1979 Japan Soccer League

October 2026 1979 Japan Soccer League 10 Fujita Engineering2rd title Yomiuri 90 248 BrazilRuy Ramos (14 goals) 1978 1980 Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1979 season. First Division The following rule is applied: 4 points for a win; drawn matches decided by penalty shootout, with winners receiving 2 points and losers 1 point. main WL PK Q 4 FJA Fujita Engineering YOM Yomiuri HIT Hitachi YAN Yanmar Diesel FUR Furukawa Electric TYK Toyo Kogyo MIT Mitsubishi Motors YWS Nippon Steel NKK Nippon Kokan NIS Nissan 12 1 3 2 36 15 10 0 4 4 48 26 8 5 2 3 23 18 9 1 2 6 28 21 7 5 2 4 28 22 5 4 5 4 20 19 5 5 2 6 16 20 6 2 1 9 23 25 1 1 4 12 17 43 1 2 1 14 9 39 #D0F0C0 Champions C #ff9999 To promotion/relegation Series RP RP complete RSSSFJApan 1979 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap79.html 2026-06-20 RSSSF Promotion/relegation Series JSL Division 1 1st leg 2nd leg JSL Division 2 Nippon Kokan 0-0(PK3-4) 1-2 Yamaha Motors Nissan Motors 4-1 2-1 Toshiba Horikawa-cho Yamaha promoted, NKK relegated. Second Division The following rule is applied: 4 points for a win; drawn matches decided by penalty shootout, with winners receiving 2 points and losers 1 point. main WL PK Q 4 TOS Toshiba YAM Yamaha Motors FJS Fujitsu HON Honda YAN Yanmar Club TAN Tanabe Pharmaceuticals TYT Toyota Motors KOF Kofu Club TJN Teijin SC Matsuyama SUM Sumitomo 10 3 2 3 36 23 10 2 3 3 33 19 11 0 3 4 29 18 10 1 2 5 31 25 8 2 0 8 37 30 7 0 0 11 21 21 5 3 2 8 21 29 5 2 2 9 26 42 5 1 3 9 24 30 2 3 0 13 15 36 #D0F0C0 To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1 PP PP #ababab Folded FLD #ff9999 To promotion/relegation Series with Regional Series finalists RP RP complete RSSSFJApan 1979 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap79.html 2026-06-20 RSSSF Promotion/relegation Series JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Regional Series Teijin SC Matsuyama 2-1 1-1 Kyoto Shiko Club Sumitomo 1-0 3-1 Daikyo Oil No relegations. Due to withdrawal of Yanmar Club, Yanmar Diesel's B-squad, Daikyo was promoted. References Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF) first 1979 1 Jap Jap