1968 Japan Soccer League

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The 1968 season in Japanese football.

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Japan Soccer League
Season1968
Champions Toyo Industries
4th title
Asian Club Championship Toyo Industries
Matches played56
Goals scored185 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorer Kunishige Kamamoto (14 goals)
Average attendance11,653
1967
1969

League tables

Japan Soccer League

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Toyo Industries 1410133111+2021Champions
2 Yanmar Diesel 147522918+1119
3 Mitsubishi Motors 147432518+718
4 Yawata Steel 147343219+1317
5 Furukawa Electric 147342417+717
6 Nagoya Mutual Bank 14338172589
7 Hitachi 143291731148To Promotion/Relegation Series
8 Nippon Kokan 1403111046363
Source: [ citation needed ]

Promotion/Relegation Series

JSL1st leg2nd legSenior Cup
Hitachi 1-03-2 Urawa SC (Cup runner-up)
Nippon Kokan 1-00-1 Toyota Motors (Cup winner)

No relegations.

Team of the Year

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

References