title: 1979 Japan Soccer League
text: # 1979 Japan Soccer League
  
  Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1979 season.
  
  ## First Division
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Fujita Engineering | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 53 | Champions |
  | 2 | Yomiuri | 18 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 44 | |
  | 3 | Hitachi | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 44 | |
  | 4 | Yanmar Diesel | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 40 | |
  | 5 | Furukawa Electric | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 40 | |
  | 6 | Toyo Kogyo | 18 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 33 | |
  | 7 | Mitsubishi Motors | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 32 | |
  | 8 | Nippon Steel | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 29 | |
  | 9 | Nippon Kokan | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 43 | −26 | 10 | To promotion/relegation Series |
  | 10 | Nissan | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 39 | −30 | 9 | To promotion/relegation Series |
  
  ### Promotion/relegation Series
  
  | JSL Division 1 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | JSL Division 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Nippon Kokan | 0-0(PK3-4) | 1-2 | Yamaha Motors |
  | Nissan Motors | 4-1 | 2-1 | Toshiba Horikawa-cho |
  
  Yamaha promoted, NKK relegated.
  
  ## Second Division
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Toshiba | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 48 | To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1 |
  | 2 | Yamaha Motors | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 47 | To promotion/relegation Series with Division 1 |
  | 3 | Fujitsu | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 47 | |
  | 4 | Honda | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 44 | |
  | 5 | Yanmar Club | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 36 | Folded |
  | 6 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 28 | |
  | 7 | Toyota Motors | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 28 | |
  | 8 | Kofu Club | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 26 | |
  | 9 | Teijin SC Matsuyama | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 25 | To promotion/relegation Series with Regional Series finalists |
  | 10 | Sumitomo | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 14 | To promotion/relegation Series with Regional Series finalists |
  
  ### Promotion/relegation Series
  
  | JSL | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Regional Series |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Teijin SC Matsuyama | 2-1 | 1-1 | Kyoto Shiko Club |
  | Sumitomo | 1-0 | 3-1 | Daikyo Oil |
  
  No relegations. Due to withdrawal of Yanmar Club, Yanmar Diesel's B-squad, Daikyo was promoted.
  
  