1981 in Japanese football

1981 season
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Japanese football in 1981

Japan Soccer League

Main article: 1981 Japan Soccer League

Division 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fujita Engineering 18 11 5 2 24 7 +17 27 Champions
2 Yomiuri 18 8 9 1 32 16 +16 25
3 Mitsubishi Motors 18 10 4 4 24 16 +8 24
4 Yanmar Diesel 18 7 8 3 21 15 +6 22
5 Furukawa Electric 18 7 7 4 28 23 +5 21
6 Honda 18 5 4 9 23 28 −5 14
7 Hitachi 18 5 3 10 22 27 −5 13
8 Mazda 18 4 5 9 15 27 −12 13
9 Nippon Steel 18 3 5 10 14 27 −13 11 To promotion/relegation series
10 Yamaha Motors 18 2 6 10 11 28 −17 10 Relegated to Second Division
Source: [citation needed]

Division 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Nippon Kokan 18 11 4 3 42 22 +20 26 Promoted to First Division
2 Nissan 18 11 4 3 31 16 +15 26 To promotion/relegation series with First Division
3 Toshiba 18 12 1 5 46 21 +25 25
4 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 18 9 4 5 35 11 +24 22
5 Fujitsu 18 10 1 7 31 27 +4 21
6 Toyota Motors 18 6 4 8 33 30 +3 16
7 Sumitomo 18 7 1 10 32 31 +1 15
8 Teijin Matsuyama 18 5 4 9 23 34 −11 14
9 Kofu Club 18 4 2 12 18 42 −24 10 To promotion/relegation series with Regional Series
10 Nagoya S.C. 18 2 1 15 16 72 −56 5 Relegated to Regional Leagues
Source: [citation needed]

Japanese Regional Leagues

Main article: 1981 Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 1981 Emperor's Cup
Nippon Kokan2–0Yomiuri
Toshio Matsuura ?', ?'

Japan Soccer League Cup

Main article: 1981 Japan Soccer League Cup

National team (Men)

Results

1981.02.08 Japan 0–1 Malaysia Kuantan, Malaysia
JFA ? ?'
1981.02.10 Japan 1–1 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
62' (o.g.) JFA ? ?'
1981.02.17 Japan 1–0 Singapore Singapore
Yoshida 79' JFA
1981.02.19 Japan 0–0 Singapore Singapore
JFA
1981.02.24 Japan 0–2 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
JFA ? ?'
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1981.03.08 Japan 0–1 South Korea Tokyo, Japan
JFA ? ?' Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
1981.06.02 Japan 0–0 China PR Saitama, Japan
JFA Stadium: Omiya Football Stadium
1981.06.19 Japan 2–0 Malaysia Daegu, South Korea
Yokoyama 22', 52' JFA
1981.06.21 Japan 0–2 South Korea Busan, South Korea
JFA ? ?'
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1981.08.30 Japan 2–0 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Yokoyama 6', 29' JFA
1981.09.03 Japan 3–2 India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
M. Kato 32'
Yokoyama 35', 62'		 JFA ? ?'
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1981.09.08 Japan 3–2 United Arab Emirates Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
H. Kato 18'
Hara 22'
Ozaki 58'		 JFA ? ?'
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1981.09.14 Japan 2–0 Indonesia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Matsuura 58'
Ozaki 60'		 JFA
1981.09.18 Japan 0–2 Iraq Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
JFA ? ?'
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Players statistics

