1976 in Japanese football

none 1976 1975 1977 The year 1976 in Japanese football, or football in Japan, saw the Japan national football team lose more matches than it won. Japan Soccer League 1976 Japan Soccer League Division 1 main WDL Q 2 FUR Furukawa Electric MIT Mitsubishi Motors FUJ Fujita YAN Yanmar Diesel HIT Hitachi NKK Nippon Kokan EID Eidai TYI Toyo Industries NSY Nippon Steel TYT Toyota Motors 11 4 3 37 15 9 4 5 28 16 9 4 5 28 20 9 3 6 34 20 7 7 4 22 14 6 8 4 22 21 7 4 7 18 24 5 5 8 16 20 5 2 11 23 30 1 1 16 10 58 #D0F0C0 Champions C #ababab Folded FLD #FF9999 To Promotion/relegation Series RP RP complete Japan 1976 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap76.html www.rsssf.org 31 March 2026 Division 2 main WDL Q 2 FUJ Fujitsu YOM Yomiuri TAN Tanabe Pharmaceutical HON Honda TJN Teijin Matsuyama YAN Yanmar Club (Yanmar Diesel B-Team) SUM Sumitomo Metal KOF Kofu SC KYO Kyoto Shiko FEC Furukawa Electric Chiba 13 3 2 32 6 11 3 4 51 28 10 5 3 28 18 6 9 3 25 17 9 1 8 32 28 6 5 7 23 23 5 3 10 27 34 4 4 10 14 30 3 5 10 11 25 3 2 13 17 51 #D0F0C0 To Promotion/relegation Series with Division 1 PP PP #FF9999 To Promotion/relegation Series with Senior Cup finalists RP RP complete Japanese Regional Leagues 1976 Japanese Regional Leagues Emperor's Cup 1976 Emperor's Cup January 1, 1977 Furukawa Electric 4–1 Yanmar Diesel ? ?? ?? ?? ? ? ? National Stadium Japan Soccer League Cup 1976 Japan Soccer League Cup National team March 2026 Results 1976.01.25 Japan 1–3 JFA Bulgaria Kamamoto 12 ? ?? ?? ? Tokyo, Japan Tokyo National Stadium 20,000 L 1976.01.28 Japan 1–1 JFA Bulgaria Matsunaga 75 ? ? Osaka, Japan Osaka Nagai Stadium 5,000 D 1976.02.01 Japan 0–3 JFA Bulgaria ? ?? ?? ? Tokyo, Japan Tokyo National Stadium 20,000 L 1976.03.14 Japan 3–0 JFA Philippines Ochiai 12 73Takabayashi 17 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo National Stadium 25,000 W 1976.03.17 Japan 3–0 JFA Philippines Fujishima 23 44Maeda 72 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo National Stadium 2,000 W 1976.03.21 Japan 0–2 JFA South Korea ? ?? ? Tokyo, Japan Tokyo National Stadium 58,000 L 1976.03.27 Japan 2–2 JFA South Korea Kamamoto 40 89 ? ?? ? Seoul, South Korea 30,000 D 1976.03.31 Japan 0–3 JFA Israel ? ?? ?? ? Seoul, South Korea 20,000 L 1976.04.11 Japan 1–4 JFA Israel Matsunaga 40 ? ?? ?? ?? ? Tel Aviv, Israel 35,000 L 1976.08.08 Japan 5–1 JFA India Kamamoto 7Nagai 50Okudera 55 70Fujishima 85 ? ? Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 15,000 W 1976.08.10 Japan 6–0 JFA Indonesia Okudera 15 30 73Kamamoto 55Komaeda 67 80 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia W 1976.08.13 Japan 2–2 JFA Burma Kamamoto 57Okudera 75 ? ?? ? Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia D 1976.08.16 Japan 2–2 JFA Thailand Kamamoto 13 25 ? ?? ? Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia D 1976.08.18 Japan 0–0 JFA South Korea Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia D 1976.08.20 Japan 2–2 JFA Malaysia Okudera 22Kamamoto 83 ? ?? ? Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia D 1976.08.22 Japan 0–2 JFA Malaysia ? ?? ? Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia L 1976.12.04 Japan 1–2 JFA South Korea Nagai 33 ? ?? ? Tokyo, Japan Tokyo National Stadium L Players statistics Player-197501.2501.2802.0103.1403.1703.2103.2703.3104.1108.0808.1008.1308.1608.1808.2008.2212.041976TotalAritatsu Ogi60(11)--O-O------------2(0)62(11)Kunishige Kamamoto56(66)O(1)OOO-OO(2)OOO(1)O(1)O(1)O(2)OO(1)OO16(9)72(75)Takaji Mori52(2)---O-OOO---------4(0)56(2)Daishiro Yoshimura34(7)OOO--OO--OOOOOOO-12(0)46(7)Nobuo Kawakami32(0)OO-OOOOOO--------8(0)40(0)Kozo Arai31(4)OOOOO-OOOO-OOOOOO15(0)46(4)Nobuo Fujishima29(3)OOO-O(2)OOOOO(1)OOOOOOO16(3)45(6)Kuniya Daini29(0)OOOO-OO-OOOOOOOOO15(0)44(0)Yoshikazu Nagai24(3)OOOOOOOOOO(1)OOOOOOO(1)17(2)41(5)Atsuyoshi Furuta24(0)----O-----O------2(0)26(0)Mitsuo Watanabe19(4)OO--O------------3(0)22(4)Hiroshi Ochiai15(3)OOOO(2)-OOOOO-OOOOOO15(2)30(5)Eijun Kiyokumo14(0)OOOOOO-OO-O------9(0)23(0)Mitsunori Fujiguchi12(0)-OO--------------2(0)14(0)Yasuhiko Okudera11(1)---------O(2)O(3)O(1)OOO(1)OO8(7)19(8)Masaki Yokotani11(0)O---------O-O-OOO6(0)17(0)Tatsuhiko Seta10(0)OOOOOOOOO-OOOO--O14(0)24(0)Hideki Maeda5(1)---OO(1)OOOO--------6(1)11(2)Toshio Takabayashi4(1)---O(1)OO----OOOOO--8(1)12(2)Akira Matsunaga3(0)OO(1)O-O-OOO(1)--------7(2)10(2)Hiroyuki Usui2(0)----------------O1(0)3(0)Mitsuhisa Taguchi1(0)---------O----OO-3(0)4(0)Kazuo Saito0(0)-OOOOOOO-O-OOOOOO14(0)14(0)Hiroji Imamura0(0)---------O-OO--O-4(0)4(0)Mitsuru Komaeda0(0)----------O(2)------1(2)1(2) References External links Football Japanese Category:Football in Japan by season