1996 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

{{Infobox football club season

|club=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|season=1996

|chairman=

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|manager={{flagicon|NED}} Wim Jansen

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|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|league=J.League

|league result=14th

|cup1=Emperor's Cup

|cup1 result=Runners-up

|cup2=J.League Cup

|cup2 result=GL-A 3rd

|league topscorer={{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Takagi (11)

|season topscorer=

|highest attendance=18,863 (vs Kashima Antlers, 20 March 1996)

|lowest attendance=4,491 (vs Avispa Fukuoka, 6 November 1996)

|average attendance=8,469

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This article details the 1996 season of Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Review and events

= League results summary =

{{Fb rs |hw=4 |hd=0 |hl=11 |hgf=22 |hga=33 |aw=6 |ad=0 |al=9 |agf=14 |aga=27 |dp=0}}

{{Fb rs footer|s={{Cite book|title=J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997|isbn=4-09-102329-0}}|date=August 2019}}

= League results by round =

{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b

|header=Round

|label1= Ground

| res1=A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A

|label2= Result

| res2=W/L/W/L/L/L/W/W/L/L/W/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/L/W/W/L/L/W/L/W/L/L/L

|label3= Position

| res3=7/8/7/8/10/11/8/8/9/12/10/12/12/11/12/12/12/12/14/14/13/13/13/14/13/13/12/13/14/14

|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

|source={{Cite book|title=J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997|isbn=4-09-102329-0}}}}

Competitions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Competitions!!Position
J.League	14th / 16 clubs
Emperor's Cup	Runners-up
J.League Cup	GL-A 3rd / 8 clubs

Domestic results

=J.League=

{{Football box collapsible

|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=W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=2

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=1–2 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2014 J. League]

|team2=Kashima Antlers

|goals1=Takagi {{goal|46|}}

|goals2=Leonardo {{goal|73|}}
Hasegawa {{goal|117|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=18,863

|referee=Fumikazu Shioyazono

|assistantreferees=Takayoshi Kashino, Kazuhiko Matsumura

|fourthofficial=Kōji Ueno

|result=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=3

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

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

|team1=Cerezo Osaka

|score=1–2 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2020 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Morishima {{goal|13|}}

|goals2=Yoshida {{goal|26|}}
Takagi {{golden goal|96|}}

|stadium=Osaka Nagai No.2 Stadium

|attendance=6,276

|referee=Zoran Petrović

|assistantreferees=Akio Okutani, Hiroyuki Ōnishi

|fourthofficial=Tsuyoshi Miyake

|result=W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=4

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=0–1 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2029 J. League]

|team2=Yokohama Flügels

|goals1=

|goals2=Sampaio {{golden goal|103|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=7,105

|referee=Tatsumi Ōno

|assistantreferees=Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Kō Ōishi

|fourthofficial=Mamoru Ueda

|result=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=5

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

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

|team1=Shimizu S-Pulse

|score=1–0 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2036 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Massaro {{golden goal|116|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Nihondaira Sports Stadium

|attendance=12,363

|referee=Kenji Tanaka

|assistantreferees=Yasushi Tsuchimoto, Takashi Aoki

|fourthofficial=Toshiyuki Asanuma

|result=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=6

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

|time=15:00 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Gamba Osaka

|score=2–1 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2045 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Mladenović {{goal|73|}}
Matsunami {{golden goal|98|}}

|goals2=Noh {{goal|81|}}

|stadium=Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium

|attendance=7,042

|referee=Yasuhiro Hemmi

|assistantreferees=Morihisa Yamaguchi, Akio Okutani

|fourthofficial=Tamotsu Ōnishi

|result=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=7

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

|time=14:02 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=3–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2048 J. League]

|team2=Kyoto Purple Sanga

|goals1=Noh {{goal|74||76|}}
Takagi {{goal|89|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=7,098

|referee=Zoran Petrović

|assistantreferees=Tetsu Karakida, Satoru Kawano

|fourthofficial=Masahiro Katsuyama

|result=W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=8

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

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

|team1=Bellmare Hiratsuka

|score=0–1 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2058 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=

