1966 Japan Soccer League

The 1966 season of the Japan Soccer League.

Football league season
Japan Soccer League
Season1966
ChampionsToyo Industries
2nd title
RelegatedNagoya Mutual Bank
Matches played56
Goals scored183 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerAritatsu Ogi (14 goals)
Average attendance5,683
← 1965
1967 →

League tables

Japan Soccer League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toyo Industries 14 12 1 1 43 6 +37 25 Champions
2 Yawata Steel 14 10 1 3 33 16 +17 21
3 Furukawa Electric 14 9 2 3 30 17 +13 20
4 Mitsubishi Motors 14 8 2 4 24 24 0 18
5 Hitachi 14 5 3 6 24 28 −4 13
6 Toyoda Automatic Loom Works 14 2 3 9 10 29 −19 7
7 Nagoya Mutual Bank 14 2 0 12 12 34 −22 4 To promotion/relegation Series
8 Yanmar Diesel 14 1 2 11 7 29 −22 4
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion/relegation Series

Nagoya Mutual Bank became the first original JSL club to be relegated. In its place, Nippon Kokan from Kawasaki, Kanagawa was promoted and began a long career of league success that was only brought to a halt by the professionalization of the league.

JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Senior Cup
Nagoya Mutual Bank (JSL 7th Place) 2-3 1-2 Nippon Kokan (cup runner-up)
Yanmar Diesel (JSL 8th Place) 1-0 1-1 Urawa SC (cup winner)

Nippon Kokan promoted, Nagoya Mutual Bank relegated.

Team of the Year

Position Footballer Club Nationality
GK Kenzo Yokoyama (1) Mitsubishi Motors  Japan
DF Hiroshi Katayama (1) Mitsubishi Motors  Japan
DF Masakatsu Miyamoto (1) Furukawa Electric  Japan
DF Kazuo Imanishi (1) Toyo Industries  Japan
MF Aritatsu Ogi (1) Toyo Industries  Japan
MF Hisao Kami (1) Yawata Steel  Japan
MF Ryuichi Sugiyama (1) Mitsubishi Motors  Japan
MF Teruki Miyamoto (1) Yawata Steel  Japan
FW Shigeo Yaegashi (1) Furukawa Electric  Japan
FW Takayuki Kuwata (1) Toyo Industries  Japan
FW Ikuo Matsumoto (1) Toyo Industries  Japan

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