1980 Japan Soccer League

October 2026 1980 Japan Soccer League 10 Yanmar Diesel4th title Fujita Engineering 90 263 Hiroyuki Usui (14 goals) 1979 1981 Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1980 season. For the first time ever, automatic promotion and relegation was introduced for the first and last places of the Second Division, which means that the last place in the First Division went down. First Division Yanmar Diesel won the title for a fourth time. Nissan, who had saved itself from relegation in the playout the previous season, went down after the bottom place was granted automatic relegation, while Yamaha saved itself by beating Fujitsu in the playout. Since this season the following rule is applied: 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. main WDL QR 2 YAN Yanmar Diesel FJA Fujita Engineering FUR Furukawa Electric MIT Mitsubishi Motors HIT Hitachi YOM Yomiuri TYK Toyo Kogyo YWS Nippon Steel YAM Yamaha Motors NIS Nissan 13 4 1 29 13 10 3 5 33 19 9 4 5 26 21 7 6 5 24 20 8 3 7 32 28 8 1 9 37 29 6 3 9 22 26 6 3 9 21 27 5 3 10 28 39 2 2 14 11 41 #D0F0C0 Champions C #FFE6E6 To promotion/relegation Series RP #ff9999 Relegated to Second Division R complete RSSSFJApan 1980 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap80.html 2026-06-20 RSSSF Promotion/relegation Series JSL Division 1 1st leg 2nd leg JSL Division 2 Yamaha Motors 1-0 1-1 Fujitsu Second Division Honda was finally promoted on the second attempt after the 1978 debacle. Kofu Club saved itself from relegation by defeating Furukawa Electric Chiba, Furukawa's B-team. Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi fell through and went back to the Tokai regional league. main WDL PR 2 HON Honda FJS Fujitsu TOS Toshiba NKK Nippon Kokan TYT Toyota Motors TAN Tanabe Pharmaceuticals TJN Teijin Matsuyama SUM Sumitomo KOF Kofu Club DAI Daikyo Oil 13 2 3 43 17 10 5 3 25 12 8 6 4 30 17 7 6 5 23 17 7 4 7 29 34 6 5 7 19 22 7 3 8 20 24 4 5 9 22 33 4 2 12 17 33 5 0 13 27 46 #D0F0C0 Promoted to First Division P #DDFFDD To promotion/relegation Series with First Division PP #FFE6E6 To promotion/relegation Series with Regional Series RP #ff9999 Relegated to Regional Leagues R complete RSSSF Promotion/relegation Series JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Regional Series Kofu Club 1-2 4-1 Furukawa Electric Chiba (runner-up) References Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF) first Category:Japan Soccer League seasons 1 Jap Jap