Japan Soccer League 1965
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The 1965 season in Japanese football saw the formation of the Japan Soccer League
, the first national league in Japan for football clubs.
Nagoya Bank stays in JSL.
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
, the first national league in Japan for football clubs.
Japan Soccer League
| Pos | Club | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Toyo Kogyo Sanfrecce Hiroshima is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'... |
26 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 9 | ＋35 | Champions |
| 2. | Yawata Steel | 24 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 14 | ＋26 | |
| 3. | Furukawa Electric JEF United Ichihara Chiba is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-... |
20 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 20 | ＋12 | |
| 4. | Hitachi Kashiwa Reysol is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League... |
17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 19 | ＋16 | |
| 5. | Mitsubishi Motors Urawa Red Diamonds are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history... |
9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 39 | －15 | |
| 6. | Toyota Industries Toyota Industries S.C. Toyota Industries Soccer Club is a Japanese football club based in Kariya, Aichi.The club was formed in 1946 under its parent company's then-official English name Toyota Automated Loom Works, and co-founded the original Japan Soccer League in 1965... |
7 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 31 | －15 | |
| 7. | Yanmar Diesel Cerezo Osaka is a J. League Division 1 association football team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city.... |
5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 41 | －32 | |
| 8. | Nagoya Mutual Bank | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 43 | －27 | To Promotion/Relegation Series |
Promotion/Relegation Series
| JSL 8th Place | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Senior Cup Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagoya Bank | 5-1 | 1-2 | Nippon Kokan |
Nagoya Bank stays in JSL.