1971 Japan Soccer League

December 2025 December 2025 1971 Japan Soccer League 1970 1972 Japan Soccer League – 1971 season main WDL Q 2 YAN Yanmar Diesel MIT Mitsubishi Motors NSY Nippon Steel HIT Hitachi FUR Furukawa Electric TYI Toyo Industries NKK Nippon Kokan NMB Nagoya Mutual Bank 9 4 1 32 13 7 4 3 32 12 8 2 4 34 23 7 4 3 18 17 5 5 4 24 24 3 4 7 11 17 2 4 8 11 23 0 3 11 10 43 #D0F0C0 Champions C #ff9999 To promotion/relegation Series RP RP completeJapan 1971 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap71.html 2025-12-23 www.rsssf.org Promotion/relegation Series Nagoya Mutual Bank lost its place in the League for a second time, this time to Towa Real Estate, which would become one of the biggest names in Japanese football as Fujita Engineering and Bellmare Hiratsuka, currently known as Shonan Bellmare. JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Senior Cup Nippon Kokan 2–2 0–0 Tanabe Pharmaceutical (Cup runner-up) Nagoya Mutual Bank 0–0 0–1 Towa Real Estate (Cup winner) Towa RE promoted, Nagoya Mutual Bank relegated; NMB resigned from JSL instead of forming Second Division. References first 1971 1 Jap Jap