Tags: Soccer League, Sports League.
Japan Soccer League (日本サッカーリーグ Nihon Sakkā Rīgu) or JSL was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992 and was the precursor to the current professional league the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936. JSL was the first-ever national league of an amateur team sport in Japan.