1966 Japan Soccer League

March 2026 The 1966 season of the Japan Soccer League. Japan Soccer League 1966 Toyo Industries2nd title Nagoya Mutual Bank Aritatsu Ogi (14 goals) 56 183 5,683March 2026 1965 1967 League tables Japan Soccer League main WDL Q 2 TYI Toyo Industries YWS Yawata Steel FUR Furukawa Electric MIT Mitsubishi Motors HIT Hitachi TYT Toyoda Automatic Loom Works NMB Nagoya Mutual Bank YAN Yanmar Diesel 12 1 1 43 6 10 1 3 33 16 9 2 3 30 17 8 2 4 24 24 5 3 6 24 28 2 3 9 10 29 2 0 12 12 34 1 2 11 7 29 #D0F0C0 Champions C #FF9999 To promotion/relegation Series RP RP complete RSSSF Promotion/relegation Series Nagoya Mutual Bank became the first original JSL club to be relegated. In its place, Nippon Kokan from Kawasaki, Kanagawa was promoted and began a long career of league success that was only brought to a halt by the professionalization of the league. JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Senior Cup Nagoya Mutual Bank (JSL 7th Place) 2-3 1-2 Nippon Kokan (cup runner-up) Yanmar Diesel (JSL 8th Place) 1-0 1-1 Urawa SC (cup winner) Nippon Kokan promoted, Nagoya Mutual Bank relegated.Balitskiy Andrei 2021-03-04 Japan 1966 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap66.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20251122164545/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap66.html 2025-11-22 2026-03-12 RSSSF Team of the Year PositionFootballerClubNationalityGKKenzo Yokoyama (1)Mitsubishi MotorsJPNDFHiroshi Katayama (1)Mitsubishi MotorsJPNDFMasakatsu Miyamoto (1)Furukawa ElectricJPNDFKazuo Imanishi (1)Toyo IndustriesJPNMFAritatsu Ogi (1)Toyo IndustriesJPNMFHisao Kami (1)Yawata SteelJPNMFRyuichi Sugiyama (1)Mitsubishi MotorsJPNMFTeruki Miyamoto (1)Yawata SteelJPNFWShigeo Yaegashi (1)Furukawa ElectricJPNFWTakayuki Kuwata (1)Toyo IndustriesJPNFWIkuo Matsumoto (1)Toyo IndustriesJPN Source: March 2026 References first 1966 1 Jap Jap