1982 Japan Soccer League

1982 was the 18th season of the Japan Soccer League.

Japan Soccer League

Season	1982
← 1981 1983 →

First Division

Mitsubishi tied Yanmar's four championships with its own run.

NKK could not adjust to the top flight for this season and was relegated instantly. Honda saved itself by defeating Toshiba in the playout.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mitsubishi Motors	18	10	3	5	27	16	+11	23	Champions
2	Yanmar Diesel	18	9	4	5	25	17	+8	22
3	Furukawa Electric	18	8	5	5	25	19	+6	21
4	Fujita Engineering	18	8	4	6	26	21	+5	20
5	Yomiuri	18	8	3	7	23	18	+5	19
6	Hitachi	18	8	3	7	29	27	+2	19
7	Mazda	18	4	9	5	16	20	−4	17
8	Nissan	18	5	4	9	12	24	−12	14
9	Honda	18	4	6	8	17	29	−12	14	To promotion/relegation Series
10	Nippon Kokan	18	1	9	8	12	23	−11	11	Relegated to Second Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Promotion/relegation Series

JSL Division 1	1st leg	2nd leg	JSL Division 2
Honda	2-1	3-0	Toshiba

Second Division

Yamaha returned to the First Division at the first attempt and also had an amazing cup run, winning the Emperor's Cup.

Saitama Teachers kept its League place by defeating Seino Transportation of Gifu, while Teijin, the top representative of Matsuyama, Ehime at the time, went back to the Shikoku regional league.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Yamaha Motors	18	12	5	1	35	11	+24	29	Promoted to First Division
2	Toshiba	18	12	2	4	39	16	+23	26	To promotion/relegation Series with First Division
3	Sumitomo	18	11	3	4	32	18	+14	25
4	Tanabe Pharmaceuticals	18	10	2	6	27	16	+11	22
5	Nippon Steel	18	8	3	7	24	21	+3	19
6	Toyota Motors	18	6	2	10	19	26	−7	14
7	Fujitsu	18	4	5	9	16	26	−10	13
8	Kofu Club	18	4	4	10	15	23	−8	12
9	Saitama Teachers	18	4	3	11	14	38	−24	11	To promotion/relegation Series with Regional Series
10	Teijin SC	18	3	3	12	17	43	−26	9	Relegated to Regional Leagues

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Promotion/relegation Series

JSL	1st leg	2nd leg	Regional Series
Saitama Teachers	0-0	3-1	Seino Transportation (runner-up)

References

• Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF)