1971 Japan Soccer League

Japan Soccer League
Season1971
1970
1972

Japan Soccer League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Yanmar Diesel 14 9 4 1 32 13 +19 22 Champions
2 Mitsubishi Motors 14 7 4 3 32 12 +20 18
3 Nippon Steel 14 8 2 4 34 23 +11 18
4 Hitachi 14 7 4 3 18 17 +1 18
5 Furukawa Electric 14 5 5 4 24 24 0 15
6 Toyo Industries 14 3 4 7 11 17 −6 10
7 Nippon Kokan 14 2 4 8 11 23 −12 8 To promotion/relegation Series
8 Nagoya Mutual Bank 14 0 3 11 10 43 −33 3
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion/relegation Series

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Nagoya Mutual Bank lost its place in the League for a second time, this time to Towa Real Estate, which would become one of the biggest names in Japanese football as Fujita Engineering and Bellmare Hiratsuka, currently known as Shonan Bellmare.

JSL 1st leg 2nd leg Senior Cup
Nippon Kokan 2–2 0–0 Tanabe Pharmaceutical (Cup runner-up)
Nagoya Mutual Bank 0–0 0–1 Towa Real Estate (Cup winner)

Towa RE promoted, Nagoya Mutual Bank relegated; NMB resigned from JSL instead of forming Second Division.

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