1996 Urawa Red Diamonds season

Urawa Red Diamonds

1996 season
Manager	Holger Osieck
Stadium	Urawa Komaba Stadium
J. League	6th
Emperor's Cup	Semifinals
J. League Cup	GL-A 7th
Top goalscorer	League: Masayuki Okano (11) All: Masayuki Okano (15)
Highest home attendance	20,614 (vs Gamba Osaka, 3 April 1996) 50,974 (vs Kyoto Purple Sanga, 15 May 1996, Tokyo National Stadium)
Lowest home attendance	17,789 (vs Cerezo Osaka, 1 May 1996) 5,611 (vs Avispa Fukuoka, 28 September 1996, Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium)
Average home league attendance	24,329
← 1995 1997 →

1996 Urawa Red Diamonds season

Review and events

League results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	19	0	11	51	31	+20	59	11	0	4	25	11	+14	8	0	7	26	20	+6

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

Source: J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997. ISBN 4-09-102329-0.
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J. League	6th / 16 clubs
Emperor's Cup	Semifinals
J. League Cup	GL-A 7th / 8 clubs

Domestic results

J. League

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kashiwa Reysol

16 March 1996 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Kashiwa Reysol	Urawa Komaba Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC+09)	Fukunaga  9', 65'	J. League	Watanabe  24'	Attendance: 20,124 Referee: Naotsugu Fuse Assistant referees: Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Hisaharu Kitamura Fourth official: Toshimitsu Yasumoto

Avispa Fukuoka v Urawa Red Diamonds

20 March 1996 2	Avispa Fukuoka	1–2 (V-goal) (aet)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
14:00 JST (UTC+09)	Furube  54'	J. League	Hirose  57' 113'	Attendance: 17,323 Referee: Kenji Tanaka Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Tōru Yamashiro Fourth official: Daikichi Kanada

Urawa Red Diamonds v Yokohama Marinos

23 March 1996 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	Yokohama Marinos	Tokyo National Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)	Fukunaga  56' Bein  58'	J. League		Attendance: 49,094 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa Assistant referees: Hiroshi Fukuda, Ichirō Inukai Fourth official: Noritake Sakurada

Júbilo Iwata v Urawa Red Diamonds

30 March 1996 4	Júbilo Iwata	1–1 (V-goal) (aet) (3–4 p)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
14:02 JST (UTC+09)	Dunga  11'	J. League	Bein  27'	Attendance: 12,730 Referee: Yasuhiro Matsuzaki Assistant referees: Naoyuki Mori, Masatoshi Shibata Fourth official: Takuya Okada
		Penalties
	Vanenburg Dunga Fujita Kudō Schillaci		Hirose Taguchi Hori Yamada N. Ikeda

Urawa Red Diamonds v Gamba Osaka

3 April 1996 5	Urawa Red Diamonds	4–1	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09)	Fukunaga  57' Bein  65' Buchwald  73' Tsuchihashi  76'	J. League	Gillhaus  16'	Attendance: 20,614 Referee: Fumikazu Shioyazono Assistant referees: Mitsuru Satō, Masaaki Shimomura Fourth official: Ichirō Kuwabara

Urawa Red Diamonds v Nagoya Grampus Eight

6 April 1996 6	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Urawa Komaba Stadium
14:02 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Asano  61' Moriyama  89'	Attendance: 19,608 Referee: Yoshimi Ogawa Assistant referees: Akihisa Makino, Hitoshi Nakagomi Fourth official: Akio Hayashi

Verdy Kawasaki v Urawa Red Diamonds

13 April 1996 7	Verdy Kawasaki	2–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tokyo National Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC+09)	Hayashi  70' K. Miura  83' (pen.)	J. League		Attendance: 45,555 Referee: Naotsugu Fuse Assistant referees: Takashi Kunori, Susumu Takeda Fourth official: Noritake Sakurada

Urawa Red Diamonds v JEF United Ichihara

17 April 1996 8	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	JEF United Ichihara	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)	Hirose  4' (pen.)	J. League		Attendance: 19,366 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa Assistant referees: Kenichi Koshiyama, Takayoshi Kashino Fourth official: Izumi Okada

Kashima Antlers v Urawa Red Diamonds

20 April 1996 9	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Akita Yabase Stadium
15:04 JST (UTC+09)	Kumagai  77'	J. League		Attendance: 10,643 Referee: Fumikazu Shioyazono Assistant referees: Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Satoru Ishizawa Fourth official: Masaki Asano

Yokohama Flügels v Urawa Red Diamonds

27 April 1996 10	Yokohama Flügels	1–4	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
19:33 JST (UTC+09)	Yamaguchi  74'	J. League	Hirose  7' Boli  24' Iwase  57' Okano  77'	Attendance: 14,692 Referee: Archundia Assistant referees: Akihisa Makino, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Takao Oura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Cerezo Osaka

1 May 1996 11	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0 (V-goal) (aet) (4–5 p)	Cerezo Osaka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:05 JST (UTC+09)		J. League		Attendance: 17,789 Referee: Hideo Kikuchi Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Kō Ōishi Fourth official: Shigeru Kimura
		Penalties
	Hirose Taguchi Yamada N. Ikeda Okano Fukunaga		Manoel Minamoto Kanda Morishima Fukagawa Kurata

Urawa Red Diamonds v Shimizu S-Pulse

4 May 1996 12	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1 (V-goal) (aet)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Urawa Komaba Stadium
18:34 JST (UTC+09)	Iwase  44' Fukuda  98'	J. League	Massaro  79'	Attendance: 19,213 Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama Assistant referees: Toshiyuki Mayuzumi, Tetsu Karakida Fourth official: Akio Hayashi

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Urawa Red Diamonds

11 May 1996 13	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima Big Arch
15:02 JST (UTC+09)	Uemura  44'	J. League	Hori  39', 48' Fukuda  71'	Attendance: 9,681 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Naoki Esumi, Kazuhiko Matsumura Fourth official: Hitoshi Yamada

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kyoto Purple Sanga

15 May 1996 14	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0 (V-goal) (aet)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Tokyo National Stadium
19:18 JST (UTC+09)	Taguchi  109'	J. League		Attendance: 50,974 Referee: Piotr Werner Assistant referees: Toshimitsu Yoshida, Takao Onshi Fourth official: Fusaya Suzuki

Bellmare Hiratsuka v Urawa Red Diamonds

18 May 1996 15	Bellmare Hiratsuka	5–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Niigata Stadium
18:01 JST (UTC+09)	T. Iwamoto  41', 76' Narahashi  64' Simão  79' Noguchi  83'	J. League	Okano  10', 39' Fukuda  30'	Attendance: 12,337 Referee: Yasuhiro Hemmi Assistant referees: Kōji Taniuchi, Masaaki Shimomura Fourth official: Naoki Nakamura

Shimizu S-Pulse v Urawa Red Diamonds

28 August 1996 16	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09)	Ōenoki  28'  61' (o.g.)	J. League	Ōshiba  43' Yamada  75' Okano  76'	Attendance: 10,151 Referee: Yasuhiro Hemmi Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Takashi Aoki Fourth official: Naoki Uchiyama

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

31 August 1996 17	Urawa Red Diamonds	5–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09)	Hori  28' Bein  30' Yamada  36', 38' Okano  44'	J. League	Takagi  81'	Attendance: 20,028 Referee: Hideo Kikuchi Assistant referees: Takashi Kunori, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Shigeru Kimura

Kyoto Purple Sanga v Urawa Red Diamonds

7 September 1996 18	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium
18:34 JST (UTC+09)	Alexandre  13'	J. League		Attendance: 10,088 Referee: Bemard Saules Assistant referees: Kōji Taniuchi, Takayoshi Kashino Fourth official: Hiroyuki Ishida

Urawa Red Diamonds v Bellmare Hiratsuka

14 September 1996 19	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–2	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
18:34 JST (UTC+09)	Okano  35' Ōshiba  63' Hori  86'	J. League	Seki  44' Almir  59'	Attendance: 17,825 Referee: Lim Kee Chong Assistant referees: Morihisa Yamaguchi, Ichirō Inukai Fourth official: Shigeru Kimura

Kashiwa Reysol v Urawa Red Diamonds

21 September 1996 20	Kashiwa Reysol	0–7	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tokyo National Stadium
15:04 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Ōshiba  2' Okano  21' Boli  44' Fukunaga  47', 65' Buchwald  84' (pen.) Iwase  87'	Attendance: 35,926 Referee: Leslie Mottram Assistant referees: Hiroshi Fukuda, Hisaharu Kitamura Fourth official: Hide Lii

Urawa Red Diamonds v Avispa Fukuoka

28 September 1996 21	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1 (V-goal) (aet) (3–2 p)	Avispa Fukuoka	Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium
13:03 JST (UTC+09)	Okano  1'	J. League	Mayor  3'	Attendance: 5,611 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Mitsuru Satō, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Eiji Kaneda
		Penalties
	Hirose Buchwald Taguchi Okano		Mayor Mori Iwai Umeyama Báez

