1996 JEF United Ichihara season

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| res3=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

|text_H=Home|text_A=Away

|color_W=green2|text_W=Win

|color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw

|color_L=red2|text_L=Loss

|color_1=1st|color_2=2nd|color_3=3rd

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|round=1

|date={{Start date|1996|03|16|df=y}}

|time=17:04 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=0–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2005 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=

|goals2=Huistra {{goal|60|}}

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=10,722

|referee=Keiichi Sunakawa

|assistantreferees=Takashi Kunori, Kenichi Koshiyama

|fourthofficial=Terunobu Kakinuma

|result=L

}}

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|round=2

|date={{Start date|1996|03|20|df=y}}

|time=15:04 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Kyoto Purple Sanga

|score=0–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2012 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=

|goals2=Nakanishi {{goal|11|}}
Mutō {{goal|64|}}

|stadium=Kyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium

|attendance=8,318

|referee=Zoran Petrović

|assistantreferees=Naoki Esumi, Hideaki Harada

|fourthofficial=Hiroyuki Ishida

|result=W

}}

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|round=3

|date={{Start date|1996|03|23|df=y}}

|time=15:01 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=0–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2017 J. League]

|team2=Bellmare Hiratsuka

|goals1=

|goals2=Seki {{goal|70|}}
Noguchi {{goal|85|}}

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=10,293

|referee=Yoshimi Ogawa

|assistantreferees=Kōji Taniuchi, Masaaki Shimomura

|fourthofficial=Katsuhiko Takayama

|result=L

}}

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|round=4

|date={{Start date|1996|03|30|df=y}}

|time=15:01 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Kashiwa Reysol

|score=0–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2024 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=

|goals2=Ejiri {{goal|53|}}
Maslovar {{goal|65|}}

|stadium=Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium

|attendance=10,272

|referee=Tōru Kamikawa

|assistantreferees=Hiroshi Fukuda, Sōichirō Kaneko

|fourthofficial=Fujirō Masukura

|result=W

}}

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|round=5

|date={{Start date|1996|04|03|df=y}}

|time=19:01 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=0–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2032 J. League]

|team2=Avispa Fukuoka

|goals1=

|goals2=Maradona {{goal|29|}}

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=8,028

|referee=Shinichirō Obata

|assistantreferees=Yū Nakamura, Takao Onshi

|fourthofficial=Kōji Sugikawa

|result=L

}}

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|round=6

|date={{Start date|1996|04|06|df=y}}

|time=19:04 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Yokohama Marinos

|score=2–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2046 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Acosta {{goal|52||61|}}

|goals2=Nakanishi {{goal|87|}}

|stadium=Tokyo National Stadium

|attendance=28,584

|referee=Masayoshi Okada

|assistantreferees=Kazuhisa Osada, Kōji Taniuchi

|fourthofficial=Masao Yamanaka

|result=L

}}

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|round=7

|date={{Start date|1996|04|13|df=y}}

|time=19:04 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=2–4

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2054 J. League]

|team2=Júbilo Iwata

|goals1=Nakanishi {{goal|62|}}
Hašek {{goal|86|}}

|goals2=Nakayama {{goal|45|}}
Fukunishi {{goal|55|}}
Nanami {{goal|67|}}
Takeda {{goal|81|}}

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=13,652

|referee=Piotr Werner

|assistantreferees=Masahiro Katagiri, Akihisa Makino

|fourthofficial=Kazuya Isokawa

|result=L

}}

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|round=8

|date={{Start date|1996|04|17|df=y}}

|time=19:03 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Urawa Red Diamonds

|score=1–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2056 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Hirose {{goal|4|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Urawa Komaba Stadium

|attendance=19,366

|referee=Keiichi Sunakawa

|assistantreferees=Kenichi Koshiyama, Takayoshi Kashino

|fourthofficial=Izumi Okada

|result=L

}}

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|round=9

|date={{Start date|1996|04|20|df=y}}

|time=15:03 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=3–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2064 J. League]

|team2=Nagoya Grampus Eight

|goals1=Ejiri {{goal|58|}}
{{goal|66|o.g.}}
Maslovar {{goal|78|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Niigata Stadium

