- League Tables First Division Promotion/Relegation Series Second Division JSL Promotion/Relegation Series
- References
Statistics of Japan Soccer League in season 1976. League Tables First Division | Pos | Club | PTS | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
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| 1 | Furukawa Electric | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 15 | ＋22 | Champions | | 2 | Mitsubishi Motors | 22 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 16 | ＋12 | | 3 | Fujita | 22 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 20 | ＋8 | | 4 | Yanmar Diesel | 21 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 20 | ＋14 | | 5 | Hitachi | 21 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 14 | ＋8 | | 6 | Nippon Kokan | 20 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 21 | ＋1 | | 7 | Eidai | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | －6 | Folded | | 8 | Toyo Industries | 15 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 20 | －4 | | 9 | Nippon Steel | 12 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 30 | －7 | To Promotion/Relegation Series | | 10 | Toyota Motors | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 58 | －48 |
Promotion/Relegation Series | JSL Division 1 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | JSL Division 2 |
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| Nippon Steel | 2-1 | 3-2 | Yomiuri | | Toyota Motors | 2-2 | 2-1 | Fujitsu |
No relegations. As Eidai dissolved the club and withdrew from the league in March 1977, Fujitsu was promoted anyway. Second Division | Pos | Club | PTS | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
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| 1 | Fujitsu | 29 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 6 | ＋26 | To Promotion/Relegation Series with Division 1 | | 2 | Yomiuri | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 28 | ＋23 | | 3 | Tanabe Pharmaceutical | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 18 | ＋10 | | 4 | Honda | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 17 | ＋8 | | 5 | Teijin Matsuyama | 19 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 28 | ＋4 | | 6 | Yanmar Club | 17 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 23 | ±0 | | 7 | Sumitomo Metal | 13 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 34 | －7 | | 8 | Kofu SC | 12 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 30 | －16 | | 9 | Kyoto Shiko | 11 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 25 | －14 | To Promotion/Relegation Series with Senior Cup finalists | | 10 | Furukawa Electric Chiba | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 51 | －34 |
JSL Promotion/Relegation Series Nissan Motors, future Yokohama Marinos, currently Yokohama F. Marinos, joined the league for the first time. | JSL | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Senior Cup |
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| Kyoto Shiko | 2-1 | 2-1 | Dainichi Nippon Cable Industries (Cup runner-up) | | Furukawa Electric Chiba | 0-0 | 0-1 | Nissan Motors (Cup winner) |
Nissan promoted. Furukawa Chiba was not relegated due to Eidai's withdrawal. References- Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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