1996 L.League

L. League

Season	1996
Champions	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies 1st L. League title
Top goalscorer	Linda Medalen (29 goals)
← 1995 1997 →

Statistics of L. League in the 1996 season. Nikko Securities Dream Ladies won the championship. ^[1]

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	9	9	0	41	5	+36	Champions
2	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	9	8	1	36	9	+27
3	Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza	9	7	2	30	8	+22
4	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC	9	6	3	20	23	−3
5	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	9	4	5	9	14	−5
6	Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina	9	3	6	11	19	−8
7	Tasaki Perule FC	9	3	6	16	18	−2
8	Fujita SC Mercury	9	3	6	8	16	−8
9	Shiroki FC Serena	9	2	7	12	22	−10
10	OKI FC Winds	9	0	9	7	56	−49

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	9	8	1	34	6	+28	Champions
2	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	9	8	1	23	8	+15
3	Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina	9	6	3	18	12	+6
4	Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza	9	5	4	29	12	+17
5	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	9	5	4	32	16	+16
6	Shiroki FC Serena	9	4	5	18	20	−2
7	Tasaki Perule FC	9	4	5	13	21	−8
8	Fujita SC Mercury	9	2	7	6	21	−15
9	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC	9	2	7	8	33	−25
10	OKI FC Winds	9	1	8	6	38	−32

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	18	17	1	75	11	+64	Season Champions
2	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	18	16	2	59	17	+42
3	Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza	18	12	6	59	20	+39
4	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	18	9	9	41	30	+11
5	Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina	18	9	9	29	31	−2
6	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC	18	8	10	28	56	−28
7	Tasaki Perule FC	18	7	11	29	39	−10
8	Shiroki FC Serena	18	6	12	30	42	−12
9	Fujita SC Mercury	18	5	13	14	37	−23
10	OKI FC Winds	18	1	17	13	94	−81	Division 1 promotion/relegation Series

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

League awards

Best player

Player	Club
Linda Medalen	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Linda Medalen	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	29

Best eleven

Pos	Player	Club
GK	Nozomi Yamago	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi
DF	Tomoe Sakai	Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza
	Maki Haneta	Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina
	Rie Yamaki	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
	Yumi Tomei	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi
MF	Hege Riise	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
	Homare Sawa	Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza
	Yumi Obe	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
FW	Linda Medalen	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
	Mayumi Omatsu	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
	Charmaine Hooper	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi

Best young player

Player	Club
Natalie Neaton	Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza

Promotion/relegation series

JLSL Challenge match

Urawa Ladies FC	2 - 0	Akita FC Ladies

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Akita FC Ladies	0 - 1	Urawa Ladies FC

• Urawa Ladies F.C. play to Division 1 promotion/relegation Series.

Division 1 promotion/relegation Series

1997-02-16

OKI FC Winds	3 - 1	Urawa Ladies FC

Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium

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1997-02-23

Urawa Ladies FC	0 - 3	OKI FC Winds

Urawa, Saitama

• OKI FC Winds stay Division 1 in 1997 Season.
• Urawa Ladies FC stay Division 2 in 1997 Season.

See also

• Empress's Cup

References

1. "Nadeshiko League | Japan Women's Football League". Nadeshiko League | Japan Women’s Football League (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-08-31.

External links

• (in Japanese) Nadeshiko League Official Site