Japanese football champions
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| Japanese League |
|---|
| JSL First Division (1965-1992)- - J. League J1 (1993-present) |
| Country |
Japan |
| Founded |
| 1965 |
| Number of Teams |
| 18 |
| Current Champions |
| Kashima Antlers |
| Most successful club |
| Tokyo Verdy (7 times champions) |
The Japanese football champions are the team that wins the top league in Japan, the Japan Soccer League from 1965 to 1992 and the J. League since then.
Toyo Kogyo/Toyo Industries/Mazda/Sanfrecce Hiroshima (1965-68) and Yomiuri S.C/Verdy Kawasaki/Tokyo Verdy 1969 (1990-94) are the only teams to retain the title four times in a row. Notice that from 1985 to 1992 Japanese football adjusted to a Winter football schedule (common in most of Europe) but later went back to Summer football (common in North America, East Asia, and Nordic European latitudes).
Teams in bold have completed a double of the title and the Emperor's Cup in the same season. In 1985 no double was possible due to the season's timeframe change; thus, the doubles completed between then and 1992 are won in the middle of the season.
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[edit] Japan Soccer League First Division (1965-1992)
| Year | Winner (number of titles) | Runners-up | Top Scorer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Toyo Industries (1) | Yawata Steel | Mutsuhiko Nomura (Hitachi) (15 goals) |
| 1966 | Toyo Industries (2) | Yawata Steel | Aritatsu Ogi (Toyo Industries) (14) |
| 1967 | Toyo Industries (3) | Furukawa Electric | Takeo Kimura (Furukawa Electric) (15) |
| 1968 | Toyo Industries (4) | Yanmar Diesel | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) (14) |
| 1969 | Mitsubishi Motors (1) | Toyo Industries | Hiroshi Ochiai (Mitsubishi Motors) (12) |
| 1970 | Toyo Industries (5) | Mitsubishi Motors | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) (16) |
| 1971 | Yanmar Diesel (1) | Mitsubishi Motors | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) (11) |
| 1972 | Hitachi (1) | Yanmar Diesel | Akira Matsunaga (Hitachi) (12) |
| 1973 | Mitsubishi Motors (2) | Hitachi | Akira Matsunaga (Hitachi) (11) |
| 1974 | Yanmar Diesel (2) | Mitsubishi Motors | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) (21) |
| 1975 | Yanmar Diesel (3) | Mitsubishi Motors | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) (17) |
| 1976 | Furukawa Electric (1) | Mitsubishi Motors | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) (15) |
| 1977 | Fujita Industries (1) | Mitsubishi Motors | João Dickson Carvalho (Fujita Industries) (23) |
| 1978 | Mitsubishi Motors (3) | Yanmar Diesel | João Dickson Carvalho (Fujita Industries) (15) |
| 1979 | Fujita Industries (2) | Yomiuri S.C. | Ruy Ramos (Yomiuri) (14) |
| 1980 | Yanmar Diesel (4) | Fujita Industries | Hiroyuki Usui (Hitachi) (14) |
| 1981 | Fujita Industries (3) | Yomiuri S.C. | Hiroshi Yoshida (Furukawa Electric) (14) |
| 1982 | Mitsubishi Motors (4) | Hitachi | Hiroyuki Usui (Hitachi) (13) |
| 1983 | Yomiuri S.C. (1) | Nissan Motors | Ruy Ramos (Yomiuri) (10) |
| 1984 | Yomiuri S.C. (2) | Nissan Motors | Tetsuya Totsuka (Yomiuri) (14) |
| 1985-86 | Furukawa Electric (2) | Nippon Kokan | Hiroshi Yoshida (Furukawa Electric) (16) |
| 1986-87 | Yomiuri S.C. (3) | Nippon Kokan | Toshio Matsuura (Nippon Kokan) (17) |
| 1987-88 | Yamaha Motors (1) | Nippon Kokan | Toshio Matsuura (Nippon Kokan) (11) |
| 1988-89 | Nissan Motors (1) | ANA | Adílson† (Yamaha Motors) (11) |
| 1989-90 | Nissan Motors (2) | Yomiuri S.C. | Renato (Nissan Motors) (17) |
| 1990-91 | Yomiuri S.C. (4) | Nissan Motors | Tetsuya Totsuka (Yomiuri), Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (Honda) and Renato (Nissan Motors) (10) |
| 1991-92 | Yomiuri S.C. (5) | Nissan Motors | Toninho (Yomiuri) (18) |
† Not the same as Adilson Dias Batista who later coached Júbilo Iwata
[edit] J.League (1992-present)
Top flight becomes Japan Professional Football League First Division (J1) in 1998. All teams elected to it strip themselves of corporate identities and adopt their own names. From 1993 to 2005 (except in 1996) the league was contested in an Apertura and Clausura manner, thus the "runners-up" for these seasons are actually the winners of one of these tournaments which lost to the winners of the playoff.
[edit] Total Wins
Eleven clubs have been champions.
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Verdy |
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1983, 1984, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1993, 1994 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
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1969, 1973, 1978, 1982, 2006 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos |
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1988-89, 1989-90, 1995, 2003, 2004 |
| Kashima Antlers |
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1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 |
| Júbilo Iwata |
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1987-88, 1997, 1999, 2002 |
| Cerezo Osaka |
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1971, 1974, 1975, 1980 |
| Shonan Bellmare |
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1977, 1979, 1981 |
| JEF United Ichihara Chiba |
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1976, 1985-86 |
| Kashiwa Reysol |
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1972 |
| Gamba Osaka |
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2005 |
