RESULTS
| Sec | Date & venue | Score | versus | Goals (pen.) | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 Mar.; cloudy, Urawa | 2:1 | Reysol | Fukunaga 2 | 20,124 |
| 2. | 20 Mar.; fine/cloudy, Fukuoka | 2:1 aet | Avispa | Hirose 2(V) | 17,323 |
| 3. | 23 Mar.; cloudy, Tokyo National stadium | 2:0 | Marinos | Fukunaga, Bein | 49,094 |
| 4. | 30 Mar.; rain, Iwata | 1:1 aet (4:3) | Júbilo | Bein | 12,730 |
| 5. | 3 Apr.; fine, Urawa | 4:1 | Gamba | Fukunaga, Bein, Buchwald, Tsuchihashi | 20,614 |
| 6. | 6 Apr.; fine, Urawa | 0:2 | Grampus | 19,608 | |
| 7. | 13 Apr.; fine, Tokyo National stadium | 0:2 | Verdy | 45,555 | |
| 8. | 17 Apr.; cloudy, Urawa | 1:0 | JEF united | Hirose(1) | 19,366 |
| 9. | 20 Apr.; cloudy/fine, Akita | 0:1 | Antlers | 10,643 | |
| 10. | 27 Apr.; cloudy, Mitsuzawa, Yokohama | 4:1 | Flügels | Hirose, Boli, Iwase, Okano | 14,692 |
| 11. | 1 May.; rain, Urawa | 0:0 aet (4:5) | Cerezo | 17,789 | |
| 12. | 4 May.; cloudy, Urawa | 2:1 aet | S-Pulse | Iwase, Fukuda(V) | 19,213 |
| 13. | 11 May.; cloudy, Hiroshima Big Arch | 3:1 | Sanfrecce | Hori 2, Fukuda | 9,681 |
| 14. | 15 May.; fine, Tokyo National stadium | 1:0 aet | Purple Sanga | Taguchi(V) | 50,974 |
| 15. | 18 May.; fine, Niigata | 3:5 | Bellmare | Okano 2, Fukuda | 12,337 |
| R1-1* | 1 Jun.; fine, Urawa | 3:1 | Reysol | Fukunaga | 20,230 |
| R1-2* | 5 Jun.; fine, Kashiwa | 0:2 | Reysol | 9,348 | |
| R2-1* | 8 Jun.; cloudy/rain, Urawa | 0:0 | Bellmare | 19,287 | |
| R2-2* | 12 Jun.; cloudy, Hiratsuka | 2:1 | Bellmare | Boli, Fukuda(1) | 7,893 |
| R3-1* | 15 Jun.; cloudy, Kyoto | 1:1 | Purple Sanga | Boli | 14,992 |
| R3-2* | 19 Jun.; fine, Urawa | 0:1 | Purple Sanga | 18,742 | |
| R4-1* | 22 Jun.; cloudy, Mitsuzawa, Yokohama | 0:2 | Marinos | 13,476 | |
| R4-2* | 26 Jun.; rain, Urawa | 2:1 | Marinos | Okano, Fukuda | 18,914 |
| R5-1* | 29 Jun.; fine, Urawa | 1:2 | Júbilo | Fukuda(1) | 20,324 |
| R5-2* | 3 Jul.; fine, Iwata | 2:2 | Júbilo | Fukuda, Boli | 11,832 |
| R6-1* | 10 Aug.; fine, Hiroshima Big Arch | 3:2 | Sanfrecce | Bein, Fukunaga, own goal | 9,271 |
| R6-2* | 14 Aug.; fine, Urawa | 0:2 | Sanfrecce | 19,386 | |
| R7-1* | 17 Aug.; cloudy/fine, Expo '70 Stadium, Suita | 1:1 | Gamba | Oshiba | 8,010 |
| R7-2* | 21 Aug.; fine, Urawa | 3:0 | Gamba | Taguchi, Oshiba, Okano | 18,483 |
| 16. | 28 Aug.; rain, Shimizu | 3:2 | S-Pulse | Oshiba, Yamada, Okano | 10,151 |
| 17. | 31 Aug.; cloudy, Urawa | 5:1 | Sanfrecce | Hori, Bein, Yamada 2, Okano | 20,028 |
| 18. | 7 Sep.; fine, Kyoto | 0:1 | Purple Sanga | 10,088 | |
| 19. | 14 Sep.; finecloudyrain, Urawa | 3:2 | Bellmare | Okano, Oshiba, Hori | 17,825 |
| 20. | 21 Sep.; rain/cloudy, Tokyo National stadium | 7:0 | Reysol | Oshiba, Okano, Boli, Fukunaga 2, Buchwald(1), Iwase | 35,926 |
| 21. | 28 Sep.; cloudy, Sapporo | 1:1 aet (3:2) | Avispa | Okano | 5,611 |
| 22. | 2 Oct.; fine, Mitsuzawa, Yokohama | 1:0 | Marinos | Buchwald(1) | 11,798 |
| 23. | 5 Oct.; fine, Urawa | 0:2 | Júbilo | 20,044 | |
| 24. | 16 Oct.; fine, Expo '70 Stadium, Suita | 0:1 aet | Gamba | 5,254 | |
| 25. | 19 Oct.; fine/cloudy, Gifu | 1:0 | Grampus | own goal | 22,267 |
| 26. | 26 Oct.; cloudy, Urawa | 1:0 | Verdy | Okano | 19,495 |
| 27. | 30 Oct.; fine, Ichihara | 0:1 | JEF united | 8,337 | |
| 28. | 2 Nov.; rain, Tokyo National stadium | 0:0 aet (4:5) | Antlers | 45,794 | |
| 29. | 6 Nov.; cloudy/fine, Osaka | 1:3 | Cerezo | Okano | 7,493 |
| 30. | 9 Nov.; cloudy, Urawa | 3:0 | Flügels | Bein, Okano, Takita(1) | 19,357 |
| 3R** | 17 Dec.; fine, Urawa | 3:0 | NTT Kanto | Okano 2, Iwase | 15,344 |
| 4R** | 23 Dec.; fine, Utsunomiya | 4:0 | Cerezo | Bein, Taguchi, Fukunaga, Hori | 10,143 |
| QF** | 26 Dec.; fine, Nagoya | 3:0 | Bellmare | Hori, Bein, Yamada | 2,774 |
| SF** | 29 Dec.; fine, Tokyo National stadium | 0:3 | Verdy | 28,994 |
V-goal is the golden goal in extra time.
