1967 Japan Soccer League

The 1967 season in Japanese football

Japan Soccer League

Season	1967
Champions	Toyo Industries 3rd title
Relegated	Toyota Automated Loom Works
Matches played	56
Goals scored	225 (4.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Takeo Kimura (15 goals)
Average attendance	5,759
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League tables

Japan Soccer League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toyo Industries	14	10	2	2	37	16	+21	22	Champions
2	Furukawa Electric	14	8	4	2	39	22	+17	20
3	Mitsubishi Motors	14	9	1	4	38	19	+19	19
4	Yawata Steel	14	8	2	4	29	22	+7	18
5	Yanmar Diesel	14	6	2	6	28	27	+1	14
6	Hitachi	14	5	2	7	26	27	−1	12
7	Nippon Kokan	14	2	1	11	16	40	−24	5	To promotion/relegation Series
8	Toyoda Automatic Loom Works	14	0	2	12	12	52	−40	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Promotion/relegation Series

JSL	1st leg	2nd leg	Senior Cup
Nippon Kokan	2-3	3-2	Toyota Motors (Cup runner-up)
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works	0-3	0-3	Nagoya Mutual Bank (Cup winner)

Nagoya Mutual Bank promoted, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works relegated.

Team of The Year

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Kenzo Yokoyama (2)	Mitsubishi Motors	Japan
DF	Hiroshi Katayama (2)	Mitsubishi Motors	Japan
DF	Masakatsu Miyamoto (2)	Furukawa Electric	Japan
DF	Mitsuo Kamata (1)	Furukawa Electric	Japan
MF	Aritatsu Ogi (2)	Toyo Industries	Japan
MF	Hisao Kami (2)	Yawata Steel	Japan
MF	Ryuichi Sugiyama (2)	Mitsubishi Motors	Japan
MF	Teruki Miyamoto (2)	Yawata Steel	Japan
FW	Shigeo Yaegashi (2)	Furukawa Electric	Japan
FW	Takayuki Kuwata (2)	Toyo Industries	Japan
FW	Takeo Kimura (1)	Furukawa Electric	Japan

NHK Cup

In between the League and the Emperor's Cup (which was played in January 1968 in order to allow for a change of format for the next season), a special match pitting the JSL champions Toyo Industries against All Japan University Soccer Tournament winners Kansai University was played in New Year, 1968. It was a predecessor to the later Japanese Super Cup, which began to be played in 1977, by which time the university teams had ceased to be viable contenders to the Emperor's Cup.^[1]

January 1, 1968

Toyo Industries	1 – 0	Kansai University

National Stadium, Tokyo