|goals2=Uemura {{golden goal|101|}}

|stadium=Hiratsuka Stadium

|attendance=5,747

|referee=Hiroshi Tanabe

|assistantreferees=Mitsuru Satō, Takao Onshi

|fourthofficial=Masaki Yoshihara

|result=W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=9

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=0–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2068 J. League]

|team2=Kashiwa Reysol

|goals1=

|goals2=Yokoyama {{goal|11|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=7,126

|referee=Yasuhiro Hemmi

|assistantreferees=Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Hiroyuki Ōnishi

|fourthofficial=Shinya Sasamoto

|result=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=10

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

|time=14:35 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=0–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2073 J. League]

|team2=Yokohama Marinos

|goals1=

|goals2=Gorosito {{goal|58|}}
Noda {{goal|60|}}
Miura {{goal|85|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=12,453

|referee=Piotr Werner

|assistantreferees=Morihisa Yamaguchi, Takashi Aoki

|fourthofficial=Kazuyuki Tanimoto

|result=L

}}

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|round=11

|date={{Start date|1996|05|01|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=2086 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=

|goals2=Huistra {{goal|47|}}
Moriyasu {{goal|82|}}

|stadium=Kumamoto Suizenji Stadium

|attendance=7,895

|referee=Archundia

|assistantreferees=Tōru Yamashiro, Takayoshi Kashino

|fourthofficial=Kōji Uehara

|result=W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=12

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

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

|team1=Júbilo Iwata

|score=1–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2088 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Vanenburg {{goal|24|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Júbilo Iwata Stadium

|attendance=16,639

|referee=Masayoshi Okada

|assistantreferees=Takashi Kunori, Satoru Kawano

|fourthofficial=Tōru Nagata

|result=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=13

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=1–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2100 J. League]

|team2=Urawa Red Diamonds

|goals1=Uemura {{goal|44|}}

|goals2=Hori {{goal|39||48|}}
Fukuda {{goal|71|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=9,681

|referee=Zoran Petrović

|assistantreferees=Naoki Esumi, Kazuhiko Matsumura

|fourthofficial=Hitoshi Yamada

|result=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=14

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

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

|team1=Nagoya Grampus Eight

|score=1–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2108 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Stojković {{goal|64|}}

|goals2=Huistra {{goal|69|}}
Takagi {{goal|80|}}

|stadium=Nagoya Mizuho Athletics Stadium

|attendance=21,303

|referee=Shinichirō Obata

|assistantreferees=Kazuya Yanagisawa, Ichirō Inukai

|fourthofficial=Yasuhiro Takeichi

|result=W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=15

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=1–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2113 J. League]

|team2=Verdy Kawasaki

|goals1=Takagi {{goal|89|}}

|goals2=Donizete {{goal|1|}}
Gen {{goal|31|}}
K. Miura {{goal|32|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=12,124

|referee=Archundia

|assistantreferees=Noboru Ishiyama, Satoru Kawano

|fourthofficial=Norio Kuriyama

|result=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=16

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=0–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2126 J. League]

|team2=Júbilo Iwata

|goals1=

|goals2=Dunga {{goal|0||61|}}
Nakayama {{goal|41|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=6,585

|referee=Bemard Saules

|assistantreferees=Morihisa Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Ōnishi

|fourthofficial=Hideki Tanigawa

|result=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=17

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

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

|team1=Urawa Red Diamonds

|score=5–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2130 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Hori {{goal|28|}}
Bein {{goal|30|}}
Yamada {{goal|36||38|}}
Okano {{goal|44|}}

|goals2=Takagi {{goal|81|}}

|stadium=Urawa Komaba Stadium

|attendance=20,028

|referee=Hideo Kikuchi

|assistantreferees=Takashi Kunori, Keiji Kamiara

|fourthofficial=Shigeru Kimura

|result=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=18

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=2–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2140 J. League]