'*' is the tournament of J.League Cup 1996, known as "YAMAZAKI NABISCO Cup".
'**' is the 76th Emperor's Cup -All Japan football Championship Tournament Finals-.
SQUAD
| No.* | Position | Name | Former Team | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Manager | Holger OSIECK | ||
| . | Goalkeeper | TSUCHIDA Hisashi | Osaka Univ. of Economy | |
| 1. | Goalkeeper | TAKITA Yuki | NTT Kanto | |
| . | Goalkeeper | OTA Masahiro | JEF united | |
| . | Goalkeeper | ARATANI Hiroki | Toyama dai-1 High school | |
| . | Goalkeeper | HONMA Koji | Mito Tanki Daigaku fuzoku High school | |
| 6. | Defender | Guido BUCHWALD | VfB Stuttgart (GER) | National player of Germany |
| 3. | Defender | TAGUCHI Yoshinori | Sanfrecce | |
| . | Defender | Basile BOLI | AS Monaco (FRA) | National player of France |
| . | Defender | IKEDA Futoshi | Aoyama gakuin University | |
| . | Defender | NISHINO Tsutomu | Kobe University | |
| . | Defender | TAKAHASHI Yoshio | Bunan High school | |
| . | Defender | IGA Mitsuhiro | Reds-youth | |
| . | Defender | JOJO Shinji | Funabashi municipal High school | |
| 10. | Midfielder | Uwe BEIN | Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) | National player of West Germany |
| 8. | Midfielder | HIROSE Osamu | Teikyo High school | |
| 5. | Midfielder | HORI Takafumi | Toshiba | |
| . | Midfielder | IKEDA Nobuyasu | Waseda University | |
| 15. | Midfielder | SUGIYAMA Koichi | Osaka Univ. of Commerce | |
| 2. | Midfielder | TSUCHIHASHI Masaki | Kokushikan University | National player of Japan |
| 11. | Midfielder | FUKUNAGA Yasushi | Aoyama-gakuin University | |
| . | Midfielder | MOCHIYAMA Nobutake | Hannan University | |
| 19. | Midfielder | UCHIDATE Hideki | Sendai College | |
| 14. | Midfielder | IWASE Ken | Narashino High school | |
| 22. | Midfielder | SAKURAI Naoto | Omiya-Higashi High school | |
| 13. | Midfielder | YAMADA Nobuhisa | Fujieda-Higashi High school | |
| . | Midfielder | NAKASHIMA Takeshi | Waseda University | |
| . | Midfielder | KAMINO Masao | Reds-youth | |
| . | Midfielder | HANAYAMA Eiji | Utsunomiya-gakuen High school | |
| . | Midfielder | ISHII Toshiya | Shizuoka-gakuen High school | |
| 9. | Midfielder | Brian Steen NIELSEN | OB Odense (DEN) | rostered on |
| . | Forward, Capt. | FUKUDA Masahiro | Chuo University | National player of Japan |
| 7. | Forward | OKANO Masayuki | Nihon University | National player of Japan |
| . | Forward | OSHIBA Kenji | Kokushikan University | |
| . | Forward | SATO Taichi | Hanasaki-Tokuharu High school | |
| . | Forward | SUZUKI Shingo | Reds-youth | |
| - | Coach | Ove FLINDT-BJERG | ||
| - | Coach | YOSHIDA Yasushi | ||
| - | Coach | MURAMATSU Hiroshi | Satellite team | |
| - | Coach | HARA Hiromi | Satellite team | |
| - | Goalkeeper coach | SONOBE Akihisa | Satellite team |
Mark of '*' is registration numbers for the Emperor's Cup.
J.CLUBS
J.League has 16 clubs and three associates.
| J.League | Associates |
|---|---|
| YOKOHAMA Marinos | TOSU Futures |
| Verdy KAWASAKI | Vissel KOBE |
| NAGOYA Grampus eight | Brummel SENDAI |
| URAWA Red Diamonds | |
| JEF united ICHIHARA | |
| Júbilo IWATA | |
| KASHIMA Antlers | |
| Cerezo OSAKA | |
| SHIMIZU S-Pulse | |
| Sanfrecce HIROSHIMA | |
| Bellmare HIRATSUKA | |
| KASHIWA Reysol | |
| YOKOHAMA Flügels | |
| Gamba OSAKA | |
| Avispa FUKUOKA | |
| KYOTO Purple Sanga |
Go to J.League official site.
Go to Japan Football Association.