1988–89 Japan Soccer League

October 2026 1988-89 Japan Soccer League 12 Nissan1st title ANA Club 132 292 Adílson (11 goals) 1987-88 1989-90 Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1988–89 season. First Division Nissan won their first league title. By winning the 1988 Emperor's Cup and 1988 Japan Soccer League Cup along with the title, Nissan completed the second Japanese treble. For the first time, the format of three points for a win was adopted, but only for the First Division. Four-time champion Mitsubishi was relegated for the first time, along with struggling Sumitomo. main WDL QR 3 NIS Nissan ANA ANA Club YAM Yamaha Motors FJA Fujita Engineering YOM Yomiuri FUR Furukawa Electric MAT Matsushita Electric YAN Yanmar Diesel HON Honda NKK Nippon Kokan SUM Sumitomo MIT Mitsubishi Motors 14 4 4 32 17 12 4 6 37 22 12 3 7 31 21 10 6 6 34 20 8 8 6 25 23 8 5 9 21 19 8 5 9 26 30 7 7 8 23 22 7 6 9 20 23 3 10 9 17 31 4 7 11 12 37 1 11 10 14 27 #D0F0C0 1989–90 Asian Club Championship C #ff9999 Relegated to Second Division R R complete RSSSFJapan 1988/89 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap89.html 2026-06-20 RSSSF Topscorers RankPlayer Goals 1 BRA Adílson (Yamaha Motor) 11 2 JPN 1947 Osamu Maeda (All Nippon Airways Club) 10 3 JPN 1947 Koichi Hashiratani (Nissan Motors) JPN 1947 Katsuhiro Kusaki (Yanmar) JPN 1947 Koichi Kobayashi (Fujita Industries) JPN 1947 Katsuhiro Kusaki (Yanmar) JPN 1947 Masanobu Yamaguchi (Matsushita Electric) 9 7 JPN 1947 Kazushi Kimura (Nissan Motors) 8 Second Division This was the last season in which the second tier was contested in an East-and-West format. Toshiba won a second championship, but this time their promotion was automatic. Fallen giant Hitachi, still adjusting to the change in town, joined them. Regional outfits Fujieda Municipal and NTT Kansai went back to their regional leagues. First stage East main WDL 2 TOS Toshiba FJS Fujitsu HIT Hitachi NTT NTT Kanto KOF Kofu Club THT Toho Titanium CSM Cosmo Oil FCO Fujieda City Office 9 5 0 38 7 8 4 2 22 13 7 5 2 18 9 6 4 4 16 12 7 0 7 19 24 3 3 8 10 24 2 4 8 13 25 1 1 12 7 29 complete RSSSF West main WDL 2 MAZ Mazda TYT Toyota Motors TAN Tanabe Pharmaceuticals OSK Osaka Gas YWS Nippon Steel KWS Kawasaki Steel TJN Teijin Matsuyama NTT NTT Kansai 9 4 1 24 6 8 5 1 27 8 8 3 3 20 11 7 4 3 20 18 4 4 6 16 19 1 6 7 8 15 2 4 8 18 32 1 2 11 7 31 complete RSSSF Second stage Promotion Group main WDL P 2 TOS Toshiba HIT Hitachi TAN Tanabe Pharmaceuticals FJS Fujitsu MAZ Mazda TYT Toyota Motors NTT NTT Kanto OSK Osaka Gas 8 5 1 20 10 8 2 4 13 9 6 5 3 17 13 6 4 4 16 15 5 4 5 16 9 3 6 5 18 18 4 2 7 18 20 0 2 11 5 29 #D0F0C0 Promoted to First Division P P complete RSSSF Relegation Group East main WDL R 2 KOF Kofu Club CSM Cosmo Oil THT Toho Titanium FCO Fujieda City Office 2 2 2 24 29 14 4 1 1 25 30 8 1 2 3 17 33 9 1 3 2 11 38 3 #ff9999 Relegated to Regional Leagues R complete RSSSF West main WDL R 2 YWS Nippon Steel KWS Kawasaki Steel TJN Teijin Matsuyama NTT NTT Kansai 3 2 1 25 25 12 1 4 1 15 22 8 2 1 3 26 42 8 2 1 3 17 42 4 #ff9999 Relegated to Regional Leagues R complete RSSSF 9th-16th Places Playoff PosEastScoreWest9–10Kofu Club1-1(PK3-1)Nippon Steel11–12Cosmo Oil0-0(PK3-2)Kawasaki Steel13–14Toho Titanium2-3Teijin Matsuyama15–16Fujieda City Office0-3NTT Kansai References Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF) External links Japan 1988/89 at rsssf.org first 1988–89 Soccer League Japan