J-League 1996
FINAL STANDINGS (9 November 1996)
Pos Prev Team Games Won Lst GF-GA Pnt
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1. ( 1) Kashima Antlers 30 21 9 61-34 66
2. ( 4) Nagoya Grampus Eight 30 21 9 63-39 63
3. ( 2) Yokohama Flugels 30 21 9 58-44 63
4. ( 3) Jubilo Iwata 30 20 10 53-38 62
5. ( 5) Kashiwa Reysol 30 20 10 67-52 60
6. ( 6) Urawa Reds 30 19 11 51-31 59
7. ( 7) Verdy Kawasaki 30 19 11 68-42 57
8. ( 9) Yokohama Marinos 30 14 16 39-40 42
9. ( 8) JEF United Ichihara 30 13 17 45-47 40
10. (10) Shimizu S-Pulse 30 12 18 50-60 37
11. (11) Bellmare Hiratsuka 30 12 18 47-58 36
12. (13) Gamba Osaka 30 11 19 38-59 33
13. (12) Cerezo Osaka 30 10 20 38-56 30
14. (14) Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 10 20 36-60 30
15. (15) Avispa Fukuoka 30 9 21 42-64 29
16. (16) Kyoto Purple Sanga 30 8 22 22-54 24
Round 1
Verdy Kawasaki - Kyoto Purple Sanga 1-0
Kashima Antlers - Shimizu S-Pulse 4-1
Urawa Red Diamonds - Kashiwa Reysol 2-1
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Bellmare Hiratsuka 4-1
Cerezo Osaka - Yokohama Flugels 0-2
Jubilo Iwata - Avispa Fukuoka 3-0
JEF United Ichihara - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-1
Yokohama Marinos - Gamba Osaka 1-2
Round 2
Kashiwa Reysol - Nagoya Grampus Eight 2-3 (OT)
Yokohama Marinos - Jubilo Iwata 0-1 (OT)
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Verdy Kawasaki 0-4
Shimizu S-Pulse - Cerezo Osaka 2-1
Kyoto Purple Sanga - JEF United Ichihara 0-2
Gamba Osaka - Yokohama Flugels 0-1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Kashima Antlers 1-2 (OT)
Avispa Fukuoka - Urawa Reds 1-2 (OT)
Round 3
Jubilo Iwata - Gamba Osaka 2-0
Kashima Antlers - Kyoto Purple Sanga 5-1
JEF United Ichihara - Bellmare Hiratsuka 0-2
Verdy Kawasaki - Kashiwa Reysol 2-3 (OT)
Yokohama Flugels - Shimizu S-Pulse 1-0 (OT)
Cerezo Osaka - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-2 (OT)
Urawa Reds - Yokohama Marinos 2-0
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Avispa Fukuoka 3-1
Round 4
Jubilo Iwata - Urawa Reds 1-1 (3-4)
Kashiwa Reysol - JEF United Ichihara 0-2
Yokohama Marinos - Nagoya Grampus Eight 0-1
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Kashima Antlers 1-0 (OT)
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Cerezo Osaka 0-2
Gamba Osaka - Shimizu S-Pulse 2-2 (4-3)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Yokohama Flugels 0-1 (OT)
Avispa Fukuoka - Verdy Kawasaki 1-2 (OT)
Round 5
Kashima Antlers - Kashiwa Reysol 5-1
JEF United Ichihara - Avispa Fukuoka 0-1
Urawa Reds - Gamba Osaka 4-1
Verdy Kawasaki - Yokohama Marinos 3-2 (OT)
Yokohama Flugels - Kyoto Purple Sanga 3-0
Shimizu S-Pulse - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-0 (OT)
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Jubilo Iwata 1-2
Cerezo Osaka - Bellmare Hiratsuka 2-3 (OT)
Round 6
Urawa Reds - Nagoya Grampus Eight 0-2
Jubilo Iwata - Verdy Kawasaki 2-1
Kashiwa Reysol - Cerezo Osaka 3-0
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Yokohama Flugels 0-4
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Shimizu S-Pulse 1-5
Gamba Osaka - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1 (OT)
Yokohama Marinos - JEF United Ichihara 2-1
Avispa Fukuoka - Kashima Antlers 2-4
Round 7
Yokohama Flugels - Kashiwa Reysol 2-1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Kyoto Purple Sanga 3-0
Kashima Antlers - Yokohama Marinos 3-1
Verdy Kawasaki - Urawa Reds 2-0
Shimizu S-Pulse - Bellmare Hiratsuka 5-1
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Gamba Osaka 2-0
Cerezo Osaka - Avispa Fukuoka 1-2
JEF United Ichihara - Jubilo Iwata 2-4
Round 8
Kashiwa Reysol - Shimizu S-Pulse 2- 1 (OT)
Urawa Reds - JEF United Ichihara 1- 0
Yokohama Marinos - Cerezo Osaka 3- 0
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0- 1 (OT)
Jubilo Iwata - Kashima Antlers 2- 2 (4-3)
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Verdy Kawasaki 3- 1
Gamba Osaka - Kyoto Purple Sanga 4- 2
Avispa Fukuoka - Yokohama Flugels 3- 4
Round 9
Kashima Antlers - Urawa Reds 1- 0
JEF United Ichihara - Nagoya Grampus Eight 3- 0
Yokohama Flugels - Yokohama Marinos 1- 2 (OT)
Shimizu S-Pulse - Avispa Fukuoka 0- 2
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Bellmare Hiratsuka 0- 2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Kashiwa Reysol 0- 1
Cerezo Osaka - Jubilo Iwata 2- 1
Verdy Kawasaki - Gamba Osaka 2- 3
Round 10
Cerezo Osaka - Nagoya Grampus Eight 3- 2 (OT)
Kashima Antlers - Verdy Kawasaki 2- 1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Yokohama Marinos 0- 3
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Kashiwa Reysol 0- 1
Shimizu S-Pulse - Jubilo Iwata 1- 2 (OT)
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Avispa Fukuoka 0- 3
JEF United Ichihara - Gamba Osaka 2- 1
Yokohama Flugels - Urawa Reds 1- 4
Round 11
Kashiwa Reysol - Kyoto Purple Sanga 2- 0
Urawa Reds - Cerezo Osaka 0- 0 (4-5)
Verdy Kawasaki - JEF United Ichihara 2- 1 (OT)
Yokohama Marinos - Shimizu S-Pulse 1- 2
Jubilo Iwata - Yokohama Flugels 2- 3
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Kashima Antlers 3- 1
