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1972 Japan Soccer League

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season	1972
competition	Japan Soccer League
prevseason	1971
nextseason	1973

The 1972 season in Japanese football introduced a Second Division to the Japan Soccer League. Nine clubs were chosen from the 1971 Japanese Regional Leagues; when Nagoya Mutual Bank resigned from the League, a tenth club was chosen from the Kansai League.

League tables

JSL First Division

No relegation took place as the First Division was being expanded to 10 clubs.

JSL Second Division

Toyota Motors, later one of the Japanese big names as Nagoya Grampus, was crowned the inaugural Second Division champion. Tanabe Pharmaceutical, a club from Osaka, followed them into the expanded 10-team First Division. No relegations took place, to keep the Second Division at 10 clubs.

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