1981 in Japanese football

1981 football season

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Japanese football in 1981

## Japan Soccer League

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Main article: 1981 Japan Soccer League

### Division 1

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1  | Fujita Engineering | 18  | 11  | 5  | 2  | 24  | 7  | +17  | 27  | Champions
2  | Yomiuri | 18  | 8  | 9  | 1  | 32  | 16  | +16  | 25  |
3  | Mitsubishi Motors | 18  | 10  | 4  | 4  | 24  | 16  | +8  | 24
4  | Yanmar Diesel | 18  | 7  | 8  | 3  | 21  | 15  | +6  | 22
5  | Furukawa Electric | 18  | 7  | 7  | 4  | 28  | 23  | +5  | 21
6  | Honda | 18  | 5  | 4  | 9  | 23  | 28  | −5  | 14
7  | Hitachi | 18  | 5  | 3  | 10  | 22  | 27  | −5  | 13
8  | Mazda | 18  | 4  | 5  | 9  | 15  | 27  | −12  | 13
9  | Nippon Steel | 18  | 3  | 5  | 10  | 14  | 27  | −13  | 11  | To promotion/relegation series
10  | Yamaha Motors | 18  | 2  | 6  | 10  | 11  | 28  | −17  | 10  | Relegated to Second Division

Source: [citation needed]

### Division 2

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation

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1  | Nippon Kokan | 18  | 11  | 4  | 3  | 42  | 22  | +20  | 26  | Promoted to First Division
2  | Nissan | 18  | 11  | 4  | 3  | 31  | 16  | +15  | 26  | To promotion/relegation series with First Division
3  | Toshiba | 18  | 12  | 1  | 5  | 46  | 21  | +25  | 25  |
4  | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 18  | 9  | 4  | 5  | 35  | 11  | +24  | 22
5  | Fujitsu | 18  | 10  | 1  | 7  | 31  | 27  | +4  | 21
6  | Toyota Motors | 18  | 6  | 4  | 8  | 33  | 30  | +3  | 16
7  | Sumitomo | 18  | 7  | 1  | 10  | 32  | 31  | +1  | 15
8  | Teijin Matsuyama | 18  | 5  | 4  | 9  | 23  | 34  | −11  | 14
9  | Kofu Club | 18  | 4  | 2  | 12  | 18  | 42  | −24  | 10  | To promotion/relegation series with Regional Series
10  | Nagoya S.C. | 18  | 2  | 1  | 15  | 16  | 72  | −56  | 5  | Relegated to Regional Leagues

Source: [citation needed]

## Japanese Regional Leagues

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Main article: 1981 Japanese Regional Leagues

## Emperor's Cup

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Main article: 1981 Emperor's Cup

January 1, 1982

Nippon Kokan| 2–0| Yomiuri

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National Stadium

## Japan Soccer League Cup

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Main article: 1981 Japan Soccer League Cup

## National team (Men)

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### Results

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Japan v Malaysia 1981.02.08 |  Japan | 0–1|  Malaysia | Kuantan, Malaysia

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Japan v Malaysia 1981.02.10 |  Japan | 1–1|  Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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|  62' (o.g.) | JFA | ?  ?' |

Japan v Singapore 1981.02.17 |  Japan | 1–0|  Singapore | Singapore

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| Yoshida 79' | JFA |  |

Japan v Singapore 1981.02.19 |  Japan | 0–0|  Singapore | Singapore

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Japan v Indonesia 1981.02.24 |  Japan | 0–2|  Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia

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Japan v South Korea 1981.03.08 |  Japan | 0–1|  South Korea | Tokyo, Japan

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|  | JFA | ?  ?' | Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Japan v China PR 1981.06.02 |  Japan | 0–0|  China PR | Saitama, Japan

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Japan v Malaysia 1981.06.19 |  Japan | 2–0|  Malaysia | Daegu, South Korea

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| Yokoyama 22', 52' | JFA |  |

Japan v South Korea 1981.06.21 |  Japan | 0–2|  South Korea | Busan, South Korea

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Japan v Malaysia 1981.08.30 |  Japan | 2–0|  Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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| Yokoyama 6', 29' | JFA |  |

Japan v India 1981.09.03 |  Japan | 3–2|  India | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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| M. Kato 32'
Yokoyama 35', 62' | JFA | ?  ?'
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Japan v United Arab Emirates 1981.09.08 |  Japan | 3–2|  United Arab Emirates | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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| H. Kato 18'
Hara 22'
Ozaki 58' | JFA | ?  ?'
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Japan v Indonesia 1981.09.14 |  Japan | 2–0|  Indonesia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Ozaki 60' | JFA |  |

Japan v Iraq 1981.09.18 |  Japan | 0–2|  Iraq | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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### Players statistics

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Player | -1980 | 02.08 | 02.10 | 02.17 | 02.19 | 02.24 | 03.08 | 06.02 | 06.19 | 06.21 | 08.30 | 09.03 | 09.08 | 09.14 | 09.18 | 1981 | Total

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Hideki Maeda | 41(9) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 11(0) | 52(9)
Mitsuhisa Taguchi | 34(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | 4(0) | 38(0)
Nobutoshi Kaneda | 30(3) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 36(3)
Haruhisa Hasegawa | 14(4) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 15(4)
Hiromi Hara | 13(3) | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 10(1) | 23(4)
Masafumi Yokoyama | 13(2) | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | O(2) | O | O(2) | O(2) | O | - | O | 9(6) | 22(8)
Kazushi Kimura | 12(4) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 13(4)
Shigemitsu Sudo | 9(0) | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 13(0)
Hisashi Kato | 8(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | O | 8(1) | 16(2)
Tetsuo Sugamata | 8(0) | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 11(0)
Shinji Tanaka | 4(0) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 8(0) | 12(0)
Tetsuya Totsuka | 4(0) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 8(0) | 12(0)
Yahiro Kazama | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 12(0)
Tsutomu Sonobe | 4(0) | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 7(0)
Satoshi Tsunami | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 10(0)
Yoshio Kato | 3(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 8(0)
Takeshi Okada | 3(0) | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 8(0)
Satoshi Tezuka | 2(0) | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 8(0)
Masakuni Yamamoto | 2(0) | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 4(0)
Akihiro Nishimura | 1(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 13(0) | 14(0)
Takeshi Koshida | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 2(0)
Ryoichi Kawakatsu | 0(0) | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 10(0)
Kazuo Ozaki | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | 9(2) | 9(2)
Koichi Hashiratani | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | 9(0) | 9(0)
Mitsugu Nomura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 8(0)
Hiroshi Yoshida | 0(0) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(1) | 6(1)
Kazumi Tsubota | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | 5(0) | 5(0)
Toshio Matsuura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | O(1) | - | 4(1) | 4(1)
Masaaki Kato | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | - | - | 3(1) | 3(1)
Toshihiko Okimune | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0)
Satoshi Yamaguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0)
Naoji Ito | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0)

## National team (Women)

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### Results

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Japan v Chinese Taipei 1981.06.07 |  Japan | 0–1|  Chinese Taipei | Hong Kong

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Japan v Thailand 1981.06.11 |  Japan | 0–2|  Thailand | Hong Kong

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Japan v Indonesia 1981.06.13 |  Japan | 1–0|  Indonesia | Hong Kong

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Japan v England 1981.09.06 |  Japan | 0–4|  England | Hyōgo, Japan

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Japan v Italy 1981.09.09 |  Japan | 0–9|  Italy | Tokyo, Japan

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### Players statistics

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Player | -1980 | 06.07 | 06.11 | 06.13 | 09.06 | 09.09 | 1981 | Total

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Etsuko Handa | 0(0) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 5(1) | 5(1)
Midori Honda | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0)
Futaba Kioka | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0)
Miho Kaneda | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0)
Masuyo Shiraishi | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | - | 4(0) | 4(0)
Nobuko Kondo | 0(0) | O | O | O | - | O | 4(0) | 4(0)
Yuriko Shima | 0(0) | O | O | O | - | O | 4(0) | 4(0)
Shiho Kaneda | 0(0) | O | - | O | O | O | 4(0) | 4(0)
Chieko Homma | 0(0) | O | O | O | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0)
Maho Shimizu | 0(0) | O | O | - | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0)
Chieko Hase | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0)
Junko Ishida | 0(0) | O | - | O | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0)
Akemi Iwata | 0(0) | - | O | O | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0)
Sanae Mishima | 0(0) | - | O | - | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0)
Mihoko Iwaya | 0(0) | - | - | O | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0)
Sayuri Yamaguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0)
Nobuko Jashima | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0)
Kaoru Kakinami | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0)
Michiko Matsuda | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0)
Mayumi Kaji | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0)
Emiko Kubo | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0)
Tomoko Ohara | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0)
Masako Yoshida | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0)

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1981 in Japanese football

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| League competitions|

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* Japan Soccer League
* Regional Leagues

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Cup competitions|

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* Emperor's Cup (Final)
* JSL Cup (Final)
* Super Cup

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Women|

* Empress's Cup (Final)

Related to national teams|

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* Summary

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* Summary
* AFC Women's Championship

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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
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