1985–86 Japan Soccer League

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Japan Soccer League
Season1985–86
ChampionsFurukawa Electric
1984

Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1985–86 season.

First Division

Led by their star player Yasuhiko Okudera, who had returned to the club after successful periods in Europe, Furukawa Electric won their second title. Okudera became the first widely recognized professional Japanese player.

Sumitomo and ANA Yokohama were relegated after one season in the top division.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Furukawa Electric
22 15 5 2 40 15 +25 35 1986 Asian Club Championship
2
Nippon Kokan
22 13 2 7 39 22 +17 28
3 Honda 22 8 12 2 30 20 +10 28
4
Fujita Engineering
22 9 8 5 31 17 +14 26
5
Nissan
22 8 8 6 23 29 −6 24
6
Yamaha Motors
22 9 5 8 20 21 −1 23
7
Mitsubishi Motors
22 8 6 8 29 19 +10 22
8
Hitachi
22 8 5 9 26 33 −7 21
9
Yomiuri
22 7 5 10 28 31 −3 19
10
Yanmar Diesel
22 6 6 10 20 27 −7 18
11
Sumitomo
22 6 3 13 21 32 −11 15 Relegated to Second Division
12
ANA Yokohama
22 2 1 19 16 57 −41 5

Second Division

No relegation took place for a second wave of expansion that would bring the division's number of clubs to 16.

First stage

East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
Toyota Motors
10 8 1 1 23 6 +17 17
2
Toshiba
10 6 1 3 12 7 +5 13
3
Kofu Club
10 5 0 5 22 16 +6 10
4
Fujitsu
10 4 2 4 16 12 +4 10
5 Seino Transportation 10 3 2 5 13 21 −8 8
6
TDK
10 0 2 8 10 34 −24 2

West

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
Matsushita Electric
10 8 2 0 26 6 +20 18
2 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 10 6 1 3 13 8 +5 13
3
Mazda
10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 12
4
Nippon Steel
10 5 1 4 18 9 +9 11
5 Kyoto Prefectural Police 10 2 0 8 3 28 −25 4
6 Osaka Gas 10 1 0 9 8 21 −13 2

Second stage

Promotion Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1
Matsushita Electric
10 8 1 1 23 6 +17 17 Promoted to First Division
2
Mazda
10 6 1 3 12 7 +5 13
3
Toshiba
10 5 0 5 22 16 +6 10
4
Kofu Club
10 4 2 4 16 12 +4 10
5 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 10 3 2 5 13 21 −8 8
6
Toyota Motors
10 0 2 8 10 34 −24 2

Relegation Group

East
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
Fujitsu
4 4 0 0 17 2 +15 8
2 Seino Transportation 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 3
3
TDK
4 0 1 3 2 14 −12 1
West
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
Nippon Steel
5 3 1 1 9 2 +7 7
2 Kyoto Prefectural Police 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3
3 Osaka Gas 4 1 0 3 6 10 −4 2
7-12 Playoff
Pos East Score West
7–8
Fujitsu
0-1 Nippon Steel
9–10 Seino Transportation 1-0 Kyoto Prefectural Police
11–12
TDK
1-2 Osaka Gas

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