1985–86 Japan Soccer League

October 2026 1985-86 Japan Soccer League 12 Furukawa Electric2nd title Nippon Kokan 132 323 Hiroshi Yoshida (16 goals) 1984 1986-87 Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1985–86 season. First Division Led by their star player Yasuhiko Okudera, who had returned to the club after successful periods in Europe, Furukawa Electric won their second title. Okudera became the first widely recognized professional Japanese player. Sumitomo and ANA Yokohama were relegated after one season in the top division. main WDL QR 2 FUR Furukawa Electric NKK Nippon Kokan HON Honda FJA Fujita Engineering NIS Nissan YAM Yamaha Motors MIT Mitsubishi Motors HIT Hitachi YOM Yomiuri YAN Yanmar Diesel SUM Sumitomo ANA ANA Yokohama 15 5 2 40 15 13 2 7 39 22 8 12 2 30 20 9 8 5 31 17 8 8 6 23 29 9 5 8 20 21 8 6 8 29 19 8 5 9 26 33 7 5 10 28 31 6 6 10 20 27 6 3 13 21 32 2 1 19 16 57 #D0F0C0 1986 Asian Club Championship C #ff9999 Relegated to Second Division R R complete RSSSFJapan 1985/86 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap86.html 2026-06-20 RSSSF Second Division No relegation took place for a second wave of expansion that would bring the division's number of clubs to 16. First stage East main WDL Q 2 TYT Toyota Motors TOS Toshiba KOF Kofu Club FJS Fujitsu SNT Seino Transportation TDK TDK 8 1 1 23 6 6 1 3 12 7 5 0 5 22 16 4 2 4 16 12 3 2 5 13 21 0 2 8 10 34 complete RSSSF West main WDL Q 2 MAT Matsushita Electric TAN Tanabe Pharmaceuticals MAZ Mazda YWS Nippon Steel KPP Kyoto Prefectural Police OSK Osaka Gas 8 2 0 26 6 6 1 3 13 8 5 2 3 14 10 5 1 4 18 9 2 0 8 3 28 1 0 9 8 21 complete RSSSF Second stage Promotion Group main WDL P 2 MAT Matsushita Electric MAZ Mazda TOS Toshiba KOF Kofu Club TAN Tanabe Pharmaceuticals TYT Toyota Motors 8 1 1 23 6 6 1 3 12 7 5 0 5 22 16 4 2 4 16 12 3 2 5 13 21 0 2 8 10 34 #D0F0C0 Promoted to First Division P P complete RSSSF Relegation Group East main WDL Q 2 FJS Fujitsu SNT Seino Transportation TDK TDK 4 0 0 17 2 1 1 2 5 8 0 1 3 2 14 complete RSSSF West main WDL Q 2 YWS Nippon Steel KPP Kyoto Prefectural Police OSK Osaka Gas 3 1 0 9 2 1 1 2 4 7 1 0 3 6 10 complete RSSSF 7-12 Playoff PosEastScoreWest7–8Fujitsu0-1Nippon Steel9–10Seino Transportation1-0Kyoto Prefectural Police11–12TDK1-2Osaka Gas References Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF) first 1985–86 Soccer League Japan