Japan Soccer League Cup

The Japan Soccer League Cup was the original league cup for clubs in the top levels of Japanese football before the creation of the J. League and its cup. The cup was first played in 1973, but did not become an annual tournament until 1976.

The JSL Cup included clubs from both the First Division and the Second Division. The format varied; sometimes the clubs played small group stages, other times it was an outright elimination, including only the clubs that were not recent promotions to the Second Division. During the season timeframe change of 1985, the cup was played within the year, a rule that stayed until the advent of the J. League.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenue
1973 Towa Real Estate (shared)1-1Yanmar Diesel (shared)Nishigaoka National Stadium, Tokyo
1976 Hitachi1-0 Eidai IndustriesNational Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
1977Furukawa Electric 4-0 Yanmar DieselNational Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
1978 Mitsubishi Motors 2-1 Fujita IndustriesKanko Stadium, Okayama
1979Yomiuri FC 3-2 Furukawa ElectricNagai Stadium, Osaka
1980Nippon Kokan 3-1 HitachiNagai Stadium, Osaka
1981 Mitsubishi Motors (shared) 4-4 Toshiba (shared)Utsunomiya Soccer Field, Utsunomiya
1982 Furukawa Electric 3-2 Yanmar DieselShizuoka Athletic Stadium, Shizuoka
1983Yanmar Diesel 1-0Nissan MotorsKofu Midorigaoka Stadium, Kofu
1984 Yanmar Diesel3-0ToshibaKomazawa Stadium, Tokyo
1985Yomiuri FC 2-0 Nissan MotorsToyohashi Soccer Stadium, Toyohashi
1986Furukawa Electric 4-0 Nissan MotorsMizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya
1987Nippon Kokan 3-0 SumitomoMizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya
1988Nissan Motors 3-0 ToshibaYokkaichi Stadium, Yokkaichi
1989Nissan Motors1-0 Yamaha MotorsToyohashi Soccer Stadium, Toyohashi
1990 Nissan Motors3-1 Furukawa ElectricMizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya
1991Yomiuri FC 4-3Honda GikenMizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya

Performances by team

Teams are named using current nomenclature, or last one if they are defunct (denoted in italics).

Club Winners Runners-up Winning seasons Runners-up seasons
Yokohama F. Marinos 3 3 1988, 1989, 1990 1983, 1985, 1986
JEF United Chiba 3 2 1977, 1982, 1986 1979, 1990
Cerezo Osaka 3 2 1973 (shared), 1983, 1984 1977, 1982
Tokyo Verdy 3 0 1979, 1985, 1991
Urawa Red Diamonds 2 0 1978, 1981 (shared)
NKK SC 2 0 1980, 1987
Shonan Bellmare 1 1 1973 (shared) 1978
Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 1976 1980
Consadole Sapporo 1 1 1981 (shared) 1988
Eidai SC 0 1 1976
Kashima Antlers 0 1 1987
Júbilo Iwata 0 1 1989
Honda FC 0 1 1991

Sources

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