1980 Japan Soccer League
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Statistics of Japan Soccer League in season 1980. For the first time ever, automatic promotion and relegation was introduced for the first and last places of the Second Division, which means that the last place in the First Division went down.
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First Division
Yanmar Diesel won the title for a fourth time.
Nissan, who had saved itself from relegation in the playout the previous season, went down after the bottom place was granted automatic relegation, while Yamaha saved itself by beating Fujitsu in the playout.
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
| 1 | Yanmar Diesel | 30 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 13 | +16 | Champions |
| 2 | Fujita Engineering | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 19 | +14 | |
| 3 | Furukawa Electric | 22 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | +5 | |
| 4 | Mitsubishi Motors | 20 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | +4 | |
| 5 | Hitachi | 19 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 | |
| 6 | Yomiuri | 20 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 21 | +1 | |
| 7 | Toyo Kogyo | 17 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 29 | +8 | |
| 8 | Nippon Steel | 15 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 27 | -6 | |
| 9 | Yamaha Motors | 13 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 39 | -11 | To Promotion/Relegation Series |
| 10 | Nissan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 41 | -30 | Relegated to Second Division |
Promotion/Relegation Series
| JSL Division 1 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | JSL Division 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaha Motors | 1-0 | 1-1 | Fujitsu |
Second Division
Honda was finally promoted on the second attempt after the 1978 debacle.
Kofu Club saved itself from relegation by defeating Furukawa Electric Chiba, Furukawa's B-team. Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi fell through and went back to the Tokai regional league.
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
| 1 | Honda | 28 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 17 | +26 | Promoted to First Division |
| 2 | Fujitsu | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 12 | +23 | To Promotion/Relegation Series with First Division |
| 3 | Toshiba | 22 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 17 | +13 | |
| 4 | Nippon Kokan | 20 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 17 | +6 | |
| 5 | Toyota Motors | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 34 | -5 | |
| 6 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 17 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -7 | |
| 7 | Teijin Matsuyama | 17 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | -4 | |
| 8 | Sumitomo | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 33 | -11 | |
| 9 | Kofu Club | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 33 | -16 | To Promotion/Relegation Series with Regional Series |
| 10 | Daikyo Oil | 10 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 46 | -19 | Relegated to Regional Leagues |
Promotion/Relegation Series
| JSL | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Regional Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kofu Club | 1-2 | 4-1 | Furukawa Electric Chiba (runner-up) |
