| Club: | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| Season: | 1996 |
| Manager: | Wim Jansen |
| Stadium: | Hiroshima Big Arch |
| League: | J.League |
| League Result: | 14th |
| Cup1: | Emperor's Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup2: | J.League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | GL-A 3rd |
| League Topscorer: |  Takuya Takagi (11) |
| Highest Attendance: | 18,863 (vs Kashima Antlers, 20 March 1996) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 4,491 (vs Avispa Fukuoka, 6 November 1996) |
| Average Attendance: | 8,469 |
| Pattern La1: | _Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 HOME FP |
| Pattern B1: | _Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 HOME FP |
| Pattern Ra1: | _Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 HOME FP |
| Pattern Sh1: | _Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 HOME FP |
| Pattern So1: | _Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 HOME FP |
| Pattern La2: | _Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 AWAY FP |
| Pattern B2: | _Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 AWAY FP |
| Pattern Ra2: | _Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 AWAY FP |
| Pattern Sh2: | _Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 AWAY FP |
| Pattern So2: | _Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 AWAY FP |
| Prevseason: | 1995 |
| Nextseason: | 1997 |
This article details the 1996 season of Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
| Competitions | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| J.League | 14th / 16 clubs | |
| Emperor's Cup | Runners-up | |
| J.League Cup | GL-A 3rd / 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 | ||||||
| DF | | Yasuyuki Satō | March 16, 1996 | 176 cm / 67 kg | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| FW | Huistra | March 16, 1996 | 182 cm / 71 kg | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 42 | 12 | ||
| FW | | Takuya Takagi | March 16, 1996 | 188 cm / 82 kg | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 14 | |
| GK | | Kazuya Maekawa | March 16, 1996 | 188 cm / 84 kg | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
| DF | | Naoki Naitō | March 16, 1996 | 180 cm / 78 kg | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
| MF | | Mitsuaki Kojima | March 16, 1996 | 173 cm / 70 kg | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 45 | 1 | |
| MF | | Hajime Moriyasu | March 16, 1996 | 173 cm / 62 kg | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 45 | 5 | |
| MF | | Yasuhiro Yoshida | March 16, 1996 | 172 cm / 70 kg | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | |
| GK | | Kazumasa Kawano | March 16, 1996 | 185 cm / 80 kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| FW |  | Noh Jung-Yoon | March 16, 1996 | 172 cm / 68 kg | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 7 | |
| MF | | Hiroyoshi Kuwabara | March 16, 1996 | 177 cm / 71 kg | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 1 | |
| MF | | Takashi Ōnishi | March 16, 1996 | 177 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | | Hiroshige Yanagimoto | March 16, 1996 | 173 cm / 64 kg | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 48 | 1 | |
| DF | | Hideaki Mori | March 16, 1996 | 183 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | | Hideaki Hagino | March 16, 1996 | 173 cm / 66 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FW | | Masato Fue | March 16, 1996 | 174 cm / 65 kg | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| MF | | Ryūji Michiki | March 16, 1996 | 174 cm / 64 kg | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 3 | |
| DF | | Kenichi Uemura | March 16, 1996 | 180 cm / 70 kg | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| MF | | Yūta Abe | March 16, 1996 | 177 cm / 69 kg | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
| GK | | Takashi Shimoda | March 16, 1996 | 183 cm / 74 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | | Susumu Ōki | March 16, 1996 | 177 cm / 75 kg | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
| MF | | Kōji Yoshimura | March 16, 1996 | 177 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | | Tatsuhiko Kubo | March 16, 1996 | 181 cm / 71 kg | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 6 | |
| FW | | Iwao Yamane | March 16, 1996 | 170 cm / 62 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| GK | | Masato Tamada | March 16, 1996 | 185 cm / 80 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | | Tsukimitsu Mizuta | March 16, 1996 | 174 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | | Takashi Kageyama | March 16, 1996 | 180 cm / 67 kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| MF | | Keita Kanemoto | March 16, 1996 | 173 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | | Kōta Hattori | March 16, 1996 | 175 cm / 71 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | | Jun Takata | March 16, 1996 | 179 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| GK | | Minoru Ueda † | March 16, 1996 | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| GK | | Tetsuharu Yamaguchi † | March 16, 1996 | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | | Shoji Akimitsu † | March 16, 1996 | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FW | | Kazuyoshi Matsunaga † | March 16, 1996 | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF |  | Santos † | March 16, 1996 | -cm / -kg | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 9 | |
Santos (from Veracruz on June) Minoru Ueda Tetsuharu Yamaguchi (from Isahaya Commercial High School) Shoji Akimitsu Kazuyoshi Matsunaga (from Nakatsu Kogyo High School)[2] none