1996 Cerezo Osaka season

Cerezo Osaka

1996 season
Manager	Paulo Emilio Hiroshi Sowa (31 May 1996)
Stadium	Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium Osaka Nagai Stadium
J. League	13th
Emperor's Cup	4th Round
J. League Cup	GL-B 6th
Top goalscorer	League: Hiroaki Morishima (9) All: Hiroaki Morishima (13)
Highest home attendance	13,069 (vs Verdy Kawasaki, 28 August 1996, Osaka Nagai Stadium)
Lowest home attendance	6,276 (vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 23 March 1996, Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium) 5,896 (vs JEF United Ichihara, 11 May 1996, Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium)
Average home league attendance	8,229
← 1995 1997 →

1996 Cerezo Osaka season

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	10	0	20	38	56	−18	30	6	0	9	28	31	−3	4	0	11	10	25	−15

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L
Position	15	13	13	12	12	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	12	13

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

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J. League	13th / 16 clubs
Emperor's Cup	4th Round
J. League Cup	GL-B 6th / 8 clubs

Domestic results

J. League

1 16 March 1996 (1996-03-16)	Cerezo Osaka	0–2	Yokohama Flügels	Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Evair  44' Moriyama  73'	Attendance: 8,087 Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama Assistant referees: Kazuya Yanagisawa, Satoru Kawano Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake

2 20 March 1996 (1996-03-20)	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1	Cerezo Osaka	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
15:00 JST (UTC+09)	Hasegawa  85' Sawanobori  88'	J. League	Marquinhos  73'	Attendance: 16,413 Referee: Tetsuya Hamana Assistant referees: Sōichirō Kaneko, Hitoshi Nakagomi Fourth official: Naoki Uchiyama

3 23 March 1996 (1996-03-23)	Cerezo Osaka	1–2 (V-goal) (aet)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium
15:01 JST (UTC+09)	Morishima  13'	J. League	Yoshida  26' Takagi  96'	Attendance: 6,276 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Akio Okutani, Hiroyuki Ōnishi Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake

4 30 March 1996 (1996-03-30)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0–2	Cerezo Osaka	Kyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	24' (o.g.) Morishima  78'	Attendance: 5,231 Referee: Yasuhiro Hemmi Assistant referees: Kazuya Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki Ōnishi Fourth official: Yōzō Tanaka

5 3 April 1996 (1996-04-03)	Cerezo Osaka	2–3 (V-goal) (aet)	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09)	Morishima  66', 73'	J. League	Noguchi  29' Harasaki  39'  114'  (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,389 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa Assistant referees: Tōru Yamashiro, Hiroyuki Izumi Fourth official: Kazuo Kakihana

6 6 April 1996 (1996-04-06)	Kashiwa Reysol	3–0	Cerezo Osaka	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC+09)	Sugano  19', 89' N. Katō  49'	J. League		Attendance: 8,790 Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe Assistant referees: Satoru Ishizawa, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Morio Okamoto

7 13 April 1996 (1996-04-13)	Cerezo Osaka	1–2	Avispa Fukuoka	Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium
15:05 JST (UTC+09)	Yonekura  81'	J. League	Troglio  0', 77'	Attendance: 7,096 Referee: Archundia Assistant referees: Sōichirō Kaneko, Akio Okutani Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake

8 17 April 1996 (1996-04-17)	Yokohama Marinos	3–0	Cerezo Osaka	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)	Bisconti  8' Gorosito  34' Mikuriya  44'	J. League		Attendance: 10,057 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Kimio Izaki, Hitoshi Nakagomi Fourth official: Takeshi Ōgiya

9 20 April 1996 (1996-04-20)	Cerezo Osaka	2–1	Júbilo Iwata	Ehime Matsuyama Athletic Stadium
16:02 JST (UTC+09)	Narcizio  32', 37'	J. League	Takeda  23'	Attendance: 6,323 Referee: Masayoshi Okada Assistant referees: Satoru Kawano, Kazuhiko Matsumura Fourth official: Hiroshi Yoshinouchi

