1996 Japan Football League

Statistics of Japan Football League in the 1996 season.

Japan Football League
Season1996
ChampionsHonda
PromotedVissel Kobe
RelegatedTosu Futures
Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi (both were folded after the season)
Matches played240
Goals scored825 (3.44 per match)
1995
1997

Overview

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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

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The following sixteen clubs participated in Japan Football League Division 1 during the 1995 season.

Personnel

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

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa foreign Former players
Brummell Sendai   Edmar   František Mysliveček   Frank Ordenewitz   Pierre Littbarski   Reinhard Stumpf
Consadole Sapporo   Pereira   Pavel Řehák   Raul Otero   Kim Jong-song   Alcindo
Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi   Kim Byung-soo
Denso
Fujitsu Kawasaki   André Paus   Momodu Mutairu   Shin Che-bon
Fukushima   Gwak Kyung-keun
Honda   Walter   Wagner Lopes
Montedio Yamagata   Aldro   Angelo
NTT Kanto
Oita Trinity   Hwangbo Kwan   Lee Woo-young   Lee Young-jin
Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Seino Transportation
Tokyo Gas   Amaral   João Cavalo   Júnior   Edwin Ifeanyi
Tosu Futures   Stephen Tataw   Jorge Dely Valdés   Edwin Uehara
  Hector Takayama
Ventforet Kofu   Baron   Mario López
Vissel Kobe   Michael Laudrup   Lee Baxter   Jan Jönsson   Thomas Bickel   Ziad Tlemçani   Cho Kwi-jae

League standings

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Pos Club P W L F A GD Pts Notes
1 Honda 30 25 5 83 35 48 75 Champions (Refused promotion)
2 Vissel Kobe 30 25 5 78 32 46 75 Promoted to J.League
3 Tokyo Gas 30 24 6 63 28 35 73
4 Tosu Futures 30 20 10 68 43 25 62 Folded
5 Consadole Sapporo 30 20 10 60 43 17 62
6 Brummell Sendai 30 18 12 67 52 15 56
7 Otsuka Pharmaceutical 30 18 12 56 41 15 55
8 Montedio Yamagata 30 16 14 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 49 -28 33 Folded
13 NTT Kanto 30 7 23 36 55 -19 23
14 Fukushima 30 7 23 30 63 -33 22
15 Denso 30 5 25 40 90 -50 16
16 Seino Transportation 30 5 25 28 82 -54 15

Updated to match(es) played in November 1996. Source: [1]
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

References

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  1. ^ "rsssf.org". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 February 2021.