# 1996 Kashima Antlers season

1996 Kashima Antlers 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 | H | A | 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 | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | Champions / 16 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | Quarterfinals |
| J.League Cup | GL-B 5th / 8 clubs |
| Suntory 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 | Suntory Cup | Suntory Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | JPN | Masaaki Furukawa | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Yōhei Satō | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Hideaki Ozawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Tomoya Ichikawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | BRA | Mozer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Naruyuki Naitō | 44 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Ryōsuke Okuno | 37 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Eiji Gaya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Yutaka Akita | 25 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Naoki Soma | 49 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Ichiei Muroi | 28 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Masafumi Mizuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Masaki Ogawa | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Tomohiko Ikeuchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Jorginho | 42 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Masatada Ishii | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Yasuto Honda | 47 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Leonardo | 22 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Satoshi Koga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Tadatoshi Masuda | 47 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Tōru Oniki | 18 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Toshiyuki Abe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Taijirō Kurita | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Kōji Kumagai | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | Mazinho | 37 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | JPN | Hisashi Kurosaki | 36 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Yoshiyuki Hasegawa | 40 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Yasuo Manaka | 30 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Kenichi Hashimoto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Takayuki Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Tomoyuki Hirase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Atsushi Yanagisawa | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Daijirō Takakuwa † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | BRA | Rodrigo † | 19 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | Carbone † | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | JPN | Tomohiko Ikeuchi (from Muroran Otani High School) |
| — | FW | JPN | Tomoyuki Hirase (from Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School) |
| — | FW | JPN | Atsushi Yanagisawa (from Toyama Daiichi High School) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | JPN | Shunzō Ōno (to Kyoto Purple Sanga) |
| — | DF | JPN | Kenichi Serata (to Cerezo Osaka) |
| — | FW | JPN | Kōji Takeda (to Fukushima FC) |
| — | FW | JPN | Masaaki Ueki (to Fukushima FC) |

## Transfers during the season
### In

* Daijirō Takakuwa (from Yokohama Marinos)
* Rodrigo Fabiano Mendes (from Grêmio on August)
* Rodrigo José Carbone (on September)

### Out

* Mozer (on May)
* Leonardo (on July)

## Awards

* J.League Most Valuable Player: Jorginho
* J.League Best XI: Naoki Soma, Jorginho