1987–88 Japan Soccer League

October 2026 1987-88 Japan Soccer League 12 Yamaha Motors1st title Nippon Kokan 132 238 Toshio Matsuura (11 goals) 1986-87 1988-89 Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1987–88 season. First Division main WDL QR 2 YAM Yamaha Motors NKK Nippon Kokan MIT Mitsubishi Motors NIS Nissan YOM Yomiuri YAN Yanmar Diesel FUR Furukawa Electric HON Honda FJA Fujita Engineering SUM Sumitomo MAZ Mazda TYT Toyota Motors 12 10 0 27 10 13 4 5 25 13 12 5 5 27 15 10 5 7 27 20 8 8 6 23 17 7 10 5 22 19 6 9 7 17 16 6 8 8 19 22 6 6 10 16 20 5 5 12 17 32 2 9 11 8 18 3 5 14 10 36 #D0F0C0 1988–89 Asian Club Championship C #ff9999 Relegated to Second Division R R complete RSSSFJapan 1987/88 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap88.html 2026-06-20 RSSSF Topscorers RankPlayer Goals 1 JPN 1947 Toshio Matsuura (Nippon Kokan) 11 2 JPN 1947 Hiromi Hara (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) 10 3 BRA António Carlos André (Yamaha Motor) BRA Jonas (Yanmar) 9 5 BRA Wagner Lopes (Nissan Motors) BRA Adílson (Yamaha Motor) JPN Kazuhiro Mogi (Sumitomo Metals) 8 Second Division First stage East main WDL 2 TOS Toshiba ANA ANA Yokohama HIT Hitachi NTT NTT Kanto FJS Fujitsu THT Toho Titanium SNT Seino Transportation KOF Kofu Club 8 4 2 20 5 7 6 1 26 13 6 6 2 22 9 5 7 2 20 12 5 4 5 17 13 3 4 7 11 25 3 1 10 7 25 1 4 9 8 29 complete RSSSF West main WDL 2 MAT Matsushita Electric TAN Tanabe Pharmaceuticals CSM Cosmo Oil KWS Kawasaki Steel OSK Osaka Gas YWS Nippon Steel NTT NTT Kansai MAH Mazda Auto Hiroshima 11 3 0 51 7 8 3 3 27 13 7 4 3 24 15 6 2 6 21 19 6 2 6 15 25 4 3 7 15 28 3 0 11 11 34 2 1 11 8 31 complete RSSSF Second stage Promotion Group main WDL P 2 ANA ANA MAT Matsushita Electric TOS Toshiba HIT Hitachi NTT NTT Kanto TAN Tanabe Pharmaceuticals CSM Cosmo Oil KWS Kawasaki Steel 11 2 1 26 6 9 2 3 24 8 8 2 4 15 8 6 3 5 11 12 4 6 4 8 9 2 7 5 11 16 2 1 11 7 21 1 3 10 8 30 #D0F0C0 Promoted to First Division P P complete RSSSF Relegation Group East main WDL R 2 FJS Fujitsu THT Toho Titanium KOF Kofu Club SNT Seino Transportation 4 0 2 25 17 14 2 0 4 17 33 10 3 1 2 15 34 6 2 1 3 13 35 7 #ff9999 Relegated to Regional Leagues R complete RSSSF West main WDL R 2 YWS Nippon Steel OSK Osaka Gas NTT NTT Kansai MAH Mazda Auto Hiroshima 4 0 2 23 33 11 1 3 2 20 30 14 2 1 3 19 43 6 2 2 2 16 40 5 #ff9999 Relegated to Regional Leagues R complete RSSSF 9th-16th Places Playoff PosEastScoreWest9–10Fujitsu1-2Nippon Steel11–12Toho Titanium2-0Osaka Gas13–14Kofu Club0-0(PK4-1)NTT Kansai15–16Seino Transportation5-0Mazda Auto Hiroshima References Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF) External links Japan 1987/88 at rsssf.org first 1987–88 Soccer League Japan