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1973 Japan Soccer League
The 1973 season of Japanese football. League tables JSL First Division Tanabe Pharmaceuticals was relegated, thereby becoming the first Japanese team to go straight back down one season after promotion. JSL 1/2 promotion/relegation Series Eidai promoted, Tanabe relegated. JSL Second Division JSL promotion/relegation Series Sumitomo, at the time based in Osaka, would move to Kashima, Ibaraki in 1975 and become today's Kashima Antlers. Hitachi Ibaraki and Sumitomo promoted, Toyota Industries and Hagoromo Club relegated. References {{Japanese Club Football, group=first 1973 1 Jap Jap ''Jap'' is an English abbreviation of the word " Japanese". In the United States, some Japanese Americans have come to find the term offensive because of the internment they suffered during World War II. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, ''Jap ...
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Japan Soccer League
; JSL) was the top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J.League. JSL Cup, JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936. JSL was the first-ever national league of an amateur team sport in Japan. History Each JSL team represented a corporation, and like Nippon Professional Baseball, Japanese baseball teams, went by the name of the company that owned the team. Unlike in baseball, however, promotion and relegation was followed, as J.League follows today. The players were officially amateur and were employees of the parent corporations, but especially in later years, top players were generally paid strictly to play soccer. Originally, the JSL consisted of a single division, but in 1972 a Second Division was added. Clubs could join in by winning the All Japan Senior Football Championship cup competition an ...
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Yomiuri Football Club
is a Japanese professional association football, football club based in Inagi, Tokyo. The club currently competes in the J1 League, following promotion from the J2 League in 2023 J2 League, 2023. History Founded as Yomiuri Football Club in 1969, Tokyo Verdy is one of the most decorated clubs in the J.League, with honours including 2 league titles, 5 Emperor's Cups, 6 JSL Cup/J.League Cups and an Asian Champions League#Asian Club Championship Era (1985/86–2001/02), Asian Club Championship title, and the most successful team in Japanese football history with 25 titles. The club was an original member of the J.League in 1993. Early years and rise to the top (1969–1983) In October 1968, following Japan's bronze medal triumph at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the interest in football that ensued, Japan Football Association president Yuzuru Nozu visited Yomiuri Giants chairman Matsutaro Shoriki to ask him if Yomiuri was willing to ride on the wave of the game b ...
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1973 In Japanese Football
Japanese football in 1973 Japan Soccer League Division 1 Division 2 Japanese Regional Leagues Emperor's Cup National team Results Players statistics External links {{DEFAULTSORT:1973 In Japanese Football Seasons in Japanese football ...
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Japan Soccer League Seasons
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Sumitomo Metals FC
The are a professional football club based in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan. They currently play in the J1 League, the top tier of Japanese professional football leagues. The club has financial backing from Mercari, a Japanese e-commerce company. Since the J.League's creation and introduction of professional Japanese football in 1993, Kashima have proven themselves to be by far Japan's most successful football club in terms of trophies won, having won the J1 League title a record 8 times, the J.League Cup a record 6 times, the Emperor's Cup 5 times and the Japanese Super Cup a record 6 times for an unprecedented nineteen major domestic titles. Continentally, Kashima became Asian champions when they won the AFC Champions League in 2018. The club also won the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship on 2 occasions in 2012 and 2013. Internationally, Kashima has made two appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup where in the 2016 edition, the club qualified as the host of the ...
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Hitachi Ibaraki SC
Hitachi Ibaraki Soccer Club is a Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... club based in Ibaraki. The club has played in Japan Soccer League Division 2. External linksFootball of Japan Football clubs in Japan Japan Soccer League clubs 1923 establishments in Japan Association football clubs established in 1923 Sports clubs and teams in Ibaraki Prefecture Hitachi Works association football clubs in Japan {{Japan-footyclub-stub ...
