title: 1996 Yokohama Marinos season
text: # 1996 Yokohama Marinos season
  
  1996 Yokohama Marinos season
  
  ## Review and events
  
  ### League results summary
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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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 |
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  | Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W |
  | Position | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  | Competitions | Position |
  | - | - |
  | J.League | 8th / 16 clubs |
  | Emperor's Cup | 3rd round |
  | J.League Cup | GL-A 4th / 8 clubs |
  | Super Cup | Runners-up |
  | Sanwa Bank Cup | Runners-up |
  | Asian Club Championship | Quarterfinals |
  
  ## Player statistics
  
  | Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J.League | J.League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Sanwa Bank Cup | Sanwa Bank Cup | Dom. Total | Dom. Total | Asian Club Championship | Asian Club Championship |
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  | Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | MF | | Gorosito | (1964-05-14)May 14, 1964 (aged 31) | 175 cm / 70 kg | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | | 0 |
  | FW | | Acosta | (1966-08-23)August 23, 1966 (aged 29) | 176 cm / 79 kg | 21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 14 | | 7 |
  | DF | | Masami Ihara | (1967-09-18)September 18, 1967 (aged 28) | 182 cm / 72 kg | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 1 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Zapata | (1967-10-15)October 15, 1967 (aged 28) | 175 cm / 78 kg | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Bisconti | (1968-09-22)September 22, 1968 (aged 27) | 178 cm / 75 kg | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11 | | 1 |
  | MF | | Satoru Noda | (1969-03-19)March 19, 1969 (aged 26) | 174 cm / 68 kg | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 4 | | 1 |
  | GK | | Masahiko Nakagawa | (1969-08-26)August 26, 1969 (aged 26) | 180 cm / 72 kg | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Norio Omura | (1969-09-06)September 6, 1969 (aged 26) | 180 cm / 75 kg | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 9 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Masato Koga | (1970-05-22)May 22, 1970 (aged 25) | 170 cm / 60 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Masaharu Suzuki | (1970-08-03)August 3, 1970 (aged 25) | 168 cm / 63 kg | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | | 1 |
  | MF | | Fumitake Miura | (1970-08-12)August 12, 1970 (aged 25) | 174 cm / 70 kg | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 6 | | 1 |
  | DF | | Kunio Nagayama | (1970-09-16)September 16, 1970 (aged 25) | 171 cm / 65 kg | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Tetsuya Itō | (1970-10-01)October 1, 1970 (aged 25) | 178 cm / 69 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Takehito Suzuki | (1971-06-11)June 11, 1971 (aged 24) | 177 cm / 72 kg | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4 | | 0 |
  | GK | | Eiichirō Yamada | (1971-06-15)June 15, 1971 (aged 24) | 180 cm / 75 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Takahiro Yamada | (1972-04-29)April 29, 1972 (aged 23) | 174 cm / 70 kg | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Yoshiharu Ueno | (1973-04-21)April 21, 1973 (aged 22) | 181 cm / 70 kg | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | | 3 |
  | GK | | Daijirō Takakuwa | (1973-08-10)August 10, 1973 (aged 22) | 190 cm / 80 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Yoshito Terakawa | (1974-09-06)September 6, 1974 (aged 21) | 174 cm / 62 kg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | | 2 |
  | MF | | Mitsunobu Moriya | (1975-06-27)June 27, 1975 (aged 20) | 175 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | GK | | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | (1975-08-15)August 15, 1975 (aged 20) | 181 cm / 75 kg | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Akihiro Endō | (1975-09-18)September 18, 1975 (aged 20) | 172 cm / 65 kg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Kensaku Ōmori | (1975-11-21)November 21, 1975 (aged 20) | 177 cm / 69 kg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Yoshio Koido | (1976-04-19)April 19, 1976 (aged 19) | 182 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | FW | | Sōtarō Yasunaga | (1976-04-20)April 20, 1976 (aged 19) | 178 cm / 68 kg | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Shūsuke Shimada | (1976-07-10)July 10, 1976 (aged 19) | 176 cm / 63 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Ryūji Kubota | (1976-07-24)July 24, 1976 (aged 19) | 184 cm / 77 kg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Fumiyasu Hata | (1976-07-28)July 28, 1976 (aged 19) | 178 cm / 65 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Noriaki Tsutsui | (1976-08-15)August 15, 1976 (aged 19) | 170 cm / 63 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | GK | | Takuya Itō | (1976-12-30)December 30, 1976 (aged 19) | 180 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Naoki Matsuda | (1977-03-14)March 14, 1977 (aged 19) | 180 cm / 70 kg | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Satoshi Kusayanagi | (1977-04-30)April 30, 1977 (aged 18) | 168 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Masatoshi Tanaka | (1977-04-05)April 5, 1977 (aged 18) | 178 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Naoto Muramatsu | (1977-05-04)May 4, 1977 (aged 18) | 181 cm / 74 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Masayuki Miyazawa | (1977-06-05)June 5, 1977 (aged 18) | 166 cm / 62 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | FW | | Yosuke Fukase | (1977-06-05)June 5, 1977 (aged 18) | 181 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Tomokazu Hirama | (1977-06-30)June 30, 1977 (aged 18) | 172 cm / 61 kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | 1 |
  | FW | | Masahiro Fukazawa | (1977-07-12)July 12, 1977 (aged 18) | 175 cm / 63 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | DF | | Kei Mikuriya | (1977-08-29)August 29, 1977 (aged 18) | 171 cm / 64 kg | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | | 0 |
  | FW | | Hideki Matsuki | (1977-09-05)September 5, 1977 (aged 18) | 178 cm / 72 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Takayuki Nakamaru † | (1977-05-28)May 28, 1977 (aged 18) | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
  | MF | | Figueroa † | (1978-02-13)February 13, 1978 (aged 18) | 178 cm / 71 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 |
  
  * † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.
  
  ## Transfers
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | DF | JPN | Masatoshi Tanaka (from Yokohama Marinos youth) |
  | — | DF | JPN | Masayuki Miyazawa (from Yokohama Marinos youth) |
  | — | DF | JPN | Kei Mikuriya (from Narashino High School) |
  | — | MF | ARG | Néstor Raúl Gorosito (from Universidad Católica) |
  | — | MF | JPN | Satoshi Kusayanagi (from Yokohama Marinos youth) |
  | — | MF | JPN | Naoto Muramatsu (from Narashino High School) |
  | — | MF | JPN | Tomokazu Hirama (from Tohoku High School) |
  | — | FW | JPN | Yosuke Fukase (from Nara Koryo High School) |
  | — | FW | JPN | Masahiro Fukazawa (from Shizuoka Gakuen Senior High School) |
  | — | FW | JPN | Hideki Matsuki (from Yokohama Marinos youth) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | MF | JPN | Keiichi Zaizen (to Toshiba) |
  | — | MF | JPN | Rikizō Matsuhashi (to Kyoto Purple Sanga) |
  | — | MF | JPN | Shinya Nishikawa |
  | — | MF | JPN | Shinji Makino |
  | — | MF | ARG | Massacessi (to Atlante) |
  | — | FW | ARG | Medina Bello (to River Plate) |
  | — | FW | JPN | Takuya Jinno (to Vissel Kobe) |
  
  ## Transfers during the season
  
  ### In
  
  * Takayuki Nakamaru (from River Plate)
  * Darío Damián Figueroa (on September)
  
  ### Out
  
  * Gorosito (on August)
  * Masahiro Fukazawa (loan to River Plate on August)
  
  ## Awards
  
  * J.League Best XI: Masami Ihara
  