1996 Urawa Red Diamonds 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
	← 1995 1997 →

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

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W
Position	5	6	4	3	2	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	2	5	4	3	2	1	3	5	4	4	5	6	6	6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

[J1996-1] J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1996. ISBN 4-09-102324-X.

[J1997-2] J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997. ISBN 4-09-102329-0.

[reds10th-3] URAWA REDS Official History 1992-2002 浦和レッズ10年史. ISBN 4-583-03685-X.

[J1995N-4] J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1995 NICOS series. ISBN 4-09-102321-5.

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