Gamba Osaka - Bellmare Hiratsuka 2-1 (OT)
Avispa Fukuoka - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0- 2
Round 12
JEF United Ichihara - Kashima Antlers 3- 2
Jubilo Iwata - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1- 0
Gamba Osaka - Kashiwa Reysol 1- 7
Verdy Kawasaki - Cerezo Osaka 1- 2 (OT)
Yokohama Marinos - Kyoto Purple Sanga 1- 0
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Yokohama Flugels 2- 3
Urawa Reds - Shimizu S-Pulse 2- 1 (OT)
Avispa Fukuoka - Bellmare Hiratsuka 0- 4
Round 13
Cerezo Osaka - JEF United Ichihara 2- 3
Kashima Antlers - Gamba Osaka 4- 0
Kashiwa Reysol - Avispa Fukuoka 5- 2
Yokohama Flugels - Verdy Kawasaki 4- 3 (OT)
Shimizu S-Pulse - Nagoya Grampus Eight 1- 4
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Urawa Reds 1- 3
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Jubilo Iwata 1- 2 (OT)
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Yokohama Marinos 0- 2
Round 14
Kashima Antlers - Cerezo Osaka 1- 0 (OT) 15,213
JEF United Ichihara - Yokohama Flugels 4- 2 10,042
Verdy Kawasaki - Shimizu S-Pulse 5- 3 12,016
Yokohama Marinos - Kashiwa Reysol 1- 2 8,395
Jubilo Iwata - Bellmare Hiratsuka 3- 4 11,924
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1- 2 21,303
Gamba Osaka - Avispa Fukuoka 3- 0 5,389
Urawa Reds - Kyoto Purple Sanga 1- 0 (OT) 50,974
Round 15
Kashiwa Reysol - Jubilo Iwata 4- 0 13,462
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Urawa Reds 5- 3 12,337
Cerezo Osaka - Gamba Osaka 0- 2 9,325
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Verdy Kawasaki 1- 3 12,124
Avispa Fukuoka - Yokohama Marinos 0- 1 14,295
Shimizu S-Pulse - JEF United Ichihara 1- 2 13,380
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Nagoya Grampus Eight 2- 3 9,023
Yokohama Flugels - Kashima Antlers 1- 1 (6-5) 45,159
Round 16 (28 August)
Kashima Antlers - JEF United Ichihara 2- 0 16,046
Kashiwa Reysol - Gamba Osaka 1- 0 6,093
Yokohama Flugels - Nagoya Grampus Eight 1- 2 30,128
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Avispa Fukuoka 1- 4 5,539
Shimizu S-Pulse - Urawa Reds 2- 3 10,151
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Yokohama Marinos 0- 3 13,848
Cerezo Osaka - Verdy Kawasaki 2- 4 13,069
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Jubilo Iwata 0- 3 6,585
Round 17 (31 August)
JEF United Ichihara - Cerezo Osaka 1- 0 (OT) 7,469
Urawa Reds - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5- 1 20,028
Verdy Kawasaki - Yokohama Flugels 3- 2 14,280
Yokohama Marinos - Bellmare Hiratsuka 2- 1 13,978
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Shimizu S-Pulse 2- 1 21,008
Jubilo Iwata - Kyoto Purple Sanga 2- 1 12,358
Gamba Osaka - Kashima Antlers 0- 1 8,665
Avispa Fukuoka - Kashiwa Reysol 4- 5 (OT) 7,174
Round 18 (7 September)
Shimizu S-Pulse - Verdy Kawasaki 0- 2 15,814
Cerezo Osaka - Kashima Antlers 2- 4 6,467
Yokohama Flugels - JEF United Ichihara 2- 0 11,103
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Jubilo Iwata 3- 0 8,015
Kashiwa Reysol - Yokohama Marinos 4- 0 11,883
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Urawa Reds 1- 0 10,088
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Nagoya Grampus Eight 2- 3 10,185
Avispa Fukuoka - Gamba Osaka 1- 0 6,596
Round 19 (14 September)
Kashima Antlers - Yokohama Flugels 2- 1 15,435
JEF United Ichihara - Shimizu S-Pulse 0- 1 (OT) 7,848
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Kyoto Purple Sanga 3- 0 21,181
Gamba Osaka - Cerezo Osaka 2- 0 7,210
Urawa Reds - Bellmare Hiratsuka 3- 2 17,825
Jubilo Iwata - Kashiwa Reysol 2- 3 (OT) 13,163
Yokohama Marinos - Avispa Fukuoka 0- 0 (3-1) 10,268
Verdy Kawasaki - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5- 1 11,782
Round 20 (21 September)
Shimizu S-Pulse - Kashima Antlers 0- 2 10,673
Yokohama Flugels - Cerezo Osaka 2- 1 10,644
Gamba Osaka - Yokohama Marinos 4- 5 (OT) 7,874
Kashiwa Reysol - Urawa Reds 0- 7 35,926
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Nagoya Grampus Eight 2- 3 (OT) 7,537
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Verdy Kawasaki 2- 0 18,058
Avispa Fukuoka - Jubilo Iwata 1- 3 8,287
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - JEF United Ichihara 3- 4 7,389
Round 21 (28 September)
Urawa Reds - Avispa Fukuoka 1- 1 (3-2) 5,611
Jubilo Iwata - Yokohama Marinos 1- 0 14,688
Kashima Antlers - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1- 1 (8-9) 15,975
JEF United Ichihara - Kyoto Purple Sanga 1- 0 7,142
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Kashiwa Reysol 1- 2 (OT) 21,295
Cerezo Osaka - Shimizu S-Pulse 2- 3 8,043
Yokohama Flugels - Gamba Osaka 3- 2 (OT) 7,035
Verdy Kawasaki - Bellmare Hiratsuka 1- 0 27,001
Round 22 (2 October)
Kashiwa Reysol - Verdy Kawasaki 1- 2 (OT) 10,654
Yokohama Marinos - Urawa Reds 0- 1 11,798
Bellmare Hiratsuka - JEF United Ichihara 0- 4 6,010
Shimizu S-Pulse - Yokohama Flugels 4- 2 16,788
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Kashima Antlers 1- 0 7,691
Gamba Osaka - Jubilo Iwata 0- 1 5,025
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Cerezo Osaka 2- 1 (OT) 5,387
Avispa Fukuoka - Nagoya Grampus Eight 1- 3 7,247
Round 23 (5 October)
Cerezo Osaka - Kyoto Purple Sanga 2- 1 8,236
Kashima Antlers - Bellmare Hiratsuka 2- 0 15,931
JEF United Ichihara - Kashiwa Reysol 2- 3 8,600
Urawa Reds - Jubilo Iwata 0- 2 20,044
Verdy Kawasaki - Avispa Fukuoka 1- 2 (OT) 14,446
Shimizu S-Pulse - Gamba Osaka 3- 2 (OT) 11,046
Yokohama Flugels - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2- 0 7,111
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Yokohama Marinos 2- 0 21,984
Round 24 (16 October)
Kashiwa Reysol - Kashima Antlers 1- 0 12,256
[Sakai 11]
Yokohama Marinos - Verdy Kawasaki 1- 3 21,870
[Acosta 43 - Magrao 22, Bismarck 71, Kazuyoshi Miura 80]
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Cerezo Osaka 3- 1 5,365
[Noguchi 35,54 Seki 72 - Nishizawa 49]
Jubilo Iwata - Nagoya Grampus Eight 0- 2 13,512
[Mochizuki 75, Durix 85]
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Yokohama Flugels 0- 1 8,227
[Yamaguchi 75]
Gamba Osaka - Urawa Reds 1- 0 (OT) 5,254
[Gillhaus 93]
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Shimizu S-Pulse 2- 3 6,314
[Michlki 19,26 - Nagai 66, Hasegawa 86,89]
Avispa Fukuoka - JEF United Ichihara 3- 2 5,309
[Ishimaru 20, Ueno 27, Maradona 49 [pen] - Jo 26,89]
Round 25 (19 October)
Kashima Antlers - Avispa Fukuoka 3- 1 15,976
[Masuda 43, Rodrigo 66, Manaka 73 - Maradona 28]
JEF United Ichihara - Yokohama Marinos 1- 2 16,902
[Jo 60 - Takehito Suzuki 59, Yasunaga 82]
Verdy Kawasaki - Jubilo Iwata 0- 1 10,250
[Schillaci 6]
Yokohama Flugels - Bellmare Hiratsuka 1- 0 10,348
[Yamaguchi 25]
Shimizu S-Pulse - Kyoto Purple Sanga 0- 2 8,902
[Fujiyoshi 46, Alexandre 54]
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Urawa Reds 0- 1 22,267
[Olwa [og] 27]
Cerezo Osaka - Kashiwa Reysol 5- 1 11,118
[Yonekura 36, Koga 41, Yokoyama 58,64 Narcisio 72 - Nozomu Kato 71]
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Gamba Osaka 2- 0 7,202
[Noh 51, Huistra 56]
Round 26 (26 October)
Yokohama Marinos - Kashima Antlers 0- 1 16,110
[Mazinho 87]
Jubilo Iwata - JEF United Ichihara 2- 1 12,164
[Schillaci 16, Nakayama 77 - Hasek 29]
Kashiwa Reysol - Yokohama Flugels 1- 2 13,181
[Otake [og] 52 - Miura 21, Evair 61]
Urawa Reds - Verdy Kawasaki 1- 0 19,495
[Okano 85]
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Shimizu S-Pulse 3- 0 8,240
[Noguchi 18, Horike [og] 67, Betinho 89]
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2- 1 (OT) 7,315
[Edmilson 16, Noguchi 108 - Huistra 25]
Gamba Osaka - Nagoya Grampus Eight 0- 3 13,517
[Stojkovic 38, Mochizuki 60, Hirano 63]
Avispa Fukuoka - Cerezo Osaka 0- 1 5,351
[Yokoyama 84]
Round 27 (30 October)
Kashima Antlers - Jubilo Iwata 2- 2 (4-3) 15,823
[Mazinho 40,76 - Schillaci 1, Fukunishi 55]
JEF United Ichihara - Urawa Reds 1- 0 8,337
[Rufer 38]
Verdy Kawasaki - Nagoya Grampus Eight 1- 0 12,258
[Kazuyoshi Miura 73]
Yokohama Flugels - Avispa Fukuoka 3- 1 5,321
[Evair 5,67 [pen] 75 - Baez 33]
Shimizu S-Pulse - Kashiwa Reysol 2- 4 10,237
[Mukojima 50,89 - Watanabe 1, Caraca 5, Sakai 54, Edison 87]
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Gamba Osaka 2- 1 7,003
[Edmilson 62, Luis Carlos 70 - Skrinjar 54]
Cerezo Osaka - Yokohama Marinos 1- 0 8,573
[Yokoyama 84]
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Bellmare Hiratsuka 3- 2 5,037
[Takagi 11, Huistra 30, Kojima 52 - Noguchi 86]
Round 28 (2 November)
Jubilo Iwata - Cerezo Osaka 3- 0 12,019
[Kurata [og] 44, Schillaci 65, Fujita 75]
Kashiwa Reysol - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3- 0 7,035
[Valdir 37, Edilson 57,83]
Urawa Reds - Kashima Antlers 0- 0 (4-5) 45,794
Yokohama Marinos - Yokohama Flugels 1- 2 12,016
[Bisconti 56 - Maezono 40, Cesar Sampaio 89]
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Kyoto Purple Sanga 0- 1 5,874
[Edmilson 62]
Nagoya Grampus Eight - JEF United Ichihara 1- 1 (4-2) 20,679
[Oiwa 37 - Nlimura 3]
Gamba Osaka - Verdy Kawasaki 1- 3 12,431
[Kojima 60 - Magrao 53,66]
Avispa Fukuoka - Shimizu S-Pulse 1- 3 5,616
[Troglio 89 - Saito 32, Sawanobori 57,75]
Round 29 (6 November)
Kashima Antlers - Nagoya Grampus Eight 4- 2 16,234
[Manaka 29,39 Mazinho 65, Soria 66 - Torres 7,78]
JEF United Ichihara - Verdy Kawasaki 1- 5 7,767
[Rufer 61 - Kazuyoshi Miura 1,11,89 Bismarck 38, Magrao 84]
Yokohama Flugels - Jubilo Iwata 1- 2 14,070
[Maezono 47 - Dunga 77, Hattori 89]
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Gamba Osaka 2- 0 6,335
[Saneyoshi [og] 8, Noguchi 88]
Shimizu S-Pulse - Yokohama Marinos 0- 2 10,898
[Acosta 10,53]
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Kashiwa Reysol 0- 1 6,310
[Edilson 10]
Cerezo Osaka - Urawa Reds 3- 1 7,493
[Morishima 30,71 Manoel 49 - Okano 1]
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Avispa Fukuoka 2- 4 4,491
[Moriyasu 53,88 - Yamashita 30, Major 48, Ueno 66,79]
Round 30 (9 November)
Kashiwa Reysol - Bellmare Hiratsuka 2- 4 12,126
[Careca 76, Date 85 - Antonio [og] 47, Teruo Iwamoto 48, Betinho 58 [pen],74]
Urawa Reds - Yokohama Flugels 3- 0 19,357
[Bein 24, Okana 33, Takita 34 [pen]]
Verdy Kawasaki - Kashima Antlers 5- 0 21,074
