1978 IN JAPANESE FOOTBALL

1978 season
1978 season
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Japanese football in 1978

Japan Soccer League

Division 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mitsubishi Motors	18	13	1	0	4	30	13	+17	54	Champions
2	Yanmar Diesel	18	11	1	1	5	33	26	+7	47
3	Fujita	18	9	3	4	2	35	14	+21	46
4	Yomiuri	18	10	1	1	6	40	30	+10	43
5	Hitachi	18	8	1	0	9	36	30	+6	34
6	Toyo Industries	18	7	3	0	8	23	34	−11	34
7	Nippon Kokan	18	7	0	2	9	19	21	−2	30
8	Nippon Steel	18	5	2	2	9	16	18	−2	26
9	Fujitsu	18	3	1	3	11	14	29	−15	17	To promotion/relegation Series
10	Furukawa Electric	18	3	1	1	13	9	30	−21	15	To promotion/relegation Series

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Division 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honda	18	13	1	3	1	39	9	+30	57	To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1
2	Nissan Motors	18	10	2	2	4	36	16	+20	46	To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1
3	Kofu Club	18	9	1	0	8	32	33	−1	38
4	Yanmar Club (Yanmar Diesel B-Team)	18	8	3	0	7	29	31	−2	38
5	Tanabe Pharmaceutical	18	7	3	3	5	23	16	+7	37
6	Teijin	18	7	2	2	7	25	22	+3	34
7	Toshiba Horikawacho	18	7	2	2	7	20	20	0	34
8	Sumitomo Metal	18	7	0	2	9	29	28	+1	30
9	Toyota Motors	18	5	1	0	12	26	42	−16	22	To promotion/relegation Series with Regional Series finalists
10	Kyoto Shiko Club	18	1	1	2	14	15	51	−36	8

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Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

January 1, 1979

Mitsubishi Motors	1–0	Toyo Industries
Ikuo Takahara ?'

National Stadium

Japan Soccer League Cup

National team

Results

1978.05.23	Japan	3–1	Thailand	Aichi, Japan
	Nagai 4' Usui 23' Ochiai 69'	JFA	? ?'	Stadium: Mizuho Rugby Stadium

1978.07.13	Japan	0–0	Iraq	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		JFA

1978.07.15	Japan	1–2	Indonesia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Fujishima 25'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'

1978.07.17	Japan	3–2	Syria	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Usui 3', 8' Ochiai 44'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'

1978.07.19	Japan	0–4	South Korea	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

1978.07.21	Japan	1–4	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Nishino 8'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'

1978.07.23	Japan	1–2	Singapore	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Usui 44'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'

1978.07.26	Japan	4–0	Thailand	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Hosotani 7' Ochiai 40' Usui 86' Sekiguchi 87'	JFA

1978.11.19	Japan	1–4	Soviet Union	Tokyo, Japan
	Fujiguchi 4'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

1978.11.23	Japan	1–4	Soviet Union	Tokyo, Japan
	Fujiguchi 86'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

1978.11.26	Japan	0–3	Soviet Union	Osaka, Japan
		JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium

1978.12.11	Japan	0–2	Kuwait	Bangkok, Thailand
		JFA	? ?' ? ?'

1978.12.13	Japan	4–0	Bahrain	Bangkok, Thailand
	Usui 8', 42' Hara 65' Maeda 71'	JFA

1978.12.15	Japan	1–3	South Korea	Bangkok, Thailand
	Kato 87'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

Players statistics

Player	-1977	05.23	07.13	07.15	07.17	07.19	07.21	07.23	07.26	11.19	11.23	11.26	12.11	12.13	12.15	1978	Total
Nobuo Fujishima	50(6)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	12(1)	62(7)
Yoshikazu Nagai	46(5)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	12(1)	58(6)
Hiroshi Ochiai	35(5)	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	14(3)	49(8)
Atsuyoshi Furuta	26(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	6(0)	32(0)
Kazuo Saito	19(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	9(0)	28(0)
Hideki Maeda	14(2)	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	O(1)	-	7(1)	21(3)
Mitsunori Fujiguchi	14(0)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	12(2)	26(2)
Mitsuhisa Taguchi	9(0)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	22(0)
Hiroyuki Usui	7(0)	O(1)	O	O	O(2)	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O(2)	O	14(7)	21(7)
Akira Nishino	4(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	8(1)	12(1)
Keizo Imai	3(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	13(0)	16(0)
Nobutoshi Kaneda	1(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	14(0)	15(1)
Hiromi Hara	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	6(1)	6(1)
Kazuaki Nagasawa	0(0)	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	6(0)	6(0)
Hisashi Kato	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O(1)	5(1)	5(1)
Ichiro Hosotani	0(0)	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(1)	4(1)
Tsutomu Sonobe	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	4(0)	4(0)
Haruhisa Hasegawa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	4(0)	4(0)
Hisao Sekiguchi	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(1)	3(1)
Toyohito Mochizuki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Yukitaka Omi	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Choei Sato	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Tetsuo Sugamata	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)

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National team

Results

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