1972 in Japanese football

1972 in Japanese football is an overview of events relating to football in the Japanese culture.

1972 season

Japan Soccer League

Main article: 1972 Japan Soccer League

Division 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hitachi	14	9	3	2	36	16	+20	21	Champions
2	Yanmar Diesel	14	7	6	1	30	11	+19	20
3	Toyo Industries	14	7	2	5	20	13	+7	16
4	Mitsubishi Motors	14	5	6	3	26	19	+7	16
5	Nippon Kokan	14	4	5	5	15	18	−3	13
6	Nippon Steel	14	4	4	6	22	30	−8	12
7	Furukawa Electric	14	3	2	9	17	41	−24	8
8	Towa Real Estate	14	2	2	10	11	29	−18	6

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Division 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Toyota Motors	18	13	4	1	34	16	+18	30	Promoted to First Division
2	Tanabe Pharmaceutical	18	10	6	2	37	22	+15	26
3	Kofu SC	18	9	3	6	33	21	+12	21
4	Kyoto Shiko	18	7	3	8	19	23	−4	17
5	Fujitsu	18	4	9	5	26	31	−5	17
6	Nippon Light Metal	18	7	2	9	31	33	−2	16
7	Yomiuri	18	7	1	10	27	31	−4	15
8	Dainichi Nippon Cable Industries	18	5	4	9	36	40	−4	14
9	NTT Kinki	18	4	6	8	21	25	−4	14
10	Toyoda Automatic Loom Works	18	4	2	12	14	36	−22	10

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Japanese Regional Leagues

Main article: 1972 Japanese Regional Leagues

All Japan Senior Football Championship finalists Eidai Industries and Teijin Matsuyama were promoted to the Second Division.

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 1972 Emperor's Cup

January 1, 1973

Hitachi	2–1	Yanmar Diesel

National Stadium

National team

Results

Japan v Khmer

1972.07.12	Japan	4–1	Khmer	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Kamamoto 50', 65', 71', 89'	JFA	? ?'

Japan v Sri Lanka

1972.07.16	Japan	5–0	Sri Lanka	Ipoh, Malaysia
	Kamamoto 7', 11', 60', 65', 89'	JFA

Japan v Philippines

1972.07.18	Japan	5–1	Philippines	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Ogi 21' Arai 39', 47' Okudera 44' Kamamoto 68'	JFA	? ?'

Japan v Malaysia

1972.07.22	Japan	1–3	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Kamamoto 15'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Attendance: 40,000

Japan v South Korea

1972.07.26	Japan	0–3	South Korea	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Attendance: 30,000

Japan v Philippines

1972.08.04	Japan	4–1	Philippines	Singapore
	Kamamoto 29', 83' Yoshimura 71' Ogi 75'	JFA	? ?'	Attendance: 15,000

Japan v Indonesia

1972.08.06	Japan	0–1	Indonesia	Singapore
		JFA	? ?'

Japan v South Korea

1972.09.14	Japan	2–2	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
	Kamamoto 19', 89'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 15,000

Players statistics

Player	-1971	07.12	07.16	07.18	07.22	07.26	08.04	08.06	09.14	1972	Total
Aritatsu Ogi	41(9)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	8(2)	49(11)
Yoshitada Yamaguchi	41(0)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	5(0)	46(0)
Kenzo Yokoyama	40(0)	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	3(0)	43(0)
Kunishige Kamamoto	33(39)	O(4)	O(5)	O(1)	O(1)	O	O(2)	O	O(2)	8(15)	41(54)
Takaji Mori	33(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	8(0)	41(1)
Nelson Yoshimura	10(3)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	8(1)	18(4)
Kozo Arai	10(0)	O	O	O(2)	O	O	O	O	O	8(2)	18(2)
Nobuo Kawakami	5(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	8(0)	13(0)
Kazumi Takada	4(0)	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	O	5(0)	9(0)
Koji Funamoto	4(0)	O	-	O	-	-	O	O	O	5(0)	9(0)
Seiichi Sakiya	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	2(0)	3(0)
Nobuo Fujishima	1(0)	O	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	6(0)	7(0)
Atsuyoshi Furuta	1(0)	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	O	4(0)	5(0)
Michio Ashikaga	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	3(0)	4(0)
Yasuhiko Okudera	0(0)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	O	6(1)	6(1)
Kuniya Daini	0(0)	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	O	6(0)	6(0)
Mitsunori Fujiguchi	0(0)	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	5(0)	5(0)
George Kobayashi	0(0)	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	3(0)	3(0)
Shusaku Hirasawa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	2(0)	2(0)
Noritaka Hidaka	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	1(0)	1(0)