1986–87 Japan Soccer League

October 2026 1986-87 Japan Soccer League 12 Yomiuri3rd title Nippon Kokan 132 278 Toshio Matsuura (14 goals) 1985-86 1987-88 Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1986–87 season. First Division Despite moving to Kashiwa, Chiba and a soccer-specific stadium of their own, Hitachi did not adjust well and were relegated in bottom place, the first drop for the former champions. Matsushita, despite having more victories than relegation rivals Yamaha, had more losses as well and thus joined Hitachi. main WDL QR 2 YOM Yomiuri NKK Nippon Kokan MIT Mitsubishi Motors FUR Furukawa Electric NIS Nissan YAN Yanmar Diesel MAZ Mazda FJA Fujita Engineering HON Honda YAM Yamaha Motors MAT Matsushita Electric HIT Hitachi 11 7 4 35 18 11 7 4 30 17 9 10 3 23 14 10 6 6 26 17 10 4 8 35 24 8 8 6 21 22 6 11 5 17 17 8 6 8 24 22 6 8 8 20 24 3 11 8 11 22 5 6 11 23 38 1 4 17 13 43 #D0F0C0 1987 Asian Club Championship C #ff9999 Relegated to Second Division R R complete RSSSFJapan 1986/87 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap87.html 2026-06-20 RSSSF Second Division Sumitomo returned to the top flight at the first time of asking, followed by Toyota Motors, who had been struggling since their 1977 relegation and came close to dropping out of the League. TDK and the Kyoto Police Dept. team went back to the regional divisions; TDK would not return to the second tier until 2021. First stage East main WDL 2 TOS Toshiba SUM Sumitomo KOF Kofu Club CSM Cosmo Oil ANA ANA Yokohama FJS Fujitsu THT Toho Titanium TDK TDK 10 3 1 24 7 9 3 2 36 9 6 3 5 15 15 5 4 5 17 15 4 5 5 20 18 6 1 7 16 20 4 4 6 13 19 0 1 13 8 46 complete RSSSF West main WDL 2 TAN Tanabe Pharmaceuticals TYT Toyota Motors OSK Osaka Gas SNT Seino Transportation YWS Nippon Steel KPP Kyoto Prefectural Police KWS Kawasaki Steel NTT NTT Kansai 9 5 0 22 5 9 2 3 33 15 6 7 1 20 13 7 2 5 14 12 7 1 6 23 15 3 2 9 15 34 2 2 10 16 30 1 3 10 12 31 complete RSSSF Second stage Promotion Group main WDL P 2 SUM Sumitomo TYT Toyota Motors TAN Tanabe Pharmaceuticals SNT Seino Transportation TOS Toshiba OSK Osaka Gas KOF Kofu Club CSM Cosmo Oil 9 4 1 20 4 6 4 4 19 12 3 8 3 11 9 4 6 4 9 11 4 5 5 12 11 5 2 7 12 20 5 1 8 12 15 3 4 7 8 21 #D0F0C0 Promoted to First Division P P complete RSSSF Relegation Group East main WDL R 2 FJS Fujitsu ANA ANA Yokohama THT Toho Titanium TDK TDK 5 1 0 21 6 3 1 2 13 12 2 2 2 8 10 0 0 6 5 19 #ff9999 Relegated to Regional Leagues R complete RSSSF West main WDL R 2 YWS Nippon Steel KWS Kawasaki Steel NTT NTT Kansai KPP Kyoto Prefectural Police 4 0 2 14 7 3 1 2 13 9 3 0 3 13 9 1 1 4 5 20 #ff9999 Relegated to Regional Leagues R complete RSSSF 9th-16th Place Playoff PosEastScoreWest9–10Fujitsu3-3(PK4-2)Nippon Steel11–12ANA Yokohama4-2Kawasaki Steel13–14Toho Titanium3-0NTT Kansai15–16TDK5-0Kyoto Prefectural Police References Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF) first 1986–87 Soccer League Japan