1978 Japan Soccer League

Statistics of Japan Soccer League in season 1978.

First Division

By winning the 1978 Emperor's Cup and 1978 Japan Soccer League Cup along with the title, Mitsubishi completed the first Japanese treble ever.

Pos	Club	Pts	W	PK(W)	PK(L)	L	GF	GA	GD	Notes
1	Mitsubishi Motors	54	13	1	0	4	30	13	+17	Champions
2	Yanmar Diesel	47	11	1	1	5	33	26	+7
3	Fujita	46	9	3	4	2	35	14	+21
4	Yomiuri	43	10	1	1	6	40	30	+10
5	Hitachi	34	8	1	0	9	36	30	-4
6	Toyo Industries	34	7	3	0	8	23	34	-11
7	Nippon Kokan	30	7	0	2	9	19	21	-2
8	Nippon Steel	26	5	2	2	9	16	18	-2
9	Fujitsu	17	3	1	3	11	14	29	-15	To Promotion/Relegation Series
10	Furukawa Electric	15	3	1	1	13	9	30	-21

Promotion/Relegation Series

JSL Division 1	1st leg	2nd leg	JSL Division 2
Fujitsu	0-2	1-2	Nissan Motors
Furukawa Electric	1-0	0-0	Honda

Nissan promoted, Fujitsu relegated.

Second Division

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

Promotion/Relegation Series

JSL	1st leg	2nd leg	Regional Series
Toyota Motors	1-0	1-2	Toho Titanium (runner-up)
Kyoto Shiko Club	0-3	1-0	Yamaha Motors (champion)

Yamaha promoted, Kyoto Shiko relegated.

References

• Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF)