1970 Japan Soccer League


The 1970 season of the Japan Soccer League was the sixth season of Japanese league football. Toyo Industries won their fifth title and set the record for title wins, but they would not regain the title during the rest of the JSL's existence and would not win the successor league, the J. League Division 1, until 2012.

Japan Soccer League

Promotion/Relegation Series

No relegations.

Team of the Year

PositionFootballerClubNationality
GKKoji Funamoto Toyo Industries
DFHiroshi Katayama Mitsubishi Motors
DFMinoru Kobata Hitachi
DFYoshitada Yamaguchi Hitachi
DFDaishiro Yoshimura Yanmar Diesel
MFAritatsu Ogi Toyo Industries
MFRyuichi Sugiyama Mitsubishi Motors
MFTeruki Miyamoto Nippon Steel
MFTakaji Mori Mitsubishi Motors
FWKunishige Kamamoto Yanmar Diesel
FWTadahiko Ueda Nippon Steel