1968 Japan Soccer League

The 1968 season in Japanese football.

Japan Soccer League
Season1968
ChampionsToyo Industries
4th title
Asian Club ChampionshipToyo Industries
Matches played56
Goals scored185 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorerKunishige Kamamoto (14 goals)
Average attendance11,653
← 1967
1969 →

League tables

Japan Soccer League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toyo Industries 14 10 1 3 31 11 +20 21 Champions
2 Yanmar Diesel 14 7 5 2 29 18 +11 19
3 Mitsubishi Motors 14 7 4 3 25 18 +7 18
4 Yawata Steel 14 7 3 4 32 19 +13 17
5 Furukawa Electric 14 7 3 4 24 17 +7 17
6 Nagoya Mutual Bank 14 3 3 8 17 25 −8 9
7 Hitachi 14 3 2 9 17 31 −14 8 To promotion/relegation Series
8 Nippon Kokan 14 0 3 11 10 46 −36 3
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion/relegation Series

JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Senior Cup
Hitachi 1-0 3-2 Urawa SC (Cup runner-up)
Nippon Kokan 1-0 0-1 Toyota Motors (Cup winner)

No relegations.

Team of the Year

Position Footballer Club Nationality
GK Kenzo Yokoyama (3) Mitsubishi Motors  Japan
DF Hiroshi Katayama (3) Mitsubishi Motors  Japan
DF Masakatsu Miyamoto (3) Furukawa Electric  Japan
DF Mitsuo Kamata (2) Furukawa Electric  Japan
DF Yoshitada Yamaguchi (1) Hitachi  Japan
MF Aritatsu Ogi (3) Toyo Industries  Japan
MF Ryuichi Sugiyama (3) Mitsubishi Motors  Japan
MF Teruki Miyamoto (3) Yawata Steel  Japan
FW Shigeo Yaegashi (3) Furukawa Electric  Japan
FW Kunishige Kamamoto (1) Yanmar Diesel  Japan
FW Masashi Watanabe (1) Yawata Steel  Japan

References