Japan Soccer League Cup
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The Japan Soccer League Cup was the original league cup for clubs in the top levels of Japanese football before the creation of the J. League and its cup. The cup was first played in 1973, but did not become an annual tournament until 1976.
The JSL cup included clubs from both the First Division and the Second Division. Format varied; sometimes the clubs played small group stages, other times it was a downright elimination including only the clubs that were not recent promotions to the Second Division. During the season timeframe change of 1985, the cup was played within the year, a rule that stayed until the advent of the J. League.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Towa Real Estate (shared) | 1-1 | Yanmar Diesel (shared) |
| 1976 | Hitachi | 1-0 | Eidai Industries |
| 1977 | Furukawa Electric | 4-0 | Yanmar Diesel |
| 1978 | Mitsubishi Motors | 2-1 | Fujita Industries |
| 1979 | Yomiuri S.C. | 3-2 | Furukawa Electric |
| 1980 | Nippon Kokan | 3-1 | Hitachi |
| 1981 | Mitsubishi Motors (shared) | 4-4 | Toshiba (shared) |
| 1982 | Furukawa Electric | 3-2 | Yanmar Diesel |
| 1983 | Yanmar Diesel | 1-0 | Nissan Motors |
| 1984 | Yanmar Diesel | 3-0 | Toshiba |
| 1985 | Yomiuri S.C. | 2-0 | Nissan Motors |
| 1986 | Furukawa Electric | 4-0 | Nissan Motors |
| 1987 | Nippon Kokan | 3-0 | Sumitomo |
| 1988 | Nissan Motors | 3-0 | Toshiba |
| 1989 | Nissan Motors | 1-0 | Yamaha Motors |
| 1990 | Nissan Motors | 3-1 | Furukawa Electric |
| 1991 | Yomiuri S.C. | 4-3 | Honda Giken |
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