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1996 J.League
4th season of J1 League
4th season of J1 League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | J.League |
| season | 1996 |
| winners | Kashima Antlers |
| 1st J.League title | |
| continentalcup1 | [Asian Club Championship](1997-98-asian-club-championship) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Kashima Antlers |
| league topscorer | Kazuyoshi Miura (23 goals) |
| matches | 240 |
| total goals | 778 |
| highest attendance | 50,974 - Reds vs. Sanga (May 15) |
| lowest attendance | 4,491 - Sanfrecce vs. Avispa (November 6) |
| average attendance | 13,353 |
| prevseason | [1995](1995-j-league) |
| nextseason | [1997](1997-j-league) |
1st J.League title 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
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.
- Avispa Fukuoka [[Image:Arrowupgreen.png]]
- Bellmare Hiratsuka
- Cerezo Osaka
- Gamba Osaka
- JEF United Ichihara
- Júbilo Iwata
- Kashima Antlers
- Kashiwa Reysol
- Kyoto Purple Sanga [[Image:Arrowupgreen.png]]
- Nagoya Grampus Eight
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- Shimizu S-Pulse
- Urawa Red Diamonds
- Verdy Kawasaki
- Yokohama Flügels
- Yokohama Marinos
Personnel
| Club | Head coach |
|---|---|
| Avispa Fukuoka | JPN Hidehiko Shimizu |
| Bellmare Hiratsuka | JPN Shigeharu Ueki |
| Cerezo Osaka | JPN Hiroshi Sowa |
| Gamba Osaka | CRO Josip Kuže |
| JEF United Ichihara | JPN Yasuhiko Okudera |
| Júbilo Iwata | NED Hans Ooft |
| Kashima Antlers | BRA João Carlos |
| Kashiwa Reysol | BRA Nicanor de Carvalho |
| Kyoto Purple Sanga | JPN George Yonashiro |
| Nagoya Grampus Eight | POR José Costa |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | NED Wim Jansen |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | ARG Osvaldo Ardiles |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | GER Holger Osieck |
| Verdy Kawasaki | BRA Emerson Leão |
| Yokohama Flügels | BRA Otacílio Gonçalves |
| Yokohama Marinos | JPN Hiroshi Hayano |
Foreign players
| 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 **Paulinho McLaren** | Brazil Simão | Brazil Zé Luiz | ||
| Cerezo Osaka | Brazil Francisco Narcizio | Brazil Gilmar | Brazil **Guga** | Brazil Marquinhos | Brazil Sérgio Manoel | ||
| Gamba Osaka | Croatia Mladen Mladenović | Croatia Vjekoslav Škrinjar | Macedonia **Boban Babunski** | Netherlands Hans Gillhaus | Ukraine Akhrik Tsveiba | Belarus *Sergei Aleinikov* | |
| Ukraine *Oleh Protasov* | |||||||
| JEF United Ichihara | Czech Republic Ivan Hašek | FR Yugoslavia Nenad Maslovar | Netherlands **Peter Bosz** | New Zealand Wynton Rufer | 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 | FR Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković | France Franck Durix | Ivory Coast Donald-Olivier Sié | 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 | 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** | Bolivia Ko Ishikawa | 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
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
Qualifies to 1996 Suntory Cup*, 1997/98 ACC, and 1997 Super Cup
Top scorers
| 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
Individual awards
| Award | Recipient | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | BRA Jorginho | Kashima Antlers |
| Rookie of the Year | JPN Toshihide Saito | Shimizu S-Pulse |
| Manager of the Year | BRA Nicanor de Carvalho | Kashiwa Reysol |
| Top Scorer | JPN Kazuyoshi Miura | Verdy Kawasaki |
Best Eleven
| Pos | Footballer | Club | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Seigo Narazaki | Yokohama Flügels | |
| DF | Guido Buchwald | Urawa Red Diamonds | |
| DF | Masami Ihara | Yokohama Marinos | |
| DF | Naoki Soma | Kashima Antlers | |
| MF | Jorginho | Kashima Antlers | |
| MF | Hiroshi Nanami | Júbilo Iwata | |
| MF | Masakiyo Maezono | Yokohama Flügels | |
| MF | Motohiro Yamaguchi | Yokohama Flügels | |
| FW | Dragan Stojković | Nagoya Grampus Eight | |
| FW | Kazuyoshi Miura | Verdy Kawasaki | |
| FW | Masayuki Okano | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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