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1976 Japan Soccer League

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Japan Soccer League
Season1976
1975
1977

Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1976 season.

League tables

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First Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Furukawa Electric 18 11 4 3 37 15 +22 26 Champions
2 Mitsubishi Motors 18 9 4 5 28 16 +12 22
3 Fujita 18 9 4 5 28 20 +8 22
4 Yanmar Diesel 18 9 3 6 34 20 +14 21
5 Hitachi 18 7 7 4 22 14 +8 21
6 Nippon Kokan 18 6 8 4 22 21 +1 20
7 Eidai 18 7 4 7 18 24 −6 18 Folded
8 Toyo Industries 18 5 5 8 16 20 −4 15
9 Nippon Steel 18 5 2 11 23 30 −7 12 To promotion/relegation Series
10 Toyota Motors 18 1 1 16 10 58 −48 3
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion/relegation Series

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JSL Division 1 1st leg 2nd leg JSL Division 2
Nippon Steel 2-1 3-2 Yomiuri
Toyota Motors 2-2 2-1 Fujitsu

Since Eidai dropped out of the league and folded in March 1977, Fujitsu was promoted, meaning no team was relegated.

Second Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fujitsu 18 13 3 2 32 6 +26 29 To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1
2 Yomiuri 18 11 3 4 51 28 +23 25
3 Tanabe Pharmaceutical 18 10 5 3 28 18 +10 25
4 Honda 18 6 9 3 25 17 +8 21
5 Teijin Matsuyama 18 9 1 8 32 28 +4 19
6 Yanmar Club 18 6 5 7 23 23 0 17
7 Sumitomo Metal 18 5 3 10 27 34 −7 13
8 Kofu SC 18 4 4 10 14 30 −16 12
9 Kyoto Shiko 18 3 5 10 11 25 −14 11 To promotion/relegation Series with Senior Cup finalists
10 Furukawa Electric Chiba 18 3 2 13 17 51 −34 8
Source: [citation needed]

JSL promotion/relegation Series

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Nissan Motors, future Yokohama Marinos, currently Yokohama F. Marinos, joined the league for the first time.

JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Senior Cup
Kyoto Shiko 2-1 2-1 Dainichi Nippon Cable Industries (Cup runner-up)
Furukawa Electric Chiba 0-0 0-1 Nissan Motors (Cup winner)

Nissan promoted. Furukawa Chiba was not relegated due to Eidai's withdrawal.

References

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