Japan Soccer League 1973
Encyclopedia
JSL First Division
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mitsubishi Motors Urawa Red Diamonds are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history... |
30 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 12 | ＋23 | Champions |
| 2. | Hitachi Kashiwa Reysol is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League... |
25 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 18 | ＋17 | |
| 3. | Yanmar Diesel Cerezo Osaka is a J. League Division 1 association football team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city.... |
23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 17 | ＋23 | |
| 4. | Towa Real Estate Shonan Bellmare are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"... |
21 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 22 | ＋7 | |
| 5. | Furukawa Electric JEF United Ichihara Chiba is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-... |
21 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 27 | ＋4 | |
| 6. | Nippon Steel | 16 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 26 | －1 | |
| 7. | Toyota Motors Nagoya Grampus are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp... |
15 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 31 | －9 | |
| 8. | Toyo Kogyo Sanfrecce Hiroshima is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'... |
14 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | －12 | |
| 9. | Nippon Kokan NKK F.C. Nippon Kokan Soccer Club, or NKK Soccer Club was a Japanese football club which operated from 1912 to 1994. It played in the old Japan Soccer League since 1967 until its closing... |
12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 30 | －8 | To Promotion/Relegation Series |
| 10. | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 51 | －44 |
JSL 1/2 Promotion/Relegation Series
| JSL Division 1 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | JSL Division 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nippon Kokan | 2-1 | 2-2 | Kofu Club Ventforet Kofu are a Japanese football club from Kofu. They compete in the J. League Division 1, and their home ground is the Kose Sports Stadium.The word "Ventforet" is coined combining two French words Vent and Forêt... |
| Tanabe Pharmaceutical | 2-1 | 0-2 | Eidai Sangyo |
Eidai promoted, Tanabe relegated.
JSL Second Division
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eidai Sangyo | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 24 | ＋27 | To Promotion/Relegation Series with Division 1 |
| 2 | Kofu Club Ventforet Kofu are a Japanese football club from Kofu. They compete in the J. League Division 1, and their home ground is the Kose Sports Stadium.The word "Ventforet" is coined combining two French words Vent and Forêt... |
26 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 25 | ＋14 | |
| 3 | Yomiuri S.C. Tokyo Verdy 1969 , is a Japanese professional football club, based in Tokyo, Japan, that plays in J. League Division 2.Founded as Yomiuri F.C. in 1969, Tokyo Verdy is one of the most decorated teams in the J. League, with honours including 7 league titles , 5 Emperor's Cups, 6 JSL Cup / J... |
24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 21 | ＋19 | |
| 4 | Fujitsu Kawasaki Frontale is a J. League Division 1 association football club. The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Their home stadium is Todoroki Athletics Stadium, in Nakahara Ward, in the central area of Kawasaki.-History:... |
22 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 28 | ＋5 | |
| 5 | NTTPC Kinki | 21 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 29 | ＋2 | |
| 6 | Dainichi Cable Industries | 16 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 34 | －4 | |
| 7 | Kyoto Shiko Club | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 35 | －4 | |
| 8 | Teijin S.C. Matsuyama | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 43 | －22 | |
| 9 | Toyota Industries Toyota Industries S.C. Toyota Industries Soccer Club is a Japanese football club based in Kariya, Aichi.The club was formed in 1946 under its parent company's then-official English name Toyota Automated Loom Works, and co-founded the original Japan Soccer League in 1965... |
9 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 34 | －4 | To Promotion/Relegation Series with Senior Cup Finalists |
| 10 | Hagoromo Club (former Nippon Light Metal) |
9 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 48 | －23 |
JSL Promotion/Relegation Series
Sumitomo, at the time based in Osaka, would move to Kashima, IbarakiKashima, Ibaraki
is a port city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 66,249 and a population density of 708.02 persons per km². The total area is 93.57 km². Kashima was formerly a town in Kashima District and became a city after merging with the...
in 1975 and become today's Kashima Antlers
Kashima Antlers
are a Japanese professional association football club playing in the J. League Division 1. Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island"....
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| JSL | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Senior Cup |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Industries Toyota Industries S.C. Toyota Industries Soccer Club is a Japanese football club based in Kariya, Aichi.The club was formed in 1946 under its parent company's then-official English name Toyota Automated Loom Works, and co-founded the original Japan Soccer League in 1965... |
1-1 | 1-2 | Hitachi Ibaraki (Cup runner-up) |
| Hagoromo Club | 2-2 | 1-2 | Sumitomo Kashima Antlers are a Japanese professional association football club playing in the J. League Division 1. Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island".... (Cup winner) |
Hitachi Ibaraki and Sumitomo promoted, Toyota Industries and Hagoromo Club relegated.