[Magrao 18,46 Nakamura 20, Kazuyoshi Miura 37,82]
Yokohama Marinos - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3- 1 10,858
[Omura 19,50,89 - ? [og] 12]
Jubilo Iwata - Shimizu S-Pulse 1- 2 17,543
[Schillaci 64 - Ito 36,89]
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Cerezo Osaka 2- 1 21,358
[Okayama 25, Ogura 46 - Manoel 12]
Gamba Osaka - JEF United Ichihara 2- 1 8,090
[Isogai 34, Gillhaus 89 [pen] - Jo 35]
Avispa Fukuoka - Kyoto Purple Sanga 0- 2 11,710
[Matsuhashi 24, Edmilson 32]
FINAL STANDINGS (9 November 1996)
Pos Prev Team Games Won Lst GF-GA Pnt
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1. ( 1) Kashima Antlers 30 21 9 61-34 66
2. ( 4) Nagoya Grampus Eight 30 21 9 63-39 63
3. ( 2) Yokohama Flugels 30 21 9 58-44 63
4. ( 3) Jubilo Iwata 30 20 10 53-38 62
5. ( 5) Kashiwa Reysol 30 20 10 67-52 60
6. ( 6) Urawa Reds 30 19 11 51-31 59
7. ( 7) Verdy Kawasaki 30 19 11 68-42 57
8. ( 9) Yokohama Marinos 30 14 16 39-40 42
9. ( 8) JEF United Ichihara 30 13 17 45-47 40
10. (10) Shimizu S-Pulse 30 12 18 50-60 37
11. (11) Bellmare Hiratsuka 30 12 18 47-58 36
12. (13) Gamba Osaka 30 11 19 38-59 33
13. (12) Cerezo Osaka 30 10 20 38-56 30
14. (14) Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 10 20 36-60 30
15. (15) Avispa Fukuoka 30 9 21 42-64 29
16. (16) Kyoto Purple Sanga 30 8 22 22-54 24
TOP SCORERS (final standings, after 30 rounds)
1. Kazuyoshi Miura Jpn Verdy Kawasaki 23
2. Edilson Bra Kashiwa Reysol 21
3. Evair Bra Yokohama Flugels 20
4. Salvatore Schillaci Ita Jubilo Iwata 15
5. Magrao Bra Verdy Kawasaki 13
6. Yoshiyuki Hasegawa Jpn Kashima Antlers 12
Ivan Hasek Cze JEF United Ichihara 12
8. Mladen Mladenovic Cro Gamba Osaka 11
Dragan Stojkovic Yug Nagoya Grampus Eight 11
Takuya Takagi Jpn Sanfrecce Hiroshima 11
Yasuyuki Moriyama Jpn Nagoya Grampus Eight 11
Kouji Noguchi Jpn Bellmare Hiratsuka 11
Mazinho Bra Kashima Antlers 11
Masayuki Okano Jpn Urawa Reds 11
15. Pedro Troglio Arg Avispa Fukuoka 10
Alberto Acosta Arg Yokohama Marinos 10
17. Masashi Nakayama Jpn Jubilo Iwata 9
Masaaki Sawanobori Jpn Shimizu S-Pulse 9
Hiroaki Morishima Jpn Cerezo Osaka 9
Tetsuya Okayama Jpn Nagoya Grampus Eight 9
Shouji Jou Jpn JEF United Ichihara 9
22. Motohiro Yamaguchi Jpn Yokohama Flugels 8
Hugo Maradona Arg Avispa Fukuoka 8
Nozomu Katou Jpn Kashiwa Reysol 8
Naoki Sakai Jpn Kashiwa Reysol 8
Masakiyo Maezono Jpn Yokohama Flugels 8
Hans Gillhaus Ned Gamba Osaka 8
This year for the first time the J.League have instituted a new season
finale: the J.League Champions Cup, aka the Suntory Cup. The Suntory
Cup pits the numbers 1 and 2 of the J.League against the finalists of
the J.League Cup (Nabisco Cup), but it must be said that the title is
purely honorary: the true champions will be the team that won the
J.League, Kashima Antlers, no matter what happens in the Champions Cup.
The reason why this competition was instituted is probably that with
the single-season format that was adopted this year, there is no
longer a Championship Series and they wanted a final game anyway.
The semifinals were played on Wednesday 13 November 1996, right after
the end of the regular competition.
Kashima Antlers - Verdy Kawasaki 1- 1 (4-2) 16,081
(h1) 9. Mazinho 1-0, (h2) 25. K.Miura 1-1. Shots: 18-13. At Kashima.
Shimizu S-Pulse - Nagoya Grampus Eight 0- 0 (1-3) 15,285
The 1996 J.League Champions Final (Suntory Cup) was played on
Wednesday 20 November 1996 at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The
regular league numbers 1 and 2, Kashima Antlers and Nagoya Grampus
Eight, faced each other for the title after defeating the numbers
2 and 1 respectively of the J.League Cup aka Nabisco Cup (Verdy
Kawasaki and Shimizu S-Pulse) a week earlier. I said in my report of
the semifinals that the title was purely honorary, but this is not
quite so: apart from the fact that the money was good (50 million yen,
roughly half a million dollars), the winner of this Cup will get to
participate in the Sanwa Bank Cup next year before the start of the
season. The Sanwa Bank Cup always pits the winner of the J.League
season finals (normally the J.League champion) against a champion from
some other part of the world -- last year the Marinos faced FC
Goeteborg from Sweden. Next year's opponent will be the United States'
Major League Soccer's inaugural champions, Washington DC United.
But the official J.League champion of 1996 will be the Kashima Antlers
no matter what, and it's the Antlers who will be playing in the Asian
Champions' Cup next season.
Kashima Antlers - Nagoya Grampus Eight 0- 1 (OT) 25,017
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(o2) 5. Stojkovic 0-1. Shots: 17-10. At National Stadium, Tokyo.
20 November 1996, kickoff 19:00. Referee: Leslie Mottram.
Kashima Antlers - GK Furukawa, DF Naitou, Akita, Okuno, Souma,
MF Jorginho, Honda, Masuda, Rodrigo, FW Mazinho, Manaka.
Subs: Kurosaki (h2-31) for Masuda, Oniki (h2-39) for Rodrigo.
Cards: Akita, Rodrigo.
Nagoya Grampus Eight - GK Y.Itou, DF Iijima, Torres, Ooiwa, Nishigaya,
MF Mochizuki, Durix, Nakanishi, Hirano, FW Stojkovic, Ogura.