|attendance=10,156

|referee=Yoshitsugu Katayama

|assistantreferees=Noboru Ishiyama, Masaaki Shimomura

|fourthofficial=Hiroshi Abe

|result=W

}}

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|round=10

|date={{Start date|1996|04|27|df=y}}

|time=16:00 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=2–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2077 J. League]

|team2=Gamba Osaka

|goals1=Jō {{goal|49|}}
Igarashi {{goal|89|}}

|goals2=Matsunami {{goal|74|}}

|stadium=Yamagata Park Stadium

|attendance=13,153

|referee=Hiroshi Tanabe

|assistantreferees=Toshiyuki Mayuzumi, Satoru Ishizawa

|fourthofficial=Masaki Abe

|result=W

}}

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|round=11

|date={{Start date|1996|05|01|df=y}}

|time=19:00 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Verdy Kawasaki

|score=2–1 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2081 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Donizete {{goal|52|}}
Sugawara {{golden goal|100|}}

|goals2=Sandro {{goal|84|}}

|stadium=Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

|attendance=10,021

|referee=Tatsumi Ōno

|assistantreferees=Kōji Taniuchi, Akihisa Makino

|fourthofficial=Toshiya Kumagai

|result=L

}}

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|round=12

|date={{Start date|1996|05|04|df=y}}

|time=14:03 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=3–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2087 J. League]

|team2=Kashima Antlers

|goals1=Hašek {{goal|1||27|}}
Hiroyama {{goal|14|}}

|goals2=Kurosaki {{goal|2|}}
Leonardo {{goal|5|}}

|stadium=Tokyo National Stadium

|attendance=40,016

|referee=Kenji Tanaka

|assistantreferees=Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Toshimitsu Yoshida

|fourthofficial=Keizō Yamazaki

|result=W

}}

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|round=13

|date={{Start date|1996|05|11|df=y}}

|time=14:00 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Cerezo Osaka

|score=2–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2095 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Manoel {{goal|31||59|}}

|goals2=Jō {{goal|30|}}
Akiba {{goal|40|}}
Hašek {{goal|83|}}

|stadium=Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium

|attendance=5,896

|referee=Piotr Werner

|assistantreferees=Akio Okutani, Hiroyuki Ōnishi

|fourthofficial=Kazuya Yanagisawa

|result=W

}}

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|round=14

|date={{Start date|1996|05|15|df=y}}

|time=19:03 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=4–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2104 J. League]

|team2=Yokohama Flügels

|goals1=Maslovar {{goal|6|}}
Hašek {{goal|13||32|}}
Sandro {{goal|81|}}

|goals2=Evair {{goal|16|}}
Maezono {{goal|33|}}

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=10,042

|referee=Tōru Kamikawa

|assistantreferees=Hiroshi Fukuda, Hisaharu Kitamura

|fourthofficial=Eiji Kawai

|result=W

}}

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|round=15

|date={{Start date|1996|05|18|df=y}}

|time=16:05 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Shimizu S-Pulse

|score=1–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2115 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Oliva {{goal|87|}}

|goals2=Jō {{goal|10|}}
Maslovar {{goal|68|}}

|stadium=Nihondaira Sports Stadium

|attendance=13,380

|referee=Keiichi Sunakawa

|assistantreferees=Tetsu Karakida, Hitoshi Nakagomi

|fourthofficial=Masakazu Hōjō

|result=W

}}

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|round=16

|date={{Start date|1996|08|28|df=y}}

|time=18:59 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Kashima Antlers

|score=2–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2119 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Naitō {{goal|6|}}
Rodrigo {{goal|16|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Kashima Soccer Stadium

|attendance=16,046

|referee=Lim Kee Chong

|assistantreferees=Satoru Ishizawa, Hitoshi Nakagomi

|fourthofficial=Masao Komada

|result=L

}}

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|round=17

|date={{Start date|1996|08|31|df=y}}

|time=19:03 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=1–0 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2129 J. League]

|team2=Cerezo Osaka

|goals1=Nakanishi {{golden goal|94|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=7,469

|referee=Masayoshi Okada

|assistantreferees=Toshiyuki Mayuzumi, Masahiro Katagiri

|fourthofficial=Terunobu Kakinuma

|result=W

}}

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|round=18

|date={{Start date|1996|09|07|df=y}}

|time=18:34 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Yokohama Flügels

