# 1981 in Japanese football

Japanese football in 1981

## Japan Soccer League
### Division 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fujita Engineering | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 27 | Champions |
| 2 | Yomiuri | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 25 | |
| 3 | Mitsubishi Motors | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 24 | |
| 4 | Yanmar Diesel | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 22 | |
| 5 | Furukawa Electric | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 21 | |
| 6 | Honda | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 14 | |
| 7 | Hitachi | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 13 | |
| 8 | Mazda | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 13 | |
| 9 | Nippon Steel | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 11 | To promotion/relegation series |
| 10 | Yamaha Motors | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 10 | Relegated to Second Division |

### Division 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Nippon Kokan | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 26 | Promoted to First Division |
| 2 | Nissan | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 26 | To promotion/relegation series with First Division |
| 3 | Toshiba | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 25 | |
| 4 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 11 | +24 | 22 | |
| 5 | Fujitsu | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 21 | |
| 6 | Toyota Motors | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 16 | |
| 7 | Sumitomo | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 15 | |
| 8 | Teijin Matsuyama | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 14 | |
| 9 | Kofu Club | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 42 | −24 | 10 | To promotion/relegation series with Regional Series |
| 10 | Nagoya S.C. | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 72 | −56 | 5 | Relegated to Regional Leagues |

## National team (Men)
### Results
### Players statistics

| Player | -1980 | 02.08 | 02.10 | 02.17 | 02.19 | 02.24 | 03.08 | 06.02 | 06.19 | 06.21 | 08.30 | 09.03 | 09.08 | 09.14 | 09.18 | 1981 | Total |
| Hideki Maeda | 41(9) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 11(0) | 52(9) |
| Mitsuhisa Taguchi | 34(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | 4(0) | 38(0) |
| Nobutoshi Kaneda | 30(3) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 36(3) |
| Haruhisa Hasegawa | 14(4) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 15(4) |
| Hiromi Hara | 13(3) | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 10(1) | 23(4) |
| Masafumi Yokoyama | 13(2) | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | O(2) | O | O(2) | O(2) | O | - | O | 9(6) | 22(8) |
| Kazushi Kimura | 12(4) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 13(4) |
| Shigemitsu Sudo | 9(0) | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 13(0) |
| Hisashi Kato | 8(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | O | 8(1) | 16(2) |
| Tetsuo Sugamata | 8(0) | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 11(0) |
| Shinji Tanaka | 4(0) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 8(0) | 12(0) |
| Tetsuya Totsuka | 4(0) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 8(0) | 12(0) |
| Yahiro Kazama | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 12(0) |
| Tsutomu Sonobe | 4(0) | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 7(0) |
| Satoshi Tsunami | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 10(0) |
| Yoshio Kato | 3(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 8(0) |
| Takeshi Okada | 3(0) | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 8(0) |
| Satoshi Tezuka | 2(0) | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 8(0) |
| Masakuni Yamamoto | 2(0) | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Akihiro Nishimura | 1(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 13(0) | 14(0) |
| Takeshi Koshida | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Ryoichi Kawakatsu | 0(0) | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 10(0) |
| Kazuo Ozaki | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | 9(2) | 9(2) |
| Koichi Hashiratani | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | 9(0) | 9(0) |
| Mitsugu Nomura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 8(0) |
| Hiroshi Yoshida | 0(0) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(1) | 6(1) |
| Kazumi Tsubota | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Toshio Matsuura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | O(1) | - | 4(1) | 4(1) |
| Masaaki Kato | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | - | - | 3(1) | 3(1) |
| Toshihiko Okimune | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Satoshi Yamaguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Naoji Ito | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |

## National team (Women)
### Players statistics

| Player | -1980 | 06.07 | 06.11 | 06.13 | 09.06 | 09.09 | 1981 | Total |
| Etsuko Handa | 0(0) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 5(1) | 5(1) |
| Midori Honda | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Futaba Kioka | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Miho Kaneda | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Masuyo Shiraishi | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | - | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Nobuko Kondo | 0(0) | O | O | O | - | O | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Yuriko Shima | 0(0) | O | O | O | - | O | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Shiho Kaneda | 0(0) | O | - | O | O | O | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Chieko Homma | 0(0) | O | O | O | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Maho Shimizu | 0(0) | O | O | - | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Chieko Hase | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Junko Ishida | 0(0) | O | - | O | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Akemi Iwata | 0(0) | - | O | O | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Sanae Mishima | 0(0) | - | O | - | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Mihoko Iwaya | 0(0) | - | - | O | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Sayuri Yamaguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Nobuko Jashima | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kaoru Kakinami | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Michiko Matsuda | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Mayumi Kaji | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Emiko Kubo | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Tomoko Ohara | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Masako Yoshida | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |