1996 JEF United Ichihara season

JEF United Ichihara
1996 season
Manager	Yasuhiko Okudera
Stadium	Ichihara Stadium
J.League	9th
Emperor's Cup	3rd Round
J.League Cup	GL-B 4th
Top goalscorer	League: Hašek (12); All: Hašek (18)
Highest home attendance	13,652 (vs Júbilo Iwata, 13 April 1996); 40,016 (vs Kashima Antlers, 4 May 1996, Tokyo National Stadium);
Lowest home attendance	7,142 (vs Kyoto Purple Sanga, 28 September 1996)
Average home league attendance	12,008
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1995 1997 →

Review and events

League results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	0	17	45	47	−2	40	7	0	8	21	24	−3	6	0	9	24	23	1

Source: J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997. ISBN 4-09-102329-0.

League results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L
Position	13	7	9	7	9	10	11	13	12	11	12	10	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9

Source: J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997. ISBN 4-09-102329-0.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J.League	9th / 16 clubs
Emperor's Cup	3rd round
J.League Cup	GL-B 4th / 8 clubs

Domestic results

J.League

16 March 1996 (1996-03-16) 1	JEF United Ichihara	0–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Ichihara Stadium
17:04 JST (UTC 09)		J. League	Huistra 60'	Attendance: 10,722 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa Assistant referees: Takashi Kunori, Kenichi Koshiyama Fourth official: Terunobu Kakinuma

20 March 1996 (1996-03-20) 2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0–2	JEF United Ichihara	Kyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium
15:04 JST (UTC 09)		J. League	Nakanishi 11' Mutō 64'	Attendance: 8,318 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Naoki Esumi, Hideaki Harada Fourth official: Hiroyuki Ishida

23 March 1996 (1996-03-23) 3	JEF United Ichihara	0–2	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Ichihara Stadium
15:01 JST (UTC 09)		J. League	Seki 70' Noguchi 85'	Attendance: 10,293 Referee: Yoshimi Ogawa Assistant referees: Kōji Taniuchi, Masaaki Shimomura Fourth official: Katsuhiko Takayama

30 March 1996 (1996-03-30) 4	Kashiwa Reysol	0–2	JEF United Ichihara	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
15:01 JST (UTC 09)		J. League	Ejiri 53' Maslovar 65'	Attendance: 10,272 Referee: Tōru Kamikawa Assistant referees: Hiroshi Fukuda, Sōichirō Kaneko Fourth official: Fujirō Masukura

3 April 1996 (1996-04-03) 5	JEF United Ichihara	0–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Ichihara Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC 09)		J. League	Maradona 29'	Attendance: 8,028 Referee: Shinichirō Obata Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Takao Onshi Fourth official: Kōji Sugikawa

6 April 1996 (1996-04-06) 6	Yokohama Marinos	2–1	JEF United Ichihara	Tokyo National Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC 09)	Acosta 52', 61'	J. League	Nakanishi 87'	Attendance: 28,584 Referee: Masayoshi Okada Assistant referees: Kazuhisa Osada, Kōji Taniuchi Fourth official: Masao Yamanaka

13 April 1996 (1996-04-13) 7	JEF United Ichihara	2–4	Júbilo Iwata	Ichihara Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC 09)	Nakanishi 62' Hašek 86'	J. League	Nakayama 45' Fukunishi 55' Nanami 67' Takeda 81'	Attendance: 13,652 Referee: Piotr Werner Assistant referees: Masahiro Katagiri, Akihisa Makino Fourth official: Kazuya Isokawa

17 April 1996 (1996-04-17) 8	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	JEF United Ichihara	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC 09)	Hirose 4' (pen.)	J. League		Attendance: 19,366 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa Assistant referees: Kenichi Koshiyama, Takayoshi Kashino Fourth official: Izumi Okada

20 April 1996 (1996-04-20) 9	JEF United Ichihara	3–0	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Niigata Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC 09)	Ejiri 58' 66' (o.g.) Maslovar 78'	J. League		Attendance: 10,156 Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama Assistant referees: Noboru Ishiyama, Masaaki Shimomura Fourth official: Hiroshi Abe

