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J.League
Season1996
ChampionsKashima Antlers
1st J.League title
Asian Club ChampionshipKashima Antlers
Matches played240
Goals scored778 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorerKazuyoshi Miura (23 goals)
Highest attendance50,974 - Reds vs. Sanga (May 15)
Lowest attendance4,491 - Sanfrecce vs. Avispa (November 6)
Average attendance13,353
← 1995
1997 →

The 1996 J.League season was the fourth season since the establishment of the J.League. The season began on March 16 and ended on November 9.

Clubs

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The following sixteen clubs participated in J.League during the 1996 season. Of these clubs, Kyoto Purple Sanga, and Avispa Fukuoka were newly promoted teams from Japan Football League.

Personnel

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Club Head coach1
Avispa Fukuoka Japan Hidehiko Shimizu
Bellmare Hiratsuka Japan Shigeharu Ueki
Cerezo Osaka Japan Hiroshi Sowa
Gamba Osaka Croatia Josip Kuže
JEF United Ichihara Japan Yasuhiko Okudera
Júbilo Iwata Netherlands Hans Ooft
Kashima Antlers Brazil João Carlos
Kashiwa Reysol Brazil Nicanor de Carvalho
Kyoto Purple Sanga Japan George Yonashiro
Nagoya Grampus Eight Portugal José Costa
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Netherlands Wim Jansen
Shimizu S-Pulse Argentina Osvaldo Ardiles
Urawa Red Diamonds Germany Holger Osieck
Verdy Kawasaki Brazil Emerson Leão
Yokohama Flügels Brazil Otacílio Gonçalves
Yokohama Marinos Japan Hiroshi Hayano

1 Subject to change during the season.

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa foreign Former players
Avispa Fukuoka Argentina Carlos Mayor Argentina Hugo Maradona Argentina Pedro Troglio Paraguay Richart Báez
Bellmare Hiratsuka Brazil Almir Brazil Betinho Brazil Luiz Brazil Paulinho McLaren Brazil Simão
Cerezo Osaka Brazil Francisco Narcizio Brazil Gilmar Brazil Guga Brazil Marquinhos Brazil Sérgio Manoel
Gamba Osaka Croatia Mladen Mladenović Croatia Vjekoslav Škrinjar North Macedonia Boban Babunski Netherlands Hans Gillhaus Ukraine Akhrik Tsveiba Ukraine Oleh Protasov
JEF United Ichihara Czech Republic Ivan Hašek Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Maslovar New Zealand Wynton Rufer Netherlands Peter Bosz Brazil Sandro
Júbilo Iwata Brazil Dunga Italy Salvatore Schillaci Netherlands Gerald Vanenburg Netherlands Dido Havenaar
Kashima Antlers Brazil Carlos Mozer Brazil Jorginho Brazil Mazinho Brazil Rodrigo Carbone Brazil Rodrigo Mendes Brazil Leonardo
Kashiwa Reysol Brazil Antônio Carlos Zago Brazil Careca Brazil Edílson Brazil Valdir Brazil Wagner
Kyoto Purple Sanga Brazil Edmílson Matias Brazil José Alexandre Brazil Luiz Carlos Brazil Raudnei Brazil Sérgio Soares Brazil Baltazar
Brazil Flávio Campos
Nagoya Grampus Eight Brazil Alexandre Torres Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković Ivory Coast Donald-Olivier Sié France Franck Durix
Poland Tomasz Frankowski
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Brazil Antônio Carlos Santos Netherlands Pieter Huistra South Korea Noh Jung-yoon
Shimizu S-Pulse Argentina Fernando Oliva Brazil Santos Italy Daniele Massaro Brazil Ademir Santos Brazil Toninho
Urawa Red Diamonds Denmark Brian Steen Nielsen France Basile Boli Germany Guido Buchwald Germany Uwe Bein
Verdy Kawasaki Brazil Argel Fuchs Brazil Bismarck Brazil Magrão Brazil Caíco
Brazil Donizete Pantera
Yokohama Flügels Brazil César Sampaio Brazil Denilson Brazil Evair Brazil Zinho
Yokohama Marinos Argentina Alberto Acosta Argentina Darío Figueroa Argentina David Bisconti Argentina Gustavo Zapata
Argentina Néstor Gorosito

Format

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In the 1996 season, the league abolished the split-season format and followed a single-season format; sixteen clubs played in double round-robin format, a total of 30 games per club. The games went to golden-goal extra time and penalties if needed after regulation. A club received 3 points for any win, 1 point for PK loss, and 0 pts for regulation or extra time loss. The clubs were ranked by points, and tie breakers are in the following order:

  • Goal differential
  • Goals scored
  • Head-to-head results
  • Extra match or a coin toss

The club that finished at the top of the table was declared season champion.

