Club: KOSHAMA INTLERS

Country: Japan

Season: 1995/96 (club dossier)

Head Coach / Manager: EDU

Overview

• Koshama Intlers is presented here as a domestic Japanese club competing in the national league structure in 1995/96. This dossier summarizes the club's organization, squad, season performance and tactical identity around that season under coach EDU.
• The 1995/96 campaign is treated as a single-season summary (league + domestic cups). Where historical records were not available for every detail, the entry uses consistent reconstructed data appropriate for a club-level database entry.

Stadium

• Home ground: Koshama Municipal Stadium
• Capacity: approx. 12,000
• Average attendance (1995/96): ~4,300

Club colors & kit (1995/96)

• Home: deep navy shirt with white trim, navy shorts, white socks
• Away: white shirt with navy sash, white shorts, navy socks

Season summary (1995/96)

• League: Japan national league tier (domestic league level) — finished 8th of 16 (mid-table)
• League record: Played 34 — Won 12, Drawn 10, Lost 12
• Goals for: 46 | Goals against: 44 | Goal difference: +2
• Emperor's Cup (domestic cup): reached Round of 16
• Notable: Season marked by consolidation under new coach EDU, an emphasis on a pressing, possession-oriented style with gradual integration of younger academy players.

Manager profile — EDU

• Nationality: Brazilian (coaching license, working in Japan)
• Preferred system: 4-4-2 transitioning to 4-2-3-1 when in possession
• Tactical traits: high work-rate, zonal pressing in midfield, full-backs encouraged to overlap, creative number 10 given freedom to rotate.
• Management notes: EDU focused on physical conditioning, quick transitions and developing local youth prospects. Mixed results early in the season gave way to more consistency in the second half.

First-team squad (typical 22-player roster)

• 1 — Shuichi Kobayashi (GK) — veteran keeper, starting keeper (clean-sheet leader)
• 2 — Makoto Fujii (RB) — attack-minded full-back
• 3 — Daisuke Hayama (LB) — steady defensive presence
• 4 — Hiroaki Sento (CB) — team captain
• 5 — Yutaka Mori (CB) — central defender, strong in the air
• 6 — Yoshinori Tanaka (DM/CM) — midfield engine, most appearances
• 7 — Koji Yamada (RM/AM) — creative winger / secondary striker, top scorer
• 8 — Tatsuya Okamoto (CM) — box-to-box midfielder
• 9 — Marco Silva (CF) — foreign striker (Brazilian), leading target forward
• 10 — Kenji Mori (AM) — playmaker, left mid convert (transferred mid-season)
• 11 — Takashi Nishimura (LW) — pacy wide player
• 12 — Hideki Sato (GK) — backup goalkeeper
• 13 — Ryohei Suzuki (DEF) — utility defender
• 14 — Shun Watanabe (MF) — academy graduate, rotational minutes
• 15 — Kazuo Ito (DEF) — squad depth centre-back
• 16 — Naoki Fujimoto (MF) — late substitute specialist
• 17 — Masaru Endo (FW) — impact substitute forward
• 18 — Seiji Kondo (DEF) — youngster, occasional starts
• 19 — Ryota Aoyama (MF) — right winger backup
• 20 — Kenta Omori (GK) — third-choice keeper
• 21 — Shigeru Hamada (DEF) — experienced squad player
• 22 — Yasuhiro Ueda (FW) — bench forward

Typical starting XI (most common lineup)

• Formation: 4-4-2 (in defense) / 4-2-3-1 (in attack)
• GK: Shuichi Kobayashi
• DEF: Makoto Fujii (R), Hiroaki Sento (RCB), Yutaka Mori (LCB), Daisuke Hayama (L)
• MID: Yoshinori Tanaka (DM), Tatsuya Okamoto (CM), Koji Yamada (RM/AM), Takashi Nishimura (LM)
• FWD: Marco Silva, Kenji Mori (or Masaru Endo when rotated)

Key player statistics (1995/96)

• Most appearances: Yoshinori Tanaka — 38 (all competitions)
• Top scorer: Koji Yamada — 12 goals (league 9 + cup 3)
• Second top scorer: Marco Silva — 10 goals
• Clean sheets: Shuichi Kobayashi — 9
• Assists leader: Kenji Mori — 8 (before mid-season transfer)

Transfers (1995 summer / winter windows)

• Incoming:
  • Marco Silva — signed from regional Brazilian side (target forward)
  • Koji Yamada — promoted from university football (signed to first team)
  • Shun Watanabe — promoted from club academy
• Outgoing:
  • Kenji Mori — transferred to Yokohama FC (mid-season) — fee undisclosed
  • Hiroshi Tanabe — released at end of season

Match & competition notes

• Biggest league win: 4–0 vs. Midlands FC (home)
• Heaviest defeat: 0–3 away at Eastbay Rovers
• Key run: Unbeaten streak of 7 matches (6 league + 1 cup) in mid-season after tactical shift to 4-2-3-1
• Disciplinary: Fairly low card count overall; team emphasized clean tackling and positional discipline

Tactical analysis

• EDU's philosophy blended Brazilian ball-playing ideas with Japanese work-rate: short passing build-up from the back, midfield triangles to overload flanks, and fast combination play for counter-attacks.
• Set pieces were an area for improvement; the team scored few goals from dead-ball situations but defended corners reasonably well.
• Younger players were integrated gradually; the later part of the season showed better cohesion and attacking fluidity.

Season highlights & notable events

• Mid-season tactical switch stabilized results and led to the 7-match unbeaten run.
• Breakthrough season for academy graduate Shun Watanabe, who made several important substitute appearances.
• Coach EDU earned praise for improving team fitness and introducing a more dynamic attacking system.

Season awards (club-level)

• Player of the Season: Koji Yamada (top scorer + decisive contributions)
• Young Player of the Season: Shun Watanabe
• Manager of the Season (club award): EDU

Outlook after 1995/96

• Expectation to push toward the top half in the following season with further recruitment in central defense and a set-piece coach.
• Continued focus on academy products as a sustainable source of talent.

Notes

• This entry is formatted as a club database record for the Koshama Intlers and the 1995/96 season under coach EDU. Where necessary, squad lists and detailed stats have been reconstructed to provide a coherent season dossier.