|score=2–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2138 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Yamaguchi {{goal|27|}}
Yoshida {{goal|61|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

|attendance=11,103

|referee=Yasuhiro Matsuzaki

|assistantreferees=Kimio Izaki, Susumu Takeda

|fourthofficial=Michio Nakahara

|result=L

}}

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|round=19

|date={{Start date|1996|09|14|df=y}}

|time=14:04 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=0–1 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2143 J. League]

|team2=Shimizu S-Pulse

|goals1=

|goals2={{golden goal|91|o.g.}}

|stadium=Akita Yabase Stadium

|attendance=7,848

|referee=Tatsumi Ōno

|assistantreferees=Kenichi Koshiyama, Takao Onshi

|fourthofficial=Toshihisa Sugiyama

|result=L

}}

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|round=20

|date={{Start date|1996|09|21|df=y}}

|time=18:30 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=3–4

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2157 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Takagi {{goal|25||33||66|}}

|goals2=Jō {{goal|7|}}
Rufer {{goal|10||58|}}
Hašek {{goal|82|}}

|stadium=Tottori Stadium

|attendance=7,389

|referee=Yasuhiro Hemmi

|assistantreferees=Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Sōichirō Kaneko

|fourthofficial=Tomohiro Takagaki

|result=W

}}

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|round=21

|date={{Start date|1996|09|28|df=y}}

|time=15:03 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=1–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2162 J. League]

|team2=Kyoto Purple Sanga

|goals1=Hašek {{goal|62|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=7,142

|referee=Yoshimi Ogawa

|assistantreferees=Takashi Kunori, Akihisa Makino

|fourthofficial=Atsushi Nakamura

|result=W

}}

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|round=22

|date={{Start date|1996|10|02|df=y}}

|time=19:03 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Bellmare Hiratsuka

|score=0–4

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2169 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=

|goals2=Hašek {{goal|31||35|}}
Mutō {{goal|38|}}
Jō {{goal|40|}}

|stadium=Hiratsuka Stadium

|attendance=6,010

|referee=Masayoshi Okada

|assistantreferees=Tetsu Karakida, Takao Onshi

|fourthofficial=Junichi Sasaki

|result=W

}}

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|round=23

|date={{Start date|1996|10|05|df=y}}

|time=15:03 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=2–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2177 J. League]

|team2=Kashiwa Reysol

|goals1=Hašek {{goal|9|}}
Nakanishi {{goal|40|}}

|goals2=Hashiratani {{goal|51|}}
Sakai {{goal|52||53|}}

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=8,600

|referee=Tatsumi Ōno

|assistantreferees=Satoru Ishizawa, Masaaki Shimomura

|fourthofficial=Eita Horikawa

|result=L

}}

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|round=24

|date={{Start date|1996|10|16|df=y}}

|time=19:01 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Avispa Fukuoka

|score=3–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2190 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Ishimaru {{goal|20|}}
Ueno {{goal|27|}}
Maradona {{goal|49|}}

|goals2=Jō {{goal|26||89|}}

|stadium=Hakatanomori Football Stadium

|attendance=5,309

|referee=Zoran Petrović

|assistantreferees=Hiroyuki Izumi, Takuji Fukazawa

|fourthofficial=Ryōichi Imamura

|result=L

}}

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|round=25

|date={{Start date|1996|10|19|df=y}}

|time=15:02 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=1–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2192 J. League]

|team2=Yokohama Marinos

|goals1=Jō {{goal|60|}}

|goals2=T. Suzuki {{goal|59|}}
Yasunaga {{goal|82|}}

|stadium=Tokyo National Stadium

|attendance=16,902

|referee=Keiichi Sunakawa

|assistantreferees=Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Kenichi Koshiyama

|fourthofficial=Masao Yamanaka

|result=L

}}

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|round=26

|date={{Start date|1996|10|26|df=y}}

|time=14:01 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Júbilo Iwata

|score=2–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2200 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Schillaci {{goal|16|}}
Nakayama {{goal|77|}}

