Japan Soccer League 1980

Championship: Yanmar diesel
Runner-up: Fujita kogyo club
JSL Cup winner: Nippon Kokan
Championship of division-2: Honda Motor
Runner-up of division-2: Fujitsu

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The 16th Japan Soccer League 1980

The first match day is 19th April and the last match day of the first half season is 19th May, and the last match day is 3rd November 1980.

tabel_.JSL 1980
Team	YAN	FKC	FUR	MIT	HIT	YOM	TOY	NIP	YAM	NIS	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
Yanmar diesel		2:1	2:1	2:0	1:0	1:0	1:1	1:0	2:1	1:0	13/4/1	29	16	30
Fujita kogyo club	1:1		0:1	2:1	0:1	2:1	3:0	3:4	2:0	3:0	10/3/5	33	14	23
Furukawa electric	0:0	0:1		0:3	2:1	2:1	1:3	2:2	5:3	3:0	9/4/5	26	5	22
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	1:1	1:2	0:1		2:2	2:0	1:1	1:1	2:1	0:0	7/6/5	24	4	20
HITACHI	1:3	3:1	0:0	2:2		1:4	2:0	0:1	2:1	5:4	8/3/7	32	4	19
Yomiuri soccer club	1:3	1:3	0:3	1:2	2:1		1:3	4:1	2:2	4:0	8/1/9	37	8	17
Toyo kogyo	2:0	1:1	5:1	2:1	0:2	0:3		2:0	1:2	0:1	6/3/9	22	-4	15
Nippon Steel	0:2	1:1	0:2	0:1	2:3	1:4	1:0		0:1	1:0	6/3/9	21	-6	15
z'- Yamaha Motor	3:5	1:3	0:0	2:3	2:1	1:6	3:0	0:3		1:1	5/3/10	28	-11	13
z- Nissan Motor	0:1	0:4	0:2	0:1	1:5	1:2	2:1	0:3	1:4		2/2/14	11	-30	6

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

The bottom one team, Nissan, shall be relegated to division-2 automatically.
The 9th place team, Yamaha, shall play in play-off matches for division-1.

YANMAR as the champion shall be eligible to play in Super Cup 1981.

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: USUI Hiroyuki (Hitachi)

Assists leader (Silver ball Award)

9: Jorge YONASHIRO (Yomiuri)

Rookie of the year

NATORI Atsushi (Mitsubishi)

Best eleven

TAGUCHI Mitsuhisa (Mitsubishi)
SUGAMATA Tetsuo (Hitachi)
KOMAEDA Mitsuru (Fujita)
IMAI Keizo (Fujita)
OCHIAI Hiroshi (Mitsubishi)
Jorge YONASHIRO (Yomiuri)
MAEDA Hideki (Furukawa)
SOEJIMA Hiroshi (Yanmar)
USUI Hiroyuki (Hitachi)
J.D. CALVARIO (Fujita)
KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)

The 9th Japan Soccer League division-2 1980

tabel_.JSL2 1980
Team	HON	FUJ	TOS	KOK	TMC	TAN	TEI	SUM	KOF	DAI	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
y- Honda Motor		0:0	2:0	1:0	0:2	0:1	3:1	1:1	3:0	4:0	13/2/3	43	26	28
y'- Fujitsu	1:2		2:2	2:0	0:0	2:0	1:0	3:0	2:1	3:1	10/5/3	25	13	25
TOSHIBA	1:2	0:0		0:0	1:0	0:0	1:1	4:0	3:0	5:1	8/6/4	30	13	22
Nippon Kokan	1:2	0:0	1:1		2:3	1:1	3:0	1:1	3:0	3:0	7/6/5	23	6	20
Toyota Motor	3:8	2:0	4:3	0:1		2:1	0:2	1:1	0:3	1:3	7/4/7	29	-5	18
Tanabe seiyaku	0:3	0:1	1:2	1:1	4:2		0:2	0:0	2:1	4:1	6/5/7	19	-3	17
Teijin	2:3	0:1	0:2	0:2	0:0	0:0		2:1	0:2	3:2	7/3/8	20	-4	17
Sumitomo Metal Industries	2:5	3:2	0:2	3:0	1:3	2:3	1:2		2:1	1:2	4/5/9	22	-11	13
z'- Kofu soccer club	0:3	0:1	2:1	0:1	2:2	2:0	1:3	0:0		2:6	4/2/12	17	-16	10
z- Daikyo Oil	2:1	1:4	1:2	2:3	2:4	0:1	1:2	1:3	1:0		5/0/13	27	-19	10

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Points

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

TOSHIBA changes the team name from TOSHIBA Horikawa-cho.

The top one team, Honda (in Shizuoka), shall be promoted to division-1 automatically.
The 2nd place team, Fujitsu, shall be eligible to play in play-off matches for division-1.

The bottom one team, Daikyo Oil, shall be relegated automatically.
The 9th place team, Kofu soccer club, shall play in play-off matches for division-2.

Nagoya soccer club (in Aichi), the winner of National Regional League Tournament 1980, is promoted to Japan Soccer League division-2 automatically.

Awards

Goal-scoring leader (division-2): 11: HIGUCHI Shiro (Honda)
Assists leader (division-2): 8: AKIYAMA Mitsuyoshi (Honda)

The 5th JSL Cup

The x-Teams progress to next round.

Hitachi
- Hitachi
  - Hitachi
    - HITACHI (division-1)
    - Sumitomo Metal Industries (division-2)
  - Toyo
    - Yomiuri
      - Yomiuri soccer club (division-1)
      - Yamaha Motor (division-1)
    - Toyo kogyo (division-1)
- Nissan
  - Furukawa
    - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (division-1)
    - Furukawa
      - Furukawa electric (division-1)
      - Fujita kogyo club (division-1)
  - Nissan
    - Nissan Motor (division-1)
    - Daikyo Oil (division-2)
Nippon Kokan
- Nippon Kokan
  - Nippon Kokan
    - Nippon Steel (division-1)
    - Nippon Kokan (division-2)
  - Toshiba
    - Honda
      - Honda Motor (division-2)
      - Tanabe seiyaku (division-2)
    - TOSHIBA (division-2)
- Teijin
  - Yanmar
    - Kofu soccer club (division-2)
    - Yanmar
      - Yanmar diesel (division-1)
      - Fujitsu (division-2)
  - Teijin
    - Teijin (division-2)
    - Toyota Motor (division-2)

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Yomiuri	:	Yamaha	-/-/1980	venue
Furukawa	:	Fujita kogyo	-/-/1980	venue
Honda	:	Tanabe	-/-/1980	venue
Yanmar	:	Fujitsu	-/-/1980	venue

tabel_.2nd Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Hitachi	:	Sumitomo Metal	-/-/1980	venue
Yomiuri	:	Toyo kogyo	-/-/1980	venue
Mitsubishi	:	Furukawa	-/-/1980	venue
Nissan	:	Daikyo Oil	-/-/1980	venue
Nippon Steel	:	Nippon Kokan	-/-/1980	venue
Honda	:	Toshiba	-/-/1980	venue
Kofu soccer club	:	Yanmar	-/-/1980	venue
Teijin	:	Toyota	-/-/1980	venue

tabel_.Quarter-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Hitachi	:	Toyo kogyo	-/-/1980	venue
Furukawa	:	Nissan	-/-/1980	venue
Nippon Kokan	:	Toshiba	-/-/1980	venue
Yanmar	:	Teijin	-/-/1980	venue

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Hitachi	:	Nissan	-/-/1980	venue
Nippon Kokan	:	Teijin	-/-/1980	venue

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Hitachi	:	Nippon Kokan	-/-/1980	venue

Super Cup 1980

tabel_.Super Cup 1980
Champion	Score	Cup winner	Date	Venues
Fujita kogyo	1:2	MITSUBISHI	-/-/1980	venue

note

Fujita kogyo club: Japan Soccer League 1979 Champion & the 59th Emperor's Cup winner
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: The 59th Emperor's Cup finalist

The 9th East-West JSL Match

tabel_.East-West Match 1980
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
East team	2:0	West team	2/8/1980	Yokohama

The play-off matches

tabel_.play-off for division-1
Division-1	Score	Division-2	Date	Venues
YAMAHA	1:0 1:1	Fujitsu	-/-/1980 -/-/1980	venue venue

tabel_.play-off for division-2
Division-2	Score	Regional team	Date	Venues
Kofu soccer club	1:2 4:1	Furukawa electric Chiba (Regional Runner-up)	-/-/1980 -/-/1980	venue venue

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