Japan Soccer League 1981

Championship: Fujita kogyo club
Runner-up: Yomiuri soccer club
JSL Cup co-winner: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, TOSHIBA
Championship of division-2: Nippon Kokan
Runner-up of division-2: Nissan Motor

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The 17th Japan Soccer League 1981

The first match day is 5th April, and the first match day of the second half season is 3rd October and the last match day is 22nd November 1981.

tabel_.JSL 1981
the 2nd\1st half season	FKC	YOM	MIT	YAN	FUR	HON	HIT	MAZ	NIP	YAM	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
Fujita kogyo club		0:0	4:2	0:0	0:0	1:0	1:0	2:0	2:0	3:0	11/5/2	24	17	27
Yomiuri soccer club	0:0		1:0	1:1	2:4	2:2	5:1	1:1	3:0	2:1	8/9/1	32	16	25
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	2:1	2:2		0:0	2:1	1:0	2:2	2:0	1:0	1:1	10/4/4	24	8	24
Yanmar diesel	0:0	0:1	1:0		1:1	1:0	2:0	0:0	1:1	0:0	7/8/3	21	6	22
Furukawa electric	3:1	0:2	0:2	3:1		1:1	2:1	1:1	2:2	0:0	7/7/4	28	5	21
Honda Motor	0:2	0:3	2:0	1:4	4:1		1:3	1:2	1:1	2:3	5/4/9	23	-5	14
HITACHI	0:1	3:3	1:2	1:2	1:1	1:2		2:0	1:0	3:0	5/3/10	22	-5	13
MAZDA SC Toyo kogyo	0:2	0:3	0:1	4:3	1:3	1:1	2:1		1:0	0:0	4/5/9	15	-12	13
z'- Nippon Steel	0:3	0:0	0:1	2:3	1:4	1:2	1:0	2:1		0:0	3/5/10	14	-13	11
z- Yamaha Motor	0:1	1:1	0:3	1:2	0:1	0:3	1:2	2:1	1:3		2/6/10	11	-17	10

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

MAZDA sports club Toyo kogyo changes the team name from Toyo kogyo.

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

FUJITA as the champion shall be eligible to play in Super Cup 1982.

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: YOSHIDA Hiroshi (Furukawa)

Assists leader (Silver ball Award)

7: NAGAI Yoshikazu (Furukawa)

Co-assists leader

7: SOWA Hiroshi (Yanmar)

Rookie of the year

IKEUCHI Yutaka (Fujita)

JSL 200 goals Award

KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)

Best eleven

TAGUCHI Mitsuhisa (Mitsubishi)
NOMURA Mitsugu (Fujita)
KOMAEDA Mitsuru (Fujita)
KATO Hisashi (Yomiuri)
OCHIAI Hiroshi (Mitsubishi)
Jorge YONASHIRO (Yomiuri)
SOWA Hiroshi (Yanmar)
TOTSUKA Tetsuya (Yomiuri)
YOSHIDA Hiroshi (Furukawa)
J.D. CALVARIO (Fujita)
KAMAMOTO Kunishige (Yanmar)