|goals2=Hašek {{goal|29|}}

|stadium=Júbilo Iwata Stadium

|attendance=12,164

|referee=Hiroyuki Umemoto

|assistantreferees=Sōichirō Kaneko, Kazuhisa Osada

|fourthofficial=Takuya Okada

|result=L

}}

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|round=27

|date={{Start date|1996|10|30|df=y}}

|time=19:04 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=1–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2208 J. League]

|team2=Urawa Red Diamonds

|goals1=Rufer {{goal|38|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=8,337

|referee=Hideo Kikuchi

|assistantreferees=Yū Nakamura, Tetsu Karakida

|fourthofficial=Fujirō Masukura

|result=W

}}

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|round=28

|date={{Start date|1996|11|02|df=y}}

|time=15:03 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Nagoya Grampus Eight

|score=1–1 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2220 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Ōiwa {{goal|37|}}

|goals2=Niimura {{goal|3|}}

|penaltyscore=4–2

|penalties1={{plainlist|

• {{pengoal}} Durix
• {{pengoal}} Torres
• {{pengoal}} Nishigaya
• {{pengoal}} Iijima

}}

|penalties2={{plainlist|

• {{pengoal}} Rufer
• {{pengoal}} Hašek
• {{penmiss}} Ejiri
• {{penmiss}} Bosz

}}

|stadium=Nagoya Mizuho Athletics Stadium

|attendance=20,679

|referee=Kiyoshi Ōta

|assistantreferees=Akio Okutani, Kazuhiko Matsumura

|fourthofficial=Tsuyoshi Ogura

|result=L

}}

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|round=29

|date={{Start date|1996|11|06|df=y}}

|time=19:00 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=1–5

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2224 J. League]

|team2=Verdy Kawasaki

|goals1=Rufer {{goal|61|}}

|goals2=K. Miura {{goal|0||11||89|}}
Bismarck {{goal|36|}}
Magrão {{goal|84|}}

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=7,767

|referee=Masayoshi Okada

|assistantreferees=Kō Ōishi, Takayoshi Kashino

|fourthofficial=Terunobu Kakinuma

|result=L

}}

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|round=30

|date={{Start date|1996|11|09|df=y}}

|time=14:30 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Gamba Osaka

|score=2–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2237 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Isogai {{goal|34|}}
Gillhaus {{goal|89|}}

|goals2=Jō {{goal|35|}}

|stadium=Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium

|attendance=8,090

|referee=Yasuhiro Hemmi

|assistantreferees=Naoyuki Mori, Masatoshi Shibata

|fourthofficial=Akio Okutani

|result=L

}}

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|round=3rd Round

|date={{Start date|1996|11|17|df=y}}

|time=: JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=0–0 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|team2=Fujitsu Kawasaki

|goals1=

|goals2=

|penaltyscore=4–5

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|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

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|result=D

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|round=GL-B-1-1

|date={{Start date|1996|06|01|df=y}}

|time=19:00 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=0–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2299 J. League]

|team2=Avispa Fukuoka

|goals1=

|goals2=Troglio {{goal|50|}}

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=9,964

|referee=Tetsuya Hamana

|assistantreferees=Kazuhisa Osada, Susumu Takeda

|fourthofficial=Masahiko Tsuma

|result=L

}}

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|round=GL-B-1-2

|date={{Start date|1996|06|05|df=y}}

|time=19:00 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Avispa Fukuoka

|score=0–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2304 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=

|goals2=Maslovar {{goal|40|}}
Hiroyama {{goal|57|}}

|stadium=Hakatanomori Football Stadium

|attendance=6,227

|referee=Kenji Tanaka

|assistantreferees=Hideaki Harada, Kazuhiko Matsumura

|fourthofficial=Daikichi Kanada

|result=W

|aggregatescore=1–2

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=GL-B-2-1

|date={{Start date|1996|06|08|df=y}}

|time=13:02 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Cerezo Osaka

|score=3–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2305 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Kawamae {{goal|7|}}
Kurata {{goal|75|}}
Kanda {{goal|83|}}

|goals2={{goal|55|o.g.|71|o.g.}}
Maslovar {{goal|69|}}

|stadium=Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium

|attendance=2,218

|referee=Hiroshi Tanabe

|assistantreferees=Kenichi Koshiyama, Satoru Ishizawa

|fourthofficial=Eiji Kaneda

|result=D

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=GL-B-2-2

|date={{Start date|1996|06|12|df=y}}

|time=19:02 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=2–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2310 J. League]

