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1996 Japan Football League

Field	Value
competition	Japan Football League
season	1996
winners	Honda
promoted	Vissel Kobe
relegated	Tosu Futures
Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi (both were folded after the season)
matches	240
total goals	825
prevseason	1995
nextseason	1997

Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi (both were folded after the season)

Statistics of Japan Football League in the 1996 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Honda won the championship. However, citing continuing corporate ownership, they were refused promotion by the J.League, who took in the runner-up, Vissel Kobe, instead.

Newly promoted before the season were Nippon Denso, later known as FC Kariya, and Oita Trinity, later known as Oita Trinita.

Clubs

The following sixteen clubs participated in Japan Football League Division 1 during the 1996 season.

Brummell Sendai
Consadole Sapporo
Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi
Denso
Fujitsu Kawasaki
Fukushima
Honda
Montedio Yamagata
NTT Kanto
Oita Trinity
Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Seino Transportation
Tokyo Gas
Tosu Futures
Ventforet Kofu
Vissel Kobe

Personnel

Club	Head coach
Brummell Sendai	JPN Choei Sato
Consadole Sapporo	JPN Takeo Takahashi
Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi	JPN Yoshihiko Yamamoto
Denso
Fujitsu Kawasaki
Fukushima
Honda
Montedio Yamagata	JPN Nobuhiro Ishizaki
NTT Kanto
Oita Trinity	KOR Moon Jung-sik
Otsuka Pharmaceutical	BRA Edinho
Seino Transportation
Tokyo Gas	JPN Kiyoshi Okuma
Tosu Futures	KOR Chang Woe-ryong
Ventforet Kofu	JPN Yuji Tsukada
Vissel Kobe	SCO Stuart Baxter

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Non-visa foreign	Former players
Brummell Sendai	Brazil Edmar	Czech Republic František Mysliveček	Germany Frank Ordenewitz	Germany Pierre Littbarski	Germany Reinhard Stumpf
Consadole Sapporo	Brazil Pereira	Czech Republic Luboš Zákostelský	Czech Republic Pavel Řehák	Uruguay Raul Otero		North Korea Kim Jong-song
Peru David Soria Yoshinari	Brazil Alcindo
Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi	South Korea Kim Byung-soo
Denso
Fujitsu Kawasaki	Netherlands André Paus	Nigeria Momodu Mutairu
Fukushima	South Korea Gwak Kyung-keun
Honda	Brazil Wagner Lopes	Brazil Walter
Montedio Yamagata	Brazil Aldro	Brazil Angelo
NTT Kanto
Oita Trinity	South Korea Choi Dae-shik	South Korea Hwangbo Kwan	South Korea Lee Woo-young				South Korea Lee Young-jin
Otsuka Pharmaceutical	Brazil Almir
Seino Transportation
Tokyo Gas	Brazil Amaral	Brazil João Cavalo	Brazil Júnior	Cameroon Edwin Ifeanyi
Tosu Futures	Cameroon Stephen Tataw	Panama Jorge Dely Valdés				Peru Edwin Uehara
Peru Hector Takayama
Ventforet Kofu	Brazil Baron	Uruguay Mario López
Vissel Kobe	Denmark Michael Laudrup	Scotland Lee Baxter	Sweden Jan Jönsson	Switzerland Thomas Bickel	Tunisia Ziad Tlemçani	South Korea Cho Kwi-jae

League standings

16	Seino Transportation	30	5	25	28	82	-54	15

Updated to match(es) played in November 1996. Source:

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Notes:
Teams in Bold are the J.League associate members
After the season Tosu Futures & Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi folded

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