1981 Japan Soccer League

October 2026 1981 Japan Soccer League 10 Fujita Engineering3th title Yomiuri 90 214 Hiroshi Yoshida (14 goals) 1980 1982 Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1981 season. First Division Fujita Industries won their third League title. Nippon Steel, one of eight inaugural member of the First Division in 1965 as Yawata Steel, was defeated by Second Division runner-up Nissan in the playout and relegated, never to play top flight football again. Yamaha Motors was relegated in bottom place, having won only two matches. main WDL QR 2 FJA Fujita Engineering YOM Yomiuri MIT Mitsubishi Motors YAN Yanmar Diesel FUR Furukawa Electric HON Honda HIT Hitachi MAZ Mazda YWS Nippon Steel YAM Yamaha Motors 11 5 2 24 7 8 9 1 32 16 10 4 4 24 16 7 8 3 21 15 7 7 4 28 23 5 4 9 23 28 5 3 10 22 27 4 5 9 15 27 3 5 10 14 27 2 6 10 11 28 #D0F0C0 Champions C #FFE6E6 To promotion/relegation Series RP #ff9999 Relegated to Second Division R complete RSSSFJApan 1981 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap81.html 2026-06-20 RSSSF Promotion/relegation Series JSL Division 1 1st leg 2nd leg JSL Division 2 Nippon Steel 0-3 1-2 Nissan Motors Second Division NKK and Nissan returned after two years in the second tier, NKK also grabbing the Emperor's Cup. Kofu Club saved itself from relegation yet again by defeating NTT West Japan Kyoto, who were looking to regain their League place. Nagoya Soccer Club, an amateur outfit who never looked like League material, went back to the Tokai regional league after a single attempt. main WDL PR 2 NKK Nippon Kokan NIS Nissan TOS Toshiba TAN Tanabe Pharmaceuticals FJS Fujitsu TYT Toyota Motors SUM Sumitomo TJN Teijin Matsuyama KOF Kofu Club NAG Nagoya S.C. 11 4 3 42 22 11 4 3 31 16 12 1 5 46 21 9 4 5 35 11 10 1 7 31 27 6 4 8 33 30 7 1 10 32 31 5 4 9 22 34 4 2 12 18 42 2 1 15 16 72 #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 RSSSFJApan 1981 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap81.html 2026-06-20 RSSSF Promotion/relegation Series JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Regional Series Kofu Club 1-0 1-0 NTTPC Kinki (runner-up) References Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF) first Category:Japan Soccer League seasons 1 Jap Jap