|team2=Cerezo Osaka

|goals1=Hašek {{goal|11|}}
Jō {{goal|79|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=6,042

|referee=Hideo Kikuchi

|assistantreferees=Takayoshi Kashino, Takao Onshi

|fourthofficial=Terunobu Kakinuma

|result=W

|aggregatescore=5–2

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=GL-B-3-1

|date={{Start date|1996|06|15|df=y}}

|time=16:04 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Nagoya Grampus Eight

|score=1–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2314 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Stojković {{goal|70|}}

|goals2=Ejiri {{goal|89|}}

|stadium=Nagoya Mizuho Athletics Stadium

|attendance=21,172

|referee=Shinichirō Obata

|assistantreferees=Morihisa Yamaguchi, Kōji Minami

|fourthofficial=Noriaki Fukunaga

|result=D

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=GL-B-3-2

|date={{Start date|1996|06|19|df=y}}

|time=19:01 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=1–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2318 J. League]

|team2=Nagoya Grampus Eight

|goals1=Hašek {{goal|69|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=6,023

|referee=Archundia

|assistantreferees=Tetsu Karakida, Kō Ōishi

|fourthofficial=Atsushi Nakamura

|result=W

|aggregatescore=2–1

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=GL-B-4-1

|date={{Start date|1996|06|22|df=y}}

|time=18:00 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=0–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2323 J. League]

|team2=Verdy Kawasaki

|goals1=

|goals2=Kitazawa {{goal|23|}}
Bismarck {{goal|71|}}

|stadium=Tecnoport Fukui Stadium

|attendance=15,515

|referee=Naotsugu Fuse

|assistantreferees=Sōichirō Kaneko, Hideaki Harada

|fourthofficial=Kazuya Takahara

|result=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=GL-B-4-2

|date={{Start date|1996|06|26|df=y}}

|time=19:00 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Verdy Kawasaki

|score=1–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2325 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Nunobe {{goal|37|}}

|goals2=Jō {{goal|61|}}
Niimura {{goal|76|}}

|stadium=Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

|attendance=6,862

|referee=Piotr Werner

|assistantreferees=Mitsuru Satō, Ichirō Inukai

|fourthofficial=Nobuhiro Shirai

|result=W

|aggregatescore=3–2

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=GL-B-5-1

|date={{Start date|1996|06|29|df=y}}

|time=18:33 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Yokohama Flügels

|score=2–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2330 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Hattori {{goal|20|}}
Yamaguchi {{goal|21|}}

|goals2=Hašek {{goal|17||40|}}
Sandro {{goal|79|}}

|stadium=Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

|attendance=8,787

|referee=Zoran Petrović

|assistantreferees=Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Takao Onshi

|fourthofficial=Michio Nakahara

|result=W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=GL-B-5-2

|date={{Start date|1996|07|03|df=y}}

|time=19:00 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=1–5

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2334 J. League]

|team2=Yokohama Flügels

|goals1=Hašek {{goal|83|}}

|goals2=Yamaguchi {{goal|4||49|}}
Denilson {{goal|58|}}
Zinho {{goal|75||84|}}

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=6,169

|referee=Archundia

|assistantreferees=Toshimitsu Yoshida, Kō Ōishi

|fourthofficial=Kōji Sugikawa

|result=L

|aggregatescore=4–7

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=GL-B-6-1

|date={{Start date|1996|08|10|df=y}}

|time=18:00 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Kashima Antlers

|score=1–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2337 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Kurosaki {{goal|61|}}

|goals2=Jō {{goal|49|}}

|stadium=Kashima Soccer Stadium

|attendance=15,436

|referee=Kazuo Kakihana

|assistantreferees=Kōji Taniuchi, Susumu Takeda

|fourthofficial=Atsushi Fujigasaki

|result=D

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=GL-B-6-2

|date={{Start date|1996|08|14|df=y}}

|time=19:01 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=1–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2341 J. League]

