1996 Urawa Red Diamonds season

Urawa Red Diamonds 1996 football season

Urawa Red Diamonds

1996 season

Manager

Holger Osieck

Stadium

Urawa Komaba Stadium

J.League

6th

Emperor's Cup

Semifinals

J.League Cup

GL-A 7th

Top goalscorer

League:

Masayuki Okano (11)
All:

Masayuki Okano (15)

Highest home attendance

20,614 (vs Gamba Osaka, 3 April 1996)
50,974 (vs Kyoto Purple Sanga, 15 May 1996, Tokyo National Stadium)

Lowest home attendance

17,789 (vs Cerezo Osaka, 1 May 1996)
5,611 (vs Avispa Fukuoka, 28 September 1996, Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium)

Average home league attendance

24,329

Home colours

Away colours

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1997 →

1996 Urawa Red Diamonds 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	19	0	11	51	31	+20	59	11	0	4	25	11	+14	8	0	7	26	20	+6

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

League results by round

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

Domestic results

J.League

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kashiwa Reysol

16 March 1996 (1996-03-16) 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Kashiwa Reysol	Urawa Komaba Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC+09)	Fukunaga 9', 65'	J. League	Watanabe 24'	Attendance: 20,124 Referee: Naotsugu Fuse Assistant referees: Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Hisaharu Kitamura Fourth official: Toshimitsu Yasumoto

Avispa Fukuoka v Urawa Red Diamonds

20 March 1996 (1996-03-20) 2	Avispa Fukuoka	1–2 (V-goal) (a.e.t.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
14:00 JST (UTC+09)	Furube 54'	J. League	Hirose 57' 113'	Attendance: 17,323 Referee: Kenji Tanaka Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Tōru Yamashiro Fourth official: Daikichi Kanada

Urawa Red Diamonds v Yokohama Marinos

23 March 1996 (1996-03-23) 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	Yokohama Marinos	Tokyo National Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)	Fukunaga 56' Bein 58'	J. League		Attendance: 49,094 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa Assistant referees: Hiroshi Fukuda, Ichirō Inukai Fourth official: Noritake Sakurada

Júbilo Iwata v Urawa Red Diamonds

30 March 1996 (1996-03-30) 4	Júbilo Iwata	1–1 (V-goal) (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
14:02 JST (UTC+09)	Dunga 11'	J. League	Bein 27'	Attendance: 12,730 Referee: Yasuhiro Matsuzaki Assistant referees: Naoyuki Mori, Masatoshi Shibata Fourth official: Takuya Okada
	Penalties
	Vanenburg Dunga Fujita Kudō Schillaci		Hirose Taguchi Hori Yamada N. Ikeda

Urawa Red Diamonds v Gamba Osaka

3 April 1996 (1996-04-03) 5	Urawa Red Diamonds	4–1	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09)	Fukunaga 57' Bein 65' Buchwald 73' Tsuchihashi 76'	J. League	Gillhaus 16'	Attendance: 20,614 Referee: Fumikazu Shioyazono Assistant referees: Mitsuru Satō, Masaaki Shimomura Fourth official: Ichirō Kuwabara

Urawa Red Diamonds v Nagoya Grampus Eight

6 April 1996 (1996-04-06) 6	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Urawa Komaba Stadium
14:02 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Asano 61' Moriyama 89'	Attendance: 19,608 Referee: Yoshimi Ogawa Assistant referees: Akihisa Makino, Hitoshi Nakagomi Fourth official: Akio Hayashi

Verdy Kawasaki v Urawa Red Diamonds

13 April 1996 (1996-04-13) 7	Verdy Kawasaki	2–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tokyo National Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC+09)	Hayashi 70' K. Miura 83' (pen.)	J. League		Attendance: 45,555 Referee: Naotsugu Fuse Assistant referees: Takashi Kunori, Susumu Takeda Fourth official: Noritake Sakurada

