1996 Japan Football League

Football league season

Japan Football LeagueSeason| 1996

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Champions| Honda
Promoted| Vissel Kobe
Relegated| Tosu Futures
Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi (both were folded after the season)
Matches played| 240
Goals scored| 825 (3.44 per match)

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Statistics of Japan Football League in the 1996 season.

## 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.

* 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

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Club | Head coach

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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

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Brummell Sendai |  Edmar |  František Mysliveček |  Frank Ordenewitz |  |  |  |
Consadole Sapporo |  Pereira |  Pavel Řehák |  Raul Otero |  |  |  Kim Jong-song |  Alcindo
Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi |  Kim Byung-soo |  |  |  |  |  |
Denso |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fujitsu Kawasaki |  André Paus |  |  |  |  |  Shin Che-bon |
Fukushima |  Gwak Kyung-keun |  |  |  |  |  |
Honda |  Walter |  |  |  |  |  Wagner Lopes |
Montedio Yamagata |  Aldro |  Angelo |  |  |  |  |
NTT Kanto |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Oita Trinity |  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 Tlemcani |  Cho Kwi-jae |

## League standings

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Pos | Club | P | W | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes

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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.

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