Subs: Okayama (h2-18) for Ogura, Moriyama (h2-35) for Hirano,
Kina (o2-0) for Durix.
Cards: Ooiwa, Iijima, Nakanishi.
Team promoted for 1997 competition: Vissel Kobe.
The Emperor's Cup 1996
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round 1 : 3 November (all J.League teams get a bye)
round 2 : 10 November (all J.League teams get a bye)
round 3 : 17 November (J.League teams participate; 16 matches)
round 4 : 23 December 1996
quarterfinals: 26 December 1996
semifinals : 29 December 1996
final : 1 January 1997
First round (3 November 1996)
Denso 3 - 1 Juntendo Univ.
Blaze Kumamoto 2 - 1 Kwansei Gakuin Univ.
World Blitz Oyama 0 - 7 Vissel Kobe
Nihon Bunri Univ. 1 - 3 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima
Kaiho Club 0 - 4 Montedio Yamagata
Runes Gakuen Koga SC 1 - 1 Hokkaido Educ. Univ. at Hakodate
5 PK 3
Morioka Zebra 0 - 6 Fujitsu Kawasaki
Fukuoka Univ. 2 - 2 Alvileo Niigata
5 PK 4
Kawazoe Club 2 - 5 Ventforet Kofu
FC Matsue 0 - 9 Kokushikan Univ.
Matsuyama Univ. 0 - 11 Brummel Sendai
Tokai Univ. 1 - 0 Osaka Commerce Univ.
Wakayama Univ. 0 - 3 Consadole Sapporo
Gonohe Town Office SC 2 - 1 Sanyo Electrics
Fukushima FC 2 - 1 Hitachi Shimizu
Teihenzu 0 - 4 Tsukuba Univ.
NTT Kanto 2 - 0 Doshisha Univ.
YKK 0 - 5 Waseda Univ.
MIND HOUSE 1 - 5 Tokyo Gas
Ueda Jenshan 1 - 2 Kunimi FC
Central Kobe 0 - 3 Tosu Futures
Sony Sendai 2 - 1 Hiroshima Teachers Selection
Tenri Univ. 0 - 1 Cosmo Yokkaichi
Prima Ham Tsuchiura 2 - 3 Komazawa Univ.
Tokushima Commerce High School 1 - 5 Oita F.C.
Volca Kagoshima 3 - 1 TDK
Yamagata FC 1 - 7 Otsuka F.C.
Kochi Univ. 8 - 1 Miyazaki Teachers Selection
Aoyama Gakuin Univ. 0 - 4 Honda Giken
Toa Univ. 3 - 4 Kagawa Shiun Club
Maruoka High School 0 - 4 Seino Transport
Yonago Hogashi High School 0 - 4 Kansai Univ.
Second round (10 November 1996)
Denso 3 - 1 Blaze Kumamoto
Vissel Kobe 4 - 2 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima
Montedio Yamagata 6 - 0 Runes Gakuen Koga SC
Fujitsu Kawasaki 3 - 0 Fukuoka Univ.
Ventforet Kofu 1 - 2 Kokushikan Univ.
Brummel Sendai 4 - 1 Tokai Univ.
Consadole Sapporo 4 - 0 Gonohe Town Office SC
Fukushima FC 3 - 0 Tsukuba Univ.
NTT Kanto 1 - 0 Waseda Univ.
Tokyo Gas 8 - 0 Kunimi FC
Tosu Futures 5 - 2 Sony Sendai
Cosmo Yokkaichi 3 - 0 Komazawa Univ.
Oita F.C. 6 - 1 Volca Kagoshima
Otsuka F.C. 2 - 1 Kochi Univ.
Honda Giken 3 - 2 Kagawa Shiun Club
Seino Transport 1 - 2 Kansai Univ.
Third Round (16, 17 November 1996)
Cerezo Osaka - Tokyo Gas 3- 1
Yokohama Flugels - Nippon Densou 4- 0
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Vissel Kobe 4- 3
Gamba Osaka - Montedio Yamagata 4- 1
JEF United Ichihara - Fujitsu Kawasaki 0- 0 (4-5)
Kashiwa Reysol - Kokushikan Univ. 1- 0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Brummel Sendai 2- 0
Shimizu S-Pulse - Consadole Sapporo 1- 0
Jubilo Iwata - Fukushima FC 1- 2
Urawa Reds - NTT Kanto 3- 0
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Tosu Futures 1- 0
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Cosmo Yokkaichi 0- 1
Verdy Kawasaki - Ooita FC 4- 0
Yokohama Marinos - Vortis Tokushima 1- 2 (OT)
Avispa Fukuoka - Honda Giken 3- 1
Kashima Antlers - Kwansei Univ. 2- 0
Fourth Round (23 December 1996)
Avispa Fukuoka - Kashima Antlers 0- 2
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Yokohama Flugels 1- 0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Kashiwa Reysol 2- 1
Fukushima FC - Shimizu S-Pulse 1- 2
Urawa Reds - Cerezo Osaka 4- 0
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Cosmo Oil 3- 1
Verdy Kawasaki - Vortis Tokushima 4- 0
Fujitsu Kawasaki - Gamba Osaka 1- 3
QUARTERFINALS (played on 26 december 1996)
Verdy Kawasaki - Kashima Antlers 2- 1
Gamba Osaka - Kyoto Purple Sanga 3- 2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Shimizu S-Pulse 3- 0
Urawa Reds - Bellmare Hiratsuka 3- 0
SEMIFINALS (played on 29 December 1996)
Gamba Osaka - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0- 2 8,452
Urawa Reds - Verdy Kawasaki 0- 3 28,994
Cup Final, played on 1 January 1997.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Verdy Kawasaki 0- 3 38,737
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(h1) 3. Kitazawa 0-1, 11. Y.Miura 0-2, (h2) 14. Kurihara 0-3.
Shots at goal: 10-12. At Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - GK Maekawa, DF Naitou, Yanagimoto, Kojima,
MF Michiki, Moriyasu, Yoshida, Santos, Kuwabara, FW Noh, Takagi.
Subs: Kubo (h2-26 for Naitou), Abe (h2-33 for Yoshida).
Cards: Santos.
Verdy Kawasaki - GK S.Kikuchi, DF T.Kikuchi, Argel, Hayashi, Nakamura,
Sugawara, MF Y.Miura, Bismarck, Kitazawa, FW Kurihara, K.Miura.
Subs: Ishizuka (h2-36 for Kurihara).
Cards: Y.Miura.
Nabisco Cup (or League Cup) 1996
================================
The J.League Cup, also known as the Nabisco Cup, started play on
1 June and will see the final on 25 September, which is in the middle
of the second half of the regular J.League competition.
