- First stage
- Second Stage
- League Standings
- League Awards Best player Top scorers Best eleven Best young player
- Promotion/Relegation Series JLSL Challenge Match Division 1 Promotion/Relegation Series
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{{unreferenced|date=November 2012}}{{Infobox football league season
| competition = L. League
| season = 1996
| winners = Nikko Securities Dream Ladies
1st L. League title
| relegated =
| Dissolved =
| league topscorer = Linda Medalen (29 goals)
| prevseason = 1995
| nextseason = 1997
}}Statistics of L. League in the 1996 season. Nikko Securities Dream Ladies won the championship. First stage| Pos | Club | P | W | L | GF | GA | Note | | 1 | Nikko Securities Dream Ladies | 9 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 5 | Champions | | 2 | Prima Ham FC Kunoichi | 9 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 9 | | 3 | Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza | 9 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 8 | | 4 | Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC | 9 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 23 | | 5 | Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | | 6 | Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina | 9 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | | 7 | Tasaki Perule FC | 9 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | | 8 | Fujita SC Mercury | 9 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | | 9 | Shiroki FC Serena | 9 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | | 10 | OKI FC Winds | 9 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 56 |
Second Stage| Pos | Club | P | W | L | GF | GA | Note | | 1 | Nikko Securities Dream Ladies | 9 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 6 | Champions | | 2 | Prima Ham FC Kunoichi | 9 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 8 | | 3 | Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | | 4 | Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 12 | | 5 | Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 16 | | 6 | Shiroki FC Serena | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | | 7 | Tasaki Perule FC | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | | 8 | Fujita SC Mercury | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | | 9 | Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC | 9 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 33 | | 10 | OKI FC Winds | 9 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 38 |
League Standings| Pos | Club | P | W | L | GF | GA | Note | | 1 | Nikko Securities Dream Ladies | 18 | 17 | 1 | 75 | 11 | Season Champions | | 2 | Prima Ham FC Kunoichi | 18 | 16 | 2 | 59 | 17 | | 3 | Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza | 18 | 12 | 6 | 59 | 20 | | 4 | Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies | 18 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 30 | | 5 | Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina | 18 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 31 | | 6 | Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC | 18 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 56 | | 7 | Tasaki Perule FC | 18 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 39 | | 8 | Shiroki FC Serena | 18 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 42 | | 9 | Fujita SC Mercury | 18 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 37 | | 10 | OKI FC Winds | 18 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 94 | Division 1 Promotion/Relegation Series |
League AwardsBest player| Player | Club |
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| NOR}} Linda Medalen | Nikko Securities Dream Ladies |
Top scorers| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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| 1 | NOR}} Linda Medalen | Nikko Securities Dream Ladies | 29 |
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Best eleven| Pos | Player | Club |
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| GK | JPN}} Nozomi Yamago | Prima Ham FC Kunoichi | | DF | JPN}} Tomoe Sakai | Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza |
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| JPN}} Maki Haneta | Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina | | JPN}} Rie Yamaki | Nikko Securities Dream Ladies | | JPN}} Yumi Tomei | Prima Ham FC Kunoichi | | MF | }} Hedge Lisa | Nikko Securities Dream Ladies |
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| JPN}} Homare Sawa | Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza | | JPN}} Yumi Obe | Nikko Securities Dream Ladies | | FW | NOR}} Linda Medalen | Nikko Securities Dream Ladies |
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| JPN}} Mayumi Omatsu | Nikko Securities Dream Ladies | | Canada}} Charmaine Hooper | Prima Ham FC Kunoichi |
Best young player| Player | Club |
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| }} Nathalie Niton | Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza |
Promotion/Relegation SeriesJLSL Challenge Match{{football box
|date=
|time=
|team1=Urawa Ladies FC
|score= 2 - 0
|report=
|team2=Akita FC Ladies
|stadium=
}}
{{football box
|date=
|time=
|team1=Akita FC Ladies
|score= 0 - 1
|report=
|team2=Urawa Ladies FC
|stadium=
}}- Urawa Ladies F.C. play to Division 1 Promotion/Relegation Series.
Division 1 Promotion/Relegation Series{{football box
|date=1997-2-16
|time=
|team1=OKI FC Winds
|score= 3 - 1
|report=
|team2=Urawa Ladies FC
|stadium=Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium
}}
{{football box
|date=1997-2-23
|time=
|team1=Urawa Ladies FC
|score= 0 - 3
|report=
|team2=OKI FC Winds
|stadium=Urawa, Saitama
}}- OKI FC Winds stay Division 1 in 1997 Season.
- Urawa Ladies FC stay Division 2 in 1997 Season.
External links- {{ja icon}} Nadeshiko League Official Site
- Empress's Cup
{{L. League seasons}} 5 : L.League seasons|1996 in Japanese football leagues|1996–97 domestic women's association football leagues|1995–96 domestic women's association football leagues|1996 in Japanese women's sport |