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L. League
Season1996
ChampionsNikko Securities Dream Ladies
1st L. League title
Top goalscorerLinda Medalen (29 goals)
← 1995
1997 →

Statistics of L. League in the 1996 season. Nikko Securities Dream Ladies won the championship.

First stage

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 Nikko Securities Dream Ladies 9 9 0 41 5 +36 Champions
2 Prima Ham FC Kunoichi 9 8 1 36 9 +27
3 Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza 9 7 2 30 8 +22
4 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC 9 6 3 20 23 −3
5 Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies 9 4 5 9 14 −5
6 Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina 9 3 6 11 19 −8
7 Tasaki Perule FC 9 3 6 16 18 −2
8 Fujita SC Mercury 9 3 6 8 16 −8
9 Shiroki FC Serena 9 2 7 12 22 −10
10 OKI FC Winds 9 0 9 7 56 −49
Source:[citation needed]

Second stage

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 Nikko Securities Dream Ladies 9 8 1 34 6 +28 Champions
2 Prima Ham FC Kunoichi 9 8 1 23 8 +15
3 Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina 9 6 3 18 12 +6
4 Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza 9 5 4 29 12 +17
5 Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies 9 5 4 32 16 +16
6 Shiroki FC Serena 9 4 5 18 20 −2
7 Tasaki Perule FC 9 4 5 13 21 −8
8 Fujita SC Mercury 9 2 7 6 21 −15
9 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC 9 2 7 8 33 −25
10 OKI FC Winds 9 1 8 6 38 −32
Source:[citation needed]

League standings

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 Nikko Securities Dream Ladies 18 17 1 75 11 +64 Season Champions
2 Prima Ham FC Kunoichi 18 16 2 59 17 +42
3 Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza 18 12 6 59 20 +39
4 Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies 18 9 9 41 30 +11
5 Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina 18 9 9 29 31 −2
6 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC 18 8 10 28 56 −28
7 Tasaki Perule FC 18 7 11 29 39 −10
8 Shiroki FC Serena 18 6 12 30 42 −12
9 Fujita SC Mercury 18 5 13 14 37 −23
10 OKI FC Winds 18 1 17 13 94 −81 Division 1 promotion/relegation Series
Source:[citation needed]

League awards

Best player

Player Club
Norway Linda Medalen Nikko Securities Dream Ladies

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Norway Linda Medalen Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
29

Best eleven

Pos Player Club
GK Japan Nozomi Yamago Prima Ham FC Kunoichi
DF Japan Tomoe Sakai Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza
Japan Maki Haneta Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina
Japan Rie Yamaki Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
Japan Yumi Tomei Prima Ham FC Kunoichi
MF Norway Hege Riise Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
Japan Homare Sawa Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza
Japan Yumi Obe Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
FW Norway Linda Medalen Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
Japan Mayumi Omatsu Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
Canada Charmaine Hooper Prima Ham FC Kunoichi

Best young player

Player Club
United States Natalie Neaton Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza

Promotion/relegation series

JLSL Challenge match

Urawa Ladies FC2 - 0Akita FC Ladies
Akita FC Ladies0 - 1Urawa Ladies FC

Division 1 promotion/relegation Series

OKI FC Winds3 - 1Urawa Ladies FC
Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium
Urawa Ladies FC0 - 3OKI FC Winds
Urawa, Saitama

See also

External links

1996 in Japanese football
Nadeshiko League seasons
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