The J.League Cup is being played for the fourth time this year: the
first time was in 1992 (that was the first J.League event, even before
the inaugural competition), it was also played in '93 and '94, but in
1995 it was skipped because of the packed schedule of the J.League's
regular competition. The first three editions were all won by Verdy
Kawasaki. Note that the J.League Cup is not Japan's official Cup
Competition: it is the winner of the Emperor's Cup, played
traditionally in December, who gets to participate in the Asian Cup
Winners' Cup.
The format of the J.League Cup seems to change every year: this year
the participants are only the regular J.League teams (in previous
years the associate members (in the JFL) also got to participate but
there was apparently no room in their schedule this time). The
familiar 16 teams are divided in two groups, and get to play each
other in a home-and-away format. The interesting thing is that the
home and away games follow each other directly: so for instance on the
first day (Saturday 1 June) the Yokohama Marinos hosted Gamba Osaka,
and on the second day (the following Wednesday, 5 June) Gamba hosted
the Marinos. The assignment of points is also interesting: only the
results over each two-match series count. If the series ends in a
draw (both games ended in draws, or both teams won once and scored the
same number of goals) then both teams get 1 point. In all other cases,
the team that scored the most goals is declared the winner and gets 3
points. The away goals rule is not applied, so a 1-0 home win followed
by a 1-2 away defeat counts as a draw. Obviously there is no "V-goal"
(sudden-death) overtime, games end after 90 minutes and a draw is a
draw.
Group A
......................................................................
Urawa Reds - Kashiwa Reysol 1- 3
Goals: (Reds) Fukunaga, (Reysol) Watanabe, OG, Edilson
Kashiwa Reysol - Urawa Reds 2- 0
Goals: (Reysol) N.Katou, Edilson
Yokohama Marinos - Gamba Osaka 2- 3
Goals: (Marinos) Miura 2, (Gamba) Isogai 2 (1 PK), Gillhaus
Gamba Osaka - Yokohama Marinos 1- 1
Goals: (Gamba) Matsuyama, (Marinos) T.Yamada
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Bellmare Hiratsuka 1- 1
Goals: (Sanga) Raudnei, (Bellmare) Seki
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Kyoto Purple Sanga 3- 1
Goals: (Bellmare) T.Iwamoto, Seki, Natsuka, (Sanga) Raudnei (PK)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Jubilo Iwata 1- 0
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Huistra
Jubilo Iwata - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1- 0
Goals: (Jubilo) Nakayama
Kashiwa Reysol - Yokohama Marinos 0- 0
Yokohama Marinos - Kashiwa Reysol 3- 1
Goals: (Marinos) Miura, Matsuda, Bisconti, (Reysol) Edilson
Urawa Reds - Bellmare Hiratsuka 0- 0
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Urawa Reds 1- 2
Goals: (Bellmare) Bettinho, (Reds) Boli, Fukuda (PK)
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0- 1
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Abe
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Kyoto Purple Sanga 0- 0
Jubilo Iwata - Gamba Osaka 3- 1
Goals: (Jubilo) Nanami, Fujita, Schillaci, (Gamba) Gillhaus
Gamba Osaka - Jubilo Iwata 0- 5
Goals: (Jubilo) Vanenburg, Nakayama 2, Takeda, Ookura
Kashiwa Reysol - Jubilo Iwata 2- 1
Goals: (Reysol) Wagner, Sakai, (Jubilo) Schillaci
Jubilo Iwata - Kashiwa Reysol 1- 1
Goals: (Jubilo) Katsuya, (Reysol) Careca
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Yokohama Marinos 1- 1
Goals: (Bellmare) Nakata, (Marinos) Bisconti
Yokohama Marinos - Bellmare Hiratsuka 0- 3
Goals: (Bellmare) T.Iwamoto, Paulinho 2
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Urawa Reds 1- 1
Goals: (Sanga) Raudnei, (Reds) Boli
Urawa Reds - Kyoto Purple Sanga 0- 1
Goals: (Sanga) Yamaguchi
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Gamba Osaka 1- 1
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Kubo, (Gamba) Matsuyama
Gamba Osaka - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0- 3
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Moriyasu, Kubo, Michiki
......................................................................
Urawa Reds - Yokohama Marinos 2- 1
Goals: (Reds) Okano, Fukuda, (Marinos) Bisconti
The first leg was won by the Marinos, don't remember the score.
......................................................................
Jubilo Iwata - Bellmare Hiratsuka 2- 1
Goals: (Jubilo) OG, Hattori (PK), (Bellmare) Paulinho
The first game was also won by Jubilo, by a wide margin I think.
......................................................................
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Gamba Osaka 1- 2
Goals: (Sanga) Raudnei, (Gamba) Skrinjar, Matsunami
The first game was also won by Gamba, 4-3 if I remember correctly.
......................................................................
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Kashiwa Reysol 1- 3
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Ooki, (Reysol) Careca (2), Shimotaira
The first game was won by Sanfrecce, but with a one-goal difference;
Consequently, the points go to Reysol.
......................................................................
......................................................................
Urawa Reds - Jubilo Iwata 1- 2
Goals: (Reds) Fukuda (PK), (Jubilo) Nakayama, Schillaci
......................................................................
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Yokohama Marinos 1- 3
Goals: (Sanga) Raudnei, (Marinos) Zapata, Nagayama, Omura (PK)
......................................................................
Gamba Osaka - Kashiwa Reysol 1- 4
Goals: (Gamba) Gillhaus, (Reysol) Date, Valdir, Arima, N.Katou
......................................................................
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Bellmare Hiratsuka 2- 3
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Kubo, Huistra, (Bellmare) Paulinho, Seki (2)
......................................................................
......................................................................
Yokohama Marinos - Jubilo Iwata 2- 0
Goals: (Marinos) T.Suzuki, Bisconti
The Marinos also won the first game, by the same score I think.
......................................................................
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Gamba Osaka 0- 0
The first game was also a draw.
......................................................................
Urawa Reds - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0- 2
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Santos (2)
The first game was won by the Reds; I'm not sure, but I think
Sanfrecce got three points out of this leg.
......................................................................
Kashiwa Reysol - Kyoto Purple Sanga 3- 1
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Kashiwa Reysol 0- 0
The second game was originally cancelled because of a typhoon, which
made it the first time ever an official J.League match had to be
postponed. It was finally played on 24 August.
......................................................................
......................................................................
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Kashiwa Reysol 3- 1
Goals: (Bellmare) Nakata, Seki, Narahashi, (Reysol) Edilson
Kashiwa Reysol - Bellmare Hiratsuka 1- 2
Goals: (Reysol) Sakai, (Bellmare) Seki, Noguchi
......................................................................
