1976 in Japanese football

1976 season

The year 1976 in Japanese football, or football in Japan, saw the Japan national football team lose more matches than it won.

Japan Soccer League

Division 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Furukawa Electric 18 11 4 3 37 15 +22 26 Champions
2 Mitsubishi Motors 18 9 4 5 28 16 +12 22
3 Fujita 18 9 4 5 28 20 +8 22
4 Yanmar Diesel 18 9 3 6 34 20 +14 21
5 Hitachi 18 7 7 4 22 14 +8 21
6 Nippon Kokan 18 6 8 4 22 21 +1 20
7 Eidai 18 7 4 7 18 24 −6 18 Folded
8 Toyo Industries 18 5 5 8 16 20 −4 15
9 Nippon Steel 18 5 2 11 23 30 −7 12 To Promotion/relegation Series
10 Toyota Motors 18 1 1 16 10 58 −48 3
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Division 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fujitsu 18 13 3 2 32 6 +26 29 To Promotion/relegation Series with Division 1
2 Yomiuri 18 11 3 4 51 28 +23 25
3 Tanabe Pharmaceutical 18 10 5 3 28 18 +10 25
4 Honda 18 6 9 3 25 17 +8 21
5 Teijin Matsuyama 18 9 1 8 32 28 +4 19
6 Yanmar Club (Yanmar Diesel B-Team) 18 6 5 7 23 23 0 17
7 Sumitomo Metal 18 5 3 10 27 34 −7 13
8 Kofu SC 18 4 4 10 14 30 −16 12
9 Kyoto Shiko 18 3 5 10 11 25 −14 11 To Promotion/relegation Series with Senior Cup finalists
10 Furukawa Electric Chiba 18 3 2 13 17 51 −34 8
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Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

Furukawa Electric4–1Yanmar Diesel
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Japan Soccer League Cup

National team

Results

1976.01.25 Japan 1–3 Bulgaria Tokyo, Japan
Kamamoto 12' JFA ? ?'
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Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
1976.01.28 Japan 1–1 Bulgaria Osaka, Japan
Matsunaga 75' JFA ? ?' Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
1976.02.01 Japan 0–3 Bulgaria Tokyo, Japan
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Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
1976.03.14 Japan 3–0 Philippines Tokyo, Japan
Ochiai 12', 73'
Takabayashi 17'
JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
1976.03.17 Japan 3–0 Philippines Tokyo, Japan
Fujishima 23', 44'
Maeda 72'
JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
1976.03.21 Japan 0–2 South Korea Tokyo, Japan
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Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 58,000
1976.03.27 Japan 2–2 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Kamamoto 40', 89' JFA ? ?'
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Attendance: 30,000
1976.03.31 Japan 0–3 Israel Seoul, South Korea
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Attendance: 20,000
1976.04.11 Japan 1–4 Israel Tel Aviv, Israel
Matsunaga 40' JFA ? ?'
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Attendance: 35,000
1976.08.08 Japan 5–1 India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kamamoto 7'
Nagai 50'
Okudera 55', 70'
Fujishima 85'
JFA ? ?' Attendance: 15,000
1976.08.10 Japan 6–0 Indonesia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Okudera 15', 30', 73'
Kamamoto 55'
Komaeda 67', 80'
JFA
1976.08.13 Japan 2–2 Burma Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kamamoto 57'
Okudera 75'
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1976.08.16 Japan 2–2 Thailand Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kamamoto 13', 25' JFA ? ?'
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1976.08.20 Japan 2–2 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Okudera 22'
Kamamoto 83'
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1976.08.22 Japan 0–2 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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1976.12.04 Japan 1–2 South Korea Tokyo, Japan
Nagai 33' JFA ? ?'
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Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Players statistics

Player -1975 01.25 01.28 02.01 03.14 03.17 03.21 03.27 03.31 04.11 08.08 08.10 08.13 08.16 08.18 08.20 08.22 12.04 1976 Total
Aritatsu Ogi 60(11) - - O - O - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 62(11)
Kunishige Kamamoto 56(66) O(1) O O O - O O(2) O O O(1) O(1) O(1) O(2) O O(1) O O 16(9) 72(75)
Takaji Mori 52(2) - - - O - O O O - - - - - - - - - 4(0) 56(2)
Daishiro Yoshimura 34(7) O O O - - O O - - O O O O O O O - 12(0) 46(7)
Nobuo Kawakami 32(0) O O - O O O O O O - - - - - - - - 8(0) 40(0)
Kozo Arai 31(4) O O O O O - O O O O - O O O O O O 15(0) 46(4)
Nobuo Fujishima 29(3) O O O - O(2) O O O O O(1) O O O O O O O 16(3) 45(6)
Kuniya Daini 29(0) O O O O - O O - O O O O O O O O O 15(0) 44(0)
Yoshikazu Nagai 24(3) O O O O O O O O O O(1) O O O O O O O(1) 17(2) 41(5)
Atsuyoshi Furuta 24(0) - - - - O - - - - - O - - - - - - 2(0) 26(0)
Mitsuo Watanabe 19(4) O O - - O - - - - - - - - - - - - 3(0) 22(4)
Hiroshi Ochiai 15(3) O O O O(2) - O O O O O - O O O O O O 15(2) 30(5)
Eijun Kiyokumo 14(0) O O O O O O - O O - O - - - - - - 9(0) 23(0)
Mitsunori Fujiguchi 12(0) - O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 14(0)
Yasuhiko Okudera 11(1) - - - - - - - - - O(2) O(3) O(1) O O O(1) O O 8(7) 19(8)
Masaki Yokotani 11(0) O - - - - - - - - - O - O - O O O 6(0) 17(0)
Tatsuhiko Seta 10(0) O O O O O O O O O - O O O O - - O 14(0) 24(0)
Hideki Maeda 5(1) - - - O O(1) O O O O - - - - - - - - 6(1) 11(2)
Toshio Takabayashi 4(1) - - - O(1) O O - - - - O O O O O - - 8(1) 12(2)
Akira Matsunaga 3(0) O O(1) O - O - O O O(1) - - - - - - - - 7(2) 10(2)
Hiroyuki Usui 2(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O 1(0) 3(0)
Mitsuhisa Taguchi 1(0) - - - - - - - - - O - - - - O O - 3(0) 4(0)
Kazuo Saito 0(0) - O O O O O O O - O - O O O O O O 14(0) 14(0)
Hiroji Imamura 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O - O O - - O - 4(0) 4(0)
Mitsuru Komaeda 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O(2) - - - - - - 1(2) 1(2)