1978 Japan Soccer League

Japan Soccer League
Season	1978
	← 1977 1979 →

Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1978 season.

First Division

By winning the 1978 Emperor's Cup and 1978 Japan Soccer League Cup along with the title, Mitsubishi completed the first Japanese treble ever.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mitsubishi Motors	18	13	1	0	4	30	13	+17	54	Champions
2	Yanmar Diesel	18	11	1	1	5	33	26	+7	47
3	Fujita	18	9	3	4	2	35	14	+21	46
4	Yomiuri	18	10	1	1	6	40	30	+10	43
5	Hitachi	18	8	1	0	9	36	30	+6	34
6	Toyo Industries	18	7	3	0	8	23	34	−11	34
7	Nippon Kokan	18	7	0	2	9	19	21	−2	30
8	Nippon Steel	18	5	2	2	9	16	18	−2	26
9	Fujitsu	18	3	1	3	11	14	29	−15	17	To promotion/relegation Series
10	Furukawa Electric	18	3	1	1	13	9	30	−21	15	To promotion/relegation Series

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

JSL Division 1	1st leg	2nd leg	JSL Division 2
Fujitsu	0-2	1-2	Nissan Motors
Furukawa Electric	1-0	0-0	Honda

Nissan promoted, Fujitsu relegated.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honda	18	13	1	3	1	39	9	+30	57	To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1
2	Nissan Motors	18	10	2	2	4	36	16	+20	46	To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1
3	Kofu Club	18	9	1	0	8	32	33	−1	38
4	Yanmar Club	18	8	3	0	7	29	31	−2	38
5	Tanabe Pharmaceutical	18	7	3	3	5	23	16	+7	37
6	Teijin	18	7	2	2	7	25	22	+3	34
7	Toshiba Horikawacho	18	7	2	2	7	20	20	0	34
8	Sumitomo Metal	18	7	0	2	9	29	28	+1	30
9	Toyota Motors	18	5	1	0	12	26	42	−16	22	To promotion/relegation Series with Regional Series finalists
10	Kyoto Shiko Club	18	1	1	2	14	15	51	−36	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

JSL	1st leg	2nd leg	Regional Series
Toyota Motors	1-0	1-2	Toho Titanium (runner-up)
Kyoto Shiko Club	0-3	1-0	Yamaha Motors (champion)

Yamaha promoted, Kyoto Shiko relegated.