1996 in Japanese football

1996 season
1996 season
	← 1995 1997 →

Japanese football in 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

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

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	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

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	? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Hakatanomori Football Stadium

1996.08.25	Japan	5–3	Uruguay	Osaka, Japan
	Maezono 15' Miura 26', 68' Takagi 42' Okano 84'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium

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	? ?' ? ?'

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 ?', ?', ?'		? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Hakatanomori Football Stadium

1996.07.10	Japan	2–2	Australia	United States
	Sawa ?', ?'		? ?' ? ?'

1996.07.15	Japan	1–3	Sweden	United States
	Sawa ?'		? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

1996.07.21	Japan	2–3	Germany	United States
	Kioka ?' Noda ?'		? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

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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