1978 in Japanese football

Japanese football in 1978

Japan Soccer League

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Japanese Regional Leagues

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Emperor's Cup

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Japan Soccer League Cup

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National team

Japan v Thailand

1978.05.23	Japan	3-1	Thailand	Aichi, Japan
	Nagai  4' Usui  23' Ochiai  69'	JFA	?  ?'	Stadium: Mizuho Rugby Stadium

Japan v Iraq

1978.07.13	Japan	0-0	Iraq	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		JFA

Japan v Indonesia

1978.07.15	Japan	1-2	Indonesia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Fujishima  25'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?'

Japan v Syria

1978.07.17	Japan	3-2	Syria	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Usui  3', 8' Ochiai  44'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?'

Japan v South Korea

1978.07.19	Japan	0-4	South Korea	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		JFA	?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?'

Japan v Malaysia

1978.07.21	Japan	1-4	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Nishino  8'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?'

Japan v Singapore

1978.07.23	Japan	1-2	Singapore	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Usui  44'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?'

Japan v Thailand

1978.07.26	Japan	4-0	Thailand	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Hosotani  7' Ochiai  40' Usui  86' Sekiguchi  87'	JFA

Japan v Soviet Union

1978.11.19	Japan	1-4	Soviet Union	Tokyo, Japan
	Fujiguchi  4'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Japan v Soviet Union

1978.11.23	Japan	1-4	Soviet Union	Tokyo, Japan
	Fujiguchi  86'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Japan v Soviet Union

1978.11.26	Japan	0-3	Soviet Union	Osaka, Japan
		JFA	?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?'	Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium

Japan v Kuwait

1978.12.11	Japan	0-2	Kuwait	Bangkok, Thailand
		JFA	?  ?' ?  ?'

Japan v Bahrain

1978.12.13	Japan	4-0	Bahrain	Bangkok, Thailand
	Usui  8', 42' Hara  65' Maeda  71'	JFA

Japan v South Korea

1978.12.15	Japan	1-3	South Korea	Bangkok, Thailand
	Kato  87'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?'

Players statistics

Player	-1977	05.23	07.13	07.15	07.17	07.19	07.21	07.23	07.26	11.19	11.23	11.26	12.11	12.13	12.15	1978	Total
Nobuo Fujishima	50(6)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	12(1)	62(7)
Yoshikazu Nagai	46(5)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	12(1)	58(6)
Hiroshi Ochiai	35(5)	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	14(3)	49(8)
Atsuyoshi Furuta	26(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	6(0)	32(0)
Kazuo Saito	19(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	9(0)	28(0)
Hideki Maeda	14(2)	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	O(1)	-	7(1)	21(3)
Mitsunori Fujiguchi	14(0)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	12(2)	26(2)
Mitsuhisa Taguchi	9(0)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	22(0)
Hiroyuki Usui	7(0)	O(1)	O	O	O(2)	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O(2)	O	14(7)	21(7)
Akira Nishino	4(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	8(1)	12(1)
Keizo Imai	3(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	13(0)	16(0)
Nobutoshi Kaneda	1(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	14(0)	15(1)
Hiromi Hara	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	6(1)	6(1)
Kazuaki Nagasawa	0(0)	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	6(0)	6(0)
Hisashi Kato	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O(1)	5(1)	5(1)
Ichiro Hosotani	0(0)	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(1)	4(1)
Tsutomu Sonobe	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	4(0)	4(0)
Haruhisa Hasegawa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	4(0)	4(0)
Hisao Sekiguchi	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(1)	3(1)
Toyohito Mochizuki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Yukitaka Omi	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Choei Sato	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Tetsuo Sugamata	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)