|team2=Kashima Antlers

|goals1=Hašek {{goal|21|}}

|goals2=Mazinho {{goal|14|}}

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=11,635

|referee=Kiyoshi Ōta

|assistantreferees=Toshiyuki Mayuzumi, Masahiro Katagiri

|fourthofficial=Katsuhiko Takayama

|result=D

|aggregatescore=2–2

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=GL-B-7-1

|date={{Start date|1996|08|17|df=y}}

|time=19:01 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=JEF United Ichihara

|score=3–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2347 J. League]

|team2=Shimizu S-Pulse

|goals1=Nakanishi {{goal|23|}}
Maslovar {{goal|56|}}
Jō {{goal|79|}}

|goals2=Sawanobori {{goal|74|}}

|stadium=Ichihara Stadium

|attendance=9,071

|referee=Yoshitsugu Katayama

|assistantreferees=Yū Nakamura, Kazuhisa Osada

|fourthofficial=Masahiko Tsuma

|result=W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=GL-B-7-2

|date={{Start date|1996|08|21|df=y}}

|time=18:59 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Shimizu S-Pulse

|score=4–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2351 J. League]

|team2=JEF United Ichihara

|goals1=Hasegawa {{goal|10||38|}}
Oliva {{goal|49|}}
Morioka {{goal|83|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Nihondaira Sports Stadium

|attendance=12,788

|referee=Hideo Kikuchi

|assistantreferees=Sōichirō Kaneko, Kimio Izaki

|fourthofficial=Toshiyuki Asanuma

|result=L

|aggregatescore=5–3

}}

{{Cite book|title=J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1996|isbn=4-09-102324-X}}{{Cite book|title=J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997|isbn=4-09-102329-0}}{{Cite book|title=J.LEAGUE YEARBOOK 1999|isbn=4-88752-099-9}}

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

{{Cite book|title=J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1995 NICOS series|isbn=4-09-102321-5}}

{{Col-begin}}

{{Col-2}}

In:

{{Football squad start|hidenote=yes}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Norihiro Karatani|pos=GK|other=from NTT Kanto}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Hiroshi Kawamoto|pos=DF|other=from Horikoshi High School}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Katsushi Kurihara|pos=DF|other=from JEF United Ichihara youth}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=CZE|name=Ivan Hašek|pos=MF|other=from Sanfrecce Hiroshima}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Takayoshi Shikida|pos=MF|other=from Funabashi Municipal High School}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Nozomi Hiroyama|pos=MF|other=from Narashino High School}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Shūzō Machida|pos=MF|other=from International Budo University}}

{{Football squad end}}

{{Col-2}}

Out:

{{Football squad start|hidenote=yes}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Kosuke Kishimoto|pos=GK|other=}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Michel Miyazawa|pos=DF|other=}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Kenji Yamamoto|pos=DF|other=retired}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Tadashi Koya|pos=DF|other=to Brummel Sendai}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Hiroshi Miyazawa|pos=DF|other=to Bellmare Hiratsuka}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Hideyuki Sudō|pos=MF|other=to Brummel Sendai}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Kazuhiro Suzuki|pos=DF|other=}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Yoshikazu Gotō|pos=MF|other=to Toshiba}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Kazuo Echigo|pos=MF|other=to Brummel Sendai}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Kōichi Usui|pos=MF|other=to Fukushima FC}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=PRK|name=Shin Che-Bon|pos=FW|other=to Fujitsu}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Yūji Ozaki|pos=FW|other=}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Kinya Takehara|pos=FW|other=to Fukushima FC}}

{{Football squad end}}

{{Col-end}}

• {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroyuki Nitao (from Yokohama Flügels)
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Satoshi Yamaguchi (JEF United Ichihara youth)
• {{flagicon|NED}} Peter Bosz (from Feyenoord on September)

• {{flagicon|YUG}} Goran Vasilijević (to Lokomotiv Sofia on April)

none

• {{Cite book|title=J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1996|isbn=4-09-102324-X}}
• {{Cite book|title=J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997|isbn=4-09-102329-0}}

{{reflist}}

• {{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110317070254/http://www.j-league.or.jp/ J. League official site]
• {{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706040014/http://www.so-net.ne.jp/JEFUNITED/ JEF United Ichihara Chiba official web site]

{{JEF United Ichihara Chiba}}

{{1996 in Japanese football}}

JEF United Ichihara

Category:JEF United Chiba seasons