27 April 1996 (1996-04-27) 10	JEF United Ichihara	2–1	Gamba Osaka	Yamagata Park Stadium
16:00 JST (UTC 09)	Jō 49' Igarashi 89'	J. League	Matsunami 74'	Attendance: 13,153 Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe Assistant referees: Toshiyuki Mayuzumi, Satoru Ishizawa Fourth official: Masaki Abe

1 May 1996 (1996-05-01) 11	Verdy Kawasaki	2–1 (V-goal) (a.e.t.)	JEF United Ichihara	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC 09)	Donizete 52' Sugawara 100'	J. League	Sandro 84'	Attendance: 10,021 Referee: Tatsumi Ōno Assistant referees: Kōji Taniuchi, Akihisa Makino Fourth official: Toshiya Kumagai

4 May 1996 (1996-05-04) 12	JEF United Ichihara	3–2	Kashima Antlers	Tokyo National Stadium
14:03 JST (UTC 09)	Hašek 1', 27' Hiroyama 14'	J. League	Kurosaki 2' Leonardo 5'	Attendance: 40,016 Referee: Kenji Tanaka Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Toshimitsu Yoshida Fourth official: Keizō Yamazaki

11 May 1996 (1996-05-11) 13	Cerezo Osaka	2–3	JEF United Ichihara	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
14:00 JST (UTC 09)	Manoel 31', 59'	J. League	Jō 30' Akiba 40' Hašek 83'	Attendance: 5,896 Referee: Piotr Werner Assistant referees: Akio Okutani, Hiroyuki Ōnishi Fourth official: Kazuya Yanagisawa

15 May 1996 (1996-05-15) 14	JEF United Ichihara	4–2	Yokohama Flügels	Ichihara Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC 09)	Maslovar 6' Hašek 13', 32' Sandro 81'	J. League	Evair 16' Maezono 33'	Attendance: 10,042 Referee: Tōru Kamikawa Assistant referees: Hiroshi Fukuda, Hisaharu Kitamura Fourth official: Eiji Kawai

18 May 1996 (1996-05-18) 15	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–2	JEF United Ichihara	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
16:05 JST (UTC 09)	Oliva 87'	J. League	Jō 10' Maslovar 68'	Attendance: 13,380 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa Assistant referees: Tetsu Karakida, Hitoshi Nakagomi Fourth official: Masakazu Hōjō

28 August 1996 (1996-08-28) 16	Kashima Antlers	2–0	JEF United Ichihara	Kashima Soccer Stadium
18:59 JST (UTC 09)	Naitō 6' Rodrigo 16'	J. League		Attendance: 16,046 Referee: Lim Kee Chong Assistant referees: Satoru Ishizawa, Hitoshi Nakagomi Fourth official: Masao Komada

31 August 1996 (1996-08-31) 17	JEF United Ichihara	1–0 (V-goal) (a.e.t.)	Cerezo Osaka	Ichihara Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC 09)	Nakanishi 94'	J. League		Attendance: 7,469 Referee: Masayoshi Okada Assistant referees: Toshiyuki Mayuzumi, Masahiro Katagiri Fourth official: Terunobu Kakinuma

7 September 1996 (1996-09-07) 18	Yokohama Flügels	2–0	JEF United Ichihara	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
18:34 JST (UTC 09)	Yamaguchi 27' Yoshida 61'	J. League		Attendance: 11,103 Referee: Yasuhiro Matsuzaki Assistant referees: Kimio Izaki, Susumu Takeda Fourth official: Michio Nakahara

14 September 1996 (1996-09-14) 19	JEF United Ichihara	0–1 (V-goal) (a.e.t.)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Akita Yabase Stadium
14:04 JST (UTC 09)		J. League	91' (o.g.)	Attendance: 7,848 Referee: Tatsumi Ōno Assistant referees: Kenichi Koshiyama, Takao Onshi Fourth official: Toshihisa Sugiyama

21 September 1996 (1996-09-21) 20	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–4	JEF United Ichihara	Tottori Stadium
18:30 JST (UTC 09)	Takagi 25', 33', 66'	J. League	Jō 7' Rufer 10', 58' Hašek 82'	Attendance: 7,389 Referee: Yasuhiro Hemmi Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Sōichirō Kaneko Fourth official: Tomohiro Takagaki

28 September 1996 (1996-09-28) 21	JEF United Ichihara	1–0	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Ichihara Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC 09)	Hašek 62'	J. League		Attendance: 7,142 Referee: Yoshimi Ogawa Assistant referees: Takashi Kunori, Akihisa Makino Fourth official: Atsushi Nakamura

2 October 1996 (1996-10-02) 22	Bellmare Hiratsuka	0–4	JEF United Ichihara	Hiratsuka Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC 09)		J. League	Hašek 31', 35' Mutō 38' Jō 40'	Attendance: 6,010 Referee: Masayoshi Okada Assistant referees: Tetsu Karakida, Takao Onshi Fourth official: Junichi Sasaki

5 October 1996 (1996-10-05) 23	JEF United Ichihara	2–3	Kashiwa Reysol	Ichihara Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC 09)	Hašek 9' Nakanishi 40'	J. League	Hashiratani 51' Sakai 52', 53'	Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Tatsumi Ōno Assistant referees: Satoru Ishizawa, Masaaki Shimomura Fourth official: Eita Horikawa

16 October 1996 (1996-10-16) 24	Avispa Fukuoka	3–2	JEF United Ichihara	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC 09)	Ishimaru 20' Ueno 27' Maradona 49'	J. League	Jō 26', 89'	Attendance: 5,309 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Hiroyuki Izumi, Takuji Fukazawa Fourth official: Ryōichi Imamura

19 October 1996 (1996-10-19) 25	JEF United Ichihara	1–2	Yokohama Marinos	Tokyo National Stadium
15:02 JST (UTC 09)	Jō 60'	J. League	T. Suzuki 59' Yasunaga 82'	Attendance: 16,902 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa Assistant referees: Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Kenichi Koshiyama Fourth official: Masao Yamanaka

26 October 1996 (1996-10-26) 26	Júbilo Iwata	2–1	JEF United Ichihara	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
14:01 JST (UTC 09)	Schillaci 16' Nakayama 77'	J. League	Hašek 29'	Attendance: 12,164 Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto Assistant referees: Sōichirō Kaneko, Kazuhisa Osada Fourth official: Takuya Okada

30 October 1996 (1996-10-30) 27	JEF United Ichihara	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Ichihara Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC 09)	Rufer 38'	J. League		Attendance: 8,337 Referee: Hideo Kikuchi Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Tetsu Karakida Fourth official: Fujirō Masukura

2 November 1996 (1996-11-02) 28	Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–1 (V-goal) (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	JEF United Ichihara	Nagoya Mizuho Athletics Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC 09)	Ōiwa 37'	J. League	Niimura 3'	Attendance: 20,679 Referee: Kiyoshi Ōta Assistant referees: Akio Okutani, Kazuhiko Matsumura Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Ogura
	Penalties
	Durix Torres Nishigaya Iijima		Rufer Hašek Ejiri Bosz

6 November 1996 (1996-11-06) 29	JEF United Ichihara	1–5	Verdy Kawasaki	Ichihara Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC 09)	Rufer 61'	J. League	K. Miura 0', 11', 89' Bismarck 36' Magrão 84'	Attendance: 7,767 Referee: Masayoshi Okada Assistant referees: Kō Ōishi, Takayoshi Kashino Fourth official: Terunobu Kakinuma

9 November 1996 (1996-11-09) 30	Gamba Osaka	2–1	JEF United Ichihara	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
14:30 JST (UTC 09)	Isogai 34' Gillhaus 89'	J. League	Jō 35'	Attendance: 8,090 Referee: Yasuhiro Hemmi Assistant referees: Naoyuki Mori, Masatoshi Shibata Fourth official: Akio Okutani

Emperor's Cup

1st Round

bye

2nd Round

bye

17 November 1996 (1996-11-17) 3rd Round	JEF United Ichihara	0–0 (V-goal) (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Fujitsu Kawasaki	Ichihara Stadium
: JST (UTC 09)

J.League Cup

1 June 1996 (1996-06-01) GL-B-1-1	JEF United Ichihara	0–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Ichihara Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC 09)		J. League	Troglio 50'	Attendance: 9,964 Referee: Tetsuya Hamana Assistant referees: Kazuhisa Osada, Susumu Takeda Fourth official: Masahiko Tsuma

5 June 1996 (1996-06-05) GL-B-1-2	Avispa Fukuoka	0–2 (1–2 agg.)	JEF United Ichihara	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC 09)		J. League	Maslovar 40' Hiroyama 57'	Attendance: 6,227 Referee: Kenji Tanaka Assistant referees: Hideaki Harada, Kazuhiko Matsumura Fourth official: Daikichi Kanada

8 June 1996 (1996-06-08) GL-B-2-1	Cerezo Osaka	3–3	JEF United Ichihara	Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium
13:02 JST (UTC 09)	Kawamae 7' Kurata 75' Kanda 83'	J. League	55' (o.g.), 71' (o.g.) Maslovar 69'	Attendance: 2,218 Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe Assistant referees: Kenichi Koshiyama, Satoru Ishizawa Fourth official: Eiji Kaneda

12 June 1996 (1996-06-12) GL-B-2-2	JEF United Ichihara	2–0 (5–2 agg.)	Cerezo Osaka	Ichihara Stadium
19:02 JST (UTC 09)	Hašek 11' Jō 79'	J. League		Attendance: 6,042 Referee: Hideo Kikuchi Assistant referees: Takayoshi Kashino, Takao Onshi Fourth official: Terunobu Kakinuma

15 June 1996 (1996-06-15) GL-B-3-1	Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–1	JEF United Ichihara	Nagoya Mizuho Athletics Stadium
16:04 JST (UTC 09)	Stojković 70'	J. League	Ejiri 89'	Attendance: 21,172 Referee: Shinichirō Obata Assistant referees: Morihisa Yamaguchi, Kōji Minami Fourth official: Noriaki Fukunaga

19 June 1996 (1996-06-19) GL-B-3-2	JEF United Ichihara	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Ichihara Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC 09)	Hašek 69'	J. League		Attendance: 6,023 Referee: Archundia Assistant referees: Tetsu Karakida, Kō Ōishi Fourth official: Atsushi Nakamura

22 June 1996 (1996-06-22) GL-B-4-1	JEF United Ichihara	0–2	Verdy Kawasaki	Tecnoport Fukui Stadium
18:00 JST (UTC 09)		J. League	Kitazawa 23' Bismarck 71'	Attendance: 15,515 Referee: Naotsugu Fuse Assistant referees: Sōichirō Kaneko, Hideaki Harada Fourth official: Kazuya Takahara

26 June 1996 (1996-06-26) GL-B-4-2	Verdy Kawasaki	1–2 (3–2 agg.)	JEF United Ichihara	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC 09)	Nunobe 37'	J. League	Jō 61' Niimura 76'	Attendance: 6,862 Referee: Piotr Werner Assistant referees: Mitsuru Satō, Ichirō Inukai Fourth official: Nobuhiro Shirai

29 June 1996 (1996-06-29) GL-B-5-1	Yokohama Flügels	2–3	JEF United Ichihara	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
18:33 JST (UTC 09)	Hattori 20' Yamaguchi 21'	J. League	Hašek 17', 40' Sandro 79'	Attendance: 8,787 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Takao Onshi Fourth official: Michio Nakahara

3 July 1996 (1996-07-03) GL-B-5-2	JEF United Ichihara	1–5 (4–7 agg.)	Yokohama Flügels	Ichihara Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC 09)	Hašek 83'	J. League	Yamaguchi 4', 49' Denilson 58' Zinho 75', 84'	Attendance: 6,169 Referee: Archundia Assistant referees: Toshimitsu Yoshida, Kō Ōishi Fourth official: Kōji Sugikawa