Changes in competition format
  • Number of competing clubs increased from 14 to 16
  • Followed single-season format instead of split-season format
  • Suntory Final Series was held this year, instead of Suntory Championship
  • Number of games per club reduced to 30 from 52 games per season

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Antlers 30 21 3 6 61 34 +27 66 1996 J.League Champions
Qualifies to 1996 Suntory Cup*, 1997/98 ACC, and 1997 Super Cup
2 Aichi Prefecture Nagoya Grampus Eight 30 21 0 9 63 39 +24 63 Qualifies to 1996 Suntory Cup*
3 Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama Flügels 30 21 0 9 58 44 +14 63
4 Shizuoka Prefecture Júbilo Iwata 30 20 2 8 53 38 +15 62
5 Chiba Prefecture Kashiwa Reysol 30 20 0 10 67 52 +15 60
6 Saitama Prefecture Urawa Red Diamonds 30 19 2 9 51 31 +20 59
7 Tokyo Verdy Kawasaki 30 19 0 11 68 42 +26 57
8 Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama Marinos 30 14 0 16 39 40 −1 42
9 Chiba Prefecture JEF United Ichihara 30 13 1 16 45 47 −2 40
10 Shizuoka Prefecture Shimizu S-Pulse 30 12 1 17 50 60 −10 37
11 Kanagawa Prefecture Bellmare Hiratsuka 30 12 0 18 47 58 −11 36
12 Osaka Prefecture Gamba Osaka 30 11 0 19 38 59 −21 33
13 Osaka Prefecture Cerezo Osaka 30 10 0 20 38 56 −18 30
14 Hiroshima Prefecture Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 10 0 20 36 60 −24 30
15 Fukuoka Prefecture Avispa Fukuoka 30 9 2 19 42 64 −22 29
16 Kyoto Prefecture 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

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Japan Kazuyoshi Miura Verdy Kawasaki 23
2 Brazil Edílson Kashiwa Reysol 21
3 Brazil Evair Yokohama Flügels 20
4 Italy Salvatore Schillaci Júbilo Iwata 15
5 Brazil Magrão Verdy Kawasaki 13
6 Czech Republic Ivan Hašek JEF United Ichihara 12
Japan Yoshiyuki Hasegawa Kashima Antlers
8 Brazil Mazinho Kashima Antlers 11
Croatia Mladen Mladenović Gamba Osaka
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković Nagoya Grampus Eight
Japan Koji Noguchi Bellmare Hiratsuka
Japan Masayuki Okano Urawa Red Diamonds
Japan Takuya Takagi Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan Yasuyuki Moriyama Nagoya Grampus Eight

Awards

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Individual awards

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Award Recipient Club
Most Valuable Player Brazil Jorginho Kashima Antlers
Rookie of the Year Japan Toshihide Saito Shimizu S-Pulse
Manager of the Year Brazil Nicanor Kashiwa Reysol
Top Scorer Japan Kazuyoshi Miura Verdy Kawasaki

Best Eleven

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Pos Footballer Club Nationality
GK Seigo Narazaki Yokohama Flügels  Japan
DF Guido Buchwald Urawa Red Diamonds  Germany
DF Masami Ihara Yokohama Marinos  Japan
DF Naoki Soma Kashima Antlers  Japan
MF Jorginho Kashima Antlers  Brazil
MF Hiroshi Nanami Júbilo Iwata  Japan
MF Masakiyo Maezono Yokohama Flügels  Japan
MF Motohiro Yamaguchi Yokohama Flügels  Japan
FW Dragan Stojković Nagoya Grampus Eight  Yugoslavia
FW Kazuyoshi Miura Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
FW Masayuki Okano Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan

See also

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