- League Tables Japan Soccer League Promotion/Relegation Series
- Team of the Year
- References
The 1966 season of the Japan Soccer League. League TablesJapan Soccer League| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
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| 1. | Toyo Industries | 25 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 6 | ＋37 | Champions | | 2. | Yawata Steel | 21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 16 | ＋17 | | 3. | Furukawa Electric | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 17 | ＋13 | | 4. | Mitsubishi Motors | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 24 | ±0 | | 5. | Hitachi | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 28 | －4 | | 6. | Toyoda Automatic Loom Works | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 29 | －19 | | 7. | Nagoya Mutual Bank | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 34 | －22 | To Promotion/Relegation Series | | 8. | Yanmar Diesel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 29 | －22 |
Promotion/Relegation SeriesNagoya Mutual Bank became the first original JSL club to be relegated. In its place, Nippon Kokan from Kawasaki, Kanagawa was promoted and began a long career of league success that was only brought to a halt by the professionalization of the league. | JSL | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Senior Cup |
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| Nagoya Mutual Bank (JSL 7th Place) | 2-3 | 1-2 | Nippon Kokan (cup runner-up) | | Yanmar Diesel (JSL 8th Place) | 1-0 | 1-1 | Urawa SC (cup winner) |
Nippon Kokan promoted, Nagoya Mutual Bank relegated. Team of the Year | Position | Footballer | Club | Nationality |
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| GK | Kenzo Yokoyama (1) | Mitsubishi Motors | JPN}} | | DF | Hiroshi Katayama (1) | Mitsubishi Motors | JPN}} | | DF | Masakatsu Miyamoto (1) | Furukawa Electric | JPN}} | | DF | Kazuo Imanishi (1) | Toyo Industries | JPN}} | | MF | Aritatsu Ogi (1) | Toyo Industries | JPN}} | | MF | Hisao Kami (1) | Yawata Steel | JPN}} | | MF | Ryuichi Sugiyama (1) | Mitsubishi Motors | JPN}} | | MF | Teruki Miyamoto (1) | Yawata Steel | JPN}} | | FW | Shigeo Yaegashi (1) | Furukawa Electric | JPN}} | | FW | Takayuki Kuwata (1) | Toyo Industries | JPN}} | | FW | Ikuo Matsumoto (1) | Toyo Industries | JPN}} |
References {{Japanese Club Football|group=first}} 4 : Japan Soccer League seasons|1966 in Japanese football|1966–67 in Asian association football leagues|1965–66 in Asian association football leagues |