1967 Japan Soccer League


The 1967 season in Japanese football

League tables

Japan Soccer League

Promotion/Relegation Series

Nagoya Mutual Bank promoted, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works relegated.

Team of The Year

PositionFootballerClubNationality
GKKenzo Yokoyama Mitsubishi Motors
DFHiroshi Katayama Mitsubishi Motors
DFMasakatsu Miyamoto Furukawa Electric
DFMitsuo Kamata Furukawa Electric
MFAritatsu Ogi Toyo Industries
MFHisao Kami Yawata Steel
MFRyuichi Sugiyama Mitsubishi Motors
MFTeruki Miyamoto Yawata Steel
FWShigeo Yaegashi Furukawa Electric
FWTakayuki Kuwata Toyo Industries
FWTakeo Kimura Furukawa Electric

NHK Cup

In between the League and the Emperor's Cup, a special match pitting the JSL champions Toyo Industries against All Japan University Soccer Tournament winners Kansai University was played in New Year, 1968. It was a predecessor to the later Japanese Super Cup, which began to be played in 1977, by which time the university teams had ceased to be viable contenders to the Emperor's Cup.