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Kashima Antlers
The are a professional association football, football club based in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan. They currently play in the J1 League, the top tier of Japanese professional football leagues. The club has financial backing from Mercari, a Japanese e-commerce company. Since the J.League's creation and introduction of professional Japanese football in 1993, Kashima have proven themselves to be by far Japan's most successful football club in terms of trophies won, having won the J1 League title a record Japanese football champions, 8 times, the J.League Cup a record 6 times, the Emperor's Cup 5 times and the Japanese Super Cup a record 6 times for an unprecedented nineteen major domestic titles. Continentally, Kashima became Asian champions when they won the AFC Champions League in 2018 AFC Champions League, 2018. The club also won the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship on 2 occasions in 2012 Suruga Bank Championship, 2012 and 2013 Suruga Bank Championship, 2013. Internatio ...
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Kashima, Ibaraki
is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 67,197 in 28,873 households and a population density of 634 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 31.5%. The total area of the city is . Kashima is the home of the J. League's Kashima Antlers. Its home field, Kashima Soccer Stadium, was used as a site during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The city is also the site of the Kashima Shrine, one of the oldest Shinto shrines in eastern Japan, and considered the birthplace of many influential styles of Japanese swordsmanship ('' Kenjutsu''). Geography Kashima is located in southeastern Ibaraki Prefecture, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east and Lake Kitaura (Lake Kasumigaura) to the west, with a width of less than 10 kilometers from east-to-west. It is approximately 110 kilometers to the northeast of Tokyo. Surrounding municipalities Ibaraki Prefecture * Hokota * Itako * Kamisu * Namegata Climate Kashima ...
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Hagoromo Club
Hagoromo Club was a Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... club based in Shizuoka. The club has played in Japan Soccer League Division 2. Club name *1948–1972 : Nippon Light Metal SC *1973–1974 : Hagoromo Club External linksFootball of Japan Japan Soccer League clubs 1948 establishments in Japan 1974 disestablishments in Japan Sports clubs and teams in Shizuoka Prefecture Shizuoka (city) Defunct football clubs in Japan Association football clubs established in 1948 Association football clubs disestablished in 1974 Works association football clubs in Japan {{Japan-footyclub-stub ...
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Toyoda Automatic Loom Works SC
is a Japanese football club based in Kariya, Aichi. History The club was formed in 1946 under its parent company's then-official English name ''Toyoda Automatic Loom Works'', and co-founded the original Japan Soccer League (JSL) in 1965 (''"Original Eight"''). In the first three seasons of the league the club struggled and was relegated in 1967 when it lost a promotion/relegation series to neighbors and also JSL co-founders Nagoya Mutual Bank, who had been relegated themselves the year before and were looking to get back into the top division again. Thus, Toyota ALW took their place in the Tōkai Regional League. In 1972 the club was given a second chance at national league stardom by co-founding the JSL's new Second Division, but finished in bottom place and was saved from relegation by the fact that the JSL was expanding to increase the First Division's size to 10. The following season they stumbled again despite finishing in 9th place and lost another promotion/relegation ...
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Teijin Matsuyama SC
Teijin Soccer Club was a Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... club based in Ehime. The club has played in Japan Soccer League Division 2. Club name *1960–1977 : Teijin Matsuyama SC *1978–2002 : Teijin SC External linksFootball of Japan Japan Soccer League clubs 1960 establishments in Japan 2002 disestablishments in Japan Sports clubs and teams in Ehime Prefecture Association football clubs established in 1960 Association football clubs disestablished in 2002 Works association football clubs in Japan {{Japan-footyclub-stub ...
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Kyoto Shiko Club
is a Japanese professional football club based in Kyoto. The club plays in the J1 League, the top tier of football in the country. Its name "Sanga" comes from the Sanskrit word ''sangha'', a term meaning "group" or "club" and often used to denote the Buddhist priesthood, associating the club with Kyoto's many Buddhist temples. The club was formerly known as Kyoto Purple Sanga with "purple", the colour of the team uniforms, an imperial colour reflecting Kyoto's status as Japan's ancient imperial capital city. It was decided that, from 2007, the team will simply be known as "Kyoto Sanga". They are the oldest club competing in the J.League. Kyoto Sanga have won two J2 League titles and one Emperor's Cup. History The club was started as Kyoto Shiko Club, one of the few proper Japanese football clubs in the sense of being strictly dedicated to football and not being part of a company. Like Ventforet Kofu, it could not rise to a Japan Soccer League First Division dominated by compa ...
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