10 August 1996 (1996-08-10) GL-B-6-1	Kashima Antlers	1–1	JEF United Ichihara	Kashima Soccer Stadium
18:00 JST (UTC 09)	Kurosaki 61'	J. League	Jō 49'	Attendance: 15,436 Referee: Kazuo Kakihana Assistant referees: Kōji Taniuchi, Susumu Takeda Fourth official: Atsushi Fujigasaki

14 August 1996 (1996-08-14) GL-B-6-2	JEF United Ichihara	1–1 (2–2 agg.)	Kashima Antlers	Ichihara Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC 09)	Hašek 21'	J. League	Mazinho 14'	Attendance: 11,635 Referee: Kiyoshi Ōta Assistant referees: Toshiyuki Mayuzumi, Masahiro Katagiri Fourth official: Katsuhiko Takayama

17 August 1996 (1996-08-17) GL-B-7-1	JEF United Ichihara	3–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Ichihara Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC 09)	Nakanishi 23' Maslovar 56' Jō 79'	J. League	Sawanobori 74'	Attendance: 9,071 Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Kazuhisa Osada Fourth official: Masahiko Tsuma

21 August 1996 (1996-08-21) GL-B-7-2	Shimizu S-Pulse	4–0 (5–3 agg.)	JEF United Ichihara	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
18:59 JST (UTC 09)	Hasegawa 10', 38' Oliva 49' Morioka 83'	J. League		Attendance: 12,788 Referee: Hideo Kikuchi Assistant referees: Sōichirō Kaneko, Kimio Izaki Fourth official: Toshiyuki Asanuma