|team2=Nagoya Grampus Eight

|goals1=Takagi {{goal|12|}}
Fue {{goal|67|}}

|goals2=Okayama {{goal|44|}}
Moriyama {{goal|70|}}
Stojković {{goal|72|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=10,185

|referee=Hiroshi Tanabe

|assistantreferees=Akio Okutani, Takashi Aoki

|fourthofficial=Keiichi Nadamoto

|result=L

}}

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|round=19

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

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

|team1=Verdy Kawasaki

|score=5–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2147 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1={{goal|1|o.g.}}
K. Miura {{goal|15||34|}}
Magrão {{goal|46||75|}}

|goals2=Noh {{goal|32|}}

|stadium=Tecnoport Fukui Stadium

|attendance=11,782

|referee=Hiroyuki Umemoto

|assistantreferees=Naoki Esumi, Hitoshi Nakagomi

|fourthofficial=Masao Nakajō

|result=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|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=L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=21

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

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

|team1=Kashima Antlers

|score=1–1 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2161 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Masuda {{goal|33|}}

|goals2=Huistra {{goal|72|}}

|penaltyscore=8–9

|penalties1={{plainlist|

{{pengoal}} Jorginho
{{pengoal}} Hasegawa
{{pengoal}} Oniki
{{penmiss}} Manaka
{{pengoal}} Rodrigo
{{pengoal}} Akita
{{pengoal}} Sōma
{{pengoal}} Okuno
{{penmiss}} Naitō
{{pengoal}} Kumagai
{{penmiss}} Furukawa

}}

|penalties2={{plainlist|

{{pengoal}} Takagi
{{pengoal}} Moriyasu
{{pengoal}} Yoshida
{{pengoal}} Kuwabara
{{penmiss}} Huistra
{{pengoal}} Kubo
{{pengoal}} Yanagimoto
{{pengoal}} Michiki
{{penmiss}} Naitō
{{pengoal}} Satō
{{pengoal}} Maekawa

}}

|stadium=Kashima Soccer Stadium

|attendance=15,975

|referee=Masayoshi Okada

|assistantreferees=Noboru Ishiyama, Satoru Kawano

|fourthofficial=Michio Horie

|result=W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round=22

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=2–1 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2173 J. League]

|team2=Cerezo Osaka

|goals1=Kubo {{goal|78|}}{{golden goal|90|}}

|goals2={{goal|72|o.g.}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Stadium

|attendance=5,387

|referee=Hiroshi Tanabe

|assistantreferees=Naoki Esumi, Kazuhiko Matsumura

|fourthofficial=Kōji Ueno

|result=W

}}

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|round=23

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

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

|team1=Yokohama Flügels

|score=2–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2181 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Evair {{goal|16||39|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

|attendance=7,111

|referee=Naotsugu Fuse

|assistantreferees=Mitsuru Satō, Keiji Kamiara

|fourthofficial=Masaki Yoshihara

|result=L

}}

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|round=24

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=2–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2189 J. League]

|team2=Shimizu S-Pulse

|goals1=Michiki {{goal|19||26|}}

|goals2=Nagai {{goal|66|}}
Hasegawa {{goal|86||89|}}

|stadium=Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium

|attendance=6,314

|referee=Fumikazu Shioyazono

|assistantreferees=Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Masatoshi Shibata

|fourthofficial=Sadaaki Hagiwara

|result=L

}}

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|round=25

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=2–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2198 J. League]

|team2=Gamba Osaka

|goals1=Noh {{goal|51|}}
Huistra {{goal|56|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Ehime Matsuyama Athletic Stadium

|attendance=7,202

|referee=Kazuo Kakihana

|assistantreferees=Satoru Kawano, Tōru Yamashiro

|fourthofficial=Hiroshi Yoshinouchi

|result=W

}}

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|round=26

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

|time=15:05 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Kyoto Purple Sanga

|score=2–1 (V-goal)

|aet=yes

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2204 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Edmílson {{goal|16|}}
Noguchi {{golden goal|108|}}

