The 1966 season of the Japan Soccer League.

Japan Soccer League
Season1966
ChampionsToyo Industries
2nd title
RelegatedNagoya Mutual Bank
Matches played56
Goals scored183 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerAritatsu Ogi (14 goals)
Average attendance5,683
1965
1967

League tables

Japan Soccer League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toyo Industries 14 12 1 1 43 6 +37 25 Champions
2 Yawata Steel 14 10 1 3 33 16 +17 21
3 Furukawa Electric 14 9 2 3 30 17 +13 20
4 Mitsubishi Motors 14 8 2 4 24 24 0 18
5 Hitachi 14 5 3 6 24 28 4 13
6 Toyoda Automatic Loom Works 14 2 3 9 10 29 19 7
7 Nagoya Mutual Bank 14 2 0 12 12 34 22 4 To promotion/relegation Series
8 Yanmar Diesel 14 1 2 11 7 29 22 4
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Promotion/relegation Series

Nagoya Mutual Bank became the first original JSL club to be relegated. In its place, Nippon Kokan from Kawasaki, Kanagawa was promoted and began a long career of league success that was only brought to a halt by the professionalization of the league.

JSL1st leg2nd legSenior Cup
Nagoya Mutual Bank (JSL 7th Place)2-31-2Nippon Kokan (cup runner-up)
Yanmar Diesel (JSL 8th Place)1-01-1Urawa SC (cup winner)

Nippon Kokan promoted, Nagoya Mutual Bank relegated.

Team of the Year

PositionFootballerClubNationality
GKKenzo Yokoyama (1)Mitsubishi Motors Japan
DFHiroshi Katayama (1)Mitsubishi Motors Japan
DFMasakatsu Miyamoto (1)Furukawa Electric Japan
DFKazuo Imanishi (1)Toyo Industries Japan
MFAritatsu Ogi (1)Toyo Industries Japan
MFHisao Kami (1)Yawata Steel Japan
MFRyuichi Sugiyama (1)Mitsubishi Motors Japan
MFTeruki Miyamoto (1)Yawata Steel Japan
FWShigeo Yaegashi (1)Furukawa Electric Japan
FWTakayuki Kuwata (1)Toyo Industries Japan
FWIkuo Matsumoto (1)Toyo Industries Japan

References

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