| Club: | Kyoto Purple Sanga |
| Season: | 1996 |
| Manager: |
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| Stadium: | Kyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium |
| League: | J.League |
| League Result: | 16th |
| Cup1: | Emperor's Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarterfinals |
| Cup2: | J.League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | GL-A 8th |
| League Topscorer: |  Edmílson (4) |
| Highest Attendance: | 18,058 (vs Verdy Kawasaki, 21 September 1996) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 5,231 (vs Cerezo Osaka, 30 March 1996) |
| Average Attendance: | 9,404 |
| Nextseason: | 1997 |
1996 Kyoto Purple Sanga season
| Competitions | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| J.League | 16th / 16 clubs | |
| Emperor's Cup | Quarterfinals | |
| J.League Cup | GL-A 8th / 8 clubs |
| Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J.League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| FW | | Baltazar | March 16, 1996 | 180 cm / 75 kg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF |  | Makoto Sugiyama | March 16, 1996 | 180 cm / 72 kg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| GK | | Shinichi Morishita | March 16, 1996 | 180 cm / 80 kg | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| MF | | Satoru Mochizuki | March 16, 1996 | 183 cm / 72 kg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| DF | | Shunzō Ōno | March 16, 1996 | 177 cm / 79 kg | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| MF | | Flavio | March 16, 1996 | 190 cm / 81 kg | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| GK | | Shūichi Uemura | March 16, 1996 | 183 cm / 82 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| GK | | Minoru Kushibiki | March 16, 1996 | 186 cm / 82 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | | Norifumi Takamoto | March 16, 1996 | 194 cm / 82 kg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| MF | | Rikizō Matsuhashi | March 16, 1996 | 173 cm / 65 kg | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 4 | |
| MF | | Yūji Ōkuma | March 16, 1996 | 174 cm / 70 kg | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 34 | 1 | |
| FW | | Yoshiaki Satō | March 16, 1996 | 188 cm / 82 kg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
| MF | | Yūji Kakiuchi | March 16, 1996 | 164 cm / 64 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | | Ryōichi Fukushige | March 16, 1996 | 180 cm / 76 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | | Shōkichi Satō | March 16, 1996 | 177 cm / 70 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| GK | | Isao Ueda | March 16, 1996 | 188 cm / 80 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | | Yūji Nariyama | March 16, 1996 | 177 cm / 69 kg | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| DF | | Kōzō Hosokawa | March 16, 1996 | 168 cm / 63 kg | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| MF | | Junji Gotō | March 16, 1996 | 170 cm / 65 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | | Carlos | March 16, 1996 | 183 cm / 75 kg | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 40 | 3 | |
| MF | | Hiroshi Noguchi | March 16, 1996 | 174 cm / 68 kg | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
| FW | | Takashi Nagata | March 16, 1996 | 174 cm / 71 kg | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
| DF | | Chikayuki Mochizuki | March 16, 1996 | 178 cm / 73 kg | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| FW | | Yoshihiro Nishida | March 16, 1996 | 178 cm / 73 kg | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| MF | | Yasuhide Ihara | March 16, 1996 | 180 cm / 70 kg | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| MF | | Akira Kubota | March 16, 1996 | 168 cm / 63 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | | Takayuki Yamaguchi | March 16, 1996 | 170 cm / 65 kg | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 6 | |
| MF | | Alexandre | March 16, 1996 | 177 cm / 65 kg | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 29 | 4 | |
| MF | | Masaya Honda | March 16, 1996 | 180 cm / 75 kg | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| MF | | Yōsuke Sakamoto | March 16, 1996 | 170 cm / 60 kg | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| DF | | Hiroyuki Sawada | March 16, 1996 | 176 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FW | | Edmílson | March 16, 1996 | 176 cm / 69 kg | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | |
| DF | | Shinsuke Shiotani † | March 16, 1996 | -cm / -kg | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| DF | | Hironori Nagamine † | March 16, 1996 | 180 cm / 73 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | | Ruy Ramos † | March 16, 1996 | 181 cm / 65 kg | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| MF | | Toshihiro Yamaguchi † | March 16, 1996 | 176 cm / 74 kg | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| MF | | Sérgio † | March 16, 1996 | 178 cm / 72 kg | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| FW | | Raudnei † | March 16, 1996 | 179 cm / 74 kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | |
| FW | | Shinji Fujiyoshi † | March 16, 1996 | 176 cm / 66 kg | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |
| MF | | Tomotetsu Kimura † | March 16, 1996 | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | | Shigetoshi Kitamura † | March 16, 1996 | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FW | | Masahiko Wada † | March 16, 1996 | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FW | | Shūji Nomiyama † | March 16, 1996 | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Shinsuke Shiotani (from Otsuka F.C.) Hironori Nagamine Ruy Ramos (from Verdy Kawasaki) Toshihiro Yamaguchi (from Gamba Osaka) Sérgio Soares da Silva (on May) Raudnei Aniversa Freire (on May) Shinji Fujiyoshi (from Verdy Kawasaki) Tomotetsu Kimura Shigetoshi Kitamura Masahiko Wada Shūji Nomiyama Baltazar (on May) Flavio (on May) Hironori Nagamine Shuichi Uemura[2] none