Yokohama Marinos v Urawa Red Diamonds

2 October 1996 22	Yokohama Marinos	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Buchwald  8' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,798 Referee: Bemard Saules Assistant referees: Noboru Ishiyama, Akihisa Makino Fourth official: Hiroshi Yashiro

Urawa Red Diamonds v Júbilo Iwata

5 October 1996 23	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2	Júbilo Iwata	Urawa Komaba Stadium
15:03 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Nakayama  22' Nanami  82'	Attendance: 20,044 Referee: Leslie Mottram Assistant referees: Kazuaki Hamaguchi, Hisaharu Kitamura Fourth official: Toshimitsu Yasumoto

Gamba Osaka v Urawa Red Diamonds

16 October 1996 24	Gamba Osaka	1–0 (V-goal) (aet)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)	Gillhaus  93'	J. League		Attendance: 5,254 Referee: Shinichirō Obata Assistant referees: Hideaki Harada, Satoru Ishizawa Fourth official: Tamotsu Ōnishi

Nagoya Grampus Eight v Urawa Red Diamonds

19 October 1996 25	Nagoya Grampus Eight	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
15:00 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	27' (o.g.)	Attendance: 22,267 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Yasushi Tsuchimoto, Hiroyuki Ōnishi Fourth official: Katsuyasu Masui

Urawa Red Diamonds v Verdy Kawasaki

26 October 1996 26	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Verdy Kawasaki	Urawa Komaba Stadium
15:01 JST (UTC+09)	Okano  85'	J. League		Attendance: 19,495 Referee: Tōru Kamikawa Assistant referees: Kazuya Yanagisawa, Hitoshi Nakagomi Fourth official: Shigeru Kimura

JEF United Ichihara v Urawa Red Diamonds

30 October 1996 27	JEF United Ichihara	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Ichihara Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09)	Rufer  38'	J. League		Attendance: 8,337 Referee: Hideo Kikuchi Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Tetsu Karakida Fourth official: Fujirō Masukura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kashima Antlers

2 November 1996 28	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0 (V-goal) (aet) (4–5 p)	Kashima Antlers	Tokyo National Stadium
15:02 JST (UTC+09)		J. League		Attendance: 45,794 Referee: Bemard Saules Assistant referees: Kazuhisa Osada, Hisaharu Kitamura Fourth official: Tsutomu Anazawa
		Penalties
	Hirose Buchwald Taguchi N. Ikeda Takita Bein		Mazinho Honda Jorginho Hasegawa Rodrigo Akita

Cerezo Osaka v Urawa Red Diamonds

6 November 1996 29	Cerezo Osaka	3–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka Nagai Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09)	Morishima  30', 71' Manoel  49'	J. League	Okano  1'	Attendance: 7,493 Referee: Kenji Tanaka Assistant referees: Kazuya Yanagisawa, Kōji Taniuchi Fourth official: Tamotsu Ōnishi

Urawa Red Diamonds v Yokohama Flügels

9 November 1996 30	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Yokohama Flügels	Urawa Komaba Stadium
14:33 JST (UTC+09)	Bein  24' Okano  33' Takita  79' (pen.)	J. League		Attendance: 19,357 Referee: Leslie Mottram Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Izumi Okada

Emperor's Cup

v

1st Round		bye

v

2nd Round		bye

Urawa Red Diamonds v NTT Kanto

17 November 1996 3rd Round	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	NTT Kanto	Urawa Komaba Stadium
13:00 JST (UTC+09)	Okano  34', 50' Iwase  62'			Attendance: 15,344 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa

Urawa Red Diamonds v Cerezo Osaka

23 December 1996 4th Round	Urawa Red Diamonds	4–0	Cerezo Osaka	Tochigi Utsunomiya Green Stadium
13:00 JST (UTC+09)	Bein  39' Taguchi  41' Fukunaga  47' Hori  62'			Attendance: 10,743 Referee: Fumikazu Shioyazono

Urawa Red Diamonds v Bellmare Hiratsuka

26 December 1996 Quarterfinals	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Nagoya Mizuho Athletics Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09)	Hori  28' Bein  66' Yamada  76'			Attendance: 2,774 Referee: Shinichirō Obata

Urawa Red Diamonds v Verdy Kawasaki

29 December 1996 Semifinals	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–3	Verdy Kawasaki	Tokyo National Stadium
13:05 JST (UTC+09)			Bismarck  57' Y. Miura  70' Kurihara  83'	Attendance: 28,994 Referee: Zoran Petrović

