1973 Japanese Regional Leagues

Japanese Regional Leagues
Season1973
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Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues for the 1973 season.

Champions list

Region Champions
Kantō Furukawa Chiba
Tōkai Honda
Kansai Sumitomo Metals
Chūgoku Mazda Auto Hiroshima
Kyushu Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki

League standings

Kantō

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Furukawa Chiba (C) 14 8 5 1 43 18 +25 21
2 Hitachi Mito Katsuta 14 9 2 3 30 19 +11 20
3 Urawa 14 8 3 3 30 23 +7 19
4 Kodama Club 14 8 2 4 30 22 +8 18
5 Toho Titanium 14 4 3 7 24 27 −3 11
6 Ibaraki Hitachi [a] (P) 14 2 6 6 16 24 −8 10 Promoted to JSL 2nd Division
7 Aoyama [b] (R) 14 3 2 9 18 34 −16 8 Relegated to Tokyo Metropolitan League
8 Yokohama Club (R) 14 1 3 10 11 35 −24 5 Relegated to Kanagawa Prefectural League
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
  1. ^ Ibaraki Hitachi, who finished second in the All-Japan Adult Soccer Championship, was promoted to the JSL 2nd Division due to the closure of the Eidai Industrial Soccer Club. Saitama Teachers' Club, which won the Kanto Adult Soccer Tournament, was automatically promoted to the Kanto League.
  2. ^ The 7th and 8th place teams participated in the replacement match and were relegated to the Tokyo Prefectural League after losing to the runner-up Denden Kanto and the 3rd place Metropolitan Police Department Soccer Club.

Tōkai

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Honda (C) 14 12 1 1 48 13 +35 25
2 Daikyo Oil 14 7 5 2 39 16 +23 19
3 Nagoya 14 8 2 4 42 20 +22 18
4 Sumitomo Bakelite 14 6 5 3 33 29 +4 17
5 Wakaayu Club 14 5 3 6 25 32 −7 13
6 Gifu Teachers 14 3 3 8 18 45 −27 9
7 Toyoda Machine Works 14 2 3 9 12 28 −16 7
8 Iga 14 1 2 11 21 55 −34 4
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
  • With the expansion of the number of teams to 10 for the following 1974 season, the 7th and 8th places teams that would normally be relegated, stayed in the division.

Kansai

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sumitomo Metals [a] (C) 14 9 2 3 37 22 +15 20
2 Yanmar Club 14 8 3 3 22 13 +9 19
3 Nippon Steel Hirohata 14 7 2 5 30 16 +14 16
4 Omi Club 14 7 1 6 25 25 0 15
5 Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto 14 5 4 5 24 27 −3 14
6 Wakayama Teachers 14 6 0 8 24 26 −2 12
7 Yuasa Batteries 14 4 2 8 20 32 −12 10
8 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe 14 1 4 9 13 34 −21 6
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
  1. ^ The Sumitomo Metal Industries Football Club, the champion of the All-Japan Adult Soccer Championship, was promoted to the second division of the JSL and due to this promotion, the eighth-place team (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe) in the league would normally be relegated, were not.

Chūgoku

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mazda Auto Hiroshima (C) 10 9 0 1 36 8 +28 18
2 Hiroshima Teachers 10 8 0 2 28 15 +13 16
3 Mitsui Shipbuilding 10 6 0 4 23 10 +13 12
4 Mitsubishi Oil 10 4 0 6 12 17 −5 8
5 Mitsui Oil 10 2 1 7 8 32 −24 5
6 Hitachi Kasado 10 0 1 9 5 30 −25 1
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Kyushu

This is the 1st edition of the Kyushu Football League Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki (C) 6 4 1 1 18 7 +11 9
2 Saga Nanyo Club 6 4 0 2 18 11 +7 8
3 Kagoshima Teachers 6 3 1 2 19 10 +9 7
4 Nishi-Nippon Railroad 6 3 1 2 14 10 +4 7
5 Kumamoto Teachers 6 3 1 2 15 13 +2 7
6 Kagoshima Club 6 1 0 5 11 23 −12 2
7 Tsuruya Department Store (R) 6 1 0 5 5 26 −21 2 Participation in the play-off match,
lost and was relegated to Kumamoto Prefectural League.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation playoff

Tsuruya Department Store (Kumamoto)
（Kyushu Football League 7th place）		1–2Oita Sportsman Club (Oita)
(Kyushu Football League Promotion Championship runner-up)


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