Player -1980 02.08 02.10 02.17 02.19 02.24 03.08 06.02 06.19 06.21 08.30 09.03 09.08 09.14 09.18 1981 Total
Hideki Maeda 41(9) O O O O O O - - - O O O O O 11(0) 52(9)
Mitsuhisa Taguchi 34(0) - - - - - - - - O O - - O O 4(0) 38(0)
Nobutoshi Kaneda 30(3) O O O - O O O - - - - - - - 6(0) 36(3)
Haruhisa Hasegawa 14(4) - - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 15(4)
Hiromi Hara 13(3) O - O O O O - - - O O O(1) O O 10(1) 23(4)
Masafumi Yokoyama 13(2) - O O O - - - O(2) O O(2) O(2) O - O 9(6) 22(8)
Kazushi Kimura 12(4) - - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 13(4)
Shigemitsu Sudo 9(0) - O O - O O - - - - - - - - 4(0) 13(0)
Hisashi Kato 8(1) - - - - - O O O O O - O(1) O O 8(1) 16(2)
Tetsuo Sugamata 8(0) O - - O - - O - - - - - - - 3(0) 11(0)
Shinji Tanaka 4(0) O O O - O O O O O - - - - - 8(0) 12(0)
Tetsuya Totsuka 4(0) O O O - O O O O O - - - - - 8(0) 12(0)
Yahiro Kazama 4(0) - - - - - O O O O - O O O O 8(0) 12(0)
Tsutomu Sonobe 4(0) O - - O O - - - - - - - - - 3(0) 7(0)
Satoshi Tsunami 3(0) - - - - - - - O O O O O O O 7(0) 10(0)
Yoshio Kato 3(0) O O O O O - - - - - - - - - 5(0) 8(0)
Takeshi Okada 3(0) - O O O O O - - - - - - - - 5(0) 8(0)
Satoshi Tezuka 2(0) O - - O O - O O O - - - - - 6(0) 8(0)
Masakuni Yamamoto 2(0) - O - O - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 4(0)
Akihiro Nishimura 1(0) O O O O O O O O O O O O - O 13(0) 14(0)
Takeshi Koshida 1(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - O - 1(0) 2(0)
Ryoichi Kawakatsu 0(0) O - O O - - - O O O O O O O 10(0) 10(0)
Kazuo Ozaki 0(0) O O O O - - - - - O O O(1) O(1) O 9(2) 9(2)
Koichi Hashiratani 0(0) O O O O O - O O O - - - - O 9(0) 9(0)
Mitsugu Nomura 0(0) - - - - - - O O O O O O O O 8(0) 8(0)
Hiroshi Yoshida 0(0) O O O(1) O O O - - - - - - - - 6(1) 6(1)
Kazumi Tsubota 0(0) - - - - - O O O - - O O - - 5(0) 5(0)
Toshio Matsuura 0(0) - - - - - - O - O - O - O(1) - 4(1) 4(1)
Masaaki Kato 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O O(1) O - - 3(1) 3(1)
Toshihiko Okimune 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O O - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Satoshi Yamaguchi 0(0) - - - O - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Naoji Ito 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)

National team (Women)

Results

1981.06.07 Japan 0–1 Chinese Taipei Hong Kong
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1981.06.11 Japan 0–2 Thailand Hong Kong
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1981.06.13 Japan 1–0 Indonesia Hong Kong
Handa ?'
1981.09.06 Japan 0–4 England Hyōgo, Japan
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1981.09.09 Japan 0–9 Italy Tokyo, Japan
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Players statistics

Player -1980 06.07 06.11 06.13 09.06 09.09 1981 Total
Etsuko Handa 0(0) O O O(1) O O 5(1) 5(1)
Midori Honda 0(0) O O O O O 5(0) 5(0)
Futaba Kioka 0(0) O O O O O 5(0) 5(0)
Miho Kaneda 0(0) O O O O O 5(0) 5(0)
Masuyo Shiraishi 0(0) O O O O - 4(0) 4(0)
Nobuko Kondo 0(0) O O O - O 4(0) 4(0)
Yuriko Shima 0(0) O O O - O 4(0) 4(0)
Shiho Kaneda 0(0) O - O O O 4(0) 4(0)
Chieko Homma 0(0) O O O - - 3(0) 3(0)
Maho Shimizu 0(0) O O - O - 3(0) 3(0)
Chieko Hase 0(0) O O - - O 3(0) 3(0)
Junko Ishida 0(0) O - O O - 3(0) 3(0)
Akemi Iwata 0(0) - O O - O 3(0) 3(0)
Sanae Mishima 0(0) - O - - O 2(0) 2(0)
Mihoko Iwaya 0(0) - - O O - 2(0) 2(0)
Sayuri Yamaguchi 0(0) - - - O O 2(0) 2(0)
Nobuko Jashima 0(0) - - - O - 1(0) 1(0)
Kaoru Kakinami 0(0) - - - O - 1(0) 1(0)
Michiko Matsuda 0(0) - - - O - 1(0) 1(0)
Mayumi Kaji 0(0) - - - O - 1(0) 1(0)
Emiko Kubo 0(0) - - - O - 1(0) 1(0)
Tomoko Ohara 0(0) - - - - O 1(0) 1(0)
Masako Yoshida 0(0) - - - - O 1(0) 1(0)