The 1967 season in Japanese football

Japan Soccer League
Season1967
ChampionsToyo Industries
3rd title
RelegatedToyota Automated Loom Works
Matches played56
Goals scored225 (4.02 per match)
Top goalscorerTakeo Kimura (15 goals)
Average attendance5,759
← 1966
1968 →

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.

Toyo Industries1 – 0Kansai University
National Stadium, Tokyo

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