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Japanese football in 1996

J.League

Main article: 1996 J.League
Pos Team Pld W PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kashima Antlers 30 21 3 6 61 34 +27 66 1997–98 Asian Club Championship
2 Nagoya Grampus Eight 30 21 0 9 63 39 +24 63
3 Yokohama Flügels 30 21 0 9 58 44 +14 63
4 Júbilo Iwata 30 20 2 8 53 38 +15 62
5 Kashiwa Reysol 30 20 0 10 67 52 +15 60
6 Urawa Red Diamonds 30 19 2 9 51 31 +20 59
7 Verdy Kawasaki 30 19 0 11 68 42 +26 57 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
8 Yokohama Marinos 30 14 0 16 39 40 −1 42
9 JEF United Ichihara 30 13 1 16 45 47 −2 40
10 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 12 1 17 50 60 −10 37
11 Bellmare Hiratsuka 30 12 0 18 47 58 −11 36
12 Gamba Osaka 30 11 0 19 38 59 −21 33
13 Cerezo Osaka 30 10 0 20 38 56 −18 30
14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 10 0 20 36 60 −24 30
15 Avispa Fukuoka 30 9 2 19 42 64 −22 29
16 Kyoto Purple Sanga 30 8 0 22 22 54 −32 24
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Win = 3 pts; P.K. loss = 1 pt; Regulation, E.T. loss = 0 pts

Japan Football League

Main article: 1996 Japan Football League
Pos Club P W L GF GA Pts Notes
1 Honda 30 25 5 83 35 75 Champions (Refused promotion)
2 Vissel Kobe 30 25 5 78 32 75 Promoted to J.League
3 Tokyo Gas 30 24 6 63 28 73
4 Tosu Futures 30 20 10 68 43 62 Folded
5 Consadole Sapporo 30 20 10 60 43 62
6 Brummell Sendai 30 18 12 67 52 56
7 Otsuka Pharmaceutical 30 18 12 56 41 55
8 Montedio Yamagata 30 16 14 45 49 49
9 Fujitsu Kawasaki 30 15 15 48 45 45
10 Oita Trinity 30 13 17 42 52 39
11 Ventforet Kofu 30 11 19 50 56 33
12 Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi 30 11 19 45 61 33 Folded
13 NTT Kanto 30 7 23 36 55 23
14 Fukushima 30 7 23 30 63 22
15 Denso 30 5 25 40 90 16
16 Seino Transportation 30 5 25 28 82 15

Japanese Regional Leagues

Main article: 1996 Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 1996 Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Main article: 1996 J.League Cup

National team (men)

Results

1996.02.10 Japan 4–1 Australia Wollongong, Australia
Yamaguchi 34'
Takagi 61', 85'
Moriyasu 89'		 JFA ? ?'
1996.02.14 Japan 0–3 Australia Melbourne, Australia
JFA ? ?'
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1996.02.19 Japan 5–0 Poland Hong Kong
Yamaguchi 29'
Takagi 31', 75'
Omura 40'
Miura 61'		 JFA
1996.02.22 Japan 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Sweden Hong Kong
Omura 64' JFA ? ?'
1996.05.26 Japan 1–0 Yugoslavia Tokyo, Japan
Miura 62' JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
1996.05.29 Japan 3–2 Mexico Fukuoka, Japan
Morishima 35'
Miura 46'
Soma 82'		 JFA ? ?'
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1996.08.25 Japan 5–3 Uruguay Osaka, Japan
Maezono 15'
Miura 26', 68'
Takagi 42'
Okano 84'		 JFA ? ?'
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1996.09.11 Japan 1–0 Uzbekistan Tokyo, Japan
Morishima 6' JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
1996.10.13 Japan 1–0 Tunisia Hyōgo, Japan
Maezono 17' JFA Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
1996.12.06 Japan 2–1 Syria Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
84' (o.g.)
Takagi 87'		 JFA ? ?'
1996.12.09 Japan 4–0 Uzbekistan Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Nanami 7'
Miura 37'
Maezono 86', 89'		 JFA
1996.12.12 Japan 1–0 China PR Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Soma 89' JFA
1996.12.15 Japan 0–2 Kuwait Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
JFA ? ?'
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Players statistics

