1996 Emperor's Cup final

1996 Emperor's Cup Final was the 76th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1997. Verdy Kawasaki won the championship.

1996 Emperor's Cup Final

Verdy Kawasaki Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 0
Date	January 1, 1997
Venue	National Stadium, Tokyo

Overview

Verdy Kawasaki won their 4th title, by defeating Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 with Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, Yasutoshi Miura and Keisuke Kurihara goal.

Match details

January 1, 1997

Verdy Kawasaki	3–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa 3' Yasutoshi Miura 11' Keisuke Kurihara 59'

National Stadium

Verdy Kawasaki GK   Shinkichi Kikuchi DF   Toshimi Kikuchi DF   Argel DF   Kentaro Hayashi DF   Tadashi Nakamura DF   Tomo Sugawara MF   Yasutoshi Miura MF   Bismarck MF   Tsuyoshi Kitazawa FW   Keisuke Kurihara  81' FW   Kazuyoshi Miura Substitutes:   Keiji Ishizuka  81' Manager: Leao

Sanfrecce Hiroshima GK   Kazuya Maekawa DF   Naoki Naito  71' DF   Hiroshige Yanagimoto DF   Mitsuaki Kojima MF   Ryuji Michiki MF   Hajime Moriyasu MF   Yasuhiro Yoshida  78' MF   Santos MF   Hiroyoshi Kuwabara FW   Noh Jung-yoon FW   Takuya Takagi Substitutes:   Tatsuhiko Kubo  71'   Yuta Abe  78' Manager: Jansen

See also

• 1996 Emperor's Cup