1985–86 Japan Soccer League

Statistics of Japan Soccer League in season 1985/1986.

First Division

Led by their star player Yasuhiko Okudera, who had returned to the club after successful periods in Europe, Furukawa Electric won a second title. Okudera became the first widely recognized professional Japanese player.

Sumitomo and ANA went back down as soon as they had come up, unable to get wins.

PosClubPtsWDLGFGAGDNotes
1Furukawa Electric3515524015+25Champions
2Nippon Kokan2813273922+17
3Honda2881223020+10
4Fujita Engineering269853117+14
5Nissan248862329-9
6Yamaha Motors239582021-1
7Mitsubishi Motors228682919+10
8Hitachi218592633-7
9Yomiuri1975102831-3
10Yanmar Diesel1866102027-7
11Sumitomo1563132132-11Relegated to Second Division
12ANA Yokohama521191657-41

Second Division

No relegation took place for a second wave of expansion that would bring the division's number of clubs to 16.

First Stage

East

PosClubPtsWDLGFGAGD
1Toyota Motors17811236+17
2Toshiba13613127+5
3Kofu Club105052216+6
4Fujitsu104241612+4
5Seino Transportation83251321-8
6TDK20281034-24

West

PosClubPtsWDLGFGAGD
1Matsushita Electric18820266+20
2Tanabe Pharmaceuticals13613138+5
3Mazda125231410+4
4Nippon Steel11514189+9
5Kyoto Prefectural Police4208328-25
6Osaka Gas2109821-13

Second Stage

Promotion Group

PosClubPtsWDLGFGAGDNotes
1Matsushita Electric17811236+17Promoted to First Division
2Mazda13613127+5
3Toshiba105052216+6
4Kofu Club104241612+4
5Tanabe Pharmaceuticals83251321-8
6Toyota Motors20281034-24

Relegation Group

East
PosClubPtsWDLGFGAGD
1Fujitsu8400172+15
2Seino Transportation311258-3
3TDK1013214-12
West
PosClubPtsWDLGFGAGD
1Nippon Steel731192+7
2Kyoto Prefectural Police311247-3
3Osaka Gas2103610-4
7-12 Playoff
PosEastScoreWest
7・8Fujitsu0-1Nippon Steel
9・10Seino Transportation1-0Kyoto Prefectural Police
11・12TDK1-2Osaka Gas

References

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