Player -1995 02.10 02.14 02.19 02.22 05.26 05.29 08.25 09.11 10.13 12.06 12.09 12.12 12.15 1996 Total
Masami Ihara 75(4) O O O O O O O O O O O O O 13(0) 88(4)
Kazuyoshi Miura 52(29) - O O(1) O O(1) O(1) O(2) O O O O(1) O O 12(6) 64(35)
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa 38(3) O O O O - O - - - - - - - 5(0) 43(3)
Hajime Moriyasu 32(0) O(1) O O - - - - - - - - - - 3(1) 35(1)
Takuya Takagi 29(14) O(2) O O(2) O - - O(1) O O O(1) O - O 10(6) 39(20)
Hisashi Kurosaki 21(4) - - - - - O O - - - - - - 2(0) 23(4)
Motohiro Yamaguchi 14(1) O(1) O O(1) O O O O O O O O O O 13(2) 27(3)
Hiroshige Yanagimoto 12(0) O O O O O O O O O O O O O 13(0) 25(0)
Kazuya Maekawa 12(0) O O - O - - O - O - - - - 5(0) 17(0)
Masakiyo Maezono 10(0) - - - - - - O(1) O O(1) O O(2) O O 7(4) 17(4)
Naoki Soma 9(0) O O O O O O(1) O O O O O O(1) O 13(2) 22(2)
Hiroaki Morishima 9(0) O - O O O O(1) O O(1) O O O - O 11(2) 20(2)
Norio Omura 4(0) O O O(1) O(1) O O O O - O O O O 12(2) 16(2)
Yoshiyuki Hasegawa 4(0) - - - - O O - - - - - - - 2(0) 6(0)
Masayuki Okano 3(0) O O - O O - O(1) O O O O O O 11(1) 14(1)
Tadashi Nakamura 3(0) O - - - O O - O - - - - - 4(0) 7(0)
Nobuyuki Kojima 3(0) - - O - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 4(0)
Hiroshi Nanami 2(2) O O O O O O O O O O O(1) O O 13(1) 15(3)
Yutaka Akita 2(1) - - O - - - - - - - - O - 2(0) 4(1)
Yasuto Honda 2(0) O O O O O O O O O O O O O 13(0) 15(0)
Kentaro Sawada 2(0) O O - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 4(0)
Kenichi Shimokawa 1(0) - - - - O O - O - O O O O 7(0) 8(0)
Shoji Jo 1(0) - - - - - - - - O - - O O 3(0) 4(0)
Masaharu Suzuki 1(0) - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Toshihide Saito 0(0) - - - - - - O - O - - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Masaki Tsuchihashi 0(0) - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Toshihiro Hattori 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Naoki Sakai 0(0) - - - - - - - - O - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Ryuji Michiki 0(0) - - - - - - - - O - - - - 1(0) 1(0)

National team (women)

Results

1996.05.11 Japan 0–3 China United States
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1996.05.16 Japan 0–4 United States United States
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1996.05.18 Japan 0–0
(4–3 p)		 Canada United States
1996.05.26 Japan 1–1 Denmark Tokyo, Japan
Obe ?' ? ?' Stadium: National Stadium
1996.05.29 Japan 3–4 Denmark Fukuoka, Japan
Uchiyama ?', ?', ?' ? ?'
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? ?'		 Stadium: Hakatanomori Football Stadium
1996.07.10 Japan 2–2 Australia United States
Sawa ?', ?' ? ?'
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1996.07.15 Japan 1–3 Sweden United States
Sawa ?' ? ?'
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1996.07.21 Japan 2–3 Germany United States
Kioka ?'
Noda ?'		 ? ?'
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1996.07.23 Japan 0–2 Brazil United States
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1996.07.25 Japan 0–4 Norway United States
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Players statistics

Player -1995 05.11 05.16 05.18 05.26 05.29 07.10 07.15 07.21 07.23 07.25 1996 Total
Futaba Kioka 70(29) - - - - - O O O(1) O O 5(1) 75(30)
Etsuko Handa 68(19) O - O O O O O O - - 7(0) 75(19)
Akemi Noda 66(23) O O O O O O O O(1) O O 10(1) 76(24)
Kaori Nagamine 63(48) - - O - - - - - - - 1(0) 64(48)
Asako Takakura 63(24) O O O O O O O O O O 10(0) 73(24)
Tamaki Uchiyama 20(13) O O - O O(3) O - O O O 8(3) 28(16)
Maki Haneta 20(1) O O O O O - O O O O 9(0) 29(1)
Rie Yamaki 20(0) O O O O O O O O O O 10(0) 30(0)
Homare Sawa 18(5) O O O O O O(2) O(1) O O O 10(3) 28(8)
Yumi Tomei 16(5) O O - O O O O O O O 9(0) 25(5)
Junko Ozawa 15(0) O - - O O - - O O - 5(0) 20(0)
Nami Otake 14(7) O O - O O O O - O - 7(0) 21(7)
Yumi Obe 13(1) O O O O(1) O O O O O O 10(1) 23(2)
Kae Nishina 9(0) O O O O O O O O O O 10(0) 19(0)
Megumi Sakata 9(0) - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 10(0)
Kaoru Kadohara 8(1) - - O - O O - - - O 4(0) 12(1)
Ryoko Uno 5(0) - - O - - - - - - - 1(0) 6(0)
Shiho Onodera 4(0) - - O - - O O - - O 4(0) 8(0)
Miyuki Izumi 0(0) - O O O - O - - - O 5(0) 5(0)
Rie Kimura 0(0) - O O - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0)

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