1973 Japan Soccer League

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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.

Contents

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Mitsubishi Motors 1814223512+2330Champions
2 Hitachi 1812153518+1725
3 Yanmar Diesel 1810354017+2323
4 Towa Real Estate 189362922+721
5 Furukawa Electric 189363127+421
6 Nippon Steel 187292526116
7 Toyota Motors 185582231915
8 Toyo Industries 1846816281214
9 Nippon Kokan 1844102432812To Promotion/Relegation Series
10 Tanabe Pharmaceutical 181116751443
Source: [ citation needed ]

JSL 1/2 Promotion/Relegation Series

JSL Division 11st leg2nd legJSL Division 2
Nippon Kokan 2-12-2 Kofu SC
Tanabe Pharmaceutical 2-10-2 Eidai Industries

Eidai promoted, Tanabe relegated.

JSL Second Division

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Eidai Industries 1811435124+2726To Promotion/Relegation Series with Division 1
2 Kofu SC 1812243925+1426
3 Yomiuri 1810444021+1924
4 Fujitsu 189453328+522
5 NTT Kinki 188553129+221
6 Dainichi Nippon Cable Industries 185673034416
7 Kyoto Shiko 185493135414
8 Teijin Matsuyama 1845921432213
9 Toyoda Automatic Loom Works 182511303449To Promotion/Relegation Series with Senior Cup Finalists
10 Hagoromo Club 1833122548239
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 .

JSL1st leg2nd legSenior Cup
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works 1-11-2 Hitachi Ibaraki (Cup runner-up)
Hagoromo Club 2-21-2 Sumitomo Metal (Cup winner)

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

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