J. League Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kashiwa Reysol

1 June 1996 GL-A-1-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–3	Kashiwa Reysol	Urawa Komaba Stadium
18:33 JST (UTC+09)	Fukunaga  89'	J. League	Watanabe  32'  60' (o.g.) Edílson  68'	Attendance: 20,230 Referee: Tatsumi Ōno Assistant referees: Toshiyuki Mayuzumi, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Akio Hayashi

Kashiwa Reysol v Urawa Red Diamonds

5 June 1996 GL-A-1-2	Kashiwa Reysol	2–0 (5–1 agg.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)	N. Katō  42' Edílson  63'	J. League		Attendance: 9,348 Referee: Zoran Petrović Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Masaaki Shimomura Fourth official: Fujirō Masukura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Bellmare Hiratsuka

8 June 1996 GL-A-2-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
18:33 JST (UTC+09)		J. League		Attendance: 19,287 Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto Assistant referees: Naoki Esumi, Susumu Takeda Fourth official: Izumi Okada

Bellmare Hiratsuka v Urawa Red Diamonds

12 June 1996 GL-A-2-2	Bellmare Hiratsuka	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiratsuka Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09)	Betinho  36'	J. League	Boli  50' Fukuda  78' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,893 Referee: Keiichi Sunakawa Assistant referees: Noboru Ishiyama, Kenichi Koshiyama Fourth official: Takatoshi Itō

Kyoto Purple Sanga v Urawa Red Diamonds

15 June 1996 GL-A-3-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium
18:34 JST (UTC+09)	Raudnei  53'	J. League	Boli  31'	Attendance: 14,992 Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama Assistant referees: Mitsuru Satō, Takashi Aoki Fourth official: Yoshihisa Takahashi

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kyoto Purple Sanga

19 June 1996 GL-A-3-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	To. Yamaguchi  37'	Attendance: 18,742 Referee: Tetsuya Hamana Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Keiji Kamiara Fourth official: Toshimitsu Yasumoto

Yokohama Marinos v Urawa Red Diamonds

22 June 1996 GL-A-4-1	Yokohama Marinos	2–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
15:01 JST (UTC+09)	Matsuda  14' Zapata  16'	J. League		Attendance: 13,476 Referee: Archundia Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Takao Onshi Fourth official: Kenji Ōgiya

Urawa Red Diamonds v Yokohama Marinos

26 June 1996 GL-A-4-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Yokohama Marinos	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)	Okano  78' Fukuda  89'	J. League	Bisconti  89'	Attendance: 18,914 Referee: Naotsugu Fuse Assistant referees: Takashi Kunori, Hitoshi Nakagomi Fourth official: Ichirō Kuwabara

Urawa Red Diamonds v Júbilo Iwata

29 June 1996 GL-A-5-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	Júbilo Iwata	Urawa Komaba Stadium
18:33 JST (UTC+09)	Fukuda  3' (pen.)	J. League	Nakayama  62' Schillaci  89'	Attendance: 20,324 Referee: Tetsuya Hamana Assistant referees: Akihisa Makino, Susumu Takeda Fourth official: Shigeru Kimura

Júbilo Iwata v Urawa Red Diamonds

3 July 1996 GL-A-5-2	Júbilo Iwata	2–2 (4–3 agg.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09)	Nakayama  66' Vanenburg  73' (pen.)	J. League	Fukuda  53' Boli  86'	Attendance: 11,832 Referee: Kazuo Kakihana Assistant referees: Kimio Izaki, Takuji Fukazawa Fourth official: Tōru Nagata

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Urawa Red Diamonds

10 August 1996 GL-A-6-1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima Big Arch
18:32 JST (UTC+09)	Santos  5', 39'	J. League	Bein  17' Fukunaga  52'  59' (o.g.)	Attendance: 9,271 Referee: Shinichirō Obata Assistant referees: Tōru Yamashiro, Hiroyuki Ōnishi Fourth official: Katsuya Motoyasu

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

14 August 1996 GL-A-6-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2 (3–4 agg.)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)		J. League	Santos  25', 77'	Attendance: 19,386 Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Kōji Minami Fourth official: Toshimitsu Yasumoto

Gamba Osaka v Urawa Red Diamonds

17 August 1996 GL-A-7-1	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09)	Matsuyama  89'	J. League	Ōshiba  58'	Attendance: 8,010 Referee: Tōru Kamikawa Assistant referees: Morihisa Yamaguchi, Akio Okutani Fourth official: Sōichirō Kaneko

