# 1996 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

This article details the 1996 season of Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

## 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 | 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 |
| Result | 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 |
| Position | 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 |

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | 14th / 16 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | Runners-up |
| J.League Cup | GL-A 3rd / 8 clubs |

## Player statistics

| Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J.League | J.League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| DF | | Yasuyuki Satō | (1966-04-12)April 12, 1966 (aged 29) | 176 cm / 67 kg | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| FW | | Huistra | (1967-01-18)January 18, 1967 (aged 29) | 182 cm / 71 kg | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 42 | 12 |
| FW | | Takuya Takagi | (1967-11-12)November 12, 1967 (aged 28) | 188 cm / 82 kg | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 14 |
| GK | | Kazuya Maekawa | (1968-03-22)March 22, 1968 (aged 27) | 188 cm / 84 kg | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| DF | | Naoki Naitō | (1968-05-30)May 30, 1968 (aged 27) | 180 cm / 78 kg | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| MF | | Mitsuaki Kojima | (1968-07-14)July 14, 1968 (aged 27) | 173 cm / 70 kg | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| MF | | Hajime Moriyasu | (1968-08-23)August 23, 1968 (aged 27) | 173 cm / 62 kg | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 45 | 5 |
| MF | | Yasuhiro Yoshida | (1969-07-14)July 14, 1969 (aged 26) | 172 cm / 70 kg | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| GK | | Kazumasa Kawano | (1970-11-07)November 7, 1970 (aged 25) | 185 cm / 80 kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | | Noh Jung-Yoon | (1971-03-28)March 28, 1971 (aged 24) | 172 cm / 68 kg | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 7 |
| MF | | Hiroyoshi Kuwabara | (1971-10-02)October 2, 1971 (aged 24) | 177 cm / 71 kg | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
| MF | | Takashi Ōnishi | (1971-10-16)October 16, 1971 (aged 24) | 177 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| DF | | Hiroshige Yanagimoto | (1972-10-15)October 15, 1972 (aged 23) | 173 cm / 64 kg | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| DF | | Hideaki Mori | (1972-10-16)October 16, 1972 (aged 23) | 183 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | | Hideaki Hagino | (1973-01-20)January 20, 1973 (aged 23) | 173 cm / 66 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| FW | | Masato Fue | (1973-02-22)February 22, 1973 (aged 23) | 174 cm / 65 kg | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| MF | | Ryūji Michiki | (1973-08-25)August 25, 1973 (aged 22) | 174 cm / 64 kg | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| DF | | Kenichi Uemura | (1974-04-22)April 22, 1974 (aged 21) | 180 cm / 70 kg | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| MF | | Yūta Abe | (1974-07-31)July 31, 1974 (aged 21) | 177 cm / 69 kg | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| GK | | Takashi Shimoda | (1975-11-28)November 28, 1975 (aged 20) | 183 cm / 74 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | Susumu Ōki | (1976-02-23)February 23, 1976 (aged 20) | 177 cm / 75 kg | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| MF | | Kōji Yoshimura | (1976-04-13)April 13, 1976 (aged 19) | 177 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| MF | | Tatsuhiko Kubo | (1976-06-18)June 18, 1976 (aged 19) | 181 cm / 71 kg | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 6 |
| FW | | Iwao Yamane | (1976-07-31)July 31, 1976 (aged 19) | 170 cm / 62 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| GK | | Masato Tamada | (1976-08-25)August 25, 1976 (aged 19) | 185 cm / 80 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| MF | | Tsukimitsu Mizuta | (1976-09-13)September 13, 1976 (aged 19) | 174 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| DF | | Takashi Kageyama | (1977-05-27)May 27, 1977 (aged 18) | 180 cm / 67 kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | | Keita Kanemoto | (1977-07-13)July 13, 1977 (aged 18) | 173 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| MF | | Kōta Hattori | (1977-11-22)November 22, 1977 (aged 18) | 175 cm / 71 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | Jun Takata | (1977-12-06)December 6, 1977 (aged 18) | 179 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| GK | | Minoru Ueda † | (1977-06-20)June 20, 1977 (aged 18) | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| GK | | Tetsuharu Yamaguchi † | (1977-09-08)September 8, 1977 (aged 18) | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| MF | | Shoji Akimitsu † | (1977-05-07)May 7, 1977 (aged 18) | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| FW | | Kazuyoshi Matsunaga † | (1977-11-13)November 13, 1977 (aged 18) | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| MF | | Santos † | (1964-06-08)June 8, 1964 (aged 31) | -cm / -kg | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 9 |
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | JPN | Naoki Naitō (from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| — | DF | JPN | Takashi Kageyama (from Daisho Gakuen High School) |
| — | MF | JPN | Yasuhiro Yoshida (from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| — | MF | JPN | Keita Kanemoto (from Hiroshima Minami High School) |
| — | MF | JPN | Kōta Hattori (from Makuhari Senior High School) |
| — | FW | JPN | Jun Takata (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima youth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Toshikazu Katō |
| — | DF | JPN | Yoshirō Moriyama (to Yokohama Flügels) |
| — | DF | JPN | Masayuki Ōmori |
| — | MF | JPN | Yahiro Kazama |
| — | MF | JPN | Akinobu Yokouchi (retired) |
| — | MF | BRA | Andrey |
| — | MF | JPN | Yasumasa Makino (to Fujitsu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Kazutoshi Miura |
| — | FW | CZE | Hašek (to JEF United Ichihara) |
| — | FW | JPN | Takumi Shima (retired) |
| — | FW | JPN | Kenji Wakamatsu |
| — | FW | JPN | Yoshihiro Nishida (to Kyoto Purple Sanga) |
| — | FW | NED | Van Loen |

## Transfers during the season
### In

* Santos (from Veracruz on June)
* Minoru Ueda
* Tetsuharu Yamaguchi (from Isahaya Commercial High School)
* Shoji Akimitsu
* Kazuyoshi Matsunaga (from Nakatsu Kogyo High School)

### Out

* Hideaki Mori (to Avispa Fukuoka)

## Awards

none