1977 Japan Soccer League

Statistics of Japan Soccer League in season 1977. This was the inaugural season of the Regional Promotion Series, which replaced the Senior Cup as the source of the clubs promoted from the regional Japanese football leagues.

Contents

First Division

Pos Club Pts W PK(W) PK(L) L GF GA GD Notes
1 Fujita Engineering 60 14 1 2 1 64 15 +49 Champions
2 Mitsubishi Motors 47 9 4 3 2 34 21 +13
3 Hitachi 46 9 4 2 3 36 25 +11
4 Toyo Kogyo 42 9 2 2 5 38 20 +18
5 Yanmar Diesel 40 8 3 2 5 39 28 +11
6 Furukawa Electric 36 8 2 0 8 33 31 +2
7 Nippon Steel 22 3 2 6 7 14 29 -15
8 Nippon Kokan 20 3 3 2 10 28 27 +1
9 Fujitsu 20 3 2 4 9 18 38 -20 To Promotion/Relegation Series
10 Toyota Motors 4 1 0 0 17 11 81 -79

Promotion/Relegation Series

JSL Division 1 1st leg 2nd leg JSL Division 2
Fujitsu 3-1 3-0 Nissan Motors
Toyota Motors　 0-2 0-2 Yomiuri S.C.

Yomiuri promoted, Toyota Motors relegated.

Second Division

Pos Club Pts W PK(W) PK(L) L GF GA GD Notes
1 Yomiuri 47 11 1 1 5 41 19 +22 To Promotion/Relegation Series with Division 1
2 Nissan 43 8 4 3 3 23 18 +5
3 Sumitomo 35 6 4 3 5 33 32 +1
4 Yanmar Club 32 6 4 0 8 25 24 +1
5 Kofu Club 32 6 2 4 6 28 28 0
6 Kyoto Shiko Club 31 5 4 3 6 26 37 -11
7 Honda 29 5 3 3 7 25 24 +1
8 Teijin Matsuyama 29 5 3 3 7 24 31 -7
9 Furukawa Electric Chiba 28 5 2 4 7 19 28 -9 To Promotion/Relegation Series with Regional Series finalists
10 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 27 6 0 3 9 21 24 -3

Promotion/Relegation Series

JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Regional Series
Furukawa Electric Chiba 0-0(PK2-4) 1-3 Toshiba Horikawa-cho (Runner-up)
Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 　3-1 0-1 Yamaha Motors (Champion)

Toshiba promoted, Furukawa Chiba relegated.

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