1978 Japan Soccer League

October 2026 1978 Japan Soccer League 10 Mitsubishi Motors3rd title Yanmar Diesel 90 255 BrazilCarvalho Kunishige Kamamoto(15 goals) 1977 1979 Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1978 season. First Division By winning the 1978 Emperor's Cup and 1978 Japan Soccer League Cup along with the title, Mitsubishi completed the first Japanese treble ever. The following rule is applied: 4 points for a win; drawn matches decided by penalty shootout, with winners receiving 2 points and losers 1 point. main WL PK Q 4 MIT Mitsubishi Motors YAN Yanmar Diesel FJA Fujita YOM Yomiuri HIT Hitachi TYI Toyo Industries NKK Nippon Kokan NSY Nippon Steel FJS Fujitsu FUR Furukawa Electric 13 1 0 4 30 13 11 1 1 5 33 26 9 3 4 2 35 14 10 1 1 6 40 30 8 1 0 9 26 30 7 3 0 8 23 34 7 0 2 9 19 21 5 2 2 9 16 18 3 1 3 11 14 29 3 1 1 13 9 30 #D0F0C0 Champions C #ff9999 To promotion/relegation Series RP RP complete RSSSFJApan 1978 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap78.html 2026-06-20 RSSSF Promotion/relegation Series JSL Division 1 1st leg 2nd leg JSL Division 2 Fujitsu 0-2 1-2 Nissan Motors Furukawa Electric 1-0 0-0 Honda Nissan promoted, Fujitsu relegated. Second Division The following rule is applied: 4 points for a win; drawn matches decided by penalty shootout, with winners receiving 2 points and losers 1 point. main WL PK Q 4 HON Honda NIS Nissan Motors KOF Kofu Club YAN Yanmar Club TAN Tanabe Pharmaceutical TJN Teijin TOS Toshiba Horikawacho SUM Sumitomo Metal TYT Toyota Motors KSC Kyoto Shiko Club 13 1 3 1 39 9 10 2 2 4 30 16 9 1 0 8 32 33 8 3 0 7 29 31 7 3 3 5 23 16 7 2 2 7 25 22 7 2 2 7 20 20 7 0 2 9 29 28 5 1 0 12 26 42 1 1 2 14 15 51 #D0F0C0 To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1 PP PP #ff9999 To promotion/relegation Series with Regional Series finalists RP RP complete RSSSF Promotion/relegation Series JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Regional Series Toyota Motors 1-0 1-2 Toho Titanium (runner-up) Kyoto Shiko Club 0-3 1-0 Yamaha Motors (champion) Yamaha promoted, Kyoto Shiko relegated. References Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF) first 1978 1 Jap Jap