1991 in Japanese football

1991 season
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Japanese football in 1991

Japan Soccer League

Main article: 1991–92 Japan Soccer League

Division 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yomiuri S.C.	22	15	6	1	43	13	+30	51	Form J.League and 1992–93 Asian Club Championship
2	Nissan Motors	22	12	7	3	25	14	+11	43	Form J.League and 1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup [a]
3	Yamaha Motors	22	11	3	8	30	31	−1	36	Form Japan Football League Division 1
4	Toshiba	22	7	9	6	26	24	+2	30
5	Matsushita Electric	22	7	8	7	25	27	−2	29	Form J.League
6	Mazda	22	7	6	9	30	23	+7	27
7	JR Furukawa	22	8	3	11	30	38	−8	27
8	ANA Club	22	6	7	9	20	23	−3	25
9	Hitachi	22	6	7	9	22	30	−8	25	Form Japan Football League Division 1
10	Honda	22	5	8	9	18	25	−7	23
11	Mitsubishi Motors	22	5	6	11	25	40	−15	21	Form J.League
12	Toyota Motors	22	4	8	10	24	30	−6	20

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. By winning 1991 Emperor's Cup

Division 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Fujita Engineering	30	24	2	4	79	17	+62	74	Champions (not promoted, form Japan Football League Division 1)
2	Sumitomo	30	21	2	7	66	24	+42	65	Promoted to new J.League
3	Yanmar Diesel	30	20	5	5	56	17	+39	65	Form Japan Football League Division 1
4	Nippon Kokan	30	18	6	6	51	24	+27	60
5	Fujitsu	30	17	8	5	46	26	+20	59
6	Otsuka Pharmaceutical	30	15	5	10	45	32	+13	50
7	Tokyo Gas	30	12	10	8	30	28	+2	46
8	Kawasaki Steel	30	12	9	9	31	23	+8	45	Form Japan Football League Division 2
9	NTT Kanto	30	9	6	15	37	44	−7	33
10	Kofu Club	30	9	6	15	35	66	−31	33
11	Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi	30	8	5	17	27	53	−26	29
12	Chuo Bohan	30	7	6	17	33	52	−19	27
13	Toho Titanium	30	7	6	17	32	59	−27	27
14	Kyoto Shiko Club	30	5	7	18	21	57	−36	22
15	Tanabe Pharmaceutical	30	6	3	21	18	50	−32	21
16	Yomiuri S.C. (Juniors)	30	5	4	21	20	55	−35	19	Folded [a]

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. Merges with parent club to form Verdy Kawasaki

Japanese Regional Leagues

Main article: 1991 Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 1991 Emperor's Cup

January 1, 1992

Nissan Motors	4–1	Yomiuri
Everton ?' Kazushi Kimura ?' Takahiro Yamada ?' Renato ?'		Nobuhiro Takeda ?'

National Stadium

Japan Soccer League Cup

Main article: 1991 Japan Soccer League Cup

National team (Men)

Results

Japan v Thailand

1991.06.02	Japan	1–0	Thailand	Yamagata, Japan
	Hashiratani 89'	JFA		Stadium: Yamagata Park Stadium

Japan v South Korea

1991.07.27	Japan	0–1	South Korea	Nagasaki, Japan
		JFA	? ?'	Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium

Players statistics

Player	-1990	06.02	07.27	1991	Total
Takumi Horiike	31(1)	O	O	2(0)	33(1)
Shinichi Morishita	27(0)	O	-	1(0)	28(0)
Masami Ihara	22(0)	O	O	2(0)	24(0)
Tetsuji Hashiratani	21(2)	O(1)	O	2(1)	23(3)
Masanao Sasaki	19(0)	O	-	1(0)	20(0)
Shigetatsu Matsunaga	10(0)	-	O	1(0)	11(0)
Nobuhiro Takeda	8(1)	O	O	2(0)	10(1)
Masahiro Fukuda	5(0)	O	O	2(0)	7(0)
Yuji Sakakura	5(0)	-	O	1(0)	6(0)
Ruy Ramos	3(0)	O	O	2(0)	5(0)
Kazuyoshi Miura	3(0)	O	O	2(0)	5(0)
Akihiro Nagashima	3(0)	-	O	1(0)	4(0)
Yasuharu Sorimachi	2(0)	O	O	2(0)	4(0)
Tetsuya Asano	0(0)	O	O	2(0)	2(0)
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	0(0)	O	O	2(0)	2(0)

