1996 Urawa Red Diamonds season

Urawa Red Diamonds

1996 season
Manager	Osieck
Stadium	Urawa Komaba Stadium
J. League	6th
Emperor's Cup	Semifinals
J. League Cup	GL-A 7th
Top goalscorer	Masayuki Okano (11)
← 1995 1997 →

1996 Urawa Red Diamonds season

Contents 1 Competitions 2 Domestic results 2.1 J. League 2.2 Emperor's Cup 2.3 J. League Cup 3 Player statistics 4 Transfers 5 Transfers during the season 5.1 In 5.2 Out 6 Awards 7 References 8 Other pages

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J. League	6th / 16 clubs
Emperor's Cup	Semifinals
J. League Cup	GL-A 7th / 8 clubs

Domestic results

J. League

1 16 March 1996 (1996-03-16)	Urawa Red Diamonds	2-1	Kashiwa Reysol	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2 20 March 1996 (1996-03-20)	Avispa Fukuoka	1-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

3 23 March 1996 (1996-03-23)	Urawa Red Diamonds	2-0	Yokohama Marinos	Tokyo National Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

4 30 March 1996 (1996-03-30)	Júbilo Iwata	1-1 (GG) (a.e.t.) (3-4 pen)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)
		Penalties

5 3 April 1996 (1996-04-03)	Urawa Red Diamonds	4-1	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

6 6 April 1996 (1996-04-06)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0-2	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

7 13 April 1996 (1996-04-13)	Verdy Kawasaki	2-0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tokyo National Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

8 17 April 1996 (1996-04-17)	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-0	JEF United Ichihara	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

9 20 April 1996 (1996-04-20)	Kashima Antlers	1-0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Akita Yabase Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

10 27 April 1996 (1996-04-27)	Yokohama Flügels	1-4	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

11 1 May 1996 (1996-05-01)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0-0 (GG) (a.e.t.) (4-5 pen)	Cerezo Osaka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)
		Penalties

12 4 May 1996 (1996-05-04)	Urawa Red Diamonds	2-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

13 11 May 1996 (1996-05-11)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

14 15 May 1996 (1996-05-15)	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-0 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Tokyo National Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

15 18 May 1996 (1996-05-18)	Bellmare Hiratsuka	5-3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Niigata City Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

16 28 August 1996 (1996-08-28)	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	2-3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

17 31 August 1996 (1996-08-31)	Urawa Red Diamonds	5-1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

18 7 September 1996 (1996-09-07)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

19 14 September 1996 (1996-09-14)	Urawa Red Diamonds	3-2	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

20 21 September 1996 (1996-09-21)	Kashiwa Reysol	0-7	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tokyo National Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

21 28 September 1996 (1996-09-28)	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-1 (GG) (a.e.t.) (3-2 pen)	Avispa Fukuoka	Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium
JST (UTC+09)
		Penalties

22 2 October 1996 (1996-10-02)	Yokohama Marinos	0-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

23 5 October 1996 (1996-10-05)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0-2	Júbilo Iwata	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

24 16 October 1996 (1996-10-16)	Gamba Osaka	1-0 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

25 19 October 1996 (1996-10-19)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	0-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

26 26 October 1996 (1996-10-26)	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-0	Verdy Kawasaki	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

27 30 October 1996 (1996-10-30)	JEF United Ichihara	1-0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Ichihara Seaside Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

28 2 November 1996 (1996-11-02)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0-0 (GG) (a.e.t.) (3-4 pen)	Kashima Antlers	Tokyo National Stadium
JST (UTC+09)
		Penalties

29 6 November 1996 (1996-11-06)	Cerezo Osaka	3-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka Nagai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

30 9 November 1996 (1996-11-09)	Urawa Red Diamonds	3-0	Yokohama Flügels	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Emperor's Cup

1st Round		bye

2nd Round		bye

3rd Round 17 November 1996 (1996-11-17)	Urawa Red Diamonds	3-0	NTT Kanto	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

4th Round 23 December 1996 (1996-12-23)	Urawa Red Diamonds	4-0	Cerezo Osaka	Tochigi Green Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Quarterfinals 26 December 1996 (1996-12-26)	Urawa Red Diamonds	3-0	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Semifinals 29 December 1996 (1996-12-29)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0-3	Verdy Kawasaki	Tokyo National Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

J. League Cup

GL-A-1-1 1 June 1996 (1996-06-01)	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-3	Kashiwa Reysol	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-1-2 5 June 1996 (1996-06-05)	Kashiwa Reysol	2-0 (5-1 agg.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-2-1 8 June 1996 (1996-06-08)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0-0	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-2-2 12 June 1996 (1996-06-12)	Bellmare Hiratsuka	1-2 (1-2 agg.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-3-1 15 June 1996 (1996-06-15)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-3-2 19 June 1996 (1996-06-19)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0-1 (1-2 agg.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-4-1 22 June 1996 (1996-06-22)	Yokohama Marinos	2-0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-4-2 26 June 1996 (1996-06-26)	Urawa Red Diamonds	2-1 (2-3 agg.)	Yokohama Marinos	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-5-1 29 June 1996 (1996-06-29)	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-2	Júbilo Iwata	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-5-2 3 July 1996 (1996-07-03)	Júbilo Iwata	2-2 (4-3 agg.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-6-1 10 August 1996 (1996-08-10)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2-3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-6-2 14 August 1996 (1996-08-14)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0-2 (3-4 agg.)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-7-1 17 August 1996 (1996-08-17)	Gamba Osaka	1-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-A-7-2 21 August 1996 (1996-08-21)	Urawa Red Diamonds	3-0 (4-1 agg.)	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Player statistics

Pos.	Nat.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J. League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
					Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF		Bein	September 26, 1960 (aged 35)	178cm / 70kg	20	5	4	2	7	1	31	8
DF		Buchwald	January 24, 1961 (aged 35)	188cm / 88kg	24	3	4	0	12	0	40	3
MF		Osamu Hirose	June 6, 1965 (aged 30)	176cm / 72kg	24	4	4	0	9	0	37	4
DF		Yoshinori Taguchi	September 14, 1965 (aged 30)	184cm / 79kg	24	1	4	1	13	1	41	3
FW		Masahiro Fukuda	December 27, 1966 (aged 29)	176cm / 68kg	4	3	0	0	7	4	11	7
DF		Boli	January 2, 1967 (aged 29)	180cm / 83kg	22	2	0	0	10	3	32	5
GK		Hisashi Tsuchida	February 1, 1967 (aged 29)	187cm / 87kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK		Yuki Takita	May 16, 1967 (aged 28)	183cm / 80kg	30	1	4	0	14	0	48	1
MF		Takafumi Hori	September 10, 1967 (aged 28)	177cm / 74kg	26	4	4	2	10	0	40	6
GK		Masahiro Ota	April 28, 1970 (aged 25)	185cm / 79kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Nobuyasu Ikeda	May 18, 1970 (aged 25)	170cm / 63kg	17	0	0	0	5	0	22	0
DF		Futoshi Ikeda	October 4, 1970 (aged 25)	177cm / 70kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Tsutomu Nishino	March 13, 1971 (aged 25)	186cm / 75kg	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
MF		Koichi Sugiyama	October 27, 1971 (aged 24)	175cm / 78kg	23	0	3	0	9	0	35	0
MF		Masaki Tsuchihashi	July 23, 1972 (aged 23)	175cm / 69kg	22	1	4	0	13	0	39	1
FW		Masayuki Okano	July 25, 1972 (aged 23)	175cm / 66kg	30	11	3	2	13	2	46	15
MF		Yasushi Fukunaga	March 6, 1973 (aged 23)	172cm / 64kg	28	6	4	1	13	2	45	9
FW		Kenji Oshiba	November 19, 1973 (aged 22)	174cm / 74kg	17	3	0	0	3	2	20	5
MF		Nobutake Mochiyama	April 5, 1973 (aged 22)	181cm / 70kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Hideki Uchidate	January 15, 1974 (aged 22)	180cm / 65kg	5	0	3	0	0	0	8	0
MF		Ken Iwase	July 8, 1975 (aged 20)	173cm / 70kg	21	3	1	1	11	0	33	4
GK		Hiroki Aratani	August 6, 1975 (aged 20)	192cm / 82kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Naoto Sakurai	September 2, 1975 (aged 20)	170cm / 62kg	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
MF		Nobuhisa Yamada	September 10, 1975 (aged 20)	175cm / 66kg	30	3	4	1	11	0	45	4
MF		Takeshi Nakashima	January 15, 1976 (aged 20)	180cm / 76kg	3	0	0	0	4	0	7	0
GK		Koji Honma	April 27, 1977 (aged 18)	185cm / 81kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Masao Kamino	May 2, 1977 (aged 18)	173cm / 62kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Yoshio Takahashi	July 4, 1977 (aged 18)	180cm / 75kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Mitsuhiro Iga	July 31, 1977 (aged 18)	175cm / 63kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Eiji Hanayama	August 21, 1977 (aged 18)	190cm / 78kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		Taichi Sato	August 23, 1977 (aged 18)	183cm / 75kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Shinji Jojo	August 28, 1977 (aged 18)	180cm / 72kg	2	0	0	0	5	0	7	0
MF		Toshiya Ishii	January 19, 1978 (aged 18)	173cm / 63kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		Shingo Suzuki	March 20, 1978 (aged 17)	165cm / 53kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Nielsen †	December 28, 1968 (aged 27)	180cm / 73kg	6	0	4	0	4	0	14	0

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

Transfers

In: No. Position Player GK Koji Honma (from Mito Junior College High School) DF Basile Boli (from AS Monaco) DF Yoshio Takahashi (from Bunan Senior High School) DF Mitsuhiro Iga (from Urawa Red Diamonds youth) DF Shinji Jojo (from Funabashi municipal High School) MF Nobutake Mochiyama (from Hannan University) MF Hideki Uchidate (from Sendai College) MF Masao Kamino (from Urawa Red Diamonds youth) MF Eiji Hanayama (from Utsunomiya Gakuen High School) MF Toshiya Ishii (from Shizuoka Gakuen Senior High School) FW Kenji Oshiba (from Kokushikan University) FW Taichi Sato (from Hanasaki Tokuharu High School) FW Shingo Suzuki (from Urawa Red Diamonds youth)

Out: No. Position Player GK Norio Takahashi (to Brummel Sendai) DF Masanaga Kageyama (to Brummel Sendai) DF Cho Kwi-Jea (to Vissel Kobe) DF Yukinori Muramatsu (to Fujitsu) DF Yuta Nakazawa (retired) DF Naohiko Noro (to Mind House F.C.) MF Rummenigge MF Shiro Kikuhara (loan return to Verdy Kawasaki) MF Edwin Uehara (to Tosu Futures) MF Nobuyuki Hosaka (to Fujitsu) MF Hideto Saito (to Fukaya Club) FW Shinichi Kawano (to Vissel Kobe) FW Takeshi Mizuuchi (to Brummel Sendai) FW Yuichi Sonoda (retired) FW Toninho (loan return to Shimizu S-Pulse)

Transfers during the season

In

• Brian Steen Nielsen (loan from OB Odense on August)

Out

Awards

• J. League Best XI: Buchwald, Masayuki Okano

References

• J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1996, 1996 ISBN 4-09-102324-X
• J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997, 1997 ISBN 4-09-102329-0
• J.LEAGUE YEARBOOK 1999, 1999 ISBN 4-88752-099-9
• URAWA REDS Official History 1992-2002 浦和レッズ10年史, ベースボール・マガジン社, 2002 ISBN 4-583-03685-x
• (Japanese) R-File｜浦和レッドダイヤモンズ公式サイト｜URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Other pages

• (Japanese) J. League official site
• (Japanese) Urawa Red Diamonds official site

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