Football league season
Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1985–86 season.
First Division [ edit ] Led by their star player Yasuhiko Okudera , who had returned to the club after successful periods in Europe, Furukawa Electric won their second title. Okudera became the first widely recognized professional Japanese player.
Sumitomo and ANA Yokohama were relegated after one season in the top division.
Second Division [ edit ] No relegation took place for a second wave of expansion that would bring the division's number of clubs to 16.
First stage [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Toyota Motors 10 8 1 1 23 6 +17 17 2 Toshiba 10 6 1 3 12 7 +5 13 3 Kofu Club 10 5 0 5 22 16 +6 10 4 Fujitsu 10 4 2 4 16 12 +4 10 5 Seino Transportation 10 3 2 5 13 21 −8 8 6 TDK 10 0 2 8 10 34 −24 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Matsushita Electric 10 8 2 0 26 6 +20 18 2 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 10 6 1 3 13 8 +5 13 3 Mazda 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 12 4 Nippon Steel 10 5 1 4 18 9 +9 11 5 Kyoto Prefectural Police 10 2 0 8 3 28 −25 4 6 Osaka Gas 10 1 0 9 8 21 −13 2
Second stage [ edit ] Promotion Group [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 1 Matsushita Electric 10 8 1 1 23 6 +17 17 Promoted to First Division 2 Mazda 10 6 1 3 12 7 +5 13 3 Toshiba 10 5 0 5 22 16 +6 10 4 Kofu Club 10 4 2 4 16 12 +4 10 5 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 10 3 2 5 13 21 −8 8 6 Toyota Motors 10 0 2 8 10 34 −24 2
Relegation Group [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Fujitsu 4 4 0 0 17 2 +15 8 2 Seino Transportation 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 3 3 TDK 4 0 1 3 2 14 −12 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Nippon Steel 5 3 1 1 9 2 +7 7 2 Kyoto Prefectural Police 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3 3 Osaka Gas 4 1 0 3 6 10 −4 2
7-12 Playoff [ edit ] Pos East Score West 7–8 Fujitsu 0-1 Nippon Steel 9–10 Seino Transportation 1-0 Kyoto Prefectural Police 11–12 TDK 1-2 Osaka Gas
References [ edit ]
League competitions
Cup competitions
Related to national teams
League competitions
Cup competitions
Related to national teams