Japan Soccer League 1979
# Japan Soccer League 1979

La temporada de 1979 fue la décima edición de la Liga de fútbol de Japón , el mayor nivel de campeonato de fútbol japonés.

## Primera División

| Pos | Club | Pts | W | PK(W) | PK(L) | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fujita Engineering | 53 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 15 | +21 | Champions |
| 2 | Yomiuri | 44 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 26 | +22 |
| 3 | Hitachi | 44 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 18 | +5 |
| 4 | Yanmar Diesel | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 21 | +7 |
| 5 | Furukawa Electric | 40 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 22 | +6 |
| 6 | Toyo Kogyo | 33 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | +1 |
| 7 | Mitsubishi Motors | 32 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -4 |
| 8 | Nippon Steel | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 25 | -2 |
| 9 | Nippon Kokan | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 43 | -26 | To Promotion/Relegation Series |
| 10 | Nissan | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 39 | -30 | To Promotion/Relegation Series |

### Promoción

| 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 asciende por primera vez, NKK desciende de igual manera.

## Segunda División

| Pos | Club | Pts | W | PK(W) | PK(L) | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Toshiba | 48 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 23 | +13 | To Promotion/Relegation Series with Division 1 |
| 2 | Yamaha Motors | 47 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 19 | +14 | To Promotion/Relegation Series with Division 1 |
| 3 | Fujitsu | 47 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | +11 |
| 4 | Honda | 44 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 25 | +6 |
| 5 | Yanmar Club | 36 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 30 | +7 | Folded |
| 6 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| 7 | Toyota Motors | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 29 | -8 |
| 8 | Kofu Club | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 42 | -16 |
| 9 | Teijin S.C. Matsuyama | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 30 | -6 | To Promotion/Relegation Series with Regional Series finalists |
| 10 | Sumitomo | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 36 | -21 | To Promotion/Relegation Series with Regional Series finalists |

### Promoción

| JSL | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Regional Series |
| - | - | - | - |
| Teijin S.C. 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.