Urawa Red Diamonds v JEF United Ichihara

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

Kashima Antlers v Urawa Red Diamonds

20 April 1996 (1996-04-20) 9	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Akita Yabase Stadium
15:04 JST (UTC+09)	Kumagai 77'	J. League		Attendance: 10,643 Referee: Fumikazu Shioyazono Assistant referees: Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Satoru Ishizawa Fourth official: Masaki Asano

Yokohama Flügels v Urawa Red Diamonds

27 April 1996 (1996-04-27) 10	Yokohama Flügels	1–4	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
19:33 JST (UTC+09)	Yamaguchi 74'	J. League	Hirose 7' Boli 24' Iwase 57' Okano 77'	Attendance: 14,692 Referee: Archundia Assistant referees: Akihisa Makino, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Takao Oura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Cerezo Osaka

1 May 1996 (1996-05-01) 11	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0 (V-goal) (a.e.t.) (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

Urawa Red Diamonds v Shimizu S-Pulse

4 May 1996 (1996-05-04) 12	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1 (V-goal) (a.e.t.)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Urawa Komaba Stadium
18:34 JST (UTC+09)	Iwase 44' Fukuda 98'	J. League	Massaro 79'	Attendance: 19,213 Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama Assistant referees: Toshiyuki Mayuzumi, Tetsu Karakida Fourth official: Akio Hayashi

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Urawa Red Diamonds

11 May 1996 (1996-05-11) 13	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima Big Arch
15:02 JST (UTC+09)	Uemura 44'	J. League	Hori 39', 48' Fukuda 71'	Attendance: 9,681 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Naoki Esumi, Kazuhiko Matsumura Fourth official: Hitoshi Yamada

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kyoto Purple Sanga

15 May 1996 (1996-05-15) 14	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0 (V-goal) (a.e.t.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Tokyo National Stadium
19:18 JST (UTC+09)	Taguchi 109'	J. League		Attendance: 50,974 Referee: Piotr Werner Assistant referees: Toshimitsu Yoshida, Takao Onshi Fourth official: Fusaya Suzuki

Bellmare Hiratsuka v Urawa Red Diamonds

18 May 1996 (1996-05-18) 15	Bellmare Hiratsuka	5–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Niigata Stadium
18:01 JST (UTC+09)	T. Iwamoto 41', 76' Narahashi 64' Simão 79' Noguchi 83'	J. League	Okano 10', 39' Fukuda 30'	Attendance: 12,337 Referee: Yasuhiro Hemmi Assistant referees: Kōji Taniuchi, Masaaki Shimomura Fourth official: Naoki Nakamura

Shimizu S-Pulse v Urawa Red Diamonds

28 August 1996 (1996-08-28) 16	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09)	Ōenoki 28' 61' (o.g.)	J. League	Ōshiba 43' Yamada 75' Okano 76'	Attendance: 10,151 Referee: Yasuhiro Hemmi Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Takashi Aoki Fourth official: Naoki Uchiyama

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

31 August 1996 (1996-08-31) 17	Urawa Red Diamonds	5–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09)	Hori 28' Bein 30' Yamada 36', 38' Okano 44'	J. League	Takagi 81'	Attendance: 20,028 Referee: Hideo Kikuchi Assistant referees: Takashi Kunori, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Shigeru Kimura

Kyoto Purple Sanga v Urawa Red Diamonds

7 September 1996 (1996-09-07) 18	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium
18:34 JST (UTC+09)	Alexandre 13'	J. League		Attendance: 10,088 Referee: Bemard Saules Assistant referees: Kōji Taniuchi, Takayoshi Kashino Fourth official: Hiroyuki Ishida

Urawa Red Diamonds v Bellmare Hiratsuka

14 September 1996 (1996-09-14) 19	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–2	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
18:34 JST (UTC+09)	Okano 35' Ōshiba 63' Hori 86'	J. League	Seki 44' Almir 59'	Attendance: 17,825 Referee: Lim Kee Chong Assistant referees: Morihisa Yamaguchi, Ichirō Inukai Fourth official: Shigeru Kimura

Kashiwa Reysol v Urawa Red Diamonds

21 September 1996 (1996-09-21) 20	Kashiwa Reysol	0–7	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tokyo National Stadium
15:04 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Ōshiba 2' Okano 21' Boli 44' Fukunaga 47', 65' Buchwald 84' (pen.) Iwase 87'	Attendance: 35,926 Referee: Leslie Mottram Assistant referees: Hiroshi Fukuda, Hisaharu Kitamura Fourth official: Hide Lii

Urawa Red Diamonds v Avispa Fukuoka

28 September 1996 (1996-09-28) 21	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1 (V-goal) (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Avispa Fukuoka	Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium
13:03 JST (UTC+09)	Okano 1'	J. League	Mayor 3'	Attendance: 5,611 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Mitsuru Satō, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Eiji Kaneda
	Penalties
	Hirose Buchwald Taguchi Okano		Mayor Mori Iwai Umeyama Báez

Yokohama Marinos v Urawa Red Diamonds

2 October 1996 (1996-10-02) 22	Yokohama Marinos	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Buchwald 8' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,798 Referee: Bemard Saules Assistant referees: Noboru Ishiyama, Akihisa Makino Fourth official: Hiroshi Yashiro

Urawa Red Diamonds v Júbilo Iwata

5 October 1996 (1996-10-05) 23	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2	Júbilo Iwata	Urawa Komaba Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Nakayama 22' Nanami 82'	Attendance: 20,044 Referee: Leslie Mottram Assistant referees: Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Hisaharu Kitamura Fourth official: Toshimitsu Yasumoto

Gamba Osaka v Urawa Red Diamonds

16 October 1996 (1996-10-16) 24	Gamba Osaka	1–0 (V-goal) (a.e.t.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)	Gillhaus 93'	J. League		Attendance: 5,254 Referee: Shinichirō Obata Assistant referees: Hideaki Harada, Satoru Ishizawa Fourth official: Tamotsu Ōnishi

Nagoya Grampus Eight v Urawa Red Diamonds

19 October 1996 (1996-10-19) 25	Nagoya Grampus Eight	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
15:00 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	27' (o.g.)	Attendance: 22,267 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Yasushi Tsuchimoto, Hiroyuki Ōnishi Fourth official: Katsuyasu Masui

Urawa Red Diamonds v Verdy Kawasaki

26 October 1996 (1996-10-26) 26	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Verdy Kawasaki	Urawa Komaba Stadium
15:01 JST (UTC+09)	Okano 85'	J. League		Attendance: 19,495 Referee: Tōru Kamikawa Assistant referees: Kazuya Yanagisawa, Hitoshi Nakagomi Fourth official: Shigeru Kimura

JEF United Ichihara v Urawa Red Diamonds

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

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kashima Antlers

2 November 1996 (1996-11-02) 28	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0 (V-goal) (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Kashima Antlers	Tokyo National Stadium
15:02 JST (UTC+09)		J. League		Attendance: 45,794 Referee: Bemard Saules Assistant referees: Kazuhisa Osada, Hisaharu Kitamura Fourth official: Tsutomu Anazawa
	Penalties
	Hirose Buchwald Taguchi N. Ikeda Takita Bein		Mazinho Honda Jorginho Hasegawa Rodrigo Akita

Cerezo Osaka v Urawa Red Diamonds

6 November 1996 (1996-11-06) 29	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

Urawa Red Diamonds v Yokohama Flügels

9 November 1996 (1996-11-09) 30	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Yokohama Flügels	Urawa Komaba Stadium
14:33 JST (UTC+09)	Bein 24' Okano 33' Takita 79' (pen.)	J. League		Attendance: 19,357 Referee: Leslie Mottram Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Izumi Okada

Emperor's Cup

1st Round

bye

2nd Round

bye

Urawa Red Diamonds v NTT Kanto

17 November 1996 (1996-11-17) 3rd Round	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	NTT Kanto	Urawa Komaba Stadium
13:00 JST (UTC+09)	Okano 34', 50' Iwase 62'			Attendance: 15,344 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa

