1996 Japan Football League
Football league season
| Season | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Honda |
| Promoted | Vissel Kobe |
| Relegated | Tosu Futures folded Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi folded |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 825 (3.44 per match) |
← 1995 1997 → | |
Statistics of Japan Football League in the 1996 season.
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Honda won the championship. However, citing continuing corporate ownership, they were refused promotion by the J.League, who took in the runner-up, Vissel Kobe, instead.
Newly promoted before the season were Nippon Denso, later known as FC Kariya, and Oita Trinity, later known as Oita Trinita.
League standings
| Pos | Club | P | W | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Honda | 30 | 25 | 5 | 83 | 35 | 48 | 75 | Champions (Refused promotion) |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 30 | 25 | 5 | 78 | 32 | 46 | 75 | Promoted to J.League |
| 3 | Tokyo Gas | 30 | 24 | 6 | 63 | 28 | 35 | 73 | |
| 4 | Tosu Futures | 30 | 20 | 10 | 68 | 43 | 25 | 62 | Folded |
| 5 | Consadole Sapporo | 30 | 20 | 10 | 60 | 43 | 17 | 62 | |
| 6 | Brummell Sendai | 30 | 18 | 12 | 67 | 52 | 15 | 56 | |
| 7 | Otsuka Pharmaceutical | 30 | 18 | 12 | 56 | 41 | 15 | 55 | |
| 8 | Montedio Yamagata | 30 | 16 | 14 | 45 | 49 | -4 | 49 | |
| 9 | Fujitsu Kawasaki | 30 | 15 | 15 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 45 | |
| 10 | Oita Trinity | 30 | 13 | 17 | 42 | 52 | -10 | 39 | |
| 11 | Ventforet Kofu | 30 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 56 | -6 | 33 | |
| 12 | Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi | 30 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 49 | -28 | 33 | Folded |
| 13 | NTT Kanto | 30 | 7 | 23 | 36 | 55 | -19 | 23 | |
| 14 | Fukushima | 30 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 63 | -33 | 22 | |
| 15 | Denso | 30 | 5 | 25 | 40 | 90 | -50 | 16 | |
| 16 | Seino Transportation | 30 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 82 | -54 | 15 |
Updated to match(es) played in November 1996. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
- Notes:
- Teams in Bold are the J.League associate members
- After the season Tosu Futures & Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi folded
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