1973 in Japanese football
| 1973 season | |
|---|---|
Japanese football in 1973
Japan Soccer League
[edit]Division 1
[edit]| 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]
Division 2
[edit]| 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]
Japanese Regional Leagues
[edit]Emperor's Cup
[edit]| Mitsubishi Motors | 2–1 | Hitachi |
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National team
[edit]Results
[edit]| 1973.05.20 | Japan | 4–0 | South Vietnam | Seoul, South Korea |
| Kamamoto 6', 87' Mori 19' 49' (o.g.) |
JFA | Attendance: 10,000 |
| 1973.05.22 | Japan | 0–1 | Hong Kong | Seoul, South Korea |
| JFA | ? ?' |
Attendance: 10,000 |
| 1973.06.23 | Japan | 0–2 | South Korea | Seoul, South Korea |
| JFA | ? ?' ? ?' |
Attendance: 35,000 |
Players statistics
[edit]| Player | -1972 | 05.16 | 05.20 | 05.22 | 05.26 | 06.23 | 1973 | Total |
| Aritatsu Ogi | 49(11) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 54(11) |
| Yoshitada Yamaguchi | 46(0) | - | O | O | - | O | 3(0) | 49(0) |
| Kenzo Yokoyama | 43(0) | - | O | - | O | - | 2(0) | 45(0) |
| Kunishige Kamamoto | 41(54) | - | O(2) | O | O | - | 3(2) | 44(56) |
| Takaji Mori | 41(1) | - | O(1) | - | - | - | 1(1) | 42(2) |
| Daishiro Yoshimura | 18(4) | O | O | - | - | O | 3(0) | 21(4) |
| Kozo Arai | 18(2) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 23(2) |
| Nobuo Kawakami | 13(0) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 18(0) |
| Minoru Kobata | 11(0) | - | O | - | - | O | 2(0) | 13(0) |
| Kazumi Takada | 9(0) | O | O | O | - | - | 3(0) | 12(0) |
| Koji Funamoto | 9(0) | O | - | - | - | O | 2(0) | 11(0) |
| Nobuo Fujishima | 7(0) | - | O | O | O | O | 4(0) | 11(0) |
| Kuniya Daini | 6(0) | O | O | O | O | - | 4(0) | 10(0) |
| Atsuyoshi Furuta | 5(0) | O | - | O | O | - | 3(0) | 8(0) |
| Mitsunori Fujiguchi | 5(0) | O | - | - | - | O | 2(0) | 7(0) |
| Yoshikazu Nagai | 4(1) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 9(1) |
| Michio Ashikaga | 4(0) | O | - | - | O | - | 2(0) | 6(0) |
| Shusaku Hirasawa | 2(0) | O(1) | O | - | O | O | 4(1) | 6(1) |
| Noritaka Hidaka | 1(0) | O | - | - | O | O | 3(0) | 4(0) |
| Akira Matsunaga | 0(0) | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Tatsuhiko Seta | 0(0) | - | - | O | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |