Japan Soccer League 1968
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Japan Soccer League
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
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| 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'... |
21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 11 | ＋20 | Champions |
| 2. | 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.... |
19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 18 | ＋11 | |
| 3. | 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... |
18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | ＋11 | |
| 4. | Yawata Steel | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 19 | ＋13 | |
| 5. | 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-... |
17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | ＋7 | |
| 6. | Nagoya Mutual Bank | 9 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | －8 | |
| 7. | 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... |
8 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 31 | －14 | To Promotion/Relegation Series |
| 8. | Nippon Kokan NKK F.C. Nippon Kokan Soccer Club, or NKK Soccer Club was a Japanese football club which operated from 1912 to 1994. It played in the old Japan Soccer League since 1967 until its closing... |
3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 46 | －36 |
Promotion/Relegation Series
| JSL | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Senior Cup |
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| 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... |
1-0 | 3-2 | Urawa Club (Cup runner-up) |
| Nippon Kokan | 1-0 | 0-1 | Toyota Motors Nagoya Grampus Eight are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp... (Cup winner) |
No relegations.
Team of the Year
| Position | Footballer | Club | Nationality |
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| GK | Kenzo Yokoyama Kenzo Yokoyama is a retired Japanese football player. Yokoyama also coached the Japan national team between 1988 and 1991.-Career:Yokoyama was born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan in 1943. After graduating from Kawaguchi High School and Rikkyo University, he played professionally in the Japan Soccer League for... (3) |
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... |
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| DF | Hiroshi Katayama Hiroshi Katayama is a retired Japanese football player. His father Yutaka is the first president of Nissan Motors USA.Katayama made 29 appearances for the senior Japan national football team from 1961 to 1971... (3) |
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... |
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| DF | Masakatsu Miyamoto (3) | Furukawa Eletric 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-... |
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| DF | Mitsuo Kamata Mitsuo Kamata is a former Japanese football player.Kamata made 38 appearances for the senior Japan national football team from 1958 to 1969... (2) |
Furukawa Eletric 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-... |
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| DF | Yoshitada Yamaguchi (1) | 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... |
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| MF | Aritatsu Ogi (3) | 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'... |
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| MF | Ryuichi Sugiyama Ryuichi Sugiyama is a former Japanese football player who won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He also participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and scored 2 goals. Sugiyama later became a manager and led Yamaha Motors to the Japan Soccer League Division 1... (3) |
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... |
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| MF | Teruki Miyamoto (3) | Yawata Steel | |
| FW | Shigeo Yaegashi Shigeo Yaegashi , was a Japanese football player.Yaegashi was born in Daejeon, Japan but raised in Iwate. He won a bronze medal in the team competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He died in Tama, Tokyo.-Awards:... (3) |
Furukawa Eletric 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-... |
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| FW | Kunishige Kamamoto Kunishige Kamamoto Kunishige Kamamoto is a former association football player from Japan, who won the bronze medal with the Japan national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, finishing as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals... (1) |
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.... |
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| FW | Masashi Watanabe (1) | Yawata Steel |