# 1996 Gamba Osaka season

1996 Gamba Osaka season

## Review and events
### League results summary

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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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 |

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | 12th / 16 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | Semifinals |
| J.League Cup | GL-A 6th / 8 clubs |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | J.League | J.League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | JPN | Kenji Honnami | 26 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Atsushi Shirai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Hayato Okanaka | 24 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Hiroyuki Kishi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Takahiro Shimada | 25 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| | DF | UKR | Tsveiba | 32 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Takeshi Yonezawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Yūji Hashimoto | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Keiju Karashima | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Takashi Kiyama | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Noritada Saneyoshi | 42 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Takehiro Katō | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Masao Kiba | 38 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Kōjirō Kaimoto | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Daiju Matsumoto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | BLR | Aleinikov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | CRO | Mladenović | 23 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Yoshiyuki Matsuyama | 40 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| | MF | JPN | Kunio Kitamura | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Hiromitsu Isogai | 33 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| | MF | CRO | Škrinjar | 26 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| | MF | JPN | Sōjirō Ishii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Masafumi Nakaguchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Kōji Kondō | 36 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Hideki Yoshioka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Hitoshi Morishita | 45 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Naoki Hiraoka | 39 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Shigeru Morioka | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| | MF | JPN | Hideki Nomiyama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Kenji Takagi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Hiromi Kojima | 14 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | NED | Gillhaus | 40 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| | FW | JPN | Toshihiro Yamaguchi | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Hiroto Yamamura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Masanobu Matsunami | 36 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nishijima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Yūzo Funakoshi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | MKD | Babunski † | 21 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
* Source:
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Hiroyuki Kishi (from Mikage Kogyo High School) |
| — | DF | JPN | Takeshi Yonezawa (from Júbilo Iwata) |
| — | DF | JPN | Kōjirō Kaimoto (from Tokai University Gyosei High School) |
| — | DF | JPN | Daiju Matsumoto (from Maebashi Commercial High School) |
| — | MF | CRO | Mladen Mladenović (from Salzburg) |
| — | MF | JPN | Hideki Yoshioka (from Yokohama Flügels) |
| — | MF | JPN | Hiromi Kojima (from Higashi Fukuoka High School) |
| — | FW | JPN | Yūzo Funakoshi (from Kunimi High School) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Tōru Kawashima (to Vortis Tokushima) |
| — | DF | JPN | Shōji Nonoshita (to Yokohama Flügels) |
| — | DF | JPN | Kaoru Asano |
| — | DF | JPN | Tomohiro Mori (to Honda Motor) |
| — | MF | JPN | Masayuki Mita (to Sony Sendai) |
| — | MF | JPN | Akira Kubota |
| — | MF | JPN | Taizō Komai |
| — | MF | JPN | Kazuya Matsuda (to Albireo Niigata) |
| — | MF | JPN | Masao Kiba |
| — | MF | JPN | Akio Matsuyama |
| — | FW | UKR | Protassov |
| — | FW | JPN | Hirohito Nakamura (to Honda Motor) |

## Transfers during the season
### In

* Babunski (from Lleida on July)

### Out

* Sergei Aleinikov (on July)
* Atsushi Shirai (to Consadole Sapporo)
* Toshihiro Yamaguchi (to Kyoto Purple Sanga)
* Yūzo Funakoshi (loan to Telstar on July)

## Awards

none