# 1991 in Japanese football

Japanese football in 1991

## Japan Soccer League
### Division 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yomiuri S.C. | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 13 | +30 | 51 | Form J.League and 1992–93 Asian Club Championship |
| 2 | Nissan Motors | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 43 | Form J.League and 1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Yamaha Motors | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 36 | Form Japan Football League Division 1 |
| 4 | Toshiba | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 30 | Form Japan Football League Division 1 |
| 5 | Matsushita Electric | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 29 | Form J.League |
| 6 | Mazda | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 27 | Form J.League |
| 7 | JR Furukawa | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 27 | Form J.League |
| 8 | ANA Club | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 25 | Form J.League |
| 9 | Hitachi | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 25 | Form Japan Football League Division 1 |
| 10 | Honda | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 23 | Form Japan Football League Division 1 |
| 11 | Mitsubishi Motors | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 21 | Form J.League |
| 12 | Toyota Motors | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 20 | Form J.League |
* ↑ By winning 1991 Emperor's Cup

### Division 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Fujita Engineering | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 79 | 17 | +62 | 74 | Champions (not promoted, form Japan Football League Division 1) |
| 2 | Sumitomo | 30 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 66 | 24 | +42 | 65 | Promoted to new J.League |
| 3 | Yanmar Diesel | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 17 | +39 | 65 | Form Japan Football League Division 1 |
| 4 | Nippon Kokan | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 60 | Form Japan Football League Division 1 |
| 5 | Fujitsu | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 59 | Form Japan Football League Division 1 |
| 6 | Otsuka Pharmaceutical | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 50 | Form Japan Football League Division 1 |
| 7 | Tokyo Gas | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 46 | Form Japan Football League Division 1 |
| 8 | Kawasaki Steel | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 45 | Form Japan Football League Division 2 |
| 9 | NTT Kanto | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 33 | Form Japan Football League Division 2 |
| 10 | Kofu Club | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 33 | Form Japan Football League Division 2 |
| 11 | Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 29 | Form Japan Football League Division 2 |
| 12 | Chuo Bohan | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 27 | Form Japan Football League Division 2 |
| 13 | Toho Titanium | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 27 | Form Japan Football League Division 2 |
| 14 | Kyoto Shiko Club | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 57 | −36 | 22 | Form Japan Football League Division 2 |
| 15 | Tanabe Pharmaceutical | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 50 | −32 | 21 | Form Japan Football League Division 2 |
| 16 | Yomiuri S.C. (Juniors) | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 55 | −35 | 19 | Folded |
* ↑ Merges with parent club to form Verdy Kawasaki

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

| Player | -1990 | 06.02 | 07.27 | 1991 | Total |
| Takumi Horiike | 31(1) | O | O | 2(0) | 33(1) |
| Shinichi Morishita | 27(0) | O | - | 1(0) | 28(0) |
| Masami Ihara | 22(0) | O | O | 2(0) | 24(0) |
| Tetsuji Hashiratani | 21(2) | O(1) | O | 2(1) | 23(3) |
| Masanao Sasaki | 19(0) | O | - | 1(0) | 20(0) |
| Shigetatsu Matsunaga | 10(0) | - | O | 1(0) | 11(0) |
| Nobuhiro Takeda | 8(1) | O | O | 2(0) | 10(1) |
| Masahiro Fukuda | 5(0) | O | O | 2(0) | 7(0) |
| Yuji Sakakura | 5(0) | - | O | 1(0) | 6(0) |
| Ruy Ramos | 3(0) | O | O | 2(0) | 5(0) |
| Kazuyoshi Miura | 3(0) | O | O | 2(0) | 5(0) |
| Akihiro Nagashima | 3(0) | - | O | 1(0) | 4(0) |
| Yasuharu Sorimachi | 2(0) | O | O | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Tetsuya Asano | 0(0) | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Tsuyoshi Kitazawa | 0(0) | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |

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

| Player | -1990 | 04.01 | 04.03 | 04.05 | 05.26 | 05.28 | 06.01 | 06.03 | 06.06 | 06.08 | 08.21 | 11.17 | 11.19 | 11.21 | 1991 | Total |
| Futaba Kioka | 45(25) | O | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 6(1) | 51(26) |
| Etsuko Handa | 43(14) | O | - | O | O | O | O(2) | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | 8(2) | 51(16) |
| Kaori Nagamine | 37(34) | O | O | - | O(1) | O(1) | O(3) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 12(5) | 49(39) |
| Mayumi Kaji | 36(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 12(0) | 48(0) |
| Masae Suzuki | 35(0) | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 45(0) |
| Michiko Matsuda | 34(8) | O | O | - | O | O | - | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | 11(2) | 45(10) |
| Akemi Noda | 34(5) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O(3) | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | 13(7) | 47(12) |
| Midori Honda | 34(0) | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | 9(0) | 43(0) |
| Takako Tezuka | 30(14) | - | O | O | - | O(1) | O(3) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | 11(5) | 41(19) |
| Asako Takakura | 30(12) | O | O | O(1) | O | O(2) | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | 12(4) | 42(16) |
| Yoko Takahagi | 27(0) | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 31(0) |
| Sayuri Yamaguchi | 19(0) | O | O | - | - | O | O | O(1) | - | - | O | O | O | O | 9(1) | 28(1) |
| Yumi Watanabe | 17(2) | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 19(2) |
| Tomoko Matsunaga | 8(0) | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 13(0) |
| Kyoko Kuroda | 6(7) | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 11(0) | 17(7) |
| Yuriko Mizuma | 5(3) | O | O(1) | O | O | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | 11(2) | 16(5) |
| Megumi Sakata | 3(0) | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 6(0) |
| Noriko Ishibashi | 1(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 3(1) |
| Tamaki Uchiyama | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | O | O(3) | O | O | O | - | - | - | 6(3) | 6(3) |
| Ryoko Kobayashi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Yumi Obe | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |