Japan Football League 1992

Japan Football League 1992
Climbers	D2 → D1: Chūō Bōhan Kyōto Shiko Club
Relegated	D1 → D2: Honda Motors NKK D2 → Regionalliga : Tanabe Pharmaceutical Ōsaka Gas
Teams	20 (in 2 divisions of 10 each)
Japan Football League 1993 →

The Japan Football League 1992 was the first season of the newly formed Japan Football League , a league at the second and third levels of the Japanese football league hierarchy. A total of twenty clubs took part in it. Due to the change of the game year from autumn-spring rhythm to the calendar year for the 1993 season, this season had the character of a transitional season. This was particularly evident from the fact that there were still no promoters to the newly founded J. League , as it was not supposed to start playing until the following year .

First champion of the new division was Yamaha ahead of Hitachi . Relegated from Division 1 to Division 2 for the 1993 season were Honda Motors and NKK , Chūō Bōhan and Kyōto Shiko Club rose from Division 2 to Division 1. Tanabe Pharmaceutical and Osaka Gas had to leave the league in the direction of the regional league .

mode

The twenty teams were divided into two divisions of ten teams each. Each division played a simple double round tournament , so each club had to play a total of 18 games. There were three points for a win, and each team received one point for a draw. The table was created according to the following criteria:

1. Number of points scored
2. Goal difference
3. Goals scored
4. Results of the games among themselves
5. Decision game or coin toss

The best team in Division 1 won the championship. Two teams were exchanged between the two divisions at the end of the season. Finally, the two worst teams in Division 2 were relegated to the corresponding regional league .

Attendees

In Japanese football, fundamental changes in the structure of the league game operations took place after the 1991/92 season. Up to this point in time, only company teams took part in matches, especially those of the highest leagues, which also had amateur status throughout. This changed with the introduction of the professional J. League for the 1993 season , in which nine teams from the Japan Soccer League 1991/92 and the newly founded club Shimizu S-Pulse were included. The other teams of the two Japan Soccer League divisions were transferred to the Japan Football League, with the exception of the second team of Yomiuri SC , which was merged with the first team, which was included in the J. League under the name Verdy Kawasaki .

The top ten teams from both divisions that had not received J. League approval formed Division 1.

society	City / region	Carrier company	Placement JSL 1991/92
Fujita	Hiratsuka , Kanagawa and Tokyo	Fujita Industries	D2, 1.
Fujitsu	Kawasaki , Kanagawa	Fujitsu	D2, 5.
Hitachi	Kashiwa , Chiba	Hitachi	D1, 9.
Honda Motors	Hamamatsu , Shizuoka	Honda	D1, 10.
NKK	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Nihon Kokan	D2, 4.
Ōtsuka Pharmaceutical	Tokushima , Tokushima	Ōtsuka Pharmaceutical	D2, 6.
Tōkyō gas	Tokyo	Tōkyō gas	D2, 7.
Toshiba	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Toshiba	D1, 4.
Yamaha	Iwata , Shizuoka	Yamaha engine	D1, 3.
Yanmar Diesel	Prefectures Hyogo , Osaka and Shiga	Yanmar	D2, 3.

The remaining eight teams formed Division 2 together with the two best teams from the regional league finals .

society	City / region	Carrier company	Placement league 1991/92
Chūō Bōhan	Fujieda , Shizuoka	Chūō Bōhan	D2, 12.
Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi	Yokkaichi , Mie	Cosmo Oil	D2, 11.
Kawasaki Steel	Kurashiki , Okayama	Kawasaki Steel	D2, 8.
Kofu Soccer Club	Kofu , Yamanashi	-	D2, 10.
Kyoto Shiko Club	Kyōto , Kyōto	-	D2, 14th
NTT Kanto	Saitama Prefecture	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone	D2, 9.
Osaka gas	Osaka prefecture	Osaka gas	Kansai - RL
Seinō Transportation	Gifu Prefecture	Seinō Transportation	Kantō - RL
Tanabe Pharmaceutical	Osaka , Osaka	Tanabe Pharmaceutical	D2, 15.
Toho Titanium	Chigasaki , Kanagawa	Toho Titanium	D2, 13.

statistics

Final table Division 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Yamaha	18th	13	5	0	037: 600	+31	44
2.	Hitachi	18th	12	4th	2	037:190	+18	40
3.	Fujita	18th	9	4th	5	037:220	+15	31
4th	Yanmar Diesel	18th	7th	3	8th	023:190	+4	24
5.	Toshiba	18th	6th	5	7th	030:290	+1	23
6th	Fujitsu	18th	5	5	8th	019:270	−8	20th
7th	Tokyo Gas	18th	5	5	8th	022:340	−12	20th
8th.	Ōtsuka Pharmaceutical	18th	4th	6th	8th	017:290	−12	18th
9.	Honda Motors	18th	4th	4th	10	019:360	−17	16
10.	NKK	18th	2	5	11	012:320	−20	11
Status: end of the season

Relegated to Division 2 1993 : Honda Motors, NKK

Final table Division 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Chūō Bōhan	18th	12	2	4th	046:210	+25	38
2.	Kyoto Shiko Club	18th	11	4th	3	039:170	+22	37
3.	Kawasaki Steel	18th	11	2	5	032:170	+15	35
4th	Cosmo Oil	18th	9	3	6th	026:210	+5	30th
5.	Kofu Soccer Club	18th	9	1	8th	026:290	−3	28
6th	NTT Kanto	18th	5	7th	6th	024:200	+4	22nd
7th	Seinō Transportation (N)	18th	4th	7th	7th	020:290	−9	19th
8th.	Toho Titanium	18th	2	8th	8th	009:190	−10	14th
9.	Tanabe Pharmaceutical	18th	3	5	10	017:320	−15	14th
10.	Osaka gas (N)	18th	3	3	12	014:480	−34	12
Status: end of the season

Promoted to Division 2 1993 : Chūō Bōhan, Kyōto Shiko Club

Relegated to the respective regional league 1993: Tanabe Pharmaceutical, Ōsaka Gas (both Kansai )

(N)	Newcomers from the Regionalliga 1992: Ōsaka Gas, Seinō Transportation

Web links

• Final tables of the 1991/92 and 1992 seasons in Japanese football , RSSSF (English)