Urawa Red Diamonds v Cerezo Osaka

23 December 1996 (1996-12-23) 4th Round	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: 10,743 Referee: Fumikazu Shioyazono

Urawa Red Diamonds v Bellmare Hiratsuka

26 December 1996 (1996-12-26) Quarterfinals	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Nagoya Mizuho Athletics Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09)	Hori 28' Bein 66' Yamada 76'			Attendance: 2,774 Referee: Shinichirō Obata

Urawa Red Diamonds v Verdy Kawasaki

29 December 1996 (1996-12-29) Semifinals	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–3	Verdy Kawasaki	Tokyo National Stadium
13:05 JST (UTC+09)			Bismarck 57' Y. Miura 70' Kurihara 83'	Attendance: 28,994 Referee: Zoran Petrović

J.League Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kashiwa Reysol

1 June 1996 (1996-06-01) GL-A-1-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–3	Kashiwa Reysol	Urawa Komaba Stadium
18:33 JST (UTC+09)	Fukunaga 89'	J. League	Watanabe 32' 60' (o.g.) Edílson 68'	Attendance: 20,230 Referee: Tatsumi Ōno Assistant referees: Toshiyuki Mayuzumi, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Akio Hayashi

Kashiwa Reysol v Urawa Red Diamonds

5 June 1996 (1996-06-05) GL-A-1-2	Kashiwa Reysol	2–0 (5–1 agg.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)	N. Katō 42' Edílson 63'	J. League		Attendance: 9,348 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Masaaki Shimomura Fourth official: Fujirō Masukura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Bellmare Hiratsuka

8 June 1996 (1996-06-08) GL-A-2-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
18:33 JST (UTC+09)		J. League		Attendance: 19,287 Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto Assistant referees: Naoki Esumi, Susumu Takeda Fourth official: Izumi Okada

Bellmare Hiratsuka v Urawa Red Diamonds

12 June 1996 (1996-06-12) GL-A-2-2	Bellmare Hiratsuka	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiratsuka Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09)	Betinho 36'	J. League	Boli 50' Fukuda 78' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,893 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa Assistant referees: Noboru Ishiyama, Kenichi Koshiyama Fourth official: Takatoshi Itō

Kyoto Purple Sanga v Urawa Red Diamonds

15 June 1996 (1996-06-15) GL-A-3-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium
18:34 JST (UTC+09)	Raudnei 53'	J. League	Boli 31'	Attendance: 14,992 Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama Assistant referees: Mitsuru Satō, Takashi Aoki Fourth official: Yoshihisa Takahashi

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kyoto Purple Sanga

19 June 1996 (1996-06-19) GL-A-3-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	To. Yamaguchi 37'	Attendance: 18,742 Referee: Tetsuya Hamana Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Toshimitsu Yasumoto

Yokohama Marinos v Urawa Red Diamonds

22 June 1996 (1996-06-22) GL-A-4-1	Yokohama Marinos	2–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
15:01 JST (UTC+09)	Matsuda 14' Zapata 16'	J. League		Attendance: 13,476 Referee: Archundia Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Takao Onshi Fourth official: Kenji Ōgiya

Urawa Red Diamonds v Yokohama Marinos

26 June 1996 (1996-06-26) GL-A-4-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Yokohama Marinos	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)	Okano 78' Fukuda 89'	J. League	Bisconti 89'	Attendance: 18,914 Referee: Naotsugu Fuse Assistant referees: Takashi Kunori, Hitoshi Nakagomi Fourth official: Ichirō Kuwabara

Urawa Red Diamonds v Júbilo Iwata

29 June 1996 (1996-06-29) GL-A-5-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	Júbilo Iwata	Urawa Komaba Stadium
18:33 JST (UTC+09)	Fukuda 3' (pen.)	J. League	Nakayama 62' Schillaci 89'	Attendance: 20,324 Referee: Tetsuya Hamana Assistant referees: Akihisa Makino, Susumu Takeda Fourth official: Shigeru Kimura

