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 coachBrummell Sendai Choei SatoConsadole Sapporo Takeo TakahashiCosmo Oil Yokkaichi Yoshihiko YamamotoDenso Fujitsu Kawasaki Fukushima Honda Montedio Yamagata Nobuhiro IshizakiNTT Kanto Oita Trinity Moon Jung-sikOtsuka Pharmaceutical EdinhoSeino Transportation Tokyo Gas Kiyoshi OkumaTosu Futures Chang Woe-ryongVentforet Kofu Yuji TsukadaVissel Kobe Stuart Baxter
Foreign players 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 Luboš Zákostelský Pavel Řehák Raul Otero Kim Jong-song David Soria Yoshinari Alcindo Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Kim Byung-soo Denso Fujitsu Kawasaki André Paus Momodu Mutairu Fukushima Gwak Kyung-keun Honda Wagner Lopes Walter Montedio Yamagata Aldro Angelo NTT Kanto Oita Trinity Choi Dae-shik Hwangbo Kwan Lee Woo-young Lee Young-jin Otsuka Pharmaceutical Almir 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 PosClubPWLFA GDPtsNotes1Honda302558335 4875Champions (Refused promotion)2Vissel Kobe302557832 4675Promoted to J.League3Tokyo Gas302466328 35734Tosu Futures3020106843 2562Folded5Consadole Sapporo3020106043 17626Brummell Sendai3018126752 15567Otsuka Pharmaceutical3018125641 15558Montedio Yamagata3016144549 -4499Fujitsu Kawasaki3015154845 34510Oita Trinity3013174252 -103911Ventforet Kofu30 11 19 50 56 -633 12Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi3011193149 -2833Folded13NTT Kanto307233655 -192314Fukushima307233063 -332215Denso305254090 -501616Seino Transportation305252882 -5415 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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