1983 Japan Soccer League

Statistics of Japan Soccer League in season 1983.

First Division

Yomiuri, the football club became one of big names of earlier years of J. League as Verdy Kawasaki, and currently known as Tokyo Verdy, won its first of seven League championships, fully riding in the wave of its parent company's funds and prestige.

Mazda, five-time First Division champions in the 1960s, was relegated for the first time. Hitachi saved itself by defeating Sumitomo in the playout.

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Notes
1	Yomiuri	27	12	3	3	27	13	+14	Champions
2	Nissan	25	11	3	4	28	17	+11
3	Fujita Engineering	21	7	7	4	18	15	+3
4	Yamaha Motors	19	7	5	6	25	20	+5
5	Yanmar Diesel	19	6	7	5	19	21	-2
6	Mitsubishi Motors	16	6	4	8	17	16	+1
7	Furukawa Electric	15	6	3	9	13	15	-2
8	Honda	14	4	6	8	17	23	-6
9	Hitachi	12	3	6	9	14	22	-8	To Promotion/Relegation Series
10	Mazda	12	5	2	11	15	31	-16	Relegated to Second Division

Promotion/Relegation Series

JSL Division 1	1st leg	2nd leg	JSL Division 2
Hitachi	3-2	1-0	Sumitomo

Second Division

NKK returned to the top flight at the first time of asking.

Saitama Teachers went back to the Kanto regional league, and Toho Titanium followed when they lost the playout to Matsushita, a rising club at the time based in Nara which would eventually become Gamba Osaka.

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Nippon Kokan	30	13	4	1	39	12	+27	Promoted to First Division
2	Sumitomo	24	8	8	2	33	27	+6	To Promotion/Relegation Series with First Division
3	Toshiba	20	8	4	6	38	23	+15
4	Nippon Steel	19	7	5	6	29	21	+8
5	Toyota Motors	19	7	5	6	23	30	-7
6	Tanabe Pharmaceuticals	18	7	4	7	29	29	0
7	Fujitsu	15	6	4	8	26	26	0
8	Kofu Club	14	4	6	8	29	40	-11
9	Toho Titanium	12	5	2	11	21	42	-21	To Promotion/Relegation Series with Regional Series
10	Saitama Teachers	9	4	1	13	14	28	-14	Relegated to Regional Leagues

Promotion/Relegation Series

JSL	1st leg	2nd leg	Regional Series
Toho Titanium	1-2	0-0	Matsushita Electric (runner-up)

References

• Japan - List of final tables (RSSSF)