List of Japanese football champions
Japan Soccer League Division 1 (1972–1992)

List of Japanese football champions

Section Title: Japan Soccer League Division 1 (1972–1992)
Table Section Text: None

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals

1972	Hitachi SC	Yanmar Diesel	Toyo Industries	Japan Akira Matsunaga (Hitachi)	12

1973	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (2)	Hitachi SC	Yanmar Diesel	Japan Akira Matsunaga (Hitachi)	11

1974	Yanmar Diesel (2)	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Hitachi SC	Japan Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel)	21

1975	Yanmar Diesel (3)	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Hitachi SC	Japan Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel)	17

1976	Furukawa Electric	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Fujita Industries	Japan Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel)	15

1977	Fujita Industries	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Hitachi SC	Brazil Carvalho (Fujita Industries)	23

1978	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (3)	Yanmar Diesel	Fujita Industries	Japan Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) Brazil Carvalho (Fujita Industries)	15

1979	Fujita Industries (2)	Yomiuri SC	Hitachi SC	Brazil Ruy Ramos (Yomiuri)	14

1980	Yanmar Diesel (4)	Fujita Industries	Furukawa Electric	Japan Hiroyuki Usui (Hitachi)	14

1981	Fujita Industries (3)	Yomiuri SC	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Japan Hiroshi Yoshida (Furukawa Electric)	14

1982	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (4)	Yanmar Diesel	Furukawa Electric	Japan Hiroyuki Usui (Hitachi)	13

1983	Yomiuri SC	Nissan Motors	Fujita Industries	Brazil Ruy Ramos (Yomiuri)	10

1984	Yomiuri SC (2)	Nissan Motors	Yamaha Motors	Japan Tetsuya Totsuka (Yomiuri)	14

1985–86	Furukawa Electric (2)	NKK SC	Honda Motors	Japan Hiroshi Yoshida (Furukawa Electric)	16

1986–87	Yomiuri SC (3)	NKK SC	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Japan Toshio Matsuura (NKK)	17

1987–88	Yamaha Motors	NKK SC	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Japan Toshio Matsuura (NKK)	11

1988–89	Nissan Motors	ANA SC	Yamaha Motors	Brazil Adílson (Yamaha Motors)	11

1989–90	Nissan Motors (2)	Yomiuri SC	ANA SC	Brazil Renato (Nissan Motors)	17

1990–91	Yomiuri SC (4)	Nissan Motors	Honda Motors	Japan Tetsuya Totsuka (Yomiuri) Japan Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (Honda Motor) Brazil Renato (Nissan Motors)	10

1991–92	Yomiuri SC (5)	Nissan Motors	Yamaha Motors	Brazil Toninho (Yomiuri)	18

Sentence(s)

The last two JSL championships were Yomiuri FC in 1990–91 and 1991–92.

final_sentence: The last two JSL championships were Yomiuri FC in 1990–91 and 1991–92.