1988 in Japanese football
# 1988 in Japanese football

Japanese football in 1988

## Japan Soccer League

### Division 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nissan | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 46 | Champions |
| 2 | ANA Club | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 40 | |
| 3 | Yamaha Motors | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 39 | |
| 4 | Fujita Engineering | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 36 | |
| 5 | Yomiuri | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 32 | |
| 6 | Furukawa Electric | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 29 | |
| 7 | Matsushita Electric | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 29 | |
| 8 | Yanmar Diesel | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 28 | |
| 9 | Honda | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 27 | |
| 10 | Nippon Kokan | 22 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 19 | |
| 11 | Sumitomo | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 37 | −25 | 19 | Relegated to Second Division |
| 12 | Mitsubishi Motors | 22 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 14 | Relegated to Second Division |

### Division 2

**First stage**

**East**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Toshiba | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 7 | +31 | 23 |
| 2 | Fujitsu | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 20 |
| 3 | Hitachi | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 19 |
| 4 | NTT Kanto | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 16 |
| 5 | Kofu Club | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 14 |
| 6 | Toho Titanium | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 9 |
| 7 | Cosmo Oil | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 8 |
| 8 | Fujieda City Office | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 29 | −22 | 3 |

**First stage**

**West**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mazda | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 6 | +18 | 22 |
| 2 | Toyota Motors | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 21 |
| 3 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 19 |
| 4 | Osaka Gas | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 18 |
| 5 | Nippon Steel | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 12 |
| 6 | Kawasaki Steel | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 8 |
| 7 | Teijin Matsuyama | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 32 | −14 | 8 |
| 8 | NTT Kansai | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 31 | −24 | 4 |

**Second stage**

**Promotion Group**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Toshiba | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 21 | Promoted to First Division |
| 2 | Hitachi | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 18 | Promoted to First Division |
| 3 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 17 | |
| 4 | Fujitsu | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 16 | |
| 5 | Mazda | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 14 | |
| 6 | Toyota Motors | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 12 | |
| 7 | NTT Kanto | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 10 | |
| 8 | Osaka Gas | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 2 | |

**Second stage**

**Relegation Group**

**East**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kofu Club | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 20 | |
| 2 | Cosmo Oil | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 17 | |
| 3 | Toho Titanium | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 13 | |
| 4 | Fujieda City Office | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 38 | −27 | 8 | Relegated to Regional Leagues |

**Second stage**

**Relegation Group**

**West**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nippon Steel | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 20 | |
| 2 | Kawasaki Steel | 20 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 14 | |
| 3 | Teijin Matsuyama | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 13 | |
| 4 | NTT Kansai | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 42 | −25 | 9 | Relegated to Regional Leagues |

**Second stage**

**Relegation Group**

**9th-16th Places Playoff**

| Pos | East | Score | West |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9–10 | Kofu Club | 1-1(PK3-1) | Nippon Steel |
| 11–12 | Cosmo Oil | 0-0(PK3-2) | Kawasaki Steel |
| 13–14 | Toho Titanium | 2-3 | Teijin Matsuyama |
| 15–16 | Fujieda City Office | 0-3 | NTT Kansai |

## National team (Men)

### Players statistics

| Player | -1987 | 01.27 | 01.30 | 02.02 | 06.02 | 10.26 | 1988 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hiromi Hara | 73(37) | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 75(37) |
| Akihiro Nishimura | 48(2) | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 49(2) |
| Satoshi Tezuka | 22(2) | O | O | O | - | - | 3(0) | 25(2) |
| Takashi Mizunuma | 21(6) | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 24(6) |
| Shinichi Morishita | 16(0) | O | O | - | - | - | 2(0) | 18(0) |
| Kiyotaka Matsui | 13(0) | - | - | O | O | - | 2(0) | 15(0) |
| Takumi Horiike | 13(0) | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 14(0) |
| Hiroshi Hirakawa | 6(0) | O | O | O | O | - | 4(0) | 10(0) |
| Katsuyoshi Shinto | 2(0) | O | O | O | - | - | 3(0) | 5(0) |
| Tomoyasu Asaoka | 1(0) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 6(0) |
| Tetsuji Hashiratani | 0(0) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | 5(1) | 5(1) |
| Osamu Maeda | 0(0) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 5(1) | 5(1) |
| Masami Ihara | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Toru Sano | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Satoru Mochizuki | 0(0) | O | O | O | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Nobuyo Fujishiro | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Katsuhiro Kusaki | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Masanao Sasaki | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Yuji Sugano | 0(0) | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Tomoyuki Kajino | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Masaaki Mori | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Mitsunori Yoshida | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Shigetatsu Matsunaga | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Atsushi Natori | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |

## National team (Women)

### Players statistics

| Player | -1987 | 06.01 | 06.03 | 06.05 | 1988 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Futaba Kioka | 25(9) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 28(9) |
| Etsuko Handa | 25(3) | O | O(1) | O | 3(1) | 28(4) |
| Kaori Nagamine | 18(13) | O(1) | O | O | 3(1) | 21(14) |
| Michiko Matsuda | 18(5) | O | O | - | 2(0) | 20(5) |
| Midori Honda | 18(0) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 21(0) |
| Masae Suzuki | 18(0) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 21(0) |
| Asako Takakura | 17(7) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 20(7) |
| Akemi Noda | 17(2) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 20(2) |
| Mayumi Kaji | 17(0) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 20(0) |
| Takako Tezuka | 14(1) | O(1) | O | O | 3(1) | 17(2) |
| Chiaki Yamada | 12(1) | O | O | - | 2(0) | 14(1) |
| Akiko Hayakawa | 1(0) | - | - | O | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Yumi Watanabe | 0(0) | O | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Tomoko Matsunaga | 0(0) | O | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Taeko Kawasumi | 0(0) | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
