# 1996 Urawa Red Diamonds season

1996 Urawa Red Diamonds 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 | 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 |

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | 6th / 16 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | Semifinals |
| J.League Cup | GL-A 7th / 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 | 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:
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| 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) |
| 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

* J.League Best XI: Guido Buchwald, Masayuki Okano