The 10th Japan Soccer League division-2 1981

tabel_.JSL2 1981
Team	KOK	NIS	TOS	TAN	FUJ	TMC	SUM	TEI	KOF	NAG	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
y- Nippon Kokan		0:0	2:2	0:1	4:0	2:3	3:2	0:2	3:1	3:0	11/4/3	42	20	26
y'- Nissan Motor	2:3		0:1	1:0	3:2	1:1	3:1	3:3	0:2	3:1	11/4/3	31	15	26
TOSHIBA	1:2	1:2		2:1	1:2	3:0	4:0	4:2	3:2	7:0	12/1/5	46	25	25
Tanabe seiyaku	1:1	1:1	0:1		4:1	3:1	0:1	3:0	2:1	2:0	9/4/5	35	24	22
Fujitsu	0:2	0:2	0:2	1:0		2:0	3:0	3:0	4:0	3:1	10/1/7	31	4	21
Toyota Motor	1:3	0:1	4:2	0:0	1:2		2:2	2:2	3:1	0:1	6/4/8	33	3	16
Sumitomo Metal Industries	1:4	0:1	2:1	0:2	2:3	1:0		1:2	0:1	6:2	7/1/10	32	1	15
Teijin	1:2	0:3	0:1	0:0	3:0	2:5	0:4		0:0	1:2	5/4/9	22	-12	14
z'- Kofu soccer club	1:5	0:3	2:3	0:5	0:0	1:3	0:2	1:3		3:2	4/2/12	18	-24	10
z- Nagoya soccer club	3:3	0:2	0:7	0:10	2:5	1:7	0:7	0:1	1:2		2/1/15	16	-56	5

note

Points

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

The top one team, Nippon Kokan, shall be re-promoted to division-1 automatically.
The 2nd place team, Nissan Motor, shall be eligible to play in play-off matches for division-1.

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

Saitama teachers (in Saitama), the winner of National Regional League Tournament 1981, is promoted to Japan Soccer League division-2 automatically.

Awards

Goal-scoring leader (division-2): 18: OISHI Kazutaka (Toshiba)
Assists leader (division-2): 8: FUKUDA Akifumi (Sumitomo metal)

The 6th JSL Cup

The x-Teams progress to next round.

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

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Honda	:	Tanabe	-/-/1981	venue
Toshiba	:	Sumitomo Metal	-/-/1981	venue
Yomiuri	:	Nippon Kokan	-/-/1981	venue
Mitsubishi	:	Teijin	-/-/1981	venue

tabel_.2nd Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Kofu soccer club	:	Nagoya	-/-/1981	venue
Honda	:	Furukawa	-/-/1981	venue
Yamaha	:	Toshiba	-/-/1981	venue
Nissan	:	Nippon Steel	-/-/1981	venue
Hitachi	:	Toyota	-/-/1981	venue
Nippon Kokan	:	Fujita kogyo	-/-/1981	venue
Yanmar	:	Mitsubishi	-/-/1981	venue
Mazda	:	Fujitsu	-/-/1981	venue

tabel_.Quarter-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Kofu soccer club	:	Furukawa	-/-/1981	venue
Toshiba	:	Nissan	-/-/1981	venue
Hitachi	:	Fujita kogyo	-/-/1981	venue
Mitsubishi	:	Fujitsu	-/-/1981	venue

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Furukawa	:	Toshiba	-/-/1981	venue
Fujita kogyo	:	Mitsubishi	-/-/1981	venue

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Toshiba	4:4 ext.	Mitsubishi	-/7/1981	venue

note

Both of finalists, Toshiba and Mitsubishi, are declared joint winners.

Super Cup 1981

tabel_.Super Cup 1981
Champion	Score	Cup winner	Date	Venues
YANMAR	0:0 (3:2)	MITSUBISHI	-/-/1981	venue

note

Yanmar diesel: Japan Soccer League 1980 Champion
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: The 60th Emperor's Cup winner

This match is both Super Cup 1981 and one of the Japan Soccer League 1981 regular-match?

The 10th East-West JSL Match

tabel_.East-West Match 1981
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
West team	1:1	East team	1/8/1981	Okayama

The play-off matches

tabel_.play-off for division-1
Division-1	Score	Division-2	Date	Venues
Nippon Steel	0:3 1:2	Nissan	-/-/1981 -/-/1981	venue venue

tabel_.play-off for division-2
Division-2	Score	Regional team	Date	Venues
Kofu soccer club	1:0 1:0	T&T Public Kinki (Regional Runner-up)	-/-/1981 -/-/1981	venue venue

note

Nissan Motor is re-promoted to division-1.
And Nippon Steel is relegated to division-2.

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