|goals2=Huistra {{goal|25|}}

|stadium=Kyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium

|attendance=7,315

|referee=Leslie Mottram

|assistantreferees=Akio Okutani, Kōji Minami

|fourthofficial=Hiroyuki Ishida

|result=L

}}

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|round=27

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=3–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2214 J. League]

|team2=Bellmare Hiratsuka

|goals1=Takagi {{goal|11|}}
Huistra {{goal|30|}}
Kojima {{goal|52|}}

|goals2=Takada {{goal|19|}}
Noguchi {{goal|86|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Stadium

|attendance=5,037

|referee=Tatsumi Ōno

|assistantreferees=Hideaki Harada, Hiroyuki Ōnishi

|fourthofficial=Kuniyasu Doi

|result=W

}}

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|round=28

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

|time=14:59 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Kashiwa Reysol

|score=3–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2216 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Valdir {{goal|37|}}
Edílson {{goal|57||83|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium

|attendance=7,035

|referee=Naotsugu Fuse

|assistantreferees=Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Masahiro Katagiri

|fourthofficial=Kōji Sugikawa

|result=L

}}

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|round=29

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=2–4

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2230 J. League]

|team2=Avispa Fukuoka

|goals1=Moriyasu {{goal|53||88|}}

|goals2=Yamashita {{goal|30|}}
Mayor {{goal|48|}}
Ueno {{goal|66||79|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=4,491

|referee=Bemard Saules

|assistantreferees=Hiroyuki Izumi, Takashi Aoki

|fourthofficial=Norio Kuriyama

|result=L

}}

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|round=30

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

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

|team1=Yokohama Marinos

|score=3–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2234 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Omura {{goal|19||50||89|}}

|goals2={{goal|12|o.g.}}

|stadium=Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

|attendance=10,858

|referee=Hiroyuki Umemoto

|assistantreferees=Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Takuji Fukazawa

|fourthofficial=Masahiko Takahashi

|result=L

}}

=Emperor's Cup=

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|round=3rd Round

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

|time=: JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=2–0

|team2=Brummell Sendai

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|round=4th Round

|date={{Start date|1996|12|23|df=y}}

|time=: JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Kashiwa Reysol

|score=1–2

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=? {{goal|?|}}

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|round=Quarterfinals

|date={{Start date|1996|12|26|df=y}}

|time=: JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=3–0

|team2=Shimizu S-Pulse

|goals1=? {{goal|?|}}
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|round=Semifinals

|date={{Start date|1996|12|29|df=y}}

|time=: JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Gamba Osaka

|score=0–2

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=

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|stadium=Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium

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|round=Final

|date={{Start date|1997|01|01|df=y}}

|time=: JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=0–3

|team2=Verdy Kawasaki

|goals1=

|goals2=Kitazawa {{goal|?|}}
Y. Miura {{goal|?|}}
Kurihara {{goal|?|}}

|stadium=Tokyo National Stadium

|attendance=38,737

|referee=

|assistantreferees=

|fourthofficial=

|result=L

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=J.League Cup=

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|round=GL-A-1-1

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

|time=17:31 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=1–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2242 J. League]

|team2=Júbilo Iwata

|goals1=Huistra {{goal|57|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=11,468

|referee=Yasuhiro Hemmi

|assistantreferees=Naoki Esumi, Masatoshi Shibata

|fourthofficial=Keiichi Nadamoto

|result=W

}}

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|round=GL-A-1-2

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

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

|team1=Júbilo Iwata

|score=1–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2247 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Nakayama {{goal|41|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Júbilo Iwata Stadium

|attendance=8,354

|referee=Piotr Werner

|assistantreferees=Yasushi Tsuchimoto, Tetsu Karakida

|fourthofficial=Takuya Okada

|result=L

|aggregatescore=1–1

}}

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|round=GL-A-2-1

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

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

|team1=Kyoto Purple Sanga

|score=0–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2251 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=