Júbilo Iwata v Urawa Red Diamonds

3 July 1996 (1996-07-03) GL-A-5-2	Júbilo Iwata	2–2 (4–3 agg.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09)	Nakayama 66' Vanenburg 73' (pen.)	J. League	Fukuda 53' Boli 86'	Attendance: 11,832 Referee: Kazuo Kakihana Assistant referees: Kimio Izaki, Takuji Fukazawa Fourth official: Tōru Nagata

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Urawa Red Diamonds

10 August 1996 (1996-08-10) GL-A-6-1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima Big Arch
18:32 JST (UTC+09)	Santos 5', 39'	J. League	Bein 17' Fukunaga 52' 59' (o.g.)	Attendance: 9,271 Referee: Shinichirō Obata Assistant referees: Tōru Yamashiro, Hiroyuki Ōnishi Fourth official: Katsuya Motoyasu

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

14 August 1996 (1996-08-14) GL-A-6-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2 (3–4 agg.)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Santos 25', 77'	Attendance: 19,386 Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Kōji Minami Fourth official: Toshimitsu Yasumoto

Gamba Osaka v Urawa Red Diamonds

17 August 1996 (1996-08-17) GL-A-7-1	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)	Matsuyama 89'	J. League	Ōshiba 58'	Attendance: 8,010 Referee: Tōru Kamikawa Assistant referees: Morihisa Yamaguchi, Akio Okutani Fourth official: Sōichirō Kaneko

Urawa Red Diamonds v Gamba Osaka

21 August 1996 (1996-08-21) GL-A-7-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)	Taguchi 7' Ōshiba 19' Okano 34'	J. League		Attendance: 18,483 Referee: Bemard Saules Assistant referees: Masahiro Katagiri, Takayoshi Kashino Fourth official: Izumi Okada

Player statistics

^[1]^[2]^[3]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		J.League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	JPN	Hisashi Tsuchida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	JPN	Yūki Takita	48	1	30	1	4	0	14	0
	GK	JPN	Hiroki Aratani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	JPN	Kōji Honma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	GER	Guido Buchwald	40	3	24	3	4	0	12	0
	DF	JPN	Yoshinori Taguchi	41	3	24	1	4	1	13	1
	DF	FRA	Basile Boli	32	5	22	2	0	0	10	3
	DF	JPN	Masahiro Ōta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	JPN	Futoshi Ikeda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	JPN	Tsutomu Nishino	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	JPN	Yoshio Takahashi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	JPN	Mitsuhiro Iga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	JPN	Shinji Jōjō	7	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
	MF	GER	Uwe Bein	31	8	20	5	4	2	7	1
	MF	JPN	Osamu Hirose	37	4	24	4	4	0	9	0
	MF	JPN	Takafumi Hori	40	6	26	4	4	2	10	0
	MF	JPN	Nobuyasu Ikeda	22	0	17	0	0	0	5	0
	MF	JPN	Kōichi Sugiyama	35	0	23	0	3	0	9	0
	MF	JPN	Masaki Tsuchihashi	39	1	22	1	4	0	13	0
	MF	JPN	Yasushi Fukunaga	45	9	28	6	4	1	13	2
	MF	JPN	Nobutake Mochiyama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	JPN	Hideki Uchidate	8	0	5	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	JPN	Ken Iwase	33	4	21	3	1	1	11	0
	MF	JPN	Naoto Sakurai	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	JPN	Nobuhisa Yamada	45	4	30	3	4	1	11	0
	MF	JPN	Takeshi Nakashima	7	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	JPN	Masao Kamino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	JPN	Eiji Hanayama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	JPN	Toshiya Ishii	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	JPN	Masahiro Fukuda	11	7	4	3	0	0	7	4
	FW	JPN	Masayuki Okano	46	15	30	11	3	2	13	2
	FW	JPN	Kenji Ōshiba	20	5	17	3	0	0	3	2
	FW	JPN	Taichi Satō	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	JPN	Shingo Suzuki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	DEN	Brian Steen Nielsen †	14	0	6	0	4	0	4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Transfers

