Japan Soccer League 1980
# Japan Soccer League 1980

La temporada de 1980 fue la décima edición de la Liga de fútbol de Japón , el mayor nivel de campeonato de fútbol japonés. Se determinaron, asimismo, los descensos a la Segunda División, el último de la tabla desciende directamente a Segunda División mientras que el penúltimo de la tabla juega la promoción con el subcampeón de la Segunda División.

## Primera División

Yanmar Diesel won the title for a fourth time.

Nissan, who had saved itself from relegation in the playout the previous season, went down after the bottom place was granted automatic relegation, while Yamaha saved itself by beating Fujitsu in the playout.

| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yanmar Diesel | 30 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 13 | +16 | Campeones |
| 2 | Fujita Engineering | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 19 | +14 |
| 3 | Furukawa Electric | 22 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | +5 |
| 4 | Mitsubishi Motors | 20 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | +4 |
| 5 | Hitachi | 19 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 |
| 6 | Yomiuri | 20 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 21 | +1 |
| 7 | Toyo Kogyo | 17 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 29 | +8 |
| 8 | Nippon Steel | 15 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 27 | -6 |
| 9 | Yamaha Motors | 13 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 39 | -11 | Promoción |
| 10 | Nissan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 41 | -30 | Segunda División |

### Promoción

| Primera División | Ida | Vuelta | Segunda División |
| - | - | - | - |
| Yamaha Motors | 1-0 | 1-1 | Fujitsu |

## Segunda División

Honda was finally promoted on the second attempt after the 1978 debacle.

Kofu Club saved itself from relegation by defeating Furukawa Electric Chiba, Furukawa's B-team. Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi fell through and went back to the Tokai regional league.

| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Honda | 28 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 17 | +26 | Promoted to First Division |
| 2 | Fujitsu | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 12 | +23 | To Promotion/Relegation Series with First Division |
| 3 | Toshiba | 22 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 17 | +13 |
| 4 | Nippon Kokan | 20 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 17 | +6 |
| 5 | Toyota Motors | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 34 | -5 |
| 6 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 17 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -7 |
| 7 | Teijin Matsuyama | 17 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | -4 |
| 8 | Sumitomo | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 33 | -11 |
| 9 | Kofu Club | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 33 | -16 | To Promotion/Relegation Series with Regional Series |
| 10 | Daikyo Oil | 10 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 46 | -19 | Relegated to Regional Leagues |

### Promotion/Relegation Series

| JSL | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Regional Series |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kofu Club | 1-2 | 4-1 | Furukawa Electric Chiba (runner-up) |