Urawa Red Diamonds v Gamba Osaka

21 August 1996 GL-A-7-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)	Taguchi  7' Ōshiba  19' Okano  34'	J. League		Attendance: 18,483 Referee: Bemard Saules Assistant referees: Masahiro Katagiri, Takayoshi Kashino Fourth official: Izumi Okada

Player statistics

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		J. League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Hisashi Tsuchida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Yūki Takita	48	1	30	1	4	0	14	0
	GK		Hiroki Aratani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Kōji Honma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Guido Buchwald	40	3	24	3	4	0	12	0
	DF		Yoshinori Taguchi	41	3	24	1	4	1	13	1
	DF		Basile Boli	32	5	22	2	0	0	10	3
	DF		Masahiro Ōta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Futoshi Ikeda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Tsutomu Nishino	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF		Yoshio Takahashi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Mitsuhiro Iga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Shinji Jōjō	7	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
	MF		Uwe Bein	31	8	20	5	4	2	7	1
	MF		Osamu Hirose	37	4	24	4	4	0	9	0
	MF		Takafumi Hori	40	6	26	4	4	2	10	0
	MF		Nobuyasu Ikeda	22	0	17	0	0	0	5	0
	MF		Kōichi Sugiyama	35	0	23	0	3	0	9	0
	MF		Masaki Tsuchihashi	39	1	22	1	4	0	13	0
	MF		Yasushi Fukunaga	45	9	28	6	4	1	13	2
	MF		Nobutake Mochiyama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Hideki Uchidate	8	0	5	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		Ken Iwase	33	4	21	3	1	1	11	0
	MF		Naoto Sakurai	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Nobuhisa Yamada	45	4	30	3	4	1	11	0
	MF		Takeshi Nakashima	7	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
	MF		Masao Kamino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Eiji Hanayama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Toshiya Ishii	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Masahiro Fukuda	11	7	4	3	0	0	7	4
	FW		Masayuki Okano	46	15	30	11	3	2	13	2
	FW		Kenji Ōshiba	20	5	17	3	0	0	3	2
	FW		Taichi Satō	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Shingo Suzuki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Brian Steen Nielsen †	14	0	6	0	4	0	4	0

• Source:

• † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

Transfers

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In: No. Position Player GK Kōji Honma (from Mito Junior College High School) DF Basile Boli (from AS Monaco) DF Yoshio Takahashi (from Bunan Senior High School) DF Mitsuhiro Iga (from Urawa Red Diamonds youth) DF Shinji Jōjō (from Funabashi municipal High School) MF Nobutake Mochiyama (from Hannan University) MF Hideki Uchidate (from Sendai College) MF Masao Kamino (from Urawa Red Diamonds youth) MF Eiji Hanayama (from Utsunomiya Gakuen High School) MF Toshiya Ishii (from Shizuoka Gakuen Senior High School) FW Kenji Ōshiba (from Kokushikan University) FW Taichi Satō (from Hanasaki Tokuharu High School) FW Shingo Suzuki (from Urawa Red Diamonds youth)

Out: No. Position Player GK Norio Takahashi (to Brummel Sendai) DF Masanaga Kageyama (to Brummel Sendai) DF Cho Kwi-Jea (to Vissel Kobe) DF Yukinori Muramatsu (to Fujitsu) DF Yūta Nakazawa (retired) DF Naohiko Noro (to Mind House F.C.) MF Michael Rummenigge MF Shirō Kikuhara (loan return to Verdy Kawasaki) MF Edwin Uehara (to Tosu Futures) MF Nobuyuki Hosaka (to Fujitsu) MF Hideto Saitō (to Fukaya Club) FW Shinichi Kawano (to Vissel Kobe) FW Takeshi Mizuuchi (to Brummel Sendai) FW Yūichi Sonoda (retired) FW Toninho (loan return to Shimizu S-Pulse)

Transfers during the season

In

• Brian Steen Nielsen (loan from OB Odense on August)

Awards

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

References

• J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1996. ISBN 4-09-102324-X.
• J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997. ISBN 4-09-102329-0.
• URAWA REDS Official History 1992-2002 浦和レッズ10年史. ISBN 4-583-03685-X.
• "R-File". Urawa Red Diamonds official site. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

1. J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1996. ISBN 4-09-102324-X.
2. J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997. ISBN 4-09-102329-0.
3. URAWA REDS Official History 1992-2002 浦和レッズ10年史. ISBN 4-583-03685-X.
4. J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1995 NICOS series. ISBN 4-09-102321-5.

Other pages

• (Japanese) J. League official site
• (Japanese) Urawa Red Diamonds official site