|goals2=Abe {{goal|29|}}

|stadium=Kumamoto Suizenji Stadium

|attendance=6,827

|referee=Kiyoshi Ōta

|assistantreferees=Kazuya Yanagisawa, Tōru Yamashiro

|fourthofficial=Kōji Uehara

|result=W

}}

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|round=GL-A-2-2

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=0–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2256 J. League]

|team2=Kyoto Purple Sanga

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=4,331

|referee=Tatsumi Ōno

|assistantreferees=Hiroyuki Izumi, Hiroyuki Ōnishi

|fourthofficial=Kōsō Sumida

|result=D

|aggregatescore=1–0

}}

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|round=GL-A-3-1

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

|time=18:31 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=1–1

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2260 J. League]

|team2=Gamba Osaka

|goals1=Kubo {{goal|84|}}

|goals2=Matsuyama {{goal|21|}}

|stadium=Oita Athletic Stadium

|attendance=4,105

|referee=Zoran Petrović

|assistantreferees=Noboru Ishiyama, Masatoshi Shibata

|fourthofficial=Tsunenori Nagamatsu

|result=D

}}

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|round=GL-A-3-2

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

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

|team1=Gamba Osaka

|score=0–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2264 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=

|goals2=Moriyasu {{goal|37|}}
Kubo {{goal|47|}}
Michiki {{goal|50|}}

|stadium=Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium

|attendance=5,074

|referee=Yasuhiro Matsuzaki

|assistantreferees=Satoru Ishizawa, Takayoshi Kashino

|fourthofficial=Tamotsu Ōnishi

|result=W

|aggregatescore=1–4

}}

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|round=GL-A-4-1

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

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

|team1=Kashiwa Reysol

|score=1–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2266 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1={{goal|29|o.g.}}

|goals2=Huistra {{goal|21|}}
Kuwabara {{goal|68|}}

|stadium=Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium

|attendance=8,003

|referee=Piotr Werner

|assistantreferees=Morihisa Yamaguchi, Takashi Aoki

|fourthofficial=Yoshiyuki Yamashita

|result=W

}}

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|round=GL-A-4-2

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=1–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2272 J. League]

|team2=Kashiwa Reysol

|goals1=Ōki {{goal|2|}}

|goals2=Careca {{goal|39||44|}}
Shimotaira {{goal|50|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Stadium

|attendance=4,603

|referee=Hiroshi Tanabe

|assistantreferees=Naoki Esumi, Masatoshi Shibata

|fourthofficial=Yutaka Miyake

|result=L

|aggregatescore=3–4

}}

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|round=GL-A-5-1

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

|time=18:31 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=2–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2275 J. League]

|team2=Bellmare Hiratsuka

|goals1=Kubo {{goal|33|}}
Huistra {{goal|58|}}

|goals2=Paulinho {{goal|19|}}
Seki {{goal|81||89|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=7,470

|referee=Hiroyuki Umemoto

|assistantreferees=Akio Okutani, Takuji Fukazawa

|fourthofficial=Kuniyasu Doi

|result=L

}}

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|round=GL-A-5-2

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

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

|team1=Bellmare Hiratsuka

|score=3–0

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2279 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Seki {{goal|15||51|}}
Paulinho {{goal|83|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Hiratsuka Stadium

|attendance=7,178

|referee=Piotr Werner

|assistantreferees=Hiroshi Fukuda, Susumu Takeda

|fourthofficial=Hiroshi Yamaguchi

|result=L

|aggregatescore=6–2

}}

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|round=GL-A-6-1

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

|time=18:32 JST (UTC+09)