Player statistics

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Pos.	Nat.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J.League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
Pos.	Nat.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW		Rufer	(1962-12-29)December 29, 1962 (aged 33)	181 cm / 85 kg	10	4	0	0	2	0	12	4
MF		Hašek	(1963-09-06)September 6, 1963 (aged 32)	171 cm / 65 kg	28	12	1	0	14	6	43	18
MF		Hisataka Fujikawa	(1964-05-01)May 1, 1964 (aged 31)	180 cm / 72 kg	11	0	0	0	3	0	14	0
DF		Vasilijević	(1965-08-27)August 27, 1965 (aged 29)	180 cm / 85 kg	32	4	0	0	0	0	32	4
DF		Kazuya Igarashi	(1965-10-24)October 24, 1965 (aged 30)	177 cm / 70 kg	14	1	0	0	3	0	17	1
MF		Maslovar	(1967-02-20)February 20, 1967 (aged 29)	182 cm / 77 kg	17	4	1	0	10	3	28	7
MF		Atsuhiko Ejiri	(1967-07-12)July 12, 1967 (aged 28)	178 cm / 70 kg	29	2	1	0	14	1	44	3
DF		Mikio Manaka	(1969-05-22)May 22, 1969 (aged 26)	172 cm / 70 kg	20	0	1	0	14	0	35	0
MF		Tarō Gotō	(1969-12-24)December 24, 1969 (aged 26)	164 cm / 62 kg	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
FW		Yasuhiko Niimura	(1970-05-11)May 11, 1970 (aged 25)	176 cm / 68 kg	21	1	1	0	6	1	28	2
GK		Kenichi Shimokawa	(1970-05-14)May 14, 1970 (aged 25)	188 cm / 88 kg	30	0	1	0	14	0	45	0
GK		Norihiro Karatani	(1970-08-17)August 17, 1970 (aged 25)	184 cm / 83 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
MF		Yoshikazu Nonomura	(1972-05-08)May 8, 1972 (aged 23)	175 cm / 67 kg	18	0	1	0	13	0	32	0
DF		Shinichi Mutō	(1973-04-02)April 2, 1973 (aged 22)	168 cm / 60 kg	18	2	1	0	12	0	31	2
DF		Sandro	(1973-05-19)May 19, 1973 (aged 22)	184 cm / 78 kg	24	2	0	0	13	1	37	3
MF		Eisuke Nakanishi	(1973-06-23)June 23, 1973 (aged 22)	174 cm / 73 kg	20	5	0	0	10	1	30	6
MF		Shūzō Machida	(1973-10-21)October 21, 1973 (aged 22)	178 cm / 69 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
GK		Tomonori Tateishi	(1974-04-22)April 22, 1974 (aged 21)	183 cm / 72 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
DF		Jun Mizuno	(1974-08-07)August 7, 1974 (aged 21)	173 cm / 68 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
DF		Teppei Isaka	(1974-10-23)October 23, 1974 (aged 21)	184 cm / 69 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
FW		Masatoshi Hara	(1975-06-16)June 16, 1975 (aged 20)	181 cm / 79 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
FW		Shōji Jō	(1975-06-17)June 17, 1975 (aged 20)	179 cm / 72 kg	23	9	1	0	13	4	37	13
MF		Tadahiro Akiba	(1975-10-13)October 13, 1975 (aged 20)	174 cm / 67 kg	16	1	0	0	9	0	25	1
MF		Shinji Ōtsuka	(1975-12-29)December 29, 1975 (aged 20)	179 cm / 65 kg	5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
GK		Shinobu Nagata	(1976-01-29)January 29, 1976 (aged 20)	178 cm / 72 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
FW		Yoshiyuki Morisaki	(1976-04-20)April 20, 1976 (aged 19)	180 cm / 76 kg	0	0		0	1	0		0
FW		Kenji Kodama	(1976-05-09)May 9, 1976 (aged 19)	173 cm / 62 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
DF		Kazuhiro Suzuki	(1976-11-16)November 16, 1976 (aged 19)	176 cm / 67 kg	9	0	1	0	6	0	16	0
DF		Takayuki Chano	(1976-11-23)November 23, 1976 (aged 19)	176 cm / 72 kg	16	0	1	0	7	0	24	0
MF		Nozomi Hiroyama	(1977-05-06)May 6, 1977 (aged 18)	173 cm / 63 kg	21	1	1	0	8	1	30	2
DF		Katsushi Kurihara	(1977-07-29)July 29, 1977 (aged 18)	175 cm / 65 kg	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
DF		Hiroshi Kawamoto	(1977-11-04)November 4, 1977 (aged 18)	177 cm / 70 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
MF		Takayoshi Shikida	(1977-11-25)November 25, 1977 (aged 18)	168 cm / 60 kg	6	0	0	0	4	0	10	0
DF		Satoshi Yamaguchi †	(1978-04-17)April 17, 1978 (aged 17)	-cm / -kg	12	0	1	0	2	0	15	0
GK		Hiroyuki Nitao †	(1973-11-27)November 27, 1973 (aged 22)	181 cm / 76 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
MF		Bosz †	(1963-11-21)November 21, 1963 (aged 32)	-cm / -kg	9	0	1	0	0	0	10	0

† player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

Transfers

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In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	JPN	Norihiro Karatani (from NTT Kanto)
—	DF	JPN	Hiroshi Kawamoto (from Horikoshi High School)
—	DF	JPN	Katsushi Kurihara (from JEF United Ichihara youth)
—	MF	CZE	Ivan Hašek (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
—	MF	JPN	Takayoshi Shikida (from Funabashi Municipal High School)
—	MF	JPN	Nozomi Hiroyama (from Narashino High School)
—	MF	JPN	Shūzō Machida (from International Budo University)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	JPN	Kosuke Kishimoto
—	DF	JPN	Michel Miyazawa
—	DF	JPN	Kenji Yamamoto (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Tadashi Koya (to Brummel Sendai)
—	DF	JPN	Hiroshi Miyazawa (to Bellmare Hiratsuka)
—	MF	JPN	Hideyuki Sudō (to Brummel Sendai)
—	DF	JPN	Kazuhiro Suzuki
—	MF	JPN	Yoshikazu Gotō (to Toshiba)
—	MF	JPN	Kazuo Echigo (to Brummel Sendai)
—	MF	JPN	Kōichi Usui (to Fukushima FC)
—	FW	PRK	Shin Che-Bon (to Fujitsu)
—	FW	JPN	Yūji Ozaki
—	FW	JPN	Kinya Takehara (to Fukushima FC)