National team (Women)

Results

Japan v France

1991.04.01	Japan	1–3	France	Bulgaria
	Noda ?'		? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Sweden

1991.04.03	Japan	2–2	Sweden	Bulgaria
	Noda ?' Mizuma ?'		? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Hungary

1991.04.05	Japan	2–0	Hungary	Bulgaria
	Kioka ?' Takakura ?'

Japan v North Korea

1991.05.26	Japan	1–0	North Korea	Fukuoka, Japan
	Nagamine ?'			Stadium: Heiwadai Athletic Stadium

Japan v Hong Kong

1991.05.28	Japan	4–1	Hong Kong	Fukuoka, Japan
	Tezuka ?' Nagamine ?' Takakura ?', ?'		? ?'	Stadium: Heiwadai Athletic Stadium

Japan v Malaysia

1991.06.01	Japan	12–0	Malaysia	Fukuoka, Japan
	Tezuka ?', ?', ?' Handa ?', ?' Nagamine ?', ?', ?' Noda ?', ?', ?' Mizuma ?'			Stadium: Fukuoka Kasuga Park Stadium

Japan v Singapore

1991.06.03	Japan	10–0	Singapore	Fukuoka, Japan
	Matsuda ?', ?' Tezuka ?' Noda ?', ?' Takakura ?' Yamaguchi ?' Uchiyama ?', ?', ?'			Stadium: Heiwadai Athletic Stadium

Japan v Chinese Taipei

1991.06.06	Japan	0–0 (5–4 p)	Chinese Taipei	Fukuoka, Japan
				Stadium: Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium

Japan v China

1991.06.08	Japan	0–5	China	Fukuoka, Japan
			? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium

Japan v China

1991.08.21

Japan

0–0

China

China

Japan v Brazil

1991.11.17	Japan	0–1	Brazil	China
			? ?'

Japan v Sweden

1991.11.19	Japan	0–8	Sweden	China
			? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

Japan v United States

1991.11.21	Japan	0–3	United States	China
			? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

Players statistics

Player	-1990	04.01	04.03	04.05	05.26	05.28	06.01	06.03	06.06	06.08	08.21	11.17	11.19	11.21	1991	Total
Futaba Kioka	45(25)	O	O	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	6(1)	51(26)
Etsuko Handa	43(14)	O	-	O	O	O	O(2)	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	8(2)	51(16)
Kaori Nagamine	37(34)	O	O	-	O(1)	O(1)	O(3)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	12(5)	49(39)
Mayumi Kaji	36(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	12(0)	48(0)
Masae Suzuki	35(0)	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	10(0)	45(0)
Michiko Matsuda	34(8)	O	O	-	O	O	-	O(2)	O	O	O	O	O	O	11(2)	45(10)
Akemi Noda	34(5)	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O(3)	O(2)	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(7)	47(12)
Midori Honda	34(0)	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	9(0)	43(0)
Takako Tezuka	30(14)	-	O	O	-	O(1)	O(3)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	11(5)	41(19)
Asako Takakura	30(12)	O	O	O(1)	O	O(2)	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	12(4)	42(16)
Yoko Takahagi	27(0)	-	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	4(0)	31(0)
Sayuri Yamaguchi	19(0)	O	O	-	-	O	O	O(1)	-	-	O	O	O	O	9(1)	28(1)
Yumi Watanabe	17(2)	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	19(2)
Tomoko Matsunaga	8(0)	-	-	O	-	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	5(0)	13(0)
Kyoko Kuroda	6(7)	O	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	11(0)	17(7)
Yuriko Mizuma	5(3)	O	O(1)	O	O	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	11(2)	16(5)
Megumi Sakata	3(0)	-	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	6(0)
Noriko Ishibashi	1(1)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	3(1)
Tamaki Uchiyama	0(0)	-	-	-	O	-	O	O(3)	O	O	O	-	-	-	6(3)	6(3)
Ryoko Kobayashi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Yumi Obe	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)