Japan Soccer League
Club Winners Runners-up Winning seasons Runners-up seasons
Yomiuri SC 2 2 1974 , 1977 1975 , 1976
Sumitomo Metal Industries 2 2 1984 , 1986-87 1983 , 1991-92
Toshiba SC 2 1 1979 , 1988-89 1982
Honda Motors 2 0 1978 , 1980
NKK SC 2 0 1981 , 1983
Toyota Motors 1 2 1972 1986-87 , 1989-90
Fujitsu SC 1 2 1976 1974 , 1980
Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 1 1 1975 1972
Yamaha Motors 1 1 1982 1979
Matsushita Electric 1 1 1985-86 1987-88
ANA SC 1 1 1987-88 1984
Hitachi SC 1 1 1990-91 1988-89
Eidai Industries 1 0 1973
Mitsubishi Motors 1 0 1989-90
Fujita SC 1 0 1991-92
Nissan Motors 0 3 1977 , 1978 , 1981
Mazda SC 0 2 1985-86 , 1990-91
Kofu SC 0 1 1973
Champions -- Second Division
Main article : List of winners of J . League Division 2 and predecessors All clubs are listed under the names they were using in 1992 , when the league ceased to exist . Clubs in italic no longer exist .
, or JSL, was the top flight football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936. JSL was the first-ever national league of an amateur team sport in Japan.