L.League 1996

Like the 1995 season, the 1996 L.League season was squeezed into a much shorter period, this time due to the Olympic Games, held in Atlanta in July and August. The season ran from August 18th until December 22nd.


In the tables below, scorelines in parentheses indicate the results of penalty shoot-outs. Games decided as a result of a V-Goal are indicated by vg. In the league tables, the 90 mins column indicates the number of victories achieved in the normal ninety minute period.

First Stage

Final Standings

		Won	90 mins	Lost	GF	GA	+/-
1	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	9	8	0	41	5	36
2	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	8	8	1	36	9	27
3	Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza	7	7	2	30	8	22
4	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	6	5	3	20	23	-3
5	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	4	2	5	9	14	-5
6	Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina	3	3	6	11	19	-8
7	Tasaki Perule FC	3	2	6	16	18	-2
8	Fujita Soccer Club Mercury	3	2	6	8	16	-8
9	Shiroki FC Serena	2	2	7	12	22	-10
10	OKI FC Winds	0	0	9	7	56	-49

Table of Results

	Nikko	Prima	Yomiuri	Takarazuka	Suzuyo	Matsushita	Tasaki	Fujita	Shiroki	OKI
Nikko		3-1	3-1	7-1	1-0	3-0	1-0 vg	3-1	4-0	16-1
Prima	1-3		2-1	3-0	3-0	5-1	4-1	4-1	5-2	9-0
Yomiuri	1-3	1-2		7-0	2-1	3-0	7-2	3-0	1-0	5-0
Takarazuka	1-7	0-3	0-7		3-3 (4-3)	4-0	1-0	2-0	3-1	6-2
Suzuyo	0-1	0-3	1-2	3-3 (3-4)		0-2	1-1 (3-2)	1-0	1-1 (3-1)	2-1
Matsushita	0-3	1-5	0-3	0-4	2-0		2-3 vg	1-1 (5-6)	2-0	3-0
Tasaki	0-1 vg	1-4	2-7	0-1	1-1 (2-3)	3-2 vg		2-0	1-2	6-0
Fujita	1-3	1-4	0-3	0-2	0-1	1-1 (6-5)	0-2		2-0	3-0
Shiroki	0-4	2-5	0-1	1-3	1-1 (1-3)	0-2	2-1	0-2		6-3
OKI	1-16	0-9	0-5	2-6	1-2	0-3	0-6	0-3	3-6

Second Stage

Final Standings

		Won	90 mins	Lost	GF	GA	+/-
1	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	8	7	1	34	6	28
2	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	8	7	1	23	8	15
3	Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina	6	3	3	18	12	6
4	Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza	5	5	4	29	12	17
5	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	5	5	4	32	16	16
6	Shiroki FC Serena	4	4	5	18	20	-2
7	Tasaki Perule FC	4	3	5	13	21	-8
8	Fujita Soccer Club Mercury	2	2	7	6	21	-15
9	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	2	1	7	8	33	-25
10	OKI FC Winds	1	0	8	6	38	-32

Table of Results

	Nikko	Prima	Matsushita	Yomiuri	Suzuyo	Shiroki	Tasaki	Fujita	Takarazuka	OKI
Nikko		1-2	1-0	2-1 vg	4-2	4-1	2-0	4-0	9-0	7-0
Prima	2-1		2-1	1-1 (5-4)	2-1	2-1	1-2 vg	5-1	4-0	4-0
Matsushita	0-1	1-2		2-2 (3-2)	4-2	1-2	3-2 vg	1-0 vg	3-0	3-1
Yomiuri	1-2 vg	1-1 (4-5)	2-2 (2-3)		1-4	5-2	6-0	2-0	4-1	7-0
Suzuyo	2-4	1-2	2-4	4-1		4-1	2-3	2-0	6-1	9-0
Shiroki	1-4	1-2	2-1	2-5	1-4		3-0	1-2	4-1	3-1
Tasaki	0-2	2-1 vg	2-3 vg	0-6	3-2	0-3		2-1	2-1	2-2 (2-4)
Fujita	0-4	1-5	0-1 vg	0-2	0-2	2-1	1-2		0-3	2-1
Takarazuka	0-9	0-4	0-3	1-4	1-6	1-4	1-2	3-0		1-1 (5-4)
OKI	0-7	0-4	1-3	0-7	0-9	1-3	2-2 (4-2)	1-2	1-1 (4-5)

The final deciding match for the championship was due to be played on December 29th, 1996. Since Nikko Securities Dream Ladies won both stages, this match was unnecessary and thus Nikko Securities won their first league title.

The overall final standings are shown below. Suzuyo are ranked ahead of Matsushita as a result of having won more games in the regulation ninety minutes.

Overall Final Standings

		Won	90 mins	Lost	GF	GA	+/-
1	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	17	15	1	75	11	64
2	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	16	15	2	59	17	42
3	Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza	12	12	6	59	20	39
4	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	9	7	9	41	30	11
5	Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina	9	6	9	29	31	-2
6	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	8	6	10	28	56	-28
7	Tasaki Perule FC	7	5	11	29	39	-10
8	Shiroki FC Serena	6	6	12	30	42	-12
9	Fujita Soccer Club Mercury	5	4	13	14	37	-23
10	OKI FC Winds	1	0	17	13	94	-81

JLSL Challenge League 1995

The JLSL Challenge League was held between December 1995 and February 1996, with the winner going forward to meet the side finishing bottom in that season's L.League. However, due to TOKYO SHiDAX LSC's withdrawal from the L.League, OKI Lady Thunders were automatically promoted and bottom side Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies retained their place in the league. Upon promotion OKI Lady Thunders changed their name to OKI FC Winds.

Final Standings

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	OKI Lady Thunders	4	3	0	1	10	3	7	6
2	Urawa Ladies FC	4	3	0	1	8	6	2	6
3	Shimizu Daihachi SC	4	0	0	4	2	11	-9	0

Table of Results

	OKI	Urawa	Shimizu DH
OKI		5-1 0-1	2-0 3-1
Urawa	1-0 1-5		1-0 5-1
Shimizu	1-3 0-2	1-5 0-1