Yokohama Marinos - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3- 5
Goals: (Marinos) Omura, T.Yamada, Acosta, (Sanfrecce) Santos (2),
Takagi, Huistra, Kubo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Yokohama Marinos 2- 2
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Huistra (PK), Moriyasu, (Marinos) Acosta (2)
......................................................................
Jubilo Iwata - Kyoto Purple Sanga 0- 0
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Jubilo Iwata 3- 1
Goals: (Sanga) Carlos, Ta.Yamaguchi, Alexandre, (Jubilo) Nakayama
......................................................................
Gamba Osaka - Urawa Reds 1- 1
Goals: (Gamba) Matsuyama, (Reds) Ooshiba
Urawa Reds - Gamba Osaka 3- 0
Goals: (Reds) Taguchi, Ooshiba, Okano
......................................................................
Group B
......................................................................
JEF United Ichihara - Avispa Fukuoka 0- 1
Goals: (Avispa) Troglio
Avispa Fukuoka - JEF United Ichihara 0- 2
Goals: (JEF) Maslovar, Hiroyama
Shimizu S-Pulse - Kashima Antlers 1- 0
Goals: (S-Pulse) Ooenoki
Kashima Antlers - Shimizu S-Pulse 2- 2
Goals: (Antlers) Leonardo 2 (1 PK), (S-Pulse) Oriba, Hasegawa
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Yokohama Flugels 1- 1
Goals: (Grampus) Hirano, (Flugels) Zinho
Yokohama Flugels - Nagoya Grampus Eight 1- 1
Goals: (Flugels) Zinho, (Grampus) Moriyama
Cerezo Osaka - Verdy Kawasaki 0- 1
Goals: (Verdy) Bismarck
Verdy Kawasaki - Cerezo Osaka 3- 0
Goals: (Verdy) Gen 2, Nunobe
Yokohama Flugels - Shimizu S-Pulse 0- 1
Goals: (S-Pulse) Nagai
Shimizu S-Pulse - Yokohama Flugels 3- 3
Goals: (S-Pulse) Sawanobori, Hasegawa, Nagai, (Flugels) Maezono2,
Satsukawa
Cerezo Osaka - JEF United Ichihara 3- 3
Goals: (Cerezo) Kawamae, Kurata, Kanda, (JEF) OG 2, Maslovar
JEF United Ichihara - Cerezo Osaka 2- 0
Goals: (JEF) Hasek, Jou
Avispa Fukuoka - Kashima Antlers 0- 0
Kashima Antlers - Avispa Fukuoka 2- 0
Goals: (Antlers) Yanagizawa, Leonardo
Verdy Kawasaki - Nagoya Grampus Eight 4- 0
Goals: (Verdy) Kitazawa, Bismarck, Nunobe, Kaiko
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Verdy Kawasaki 0- 3
Goals: (Verdy) Nunobe, Fujiyoshi, Ishizuka
Shimizu S-Pulse - Avispa Fukuoka 3- 1
Goals: (S-Pulse) Massaro, Nagai, Oriba, (Avispa) Maradona
Avispa Fukuoka - Shimizu S-Pulse 0- 1
Goals: (S-Pulse) Hasegawa
Nagoya Grampus Eight - JEF United Ichihara 1- 1
Goals: (Grampus) Stojkovic (PK), (JEF) Ejiri
JEF United Ichihara - Nagoya Grampus Eight 1- 0
Goals: (JEF) Hasek
Yokohama Flugels - Verdy Kawasaki 5- 1
Goals: (Flugels) Yamaguchi, Maezono 2, Zinho, Sampaio,
(Verdy) Kaiko (PK)
Verdy Kawasaki - Yokohama Flugels 3- 1
Goals: (Verdy) Kaiko, Kitazawa, Kurihara, (Flugels) Zinho
Cerezo Osaka - Kashima Antlers 0- 2
Goals: (Antlers) Leonardo, Kurosaki
Kashima Antlers - Cerezo Osaka 0- 3
Goals: (Cerezo) Manoel (PK), Nishizawa, Yokoyama
......................................................................
Verdy Kawasaki - JEF United Ichihara 1- 2
Goals: (Verdy) Nunobe, (JEF) Jou, Niimura
The first game was won by Verdy, crushingly I think; the points go to
Verdy.
......................................................................
Yokohama Flugels - Avispa Fukuoka 4- 1
Goals: (Flugels) Yamaguchi, Maezono, Zinho (PK), Sampaio,
(Avispa) Maradona (PK)
The first game was a draw.
......................................................................
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Kashima Antlers 0- 2
Goals: (Antlers) Leonardo, Masuda
The first game was also won by the Antlers.
......................................................................
Cerezo Osaka - Shimizu S-Pulse 0- 1
Goals: (S-Pulse) Sawanobori
The first game was also won by the S-Pulse.
......................................................................
......................................................................
Yokohama Flugels - JEF United Ichihara 2- 3
Goals: (Flugels) Hattori, Yamaguchi, (JEF) Hasek (2), Sandro
......................................................................
Verdy Kawasaki - Kashima Antlers 1- 1
Goals: (Verdy) Ardeu, (Antlers) Ishii
......................................................................
Avispa Fukuoka - Cerezo Osaka 2- 2
Goals: (Avispa) OG, Takemoto, (Cerezo) Nishizawa, Yonekura
......................................................................
Shimizu S-Pulse - Nagoya Grampus Eight 2- 0
Goals: (S-Pulse) Oliva (2)
......................................................................
......................................................................
JEF United Ichihara - Kashima Antlers 1- 1
Goals: (JEF) Hasek, (Antlers) Mazinho
The first game was also a draw.
......................................................................
Shimizu S-Pulse - Verdy Kawasaki 0- 0
The first game was also a draw.
......................................................................
Cerezo Osaka - Yokohama Flugels 1- 1
Goals: (Cerezo) Tsukamoto; (Flugels) Maezono
The first game was also a draw.
......................................................................
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Avispa Fukuoka 3- 3
Goals: (Grampus) Asano, Hirano, Moriyama, (Avispa) Yamashita,
Ishimaru, Troglio (PK)
The first game was won by Avispa.
......................................................................
......................................................................
Kashima Antlers - Yokohama Flugels 1- 1
Goals: (Antlers) Jorginho, (Flugels) Satsukawa
Yokohama Flugels - Kashima Antlers 1- 1
Goals: (Flugels) Hattori, (Antlers) Oniki
......................................................................
JEF United Ichihara - Shimizu S-Pulse 3- 1
Goals: (JEF) Nakanishi, Maslovar, Jou, (S-Pulse) Sawanobori (PK)
Shimizu S-Pulse - JEF United Ichihara 4- 0
Goals: (S-Pulse) Hasegawa (2), Oliva, Morioka
......................................................................
