1979 Japan Soccer League
| Season | 1979 |
|---|---|
← 1978 1980 → | |
Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1979 season.
First Division
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fujita Engineering
|
18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 53 | Champions |
| 2 | Yomiuri
|
18 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 44 | |
| 3 | Hitachi
|
18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 44 | |
| 4 | Yanmar Diesel
|
18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 40 | |
| 5 | Furukawa Electric
|
18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 40 | |
| 6 | Toyo Kogyo
|
18 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 33 | |
| 7 | Mitsubishi Motors
|
18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 32 | |
| 8 | Nippon Steel
|
18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 29 | |
| 9 | Nippon Kokan
|
18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 43 | −26 | 10 | To promotion/relegation Series |
| 10 | Nissan
|
18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 39 | −30 | 9 |
Source: [citation needed]
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toshiba
|
18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 48 | To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1 |
| 2 | Yamaha Motors
|
18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 47 | |
| 3 | Fujitsu
|
18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 47 | |
| 4 | Honda | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 44 | |
| 5 | Yanmar Club | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 36 | Folded |
| 6 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 28 | |
| 7 | Toyota Motors
|
18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 28 | |
| 8 | Kofu Club
|
18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 26 | |
| 9 | Teijin SC Matsuyama | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 25 | To promotion/relegation Series with Regional Series finalists |
| 10 | Sumitomo
|
18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 14 |
Source: [citation needed]
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.