Japan Soccer League
The top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J.League.
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JEF United Chiba
Japanese professional football club that plays in the J2 League.
Also, JEF United is the only team in J.League which corporate name survived the transition from the JSL in 1992, as J.League mandated that "corporate teams are not allowed in the J.League", and that any corporate teams need to adapt a hometown.
Kashiwa Reysol
Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area.
The club was formed in 1940 and was a founding member ("Original Eight") of the Japan Soccer League (JSL) in 1965.
Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red Diamonds (浦和レッドダイヤモンズ), colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ) (1950–present, also Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club (April 1992–January 1996)), are a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan.
In 1965 it formed the Japan Soccer League (JSL) along with today's JEF United Chiba, Kashiwa Reysol, Cerezo Osaka, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and three other clubs who have since been relegated to regional leagues ("Original Eight").
Japan Football League (1992–1998)
Association football league that existed from 1992 to 1998.
When the Japan Football Association decided to found a professional football league, the Japan Soccer League (JSL), the top-flight league until the 1991/92 season, was reorganised into two newly formed leagues.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima.
The club was a former company team of Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club (東洋工業サッカー部) in 1938 and played in the semi-professional Japan Soccer League.
Tokyo Verdy
Japanese professional football club based in Inagi, Tokyo.
In 1971, Yomiuri marked 3rd place and promoted Japan Soccer League Second Division.
Cerezo Osaka
Japanese professional football club based in Osaka.
The club, originally called Yanmar Diesel, started in 1957 as the company team of Yanmar and was an original founder ("Original Eight") of the now-disbanded Japan Soccer League (JSL) in 1965.
Shimizu S-Pulse
Professional Japanese football club.
The west of the prefecture was already home to the company team of Yamaha Motor Corporation who played in the Japan Soccer League and who would later go on to form Júbilo Iwata, but it was believed there was room for another team for the football-hungry population.
Shonan Bellmare
Japanese professional football club based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area.
They were promoted to the Japan Soccer League (JSL) Division 1 in 1972.
Kawasaki Frontale
Japanese professional football club based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.
It was one of many city clubs that comprised the Japan Soccer League (JSL), including Yomiuri (later Tokyo Verdy 1969), Toshiba (later Consadole Sapporo) and NKK SC (now defunct).