10 27 April 1996 (1996-04-27)	Cerezo Osaka	3–2 (V-goal) (aet)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium
14:03 JST (UTC+09)	Kanda  13' 119' Morishima  19'	J. League	Durix  47' Moriyama  85'	Attendance: 11,046 Referee: Kiyoshi Ōta Assistant referees: Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Akio Okutani Fourth official: Tamotsu Ōnishi

11 1 May 1996 (1996-05-01)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0 (V-goal) (aet) (4–5 p)	Cerezo Osaka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:05 JST (UTC+09)		J. League		Attendance: 17,789 Referee: Hideo Kikuchi Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Kō Ōishi Fourth official: Shigeru Kimura
		Penalties
	Hirose Taguchi Yamada N. Ikeda Okano Fukunaga		Manoel Minamoto Kanda Morishima Fukagawa Kurata	|

12 4 May 1996 (1996-05-04)	Verdy Kawasaki	1–2 (V-goal) (aet)	Cerezo Osaka	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
15:00 JST (UTC+09)	Kurihara  89'	J. League	Marquinhos  82' 109'	Attendance: 15,298 Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe Assistant referees: Kenichi Koshiyama, Masaaki Shimomura Fourth official: Kazuo Shirato

13 11 May 1996 (1996-05-11)	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

14 15 May 1996 (1996-05-15)	Kashima Antlers	1–0 (V-goal) (aet)	Cerezo Osaka	Kashima Soccer Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09)	Hasegawa  93'	J. League		Attendance: 15,213 Referee: Archundia Assistant referees: Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Akihisa Makino Fourth official: Masakatsu Isozaki

15 18 May 1996 (1996-05-18)	Cerezo Osaka	0–2	Gamba Osaka	Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium
15:00 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Gillhaus  52' Kiba  89'	Attendance: 9,325 Referee: Kazuo Kakihana Assistant referees: Takashi Kunori, Naoki Esumi Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake

16 28 August 1996 (1996-08-28)	Cerezo Osaka	2–4	Verdy Kawasaki	Osaka Nagai Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09)	Morishima  54', 77'	J. League	Magrão  39', 89' Y. Miura  50' Bismarck  89'	Attendance: 13,069 Referee: Kazuo Kakihana Assistant referees: Kazuya Yanagisawa, Kazuhiko Matsumura Fourth official: Tamotsu Ōnishi

17 31 August 1996 (1996-08-31)	JEF United Ichihara	1–0 (V-goal) (aet)	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

18 7 September 1996 (1996-09-07)	Cerezo Osaka	2–4	Kashima Antlers	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
16:04 JST (UTC+09)	Kizawa  12' Fukagawa  79'	J. League	Yanagisawa  35', 65' Rodrigo  73', 82'	Attendance: 6,467 Referee: Kenji Tanaka Assistant referees: Toshimitsu Yoshida, Takuji Fukazawa Fourth official: Keiji Hayashi

19 14 September 1996 (1996-09-14)	Gamba Osaka	2–0	Cerezo Osaka	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
16:04 JST (UTC+09)	Matsuyama  53' Matsunami  58'	J. League		Attendance: 7,210 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Kōji Minami Fourth official: Sōichirō Kaneko

20 21 September 1996 (1996-09-21)	Yokohama Flügels	2–1	Cerezo Osaka	Toyama Stadium
16:04 JST (UTC+09)	Evair  28' Yamaguchi  84'	J. League	Narcizio  44'	Attendance: 10,644 Referee: Lim Kee Chong Assistant referees: Tetsu Karakida, Kōji Taniuchi Fourth official: Kinji Sakō

21 28 September 1996 (1996-09-28)	Cerezo Osaka	2–3	Shimizu S-Pulse	Osaka Nagai Stadium
15:00 JST (UTC+09)	Nishizawa  19' Narcizio  57'	J. League	Santos  51' Hasegawa  52', 75'	Attendance: 8,043 Referee: Shinichirō Obata Assistant referees: Kimio Izaki, Hiroyuki Ōnishi Fourth official: Tamotsu Ōnishi

22 2 October 1996 (1996-10-02)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1 (V-goal) (aet)	Cerezo Osaka	Hiroshima Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)	Kubo  78' 90'	J. League	72' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,387 Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe Assistant referees: Naoki Esumi, Kazuhiko Matsumura Fourth official: Kōji Ueno

23 5 October 1996 (1996-10-05)	Cerezo Osaka	2–1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Osaka Nagai Stadium
14:02 JST (UTC+09)	Manoel  61' Nishizawa  65'	J. League	Ta. Yamaguchi  11'	Attendance: 8,236 Referee: Bemard Saules Assistant referees: Satoru Kawano, Takuji Fukazawa Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake

24 16 October 1996 (1996-10-16)	Bellmare Hiratsuka	3–1	Cerezo Osaka	Hiratsuka Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)	Noguchi  35', 54' Seki  72'	J. League	Nishizawa  49'	Attendance: 5,365 Referee: Kazuo Kakihana Assistant referees: Toshiyuki Mayuzumi, Takayoshi Kashino Fourth official: Ryū Tetsusashi

25 19 October 1996 (1996-10-19)	Cerezo Osaka	5–1	Kashiwa Reysol	Osaka Nagai Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC+09)	Yonekura  36' Koga  41' Yokoyama  58', 64' Narcizio  72'	J. League	N. Katō  71'	Attendance: 11,118 Referee: Leslie Mottram Assistant referees: Akio Okutani, Takashi Aoki Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake

26 26 October 1996 (1996-10-26)	Avispa Fukuoka	0–1	Cerezo Osaka	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
15:00 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Yokoyama  84'	Attendance: 5,351 Referee: Tatsumi Ōno Assistant referees: Morihisa Yamaguchi, Akihisa Makino Fourth official: Daikichi Kanada

27 30 October 1996 (1996-10-30)	Cerezo Osaka	1–0	Yokohama Marinos	Osaka Nagai Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)	Yokoyama  84'	J. League		Attendance: 8,573 Referee: Fumikazu Shioyazono Assistant referees: Naoki Esumi, Naoyuki Mori Fourth official: Tamotsu Ōnishi

28 2 November 1996 (1996-11-02)	Júbilo Iwata	3–0	Cerezo Osaka	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
14:00 JST (UTC+09)	44' (o.g.) Schillaci  65' Fujita  75'	J. League		Attendance: 12,019 Referee: Tōru Kamikawa Assistant referees: Mitsuru Satō, Hitoshi Nakagomi Fourth official: Tōru Nagata

29 6 November 1996 (1996-11-06)	Cerezo Osaka	3–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka Nagai Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09)	Morishima  30', 71' Manoel  49'	J. League	Okano  1'	Attendance: 7,493 Referee: Kenji Tanaka Assistant referees: Kazuya Yanagisawa, Kōji Taniuchi Fourth official: Tamotsu Ōnishi

30 9 November 1996 (1996-11-09)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	2–1	Cerezo Osaka	Nagoya Mizuho Athletics Stadium
14:30 JST (UTC+09)	Okayama  25' Ogura  45'	J. League	Manoel  12'	Attendance: 21,358 Referee: Masayoshi Okada Assistant referees: Kimio Izaki, Sōichirō Kaneko Fourth official: Takao Shimizu

Emperor's Cup

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1st Round		bye

2nd Round		bye

3rd Round 16 November 1996 (1996-11-16)	Cerezo Osaka	3–1	Tokyo Gas	Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)	Yonekura  1' Manoel  66' Fukagawa  82'		Amaral  36'	Attendance: 1,470

4th Round 23 December 1996 (1996-12-23)	Urawa Red Diamonds	4–0	Cerezo Osaka	Tochigi Utsunomiya Green Stadium
13:00 JST (UTC+09)	Bein  39' Taguchi  41' Fukunaga  47' Hori  62'			Attendance: 10,143 Referee: Fumikazu Shioyazono

