1986–87 Japan Soccer League

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Japan Soccer League
Season1986–87

Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1986–87 season.

First Division[edit]

Despite moving to Kashiwa, Chiba and a soccer-specific stadium of their own, Hitachi did not adjust well and were relegated in bottom place, the first drop for the former champions. Matsushita, despite having more victories than relegation rivals Yamaha, had more losses as well and thus joined Hitachi.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Yomiuri 22 11 7 4 35 18 +17 29 1987 Asian Club Championship
2 Nippon Kokan 22 11 7 4 30 17 +13 29
3 Mitsubishi Motors 22 9 10 3 23 14 +9 28
4 Furukawa Electric 22 10 6 6 26 17 +9 26
5 Nissan 22 10 4 8 35 24 +11 24
6 Yanmar Diesel 22 8 8 6 21 22 −1 24
7 Mazda 22 6 11 5 17 17 0 23
8 Fujita Engineering 22 8 6 8 24 22 +2 22
9 Honda 22 6 8 8 20 24 −4 20
10 Yamaha Motors 22 3 11 8 11 22 −11 17
11 Matsushita Electric 22 5 6 11 23 38 −15 16 Relegated to Second Division
12 Hitachi 22 1 4 17 13 43 −30 6

Second Division[edit]

Sumitomo returned to the top flight at the first time of asking, followed by Toyota Motors, who had been struggling since their 1977 relegation and came close to dropping out of the League. TDK and the Kyoto Police Dept. team went back to the regional divisions; TDK would not return to the second tier until 2021.

First stage[edit]

East[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Toshiba 14 10 3 1 24 7 +17 23
2 Sumitomo 14 9 3 2 36 9 +27 21
3 Kofu Club 14 6 3 5 15 15 0 15
4 Cosmo Oil 14 5 4 5 17 15 +2 14
5 ANA Yokohama 14 4 5 5 20 18 +2 13
6 Fujitsu 14 6 1 7 16 20 −4 13
7 Toho Titanium 14 4 4 6 13 19 −6 12
8 TDK 14 0 1 13 8 46 −38 1

West[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 14 9 5 0 22 5 +17 23
2 Toyota Motors 14 9 2 3 33 15 +18 20
3 Osaka Gas 14 6 7 1 20 13 +7 19
4 Seino Transportation 14 7 2 5 14 12 +2 16
5 Nippon Steel 14 7 1 6 23 15 +8 15
6 Kyoto Prefectural Police 14 3 2 9 15 34 −19 8
7 Kawasaki Steel 14 2 2 10 16 30 −14 6
8 NTT Kansai 14 1 3 10 12 31 −19 5

Second stage[edit]

Promotion Group[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Sumitomo 14 9 4 1 20 4 +16 22 Promoted to First Division
2 Toyota Motors 14 6 4 4 19 12 +7 16
3 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 14 3 8 3 11 9 +2 14
4 Seino Transportation 14 4 6 4 9 11 −2 14
5 Toshiba 14 4 5 5 12 11 +1 13
6 Osaka Gas 14 5 2 7 12 20 −8 12
7 Kofu Club 14 5 1 8 12 15 −3 11
8 Cosmo Oil 14 3 4 7 8 21 −13 10

Relegation Group[edit]

East[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Fujitsu 6 5 1 0 37 26 +11 24
2 ANA Yokohama 6 3 1 2 33 30 +3 20
3 Toho Titanium 6 2 2 2 21 29 −8 16
4 TDK 6 1 1 4 20 54 −34 11 Relegated to Regional Leagues
West[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Nippon Steel 6 4 0 2 37 22 +15 23
2 Kawasaki Steel 6 3 1 2 29 39 −10 13
3 NTT Kansai 6 3 0 3 25 40 −15 11
4 Kyoto Prefectural Police 6 1 1 4 20 54 −34 11 Relegated to Regional Leagues
9th-16th Place Playoff[edit]
Pos East Score West
9–10 Fujitsu 3-3(PK4-2) Nippon Steel
11–12 ANA Yokohama 4-2 Kawasaki Steel
13–14 Toho Titanium 3-0 NTT Kansai
15–16 TDK 5-0 Kyoto Prefectural Police

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