1977 Japan Soccer League

October 2026 1977 Japan Soccer League 10 Fujita1st title Mitsubishi Motors 90 315 BrazilCarvalho (23 goals) 1976 1978 Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1977 season. This was the inaugural season of the Regional League promotion series, which replaced the Senior Cup as the source of the clubs promoted from the regional Japanese football leagues. Also is the first season in which the following rule applied: 4 points for a win; drawn matches decided by penalty shootout, with winners receiving 2 points and losers 1 point. First Division main WL PK Q 4 FJA Fujita MIT Mitsubishi Motors HIT Hitachi TYI Toyo Industries YAN Yanmar Diesel FUR Furukawa Electric NSY Nippon Steel NKK Nippon Kokan FJS Fujitsu TYT Toyota Motors 14 1 2 1 64 15 9 4 3 2 34 21 9 4 2 3 36 25 9 2 2 5 38 20 8 3 2 5 39 28 8 2 0 8 33 31 3 2 6 7 14 29 3 3 2 10 28 27 3 2 4 9 18 38 1 0 0 17 11 81 #D0F0C0 Champions C #ff9999 To promotion/relegation Series RP RP complete RSSSFJApan 1977 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap77.html 2026-06-20 RSSSF Promotion/relegation Series JSL Division 1 1st leg 2nd leg JSL Division 2 Fujitsu 3-1 3-0 Nissan Motors Toyota Motors 0-2 0-2 Yomiuri Yomiuri promoted, Toyota Motors relegated. Second Division main WL PK Q 4 YOM Yomiuri NIS Nissan Motors SUM Sumitomo Metal YAN Yanmar Club KOF Kofu Club KSC Kyoto Shiko Club HON Honda TJN Teijin Matsuyama FEC Furukawa Electric Chiba TAN Tanabe Pharmaceutical 11 1 1 5 41 19 8 4 3 3 23 18 6 4 3 5 33 32 6 4 0 8 25 24 6 2 4 6 28 28 5 4 3 6 26 37 5 3 3 7 25 24 5 3 3 7 24 31 5 2 4 7 19 28 6 0 3 9 21 24 #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 Furukawa Electric Chiba 0-0(PK2-4) 1-3 Toshiba Horikawacho (Runner-up) Tanabe Pharmaceutical 3-1 0-1 Yamaha Motors (Champion) Toshiba promoted, Furukawa Chiba relegated. References Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF) first 1977 1 Jap Jap