J. League Cup

GL-B-1-1 1 June 1996 (1996-06-01)	Cerezo Osaka	0–1	Verdy Kawasaki	Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Bismarck  30'	Attendance: 13,389 Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama Assistant referees: Sōichirō Kaneko, Takuji Fukazawa Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake

GL-B-1-2 5 June 1996 (1996-06-05)	Verdy Kawasaki	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Cerezo Osaka	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
18:59 JST (UTC+09)	Gen  24', 70' Nunobe  42'	J. League		Attendance: 7,502 Referee: Tōru Kamikawa Assistant referees: Toshimitsu Yoshida, Akihisa Makino Fourth official: Mineo Takada

GL-B-2-1 8 June 1996 (1996-06-08)	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

GL-B-2-2 12 June 1996 (1996-06-12)	JEF United Ichihara	2–0 (5–3 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

GL-B-3-1 15 June 1996 (1996-06-15)	Cerezo Osaka	0–2	Kashima Antlers	Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Leonardo  4' Kurosaki  43'	Attendance: 9,978 Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto Assistant referees: Sōichirō Kaneko, Hiroyuki Izumi Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake

GL-B-3-2 19 June 1996 (1996-06-19)	Kashima Antlers	0–3 (2–3 agg.)	Cerezo Osaka	Kashima Soccer Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Manoel  6' Nishizawa  19' Yokoyama  89'	Attendance: 15,292 Referee: Piotr Werner Assistant referees: Kenichi Koshiyama, Kimio Izaki Fourth official: Kazuhiko Kumagai

GL-B-4-1 22 June 1996 (1996-06-22)	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1	Cerezo Osaka	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
16:03 JST (UTC+09)	Nagai  50', 69'	J. League	Narcizio  61'	Attendance: 15,401 Referee: Kiyoshi Ōta Assistant referees: Masahiro Katagiri, Yasushi Tsuchimoto Fourth official: Naoki Uchiyama

GL-B-4-2 26 June 1996 (1996-06-26)	Cerezo Osaka	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Sawanobori  76'	Attendance: 5,677 Referee: Archundia Assistant referees: Morihisa Yamaguchi, Takashi Aoki Fourth official: Tamotsu Ōnishi

GL-B-5-1 29 June 1996 (1996-06-29)	Avispa Fukuoka	2–2	Cerezo Osaka	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
18:30 JST (UTC+09)	48' (o.g.) Takemoto  66'	J. League	Nishizawa  44' Yonekura  89'	Attendance: 6,354 Referee: Kazuo Kakihana Assistant referees: Tōru Yamashiro, Satoru Kawano Fourth official: Daikichi Kanada

GL-B-5-2 3 July 1996 (1996-07-03)	Cerezo Osaka	8–1 (10–3 agg.)	Avispa Fukuoka	Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)	Nishizawa  1', 11' Yonekura  27' Narcizio  36' Kanda  43' Marquinhos  52' Morishima  70', 77'	J. League	Fujimoto  84'	Attendance: 5,771 Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama Assistant referees: Kazuya Yanagisawa, Kazuhisa Osada Fourth official: Tamotsu Ōnishi

GL-B-6-1 10 August 1996 (1996-08-10)	Yokohama Flügels	1–1	Cerezo Osaka	Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium
18:32 JST (UTC+09)	Maezono  44'	J. League	Morishima  37'	Attendance: 6,055 Referee: Yasuhiro Hemmi Assistant referees: Satoru Kawano, Hiroyuki Izumi Fourth official: Masayuki Kanda

GL-B-6-2 14 August 1996 (1996-08-14)	Cerezo Osaka	1–1 (2–2 agg.)	Yokohama Flügels	Osaka Nagai Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)	Tsukamoto  64'	J. League	Maezono  15'	Attendance: 23,052 Referee: Yasuhiro Matsuzaki Assistant referees: Hiroshi Fukuda, Tamotsu Ōnishi Fourth official: 田付 秀次

GL-B-7-1 17 August 1996 (1996-08-17)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	6–1	Cerezo Osaka	Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)	Stojković  10', 84' Hirano  19' Ogura  34', 43' Moriyama  88'	J. League	Yonekura  48'	Attendance: 19,268 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa Assistant referees: Ichirō Inukai, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Tatsuo Gotō

GL-B-7-2 21 August 1996 (1996-08-21)	Cerezo Osaka	3–1 (4–7 agg.)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Osaka Nagai Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)	Nishizawa  35' Morishima  77' Manoel  84'	J. League	Asano  66'	Attendance: 7,129 Referee: Shinichirō Obata Assistant referees: Kōji Taniuchi, Masaaki Shimomura Fourth official: Tamotsu Ōnishi

Player statistics

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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
GK		Gilmar	(1959-01-13)January 13, 1959 (aged 37)	184 cm / 78 kg	29	0	2	0	13	0	44	0
GK		Nobuhiro Takeda	(1965-03-22)March 22, 1965 (aged 30)	180 cm / 75 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
MF		Satoshi Kajino	(1965-11-09)November 9, 1965 (aged 30)	177 cm / 71 kg	14	0	1	0	9	0	24	0
MF		Marquinhos	(1966-05-09)May 9, 1966 (aged 29)	172 cm / 72 kg	16	3	0	0	8	1	24	4
DF		Katsuo Kanda	(1966-06-21)June 21, 1966 (aged 29)	182 cm / 74 kg	23	2	2	0	13	2	38	4
DF		Kazuhiro Murata	(1969-05-12)May 12, 1969 (aged 26)	182 cm / 75 kg	23	0	2	0	8	0	33	0
DF		Masanori Kizawa	(1969-06-02)June 2, 1969 (aged 26)	170 cm / 62 kg	28	1	2	0	9	0	39	1
DF		Akimasa Tsukamoto	(1969-11-22)November 22, 1969 (aged 26)	170 cm / 69 kg	6	0	0	0	3	1	9	1
DF		Hiroyuki Inagaki	(1970-04-24)April 24, 1970 (aged 25)	176 cm / 70 kg	7	0	0	0	6	0	13	0
MF		Mitsuhiro Misaki	(1970-05-06)May 6, 1970 (aged 25)	170 cm / 62 kg	4	0	0	0	5	0	9	0
MF		Makoto Yonekura	(1970-12-28)December 28, 1970 (aged 25)	176 cm / 69 kg	22	2	2	1	14	3	38	6
MF		Yasushi Mizusaki	(1971-06-13)June 13, 1971 (aged 24)	167 cm / 60 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
FW		Narcizio	(1971-07-18)July 18, 1971 (aged 24)	178 cm / 76 kg	12	5	0	0	8	2	20	7
DF		Rikiya Kawamae	(1971-08-20)August 20, 1971 (aged 24)	180 cm / 68 kg	13	0	2	0	10	1	25	1
DF		Masato Ōtake	(1971-08-31)August 31, 1971 (aged 24)	178 cm / 73 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
DF		Taku Watanabe	(1971-11-09)November 9, 1971 (aged 24)	187 cm / 79 kg	11	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
MF		Tōru Kishimoto	(1972-01-14)January 14, 1972 (aged 24)	171 cm / 65 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
GK		Shinji Yamasaki	(1972-01-17)January 17, 1972 (aged 24)	185 cm / 81 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
MF		Manoel	(1972-03-02)March 2, 1972 (aged 24)	175 cm / 67 kg	22	5	2	1	10	2	34	8
MF		Kazunari Koga	(1972-04-17)April 17, 1972 (aged 23)	174 cm / 66 kg	23	1	2	0	5	0	30	1
FW		Hiroaki Morishima	(1972-04-30)April 30, 1972 (aged 23)	168 cm / 62 kg	26	9	1	0	14	4	41	13
MF		Takashi Yamahashi	(1972-05-31)May 31, 1972 (aged 23)	173 cm / 65 kg	10	0	0	0	4	0	14	0
DF		Shigeki Kurata	(1972-06-22)June 22, 1972 (aged 23)	178 cm / 73 kg	19	0	1	0	8	1	28	1
MF		Katsuhiro Minamoto	(1972-07-02)July 2, 1972 (aged 23)	176 cm / 70 kg	27	0	1	0	13	0	41	0
FW		Tomotaka Fukagawa	(1972-07-24)July 24, 1972 (aged 23)	180 cm / 72 kg	17	1	1	1	3	0	21	2
GK		Jirō Takeda	(1972-09-18)September 18, 1972 (aged 23)	178 cm / 72 kg	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
MF		Takayuki Yokoyama	(1972-12-22)December 22, 1972 (aged 23)	171 cm / 65 kg	13	4	2	0	9	1	24	5
MF		Naohiro Kitade	(1973-05-14)May 14, 1973 (aged 22)	176 cm / 70 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
DF		Kenichi Serata	(1973-10-20)October 20, 1973 (aged 22)	177 cm / 73 kg	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
FW		Shinichi Satō	(1975-09-14)September 14, 1975 (aged 20)	174 cm / 72 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
GK		Seigo Shimokawa	(1975-11-17)November 17, 1975 (aged 20)	183 cm / 75 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
DF		Kōji Yamaguchi	(1975-11-20)November 20, 1975 (aged 20)	176 cm / 73 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
MF		Tatsuya Kojima	(1976-06-25)June 25, 1976 (aged 19)	175 cm / 70 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
MF		Katsutoshi Dōmori	(1976-06-29)June 29, 1976 (aged 19)	177 cm / 64 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
DF		Takahiro Hatakeda	(1976-12-20)December 20, 1976 (aged 19)	173 cm / 63 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
FW		Tarō Urabe	(1977-07-11)July 11, 1977 (aged 18)	169 cm / 60 kg	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
MF		Yoshinari Hyakutake	(1977-11-21)November 21, 1977 (aged 18)	181 cm / 80 kg	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
FW		Akinori Nishizawa †	(1976-06-18)June 18, 1976 (aged 19)	-cm / -kg	14	3	2	0	11	5	27	8
FW		Kazuo Shimizu †	(1975-04-30)April 30, 1975 (aged 20)	-cm / -kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
FW		Guga †	(1964-06-14)June 14, 1964 (aged 31)	181 cm / 76 kg	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

