was the original league cup for clubs in the

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 professi ...

, the top level of Japanese football before the creation of the J. League and its

cup A cup is an open-top vessel (container) used to hold liquids for drinking, typically with a flattened hemispherical shape, and often with a capacity of about . Cups may be made of pottery (including porcelain), glass, metal, wood, stone, pol ...

. The cup was first played in 1973, but only become an annual tournament in 1976. The JSL Cup included clubs from both the First Division and the Second Division. The format varied; sometimes the clubs played small group stages, other times it was an outright elimination, including only the clubs that were not recent promotions to the Second Division. During the season timeframe change of 1985, the cup was played within the year, a rule that stayed until the advent of the J. League.

Winners

Performances by team

Teams are named using current nomenclature, or last one if they are defunct (denoted in ''italics'').

Sources

Contents of Domestic Competition of Football in Japan
RSSSF.com Defunct football cup competitions in Japan

Cup A cup is an open-top vessel (container) used to hold liquids for drinking, typically with a flattened hemispherical shape, and often with a capacity of about . Cups may be made of pottery (including porcelain), glass, metal, wood, stone, pol ...

National association football league cups Recurring sporting events established in 1973 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1991 1973 establishments in Japan 1991 disestablishments in Japan {{Japan-footy-competition-stub