# 1996 Nagoya Grampus Eight season

1996 Nagoya Grampus Eight season

## Review and events
### League results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997. ISBN 4-09-102329-0.

### League results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | Runners-up / 16 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | 3rd round |
| J.League Cup | GL-B 7th / 8 clubs |
| Super Cup | Champions |
| Suntory Cup | Champions |
| Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Runners-up |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | J.League | J.League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Suntory Cup | Suntory Cup | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | JPN | Yūji Itō | 40 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Ken Ishikawa | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Hiroki Mizuhara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Seiji Honda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | BRA | Torres | 48 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Kazuhisa Iijima | 46 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Seiichi Ogawa | 37 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Masaru Hirayama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Gō Ōiwa | 45 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Mitsunori Yamao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Takayuki Nishigaya | 29 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Kei Taniguchi | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Yasuaki Katō | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Mitsuru Mukōjima | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCG | Stojković | 35 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | FRA | Durix | 37 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Tetsuya Asano | 45 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Tetsuo Nakanishi | 34 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| | MF | JPN | Toshihiro Uchida | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Shigeyoshi Mochizuki | 44 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | MF | JPN | Hiroyasu Ibata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Takashi Hirano | 46 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Suguru Itō | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Tomoya Yamagami | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Tetsuhiro Kina | 45 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | MF | JPN | Yusuke Satō | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | JPN | Yasuyuki Moriyama | 45 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Takafumi Ogura | 20 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Tetsuya Okayama | 46 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Kenji Fukuda | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| | MF | CIV | Olivier † | 23 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | POL | Tomasz † | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Kunihiko Shiotake † | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Yukio Shinbara † | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source:
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | JPN | Mitsunori Yamao (from Aichi Gakuin University) |
| — | DF | JPN | Takayuki Nishigaya (from University of Tsukuba) |
| — | MF | JPN | Shigeyoshi Mochizuki (from University of Tsukuba) |
| — | MF | JPN | Suguru Itō (from Kokushikan University) |
| — | MF | JPN | Yusuke Satō (from Omiya Higashi High School) |
| — | FW | JPN | Kenji Fukuda (from Narashino High School) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Akira Kawaguchi (to Fukushima FC) |
| — | DF | JPN | Yūji Sakakura (to Brummel Sendai) |
| — | DF | JPN | Toshiyuki Kosugi (to Brummel Sendai) |
| — | DF | JPN | Naoki Mori (to Vissel Kobe) |
| — | DF | JPN | Seiji Kami |
| — | DF | JPN | Otohiko Kiyono |
| — | DF | JPN | Seiji Kubo |
| — | DF | JPN | Mitsutoshi Tsushima |
| — | MF | JPN | Shigeo Sawairi (retired) |
| — | MF | FRA | Passi |
| — | MF | JPN | Hiroto Takahashi (retired) |
| — | MF | JPN | Makoto Yonekura (to Cerezo Osaka) |
| — | MF | JPN | Masashi Shimamura |
| — | MF | JPN | Junji Kawabata (to Seino Transportation) |
| — | MF | JPN | 伊藤 亘 |
| — | FW | JPN | Takaki Kanda (retired) |

## Transfers during the season
### In

* Sié Donald Olivier (on March)
* Tomasz Frankowski (on May)
* Kunihiko Shiotake (Nagoya Grampus Eight youth)
* Yukio Shinbara (Nagoya Grampus Eight youth)

### Out

* Tomasz Frankowski (on July)
* Hiroyasu Ibata (to Honda Motor)

## Awards

* J.League Best XI: Stojković