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=2–3

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2282 J. League]

|team2=Urawa Red Diamonds

|goals1=Santos {{goal|5||39|}}

|goals2=Bein {{goal|17|}}
Fukunaga {{goal|52|}}
{{goal|59|o.g.}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=9,271

|referee=Shinichirō Obata

|assistantreferees=Tōru Yamashiro, Hiroyuki Ōnishi

|fourthofficial=Katsuya Motoyasu

|result=L

}}

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|round=GL-A-6-2

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

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

|team1=Urawa Red Diamonds

|score=0–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2285 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=

|goals2=Santos {{goal|25||77|}}

|stadium=Urawa Komaba Stadium

|attendance=19,386

|referee=Hiroshi Tanabe

|assistantreferees=Yū Nakamura, Kōji Minami

|fourthofficial=Toshimitsu Yasumoto

|result=W

|aggregatescore=3–4

}}

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|round=GL-A-7-1

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

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

|team1=Yokohama Marinos

|score=3–5

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2290 J. League]

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Omura {{goal|10|}}
T. Yamada {{goal|74|}}
Acosta {{goal|89|}}

|goals2=Santos {{goal|16||85|}}
Takagi {{goal|30|}}
Huistra {{goal|65|}}
Kubo {{goal|80|}}

|stadium=Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

|attendance=10,407

|referee=Yoshimi Ogawa

|assistantreferees=Toshimitsu Yoshida, Susumu Takeda

|fourthofficial=Mineo Takada

|result=W

}}

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|round=GL-A-7-2

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

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

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=2–2

|report=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=2296 J. League]

|team2=Yokohama Marinos

|goals1=Huistra {{goal|44|}}
Moriyasu {{goal|51|}}

|goals2=Acosta {{goal|18||22|}}

|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch

|attendance=8,250

|referee=Tōru Kamikawa

|assistantreferees=Kazuya Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki Izumi

|fourthofficial=Kōji Hanaguchi

|result=D

|aggregatescore=7–5

}}

Player statistics

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Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !rowspan="2"\|Pos.!!rowspan="2"\|Nat.!!rowspan="2"\|Player!!rowspan="2"\|D.o.B. (Age)!!rowspan="2"\|Height / Weight!!colspan="2"\|J.League!!colspan="2"\|Emperor's Cup!!colspan="2"\|J.League Cup!!colspan="2"\|Total
DF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Yasuyuki Satō	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1966\|4\|12}}	176 cm / 67 kg	13	0	2	0	8	0	23	0
FW	{{flagicon\|NED}}	Huistra	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1967\|1\|18}}	182 cm / 71 kg	28	7	0	0	14	5	42	12
FW	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Takuya Takagi	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1967\|11\|12}}	188 cm / 82 kg	30	11	5	2	6	1	41	14
GK	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Kazuya Maekawa	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1968\|3\|22}}	188 cm / 84 kg	25	0	5	0	14	0	44	0
DF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Naoki Naitō	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1968\|5\|30}}	180 cm / 78 kg	26	0	5	0	13	0	44	0
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Mitsuaki Kojima	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1968\|7\|14}}	173 cm / 70 kg	26	1	5	0	14	0	45	1
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Hajime Moriyasu	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1968\|8\|23}}	173 cm / 62 kg	26	3	5	0	14	2	45	5
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Yasuhiro Yoshida	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1969\|7\|14}}	172 cm / 70 kg	27	1	5	1	10	0	42	2
GK	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Kazumasa Kawano	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1970\|11\|7}}	185 cm / 80 kg	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
FW	{{flagicon\|KOR}}	Noh Jung-Yoon	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1971\|3\|28}}	172 cm / 68 kg	24	5	5	2	4	0	33	7
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Hiroyoshi Kuwabara	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1971\|10\|2}}	177 cm / 71 kg	24	0	5	0	8	1	37	1
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Takashi Ōnishi	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1971\|10\|16}}	177 cm / 70 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
DF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Hiroshige Yanagimoto	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1972\|10\|15}}	173 cm / 64 kg	29	0	5	1	14	0	48	1
DF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Hideaki Mori	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1972\|10\|16}}	183 cm / 73 kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Hideaki Hagino	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1973\|1\|20}}	173 cm / 66 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
FW	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Masato Fue	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1973\|2\|22}}	174 cm / 65 kg	22	1	1	0	10	0	33	1
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Ryūji Michiki	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1973\|8\|25}}	174 cm / 64 kg	17	2	5	0	8	1	30	3
DF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Kenichi Uemura	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1974\|4\|22}}	180 cm / 70 kg	12	2	0	0	7	0	19	2
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Yūta Abe	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1974\|7\|31}}	177 cm / 69 kg	3	0	3	0	6	1	12	1
GK	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Takashi Shimoda	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1975\|11\|28}}	183 cm / 74 kg	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Susumu Ōki	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1976\|2\|23}}	177 cm / 75 kg	7	0	0	0	4	1	11	1
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Kōji Yoshimura	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1976\|4\|13}}	177 cm / 68 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Tatsuhiko Kubo	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1976\|6\|18}}	181 cm / 71 kg	22	2	3	0	10	4	35	6
FW	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Iwao Yamane	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1976\|7\|31}}	170 cm / 62 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
GK	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Masato Tamada	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1976\|8\|25}}	185 cm / 80 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Tsukimitsu Mizuta	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1976\|9\|13}}	174 cm / 71 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
DF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Takashi Kageyama	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1977\|5\|27}}	180 cm / 67 kg	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Keita Kanemoto	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1977\|7\|13}}	173 cm / 71 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Kōta Hattori	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1977\|11\|22}}	175 cm / 71 kg	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Jun Takata	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1977\|12\|6}}	179 cm / 71 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
GK	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Minoru Ueda †	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1977\|6\|20}}\|
cm / -kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
GK	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Tetsuharu Yamaguchi †	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1977\|9\|8}}\|
cm / -kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
MF	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Shoji Akimitsu †	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1977\|5\|7}}\|
cm / -kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
FW	{{flagicon\|JPN}}	Kazuyoshi Matsunaga †	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1977\|11\|13}}\|
cm / -kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
MF	{{flagicon\|BRA}}	Santos †	{{Birth date and age2\|1996\|3\|16\|1964\|6\|8}}\|
cm / -kg	2	0	4	3	7	6	13	9

