1988 in Japanese football

1988 season
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Japanese football in 1988

Japan Soccer League

Main article: 1988–89 Japan Soccer League

Division 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nissan 22 14 4 4 32 17 +15 46 Champions
2 ANA Club 22 12 4 6 37 22 +15 40
3 Yamaha Motors 22 12 3 7 31 21 +10 39
4 Fujita Engineering 22 10 6 6 34 20 +14 36
5 Yomiuri 22 8 8 6 25 23 +2 32
6 Furukawa Electric 22 8 5 9 21 19 +2 29
7 Matsushita Electric 22 8 5 9 26 30 −4 29
8 Yanmar Diesel 22 7 7 8 23 22 +1 28
9 Honda 22 7 6 9 20 23 −3 27
10 Nippon Kokan 22 3 10 9 17 31 −14 19
11 Sumitomo 22 4 7 11 12 37 −25 19 Relegated to Second Division
12 Mitsubishi Motors 22 1 11 10 14 27 −13 14
Source: [citation needed]

Division 2

First stage

East
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Toshiba 14 9 5 0 38 7 +31 23
2 Fujitsu 14 8 4 2 22 13 +9 20
3 Hitachi 14 7 5 2 18 9 +9 19
4 NTT Kanto 14 6 4 4 16 12 +4 16
5 Kofu Club 14 7 0 7 19 24 −5 14
6 Toho Titanium 14 3 3 8 10 24 −14 9
7 Cosmo Oil 14 2 4 8 13 25 −12 8
8 Fujieda City Office 14 1 1 12 7 29 −22 3
Source: [citation needed]
West
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mazda 14 9 4 1 24 6 +18 22
2 Toyota Motors 14 8 5 1 27 8 +19 21
3 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 14 8 3 3 20 11 +9 19
4 Osaka Gas 14 7 4 3 20 18 +2 18
5 Nippon Steel 14 4 4 6 16 19 −3 12
6 Kawasaki Steel 14 1 6 7 8 15 −7 8
7 Teijin Matsuyama 14 2 4 8 18 32 −14 8
8 NTT Kansai 14 1 2 11 7 31 −24 4
Source: [citation needed]

Second stage

Promotion Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Toshiba 14 8 5 1 20 10 +10 21 Promoted to First Division
2 Hitachi 14 8 2 4 13 9 +4 18
3 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 14 6 5 3 17 13 +4 17
4 Fujitsu 14 6 4 4 16 15 +1 16
5 Mazda 14 5 4 5 16 9 +7 14
6 Toyota Motors 14 3 6 5 18 18 0 12
7 NTT Kanto 13 4 2 7 18 20 −2 10
8 Osaka Gas 13 0 2 11 5 29 −24 2
Source: [citation needed]
Relegation Group
East
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Kofu Club 20 9 2 9 24 29 −5 20
2 Cosmo Oil 20 6 5 9 25 30 −5 17
3 Toho Titanium 20 4 5 11 17 33 −16 13
4 Fujieda City Office 20 2 4 14 11 38 −27 8 Relegated to Regional Leagues
Source: [citation needed]
West
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Nippon Steel 20 7 6 7 25 25 0 20
2 Kawasaki Steel 20 2 10 8 15 22 −7 14
3 Teijin Matsuyama 20 4 5 11 26 42 −16 13
4 NTT Kansai 20 3 3 14 17 42 −25 9 Relegated to Regional Leagues
Source: [citation needed]
9th-16th Places Playoff
Pos East Score West
9–10 Kofu Club 1-1(PK3-1) Nippon Steel
11–12 Cosmo Oil 0-0(PK3-2) Kawasaki Steel
13–14 Toho Titanium 2-3 Teijin Matsuyama
15–16 Fujieda City Office 0-3 NTT Kansai

Japanese Regional Leagues

Main article: 1988 Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 1988 Emperor's Cup
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Japan Soccer League Cup

Main article: 1988 Japan Soccer League Cup

National team (Men)

Results

1988.01.27 Japan 1–1 United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hashiratani 85' JFA ? ?'
1988.01.30 Japan 0–2 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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1988.02.02 Japan 1–1 Oman Muscat, Oman
Maeda 88' JFA ? ?'
1988.06.02 Japan 0–3 China PR Aichi, Japan
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1988.10.26 Japan 0–1 South Korea Tokyo, Japan
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Players statistics

Player -1987 01.27 01.30 02.02 06.02 10.26 1988 Total
Hiromi Hara 73(37) - - - O O 2(0) 75(37)
Akihiro Nishimura 48(2) - O - - - 1(0) 49(2)
Satoshi Tezuka 22(2) O O O - - 3(0) 25(2)
Takashi Mizunuma 21(6) - - O O O 3(0) 24(6)
Shinichi Morishita 16(0) O O - - - 2(0) 18(0)
Kiyotaka Matsui 13(0) - - O O - 2(0) 15(0)
Takumi Horiike 13(0) - - - - O 1(0) 14(0)
Hiroshi Hirakawa 6(0) O O O O - 4(0) 10(0)
Katsuyoshi Shinto 2(0) O O O - - 3(0) 5(0)
Tomoyasu Asaoka 1(0) O O O O O 5(0) 6(0)
Tetsuji Hashiratani 0(0) O(1) O O O O 5(1) 5(1)
Osamu Maeda 0(0) O O O(1) O O 5(1) 5(1)
Masami Ihara 0(0) O O O O O 5(0) 5(0)
Toru Sano 0(0) O O O O O 5(0) 5(0)
Satoru Mochizuki 0(0) O O O - - 3(0) 3(0)
Nobuyo Fujishiro 0(0) O O - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Katsuhiro Kusaki 0(0) O - - - O 2(0) 2(0)
Masanao Sasaki 0(0) - - - O O 2(0) 2(0)
Yuji Sugano 0(0) - - O - - 1(0) 1(0)
Tomoyuki Kajino 0(0) - - - O - 1(0) 1(0)
Masaaki Mori 0(0) - - - O - 1(0) 1(0)
Mitsunori Yoshida 0(0) - - - O - 1(0) 1(0)
Shigetatsu Matsunaga 0(0) - - - - O 1(0) 1(0)
Atsushi Natori 0(0) - - - - O 1(0) 1(0)

National team (Women)

Results

1988.06.01 Japan 2–5 United States China
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1988.06.03 Japan 1–2 Czechoslovakia China
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1988.06.05 Japan 0–3 Sweden China
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Players statistics

Player -1987 06.01 06.03 06.05 1988 Total
Futaba Kioka 25(9) O O O 3(0) 28(9)
Etsuko Handa 25(3) O O(1) O 3(1) 28(4)
Kaori Nagamine 18(13) O(1) O O 3(1) 21(14)
Michiko Matsuda 18(5) O O - 2(0) 20(5)
Midori Honda 18(0) O O O 3(0) 21(0)
Masae Suzuki 18(0) O O O 3(0) 21(0)
Asako Takakura 17(7) O O O 3(0) 20(7)
Akemi Noda 17(2) O O O 3(0) 20(2)
Mayumi Kaji 17(0) O O O 3(0) 20(0)
Takako Tezuka 14(1) O(1) O O 3(1) 17(2)
Chiaki Yamada 12(1) O O - 2(0) 14(1)
Akiko Hayakawa 1(0) - - O 1(0) 2(0)
Yumi Watanabe 0(0) O O - 2(0) 2(0)
Tomoko Matsunaga 0(0) O - O 2(0) 2(0)
Taeko Kawasumi 0(0) - O O 2(0) 2(0)