1976 Japanese Regional Leagues

Football league season

Japanese Regional LeaguesSeason| 1976

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Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues in the 1976 season.

## Champions list

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Region | Champions

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Kantō | Nissan Motors
Hokushinetsu | Nissei Plastic Industrial
Tōkai | Nagoya
Kansai | Dainichi Nippon Cable
Chūgoku | Hiroshima Fujita
Kyushu | Nakatsu Club

## League standings

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### Kantō

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Nissan Motors | 14  | 9  | 3  | 2  | 35  | 7  | +28  | 21
2  | Toho Titanium | 14  | 8  | 4  | 2  | 25  | 9  | +16  | 20
3  | Saitama Teachers | 14  | 7  | 3  | 4  | 26  | 22  | +4  | 17
4  | Metropolitan Police | 14  | 7  | 2  | 5  | 26  | 24  | +2  | 16
5  | Urawa | 14  | 4  | 4  | 6  | 17  | 30  | −13  | 12
6  | Hitachi Mito | 14  | 4  | 3  | 7  | 12  | 20  | −8  | 11
7  | Ibaraki Hitachi | 14  | 3  | 4  | 7  | 15  | 27  | −12  | 10
8  | Kodama Club | 14  | 1  | 3  | 10  | 7  | 24  | −17  | 5

Source: [citation needed]

### Hokushinetsu

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Nissei Plastic Industrial | 9  | 7  | 2  | 0  | 35  | 6  | +29  | 16
2  | YKK | 9  | 8  | 0  | 1  | 26  | 10  | +16  | 16
3  | Fukui Bank | 9  | 6  | 2  | 1  | 36  | 16  | +20  | 14
4  | Toyama Club | 9  | 4  | 2  | 3  | 29  | 11  | +18  | 10
5  | Fukui Teachers | 9  | 4  | 2  | 3  | 22  | 15  | +7  | 10
6  | Yamaga | 9  | 2  | 4  | 3  | 17  | 14  | +3  | 8
7  | Fukui Matsushita | 9  | 2  | 2  | 5  | 15  | 23  | −8  | 6
8  | Fuji Electric Matsumoto | 9  | 2  | 1  | 6  | 11  | 21  | −10  | 5
9  | Niigata | 9  | 2  | 1  | 6  | 14  | 37  | −23  | 5
10  | Nakamuratome | 9  | 0  | 0  | 9  | 6  | 58  | −52  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

### Tōkai

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Nagoya | 13  | 11  | 1  | 1  | 40  | 13  | +27  | 23
2  | Daikyo Oil | 13  | 8  | 2  | 3  | 32  | 11  | +21  | 18
3  | Maruyasu | 13  | 8  | 1  | 4  | 35  | 19  | +16  | 17
4  | Sumitomo Bakelite | 13  | 6  | 1  | 6  | 20  | 29  | −9  | 13
5  | Wakaayu Club | 13  | 4  | 3  | 6  | 17  | 26  | −9  | 11
6  | Toyoda Automatic Loom Works | 13  | 7  | 1  | 5  | 20  | 16  | +4  | 15
7  | Tomoegawa Papers | 13  | 4  | 4  | 5  | 24  | 23  | +1  | 12
8  | Gifu Teachers | 13  | 5  | 1  | 7  | 14  | 19  | −5  | 11
9  | Mie Teachers | 13  | 4  | 2  | 7  | 23  | 32  | −9  | 10
10  | Toyoda Machine Works | 13  | 0  | 0  | 13  | 4  | 41  | −37  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

### Kansai

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Dainichi Nippon Cable | 16  | 13  | 1  | 2  | 51  | 16  | +35  | 27
2  | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe | 16  | 11  | 1  | 4  | 35  | 19  | +16  | 23
3  | Hyogo Teachers | 16  | 6  | 5  | 5  | 38  | 30  | +8  | 17
4  | NTT Kinki | 16  | 7  | 1  | 8  | 31  | 21  | +10  | 15
5  | Nippon Steel Hirohata | 16  | 6  | 2  | 8  | 33  | 35  | −2  | 14
6  | Wakayama Teachers | 16  | 4  | 6  | 6  | 19  | 23  | −4  | 14
7  | Osaka Teachers | 16  | 5  | 3  | 8  | 38  | 36  | +2  | 13
8  | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kyoto | 16  | 5  | 3  | 8  | 20  | 39  | −19  | 13
9  | Omi Club | 16  | 2  | 4  | 10  | 18  | 64  | −46  | 8

Source: [citation needed]

### Chūgoku

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Hiroshima Fujita | 14  | 10  | 3  | 1  | 37  | 12  | +25  | 23
2  | Mitsui Shipbuilding | 14  | 9  | 4  | 1  | 26  | 13  | +13  | 22
3  | Mitsubishi Oil | 14  | 6  | 5  | 3  | 23  | 17  | +6  | 17
4  | Mazda Auto Hiroshima | 14  | 6  | 3  | 5  | 27  | 22  | +5  | 15
5  | Masuda Club | 14  | 5  | 5  | 4  | 20  | 20  | 0  | 15
6  | Hiroshima Teachers | 14  | 3  | 3  | 8  | 27  | 39  | −12  | 9
7  | Japan Steel | 14  | 2  | 4  | 8  | 18  | 30  | −12  | 8
8  | Hitachi Kasado | 14  | 1  | 1  | 12  | 10  | 35  | −25  | 3

Source: [citation needed]

### Kyushu

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Nakatsu Club | 7  | 5  | 1  | 1  | 20  | 7  | +13  | 11
2  | Miyanoh Club | 7  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 10  | 6  | +4  | 9
3  | Kagoshima Club | 7  | 3  | 2  | 2  | 10  | 5  | +5  | 8
4  | Sanwa Rakushu Club | 7  | 3  | 2  | 2  | 11  | 14  | −3  | 8
5  | Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki | 7  | 1  | 5  | 1  | 10  | 9  | +1  | 7
6  | Kumamoto Teachers | 7  | 3  | 1  | 3  | 10  | 9  | +1  | 7
7  | Kagoshima Teachers | 7  | 2  | 1  | 4  | 8  | 14  | −6  | 5
8  | Saga Nanyo Club | 7  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 3  | 18  | −15  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

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