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Cerezo Osaka 6- 1
Goals: (Grampus) Stojkovic (2), Hirano, Ogura (2), Moriyama,
(Cerezo) Yonekura
Cerezo Osaka - Nagoya Grampus Eight 3- 1
Goals: (Cerezo) Nishizawa, Morishima, Manoel (PK), (Grampus) Asano
......................................................................
Avispa Fukuoka - Verdy Kawasaki 2- 5
Goals: (Avispa) Maradona (2), (Verdy) Magron, Kitazawa (2), K.Miura (2)
Verdy Kawasaki - Avispa Fukuoka 0- 1
Goals: (Avispa) Endou
......................................................................
FINAL STANDINGS
GROUP A
Team Games (W-D-L) GF-GA Pnt
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1. Kashiwa Reysol 15 (7-3-4) 24-16 +8
2. Bellmare Hiratsuka 13 (6-5-3) 23-15 +8
3. Sanfrecce Hiroshima 13 (6-3-5) 22-20 +2
4. Yokohama Marinos 12 (5-4-5) 22-20 +2
5. Jubilo Iwata 10 (6-3-5) 21-17 +4
6. Gamba Osaka 7 (3-5-6) 15-30 -15
7. Urawa Reds 6 (4-4-6) 16-20 -4
8. Kyoto Purple Sanga 6 (3-5-7) 14-19 -5
GROUP B
Team Games (W-D-L) GF-GA Pnt
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1. Shimizu S-Pulse 16 (8-4-2) 22-16 +6
2. Verdy Kawasaki 14 (7-4-3) 25-13 +12
3. Yokohama Flugels 12 (3-8-3) 27-20 +7
4. JEF United Ichihara 10 (6-4-4) 20-22 -2
5. Kashima Antlers 9 (4-8-2) 16-12 +4
6. Cerezo Osaka 7 (3-4-7) 23-26 -3
7. Nagoya Grampus Eight 7 (2-4-8) 19-26 -7
8. Avispa Fukuoka 3 (3-4-7) 14-31 -17
The results of the semifinals of the 1996 J.League Cup (Nabisco Cup),
which were played on Wednesday 4 September.
Kashiwa Reysol - Verdy Kawasaki 1- 2 14,155
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(h1) 11. Argel 0-1, (h2) 0. Magrao 0-2, 14. Arima 1-2.
Shots at goal: 6-12. At National Stadium, Tokyo.
Shimizu S-Pulse - Bellmare Hiratsuka 5- 0 13,629
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(h1) 15. Oliva 1-0, 18. Ooenoki 2-0, 22. Oliva 3-0,
(h2) 11. Hasegawa 4-0, 39. T.Itou 5-0.
Shots at goal: 15-16. At Nihondaira Stadium.
Final
(Played on 25 September 1996, at National Stadium Tokyo)
Shimizu S-Pulse - Verdy Kawasaki 3- 3 (5-4) 28,232
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(h2) 23. Hasegawa 1-0, 36. Oliva 2-0, 42. Horiike 2-1 (OG),
44. Argel 2-2, (o1) 0. Santos 3-2, (o2) 0. Bismarck 3-3.
Shots at goal: 13-17. At National Stadium, Tokyo. Referee: xx.
Penalties: K.Miura 0-1, Sawanobori 1-1, Magrao x, Santos 2-1,
Bismarck 2-2, Ooenoki 3-2, Kitazawa 3-3, Morioka 4-3, Argel 4-4,
Oliva 5-4.
Lineups
Shimizu S-Pulse - GK Sanada, DF Andou, Saitou, Horiike, Morioka,
MF Santos, Ooenoki, Nagai, Oliva, Sawanobori, FW Hasegawa.
Substitutions: Shirai (o1-10, for Nagai).
Cards: Sawanobori, Santos.
Verdy Kawasaki - GK S.Kikuchi, DF Ishikawa, Argel, Hashiratani,
Nakamura, Sugawara, MF Y.Miura, Bismarck, Kitazawa, FW Magrao,
K.Miura.
Substitutions: Gen (h2-30, for Nakamura), T.Kikuchi (h2-36, for
Ishikawa), Nishizawa (h2-41, for Y.Miura).
Cards: Nakamura, Magrao, Hashiratani, Argel.
J.League Cup (Nabisco Cup) Top Scorers
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1. Oliva Arg? Shimizu S-Pulse 9
2. Kouji Seki Jpn Bellmare Hiratsuka 8
Japan 1996 Second Level (Football League)
JFL Final Standings
Pos. Team Games Win Lose (PK-Ls) GF-GA GDf Pts
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1. Honda Giken Hamamatsu 30 25 5 83-35 +48 75
* 2. Vissel Kobe 30 25 5 78-32 +46 75
3. Tokyo Gas 30 24 6 (1) 63-28 +35 73
* 4. Tosu Futures 30 20 10 (2) 68-43 +25 62
* 5. Consadole Sapporo 30 20 10 (2) 60-43 +17 62
* 6. Brummel Sendai 30 18 12 (2) 67-52 +15 56
7. Vortis Tokushima 30 18 12 (1) 56-41 +15 55
8. Montedio Yamagata 30 16 14 (1) 45-49 -4 49
9. Fujitsu Kawasaki 30 15 15 48-45 +3 45
10. Oita Trinity 30 13 17 42-52 -10 39
11. Ventforet Kofu 30 11 19 50-56 -6 33
12. Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi 30 11 19 31-59 -28 33
13. NTT Kanto 30 7 23 (2) 36-55 -19 23
14. Fukushima FC 30 7 23 (1) 30-63 -33 22
15. Nippon Denso 30 5 25 (1) 40-90 -50 16
16. Seino Transports 30 5 25 28-82 -54 15
(an asterisk marks the J.League associate members.)
(games go to OT and PK to decide the winner if necessary.
3 points for a win, 1 point for a loss after penalty kicks)
After the 1996 season,
- Vissel Kobe was promoted to the J.League.
- Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi was disbanded.
- Tosu Futures was disbanded, and a new club was formed called Sagan
Tosu. The club lost its J.League associate membership but retained
JFL status.
- Fujitsu Kawasaki was renamed Kawasaki Frontale, and applied for
J.League associate membership.
- Honda Giken Hamamatsu also applied for J.League associate membership,
a new name was not decided in time for the new season.
- Prima Ham Tsuchiura and Jatco were promoted to the JFL.
- Prima Ham Tsuchiura was relocated to Mito, and renamed Mito
Hollyhock.
1995.
1997.
With thanks to Ian King
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