Nippon Kokan | 18/7/1979 | Yokohama |
| Toyo kogyo | 1:2 | Mitsubishi | 19/7/1979 | Okayama |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota | 1:1 (5:4) | Nippon Steel | 21/7/1979 | venue |
| Teijin | 1:2 | Fujitsu | 21/7/1979 | venue |
| Yamaha | 3:1 | Nissan | 21/7/1979 | venue |
| Yanmar | 1:2 | Yomiuri | 21/7/1979 | venue |
| Honda | 0:1 | Furukawa | 21/7/1979 | venue |
| Tanabe | 0:4 | Hitachi | 21/7/1979 | venue |
| Fujita kogyo | 2:0 | Sumitomo Metal | 21/7/1979 | venue |
| Mitsubishi | 1:0 | Yanmar club | 21/7/1979 | venue |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota | 1:2 | Fujitsu | 22/7/1979 | venue |
| Yamaha | 2:4 | Yomiuri | 22/7/1979 | venue |
| Furukawa | 2:1 | Hitachi | 22/7/1979 | venue |
| Fujita kogyo | 0:3 | Mitsubishi | 22/7/1979 | venue |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujitsu | 3:3 (3:4) | Yomiuri | 28/7/1979 | Osaka |
| Furukawa | 2:2 (5:4) | Mitsubishi | 28/7/1979 | Osaka |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri | 3:2 | Furukawa | 29/7/1979 | Osaka |
| Champion | Score | Cup winner | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsubishi | 0:0 (3:1) | Toyo kogyo | 8/4/1979 | Tokyo National stadium |
This match is both Super Cup 1979 and one of the Japan Soccer League 1979 regular-match (sec.2).
| team | Score | team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSL selection | 2:0 | Agricultural Cooperative (KOR) | 9/6/1979 | Nishigaoka stadium, Tokyo |
| team | Score | team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSL selection | 4:2 | F.C. Amsterdam (NED) | 13/8/1979 | Korakuen baseball stadium, Tokyo |
| team | Score | team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSL selection | 1:1 | New York Cosmos (USA) | 10/10/1979 | Kobe |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East team | 5:3 | West team | 30/9/1979 | Sapporo Maruyama baseball stadium, Sapporo |
| Division-1 | Score | Division-2 | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nippon Kokan | 0:0 (4:3) 1:2 | YAMAHA | 12/1/1980 20/1/1980 | Mitsuzawa, Yokohama Iwata |
| Nissan | 4:1 2:1 | Toshiba | 12/1/1980 20/1/1980 | Mitsuzawa, Yokohama Nishigaoka stadium, Tokyo |
| Division-2 | Score | Regional team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teijin | 2:1 1:1 | Kyoto Shiko soccer club (Regional Runner-up) | 15/12/1979 25/12/1979 | Matsuyama Toba |
| Sumitomo Metal | 1:0 3:1 | Daikyo Oil (Regional Winner) | -/12/1979 22/12/1979 | venue Yokkaichi |
The 2nd-leg match of Teijin v. Kyoto Shiko need not play a shoot-out.
In the play-off matches, when regulation time of the match play fails to determine a winner, the winning team is decided in a penalty shoot-out.
Teams are allotted four points for a win in regulation play, two point for a win in shoot-out, one point for a loss in shoot-out, and no points for a loss in regulation play.
The winning teams of the play-off matches are determined as follows: 1) total of points in both matches, 2) goal difference.
If two teams are level at the end of the play-off matches, both teams remain the same divisions.
Yamaha Motor (in Shizuoka) is promoted to division-1.
And Nippon Kokan are relegated to division-2.
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Last update: 16/10/2010, except minor update
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