1976 in Japanese football

The year 1976 in Japanese football, or football in Japan, saw the Japan national football team lose more matches than it won.

1976 season

Japan Soccer League

Main article: 1976 Japan Soccer League

Division 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Furukawa Electric	18	11	4	3	37	15	+22	26	Champions
2	Mitsubishi Motors	18	9	4	5	28	16	+12	22
3	Fujita	18	9	4	5	28	20	+8	22
4	Yanmar Diesel	18	9	3	6	34	20	+14	21
5	Hitachi	18	7	7	4	22	14	+8	21
6	Nippon Kokan	18	6	8	4	22	21	+1	20
7	Eidai	18	7	4	7	18	24	−6	18	Folded
8	Toyo Industries	18	5	5	8	16	20	−4	15
9	Nippon Steel	18	5	2	11	23	30	−7	12	To Promotion/relegation Series
10	Toyota Motors	18	1	1	16	10	58	−48	3

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Division 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fujitsu	18	13	3	2	32	6	+26	29	To Promotion/relegation Series with Division 1
2	Yomiuri	18	11	3	4	51	28	+23	25
3	Tanabe Pharmaceutical	18	10	5	3	28	18	+10	25
4	Honda	18	6	9	3	25	17	+8	21
5	Teijin Matsuyama	18	9	1	8	32	28	+4	19
6	Yanmar Club (Yanmar Diesel B-Team)	18	6	5	7	23	23	0	17
7	Sumitomo Metal	18	5	3	10	27	34	−7	13
8	Kofu SC	18	4	4	10	14	30	−16	12
9	Kyoto Shiko	18	3	5	10	11	25	−14	11	To Promotion/relegation Series with Senior Cup finalists
10	Furukawa Electric Chiba	18	3	2	13	17	51	−34	8

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Japanese Regional Leagues

Main article: 1976 Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 1976 Emperor's Cup

January 1, 1977

Furukawa Electric	4–1	Yanmar Diesel
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National Stadium

Japan Soccer League Cup

Main article: 1976 Japan Soccer League Cup

National team

Results

Japan v Bulgaria

1976.01.25	Japan	1–3	Bulgaria	Tokyo, Japan
	Kamamoto 12'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 20,000

Japan v Bulgaria

1976.01.28	Japan	1–1	Bulgaria	Osaka, Japan
	Matsunaga 75'	JFA	? ?'	Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium Attendance: 5,000

Japan v Bulgaria

1976.02.01	Japan	0–3	Bulgaria	Tokyo, Japan
		JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 20,000

Japan v Philippines

1976.03.14	Japan	3–0	Philippines	Tokyo, Japan
	Ochiai 12', 73' Takabayashi 17'	JFA		Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 25,000

Japan v Philippines

1976.03.17	Japan	3–0	Philippines	Tokyo, Japan
	Fujishima 23', 44' Maeda 72'	JFA		Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Japan v South Korea

1976.03.21	Japan	0–2	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
		JFA	? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 58,000

Japan v South Korea

1976.03.27	Japan	2–2	South Korea	Seoul, South Korea
	Kamamoto 40', 89'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'	Attendance: 30,000

Japan v Israel

1976.03.31	Japan	0–3	Israel	Seoul, South Korea
		JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Attendance: 20,000

Japan v Israel

1976.04.11	Japan	1–4	Israel	Tel Aviv, Israel
	Matsunaga 40'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Attendance: 35,000

Japan v India

1976.08.08	Japan	5–1	India	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Kamamoto 7' Nagai 50' Okudera 55', 70' Fujishima 85'	JFA	? ?'	Attendance: 15,000

Japan v Indonesia

1976.08.10	Japan	6–0	Indonesia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Okudera 15', 30', 73' Kamamoto 55' Komaeda 67', 80'	JFA

Japan v Burma

1976.08.13	Japan	2–2	Burma	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Kamamoto 57' Okudera 75'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Thailand

1976.08.16	Japan	2–2	Thailand	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Kamamoto 13', 25'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'

Japan v South Korea

Japan v Malaysia

1976.08.20	Japan	2–2	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Okudera 22' Kamamoto 83'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Malaysia

1976.08.22	Japan	0–2	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		JFA	? ?' ? ?'

Japan v South Korea

1976.12.04	Japan	1–2	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
	Nagai 33'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Players statistics

Player	-1975	01.25	01.28	02.01	03.14	03.17	03.21	03.27	03.31	04.11	08.08	08.10	08.13	08.16	08.18	08.20	08.22	12.04	1976	Total
Aritatsu Ogi	60(11)	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	62(11)
Kunishige Kamamoto	56(66)	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O	O(2)	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	O(2)	O	O(1)	O	O	16(9)	72(75)
Takaji Mori	52(2)	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	56(2)
Daishiro Yoshimura	34(7)	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	12(0)	46(7)
Nobuo Kawakami	32(0)	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8(0)	40(0)
Kozo Arai	31(4)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	15(0)	46(4)
Nobuo Fujishima	29(3)	O	O	O	-	O(2)	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	16(3)	45(6)
Kuniya Daini	29(0)	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	15(0)	44(0)
Yoshikazu Nagai	24(3)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	17(2)	41(5)
Atsuyoshi Furuta	24(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	26(0)
Mitsuo Watanabe	19(4)	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	22(4)
Hiroshi Ochiai	15(3)	O	O	O	O(2)	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	15(2)	30(5)
Eijun Kiyokumo	14(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	9(0)	23(0)
Mitsunori Fujiguchi	12(0)	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	14(0)
Yasuhiko Okudera	11(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(2)	O(3)	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	8(7)	19(8)
Masaki Yokotani	11(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	O	O	6(0)	17(0)
Tatsuhiko Seta	10(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	14(0)	24(0)
Hideki Maeda	5(1)	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6(1)	11(2)
Toshio Takabayashi	4(1)	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	8(1)	12(2)
Akira Matsunaga	3(0)	O	O(1)	O	-	O	-	O	O	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7(2)	10(2)
Hiroyuki Usui	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	1(0)	3(0)
Mitsuhisa Taguchi	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	3(0)	4(0)
Kazuo Saito	0(0)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	14(0)	14(0)
Hiroji Imamura	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	4(0)	4(0)
Mitsuru Komaeda	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(2)	1(2)