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1973 Japan Soccer League

Japan Soccer League
Season1973
1972
1974

The 1973 season of Japanese football.

League tables

JSL First Division

Tanabe Pharmaceuticals was relegated, thereby becoming the first Japanese team to go straight back down one season after promotion.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mitsubishi Motors 18 14 2 2 35 12 +23 30 Champions
2 Hitachi 18 12 1 5 35 18 +17 25
3 Yanmar Diesel 18 10 3 5 40 17 +23 23
4 Towa Real Estate 18 9 3 6 29 22 +7 21
5 Furukawa Electric 18 9 3 6 31 27 +4 21
6 Nippon Steel 18 7 2 9 25 26 −1 16
7 Toyota Motors 18 5 5 8 22 31 −9 15
8 Toyo Industries 18 4 6 8 16 28 −12 14
9 Nippon Kokan 18 4 4 10 24 32 −8 12 To promotion/relegation Series
10 Tanabe Pharmaceutical 18 1 1 16 7 51 −44 3
Source: [citation needed]

JSL 1/2 promotion/relegation Series

JSL Division 1 1st leg 2nd leg JSL Division 2
Nippon Kokan 2-1 2-2 Kofu SC
Tanabe Pharmaceutical 2-1 0-2 Eidai Industries

Eidai promoted, Tanabe relegated.

JSL Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Eidai Industries 18 11 4 3 51 24 +27 26 To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1
2 Kofu SC 18 12 2 4 39 25 +14 26
3 Yomiuri 18 10 4 4 40 21 +19 24
4 Fujitsu 18 9 4 5 33 28 +5 22
5 NTT Kinki 18 8 5 5 31 29 +2 21
6 Dainichi Nippon Cable Industries 18 5 6 7 30 34 −4 16
7 Kyoto Shiko 18 5 4 9 31 35 −4 14
8 Teijin Matsuyama 18 4 5 9 21 43 −22 13
9 Toyoda Automatic Loom Works 18 2 5 11 30 34 −4 9 To promotion/relegation Series with Senior Cup Finalists
10 Hagoromo Club 18 3 3 12 25 48 −23 9
Source: [citation needed]

JSL promotion/relegation Series

Sumitomo, at the time based in Osaka, would move to Kashima, Ibaraki in 1975 and become today's Kashima Antlers.

JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Senior Cup
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works 1-1 1-2 Hitachi Ibaraki (Cup runner-up)
Hagoromo Club 2-2 1-2 Sumitomo Metal (Cup winner)

Hitachi Ibaraki and Sumitomo promoted, Toyota Industries and Hagoromo Club relegated.

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