^[4]^[1]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	JPN	Kōji Honma (from Mito Junior College High School)
—	DF	FRA	Basile Boli (from AS Monaco)
—	DF	JPN	Yoshio Takahashi (from Bunan Senior High School)
—	DF	JPN	Mitsuhiro Iga (from Urawa Red Diamonds youth)
—	DF	JPN	Shinji Jōjō (from Funabashi municipal High School)
—	MF	JPN	Nobutake Mochiyama (from Hannan University)
—	MF	JPN	Hideki Uchidate (from Sendai College)
—	MF	JPN	Masao Kamino (from Urawa Red Diamonds youth)
—	MF	JPN	Eiji Hanayama (from Utsunomiya Gakuen High School)
—	MF	JPN	Toshiya Ishii (from Shizuoka Gakuen Senior High School)
—	FW	JPN	Kenji Ōshiba (from Kokushikan University)
—	FW	JPN	Taichi Satō (from Hanasaki Tokuharu High School)
—	FW	JPN	Shingo Suzuki (from Urawa Red Diamonds youth)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	JPN	Norio Takahashi (to Brummel Sendai)
—	DF	JPN	Masanaga Kageyama (to Brummel Sendai)
—	DF	KOR	Cho Kwi-Jea (to Vissel Kobe)
—	DF	JPN	Yukinori Muramatsu (to Fujitsu)
—	DF	JPN	Yūta Nakazawa (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Naohiko Noro (to Mind House F.C.)
—	MF	GER	Michael Rummenigge
—	MF	JPN	Shirō Kikuhara (loan return to Verdy Kawasaki)
—	MF	JPN	Edwin Uehara (to Tosu Futures)
—	MF	JPN	Nobuyuki Hosaka (to Fujitsu)
—	MF	JPN	Hideto Saitō (to Fukaya Club)
—	FW	JPN	Shinichi Kawano (to Vissel Kobe)
—	FW	JPN	Takeshi Mizuuchi (to Brummel Sendai)
—	FW	JPN	Yūichi Sonoda (retired)
—	FW	BRA	Toninho (loan return to Shimizu S-Pulse)

Transfers during the season

In

Brian Steen Nielsen (loan from OB Odense on August)

Out

Awards

^[2]

J.League Best XI: Guido Buchwald, Masayuki Okano

References

J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1996. ISBN 4-09-102324-X.
J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997. ISBN 4-09-102329-0.
URAWA REDS Official History 1992-2002 浦和レッズ10年史. ISBN 4-583-03685-X.
"R-File". Urawa Red Diamonds official site. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

^ ^a ^b J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1996. ISBN 4-09-102324-X.
^ ^a ^b J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997. ISBN 4-09-102329-0.
^ URAWA REDS Official History 1992-2002 浦和レッズ10年史. ISBN 4-583-03685-X.
^ J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1995 NICOS series. ISBN 4-09-102321-5.

Other pages

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

Urawa Red Diamonds

General

Home stadium

Rivalries

Saitama derby

Seasons

1996 in Japanese football

« 1995

1997 »

League competitions

Men	J.League Japan Football League Regional Leagues
Women	L.League

Cup competitions

Men	Emperor's Cup (Final) J.League Cup (Final) Super Cup
Women	Empress's Cup (Final) L.League Cup (Final)

Related to national teams

Men	Summary AFC Asian Cup
Women	Summary Summer Olympics

Club seasons
J.League	Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds JEF United Ichihara Kashiwa Reysol Verdy Kawasaki Yokohama Marinos Yokohama Flügels Bellmare Hiratsuka Shimizu S-Pulse Júbilo Iwata Nagoya Grampus Eight Kyoto Purple Sanga Gamba Osaka Cerezo Osaka Sanfrecce Hiroshima Avispa Fukuoka