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

Transfers

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

In:

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Naoki Naitō|pos=DF|other=from Shimizu S-Pulse}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Takashi Kageyama|pos=DF|other=from Daisho Gakuen High School}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Yasuhiro Yoshida|pos=MF|other=from Shimizu S-Pulse}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Keita Kanemoto|pos=MF|other=from Hiroshima Minami High School}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Kōta Hattori|pos=MF|other=from Makuhari Senior High School}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Jun Takata|pos=FW|other=from Sanfrecce Hiroshima youth}}

Out:

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Toshikazu Katō|pos=GK|other=}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Yoshirō Moriyama|pos=DF|other=to Yokohama Flügels}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Masayuki Ōmori|pos=DF|other=}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Yahiro Kazama|pos=MF|other=}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Akinobu Yokouchi|pos=MF|other=retired}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Yasumasa Makino|pos=MF|other=to Fujitsu}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Kazutoshi Miura|pos=MF|other=}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=CZE|name=Hašek|pos=FW|other=to JEF United Ichihara}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Takumi Shima|pos=FW|other=retired}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Kenji Wakamatsu|pos=FW|other=}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Yoshihiro Nishida|pos=FW|other=to Kyoto Purple Sanga}}

{{Football squad player|no=|nat=NED|name=Van Loen|pos=FW|other=}}

Transfers during the season

=In=

{{flagicon|BRA}} Santos (from Veracruz on June)
{{flagicon|JPN}} Minoru Ueda
{{flagicon|JPN}} Tetsuharu Yamaguchi (from Isahaya Commercial High School)
{{flagicon|JPN}} Shoji Akimitsu
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuyoshi Matsunaga (from Nakatsu Kogyo High School)

=Out=

{{flagicon|JPN}} Hideaki Mori (to Avispa Fukuoka)

Awards

none

References

{{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}}

Other pages

{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110317070254/http://www.j-league.or.jp/ J. League official site]
{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.sanfrecce.co.jp/ Sanfrecce Hiroshima official site]

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Category:Sanfrecce Hiroshima seasons