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

Transfers

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In: No. Position Player GK Seigo Shimokawa (from Momoyama Gakuin University) DF Taku Watanabe (from Bellmare Hiratsuka) DF Kenichi Serata (from Kashima Antlers) MF Makoto Yonekura (from Nagoya Grampus Eight) MF Sérgio Manoel Júnior (from Botafogo) MF Yoshinari Hyakutake (from Kunimi High School) FW Francisco Narcizio (from Botafogo) FW Tarō Urabe (from Cerezo Osaka youth)

Out: No. Position Player DF Hirokazu Sasaki (retired) DF Toninho DF Kōzaburō Shigeno (to Fujitsu) DF Tatsuya Morishige DF Júnior MF Tomoo Kudaka (retired) MF Bernardo FW Valdés (to Tosu Futures) FW Keisuke Makino FW Kazuhito Nigorisawa FW Yō Sasaki FW Tomoya Takehana (to Fujitsu)

Transfers during the season

In

• Akinori Nishizawa (loan return from FC Volendam on May)
• Kazuo Shimizu (loan return from Gimnasia on July)
• Guga (on August)

Awards

^[3] none

References

• J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1996. ISBN 4-09-102324-X. 
• J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997. ISBN 4-09-102329-0. 
• "ヒストリー". CEREZO OSAKA OFFICIAL SITE. Retrieved 27 November 2014. 

Other pages

• (Japanese) J. League official site
• (Japanese) Cerezo Osaka official site

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