# 1997 Urawa Red Diamonds season

1997 Urawa Red Diamonds season

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | 10th / 17 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | 4th round |
| J.League Cup | Quarterfinals |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J.League | J.League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Hisashi Tsuchida | (1967-02-01)February 1, 1967 (aged 30) | 187 cm / 87 kg | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | | Masaki Tsuchihashi | (1972-07-23)July 23, 1972 (aged 24) | 175 cm / 69 kg | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | | Yoshinori Taguchi | (1965-09-14)September 14, 1965 (aged 31) | 184 cm / 79 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Boli | (1967-01-02)January 2, 1967 (aged 30) | 180 cm / 81 kg | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Takafumi Hori | (1967-09-10)September 10, 1967 (aged 29) | 177 cm / 74 kg | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | | Buchwald | (1961-01-24)January 24, 1961 (aged 36) | 188 cm / 88 kg | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | Masayuki Okano | (1972-07-25)July 25, 1972 (aged 24) | 175 cm / 69 kg | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | | Osamu Hirose | (1965-06-06)June 6, 1965 (aged 31) | 174 cm / 72 kg | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Masahiro Fukuda | (1966-12-27)December 27, 1966 (aged 30) | 175 cm / 74 kg | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 25 |
| 10 | MF | | Baur | (1969-04-16)April 16, 1969 (aged 27) | 181 cm / 74 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Yasushi Fukunaga | (1973-03-06)March 6, 1973 (aged 24) | 172 cm / 64 kg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Tsutomu Nishino | (1971-03-13)March 13, 1971 (aged 25) | 187 cm / 76 kg | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| 13 | MF/DF | | Nobuhisa Yamada | (1975-09-10)September 10, 1975 (aged 21) | 175 cm / 66 kg | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | Hiromitsu Isogai | (1969-04-19)April 19, 1969 (aged 27) | 176 cm / 74 kg | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 15 | MF | | Koichi Sugiyama | (1971-10-27)October 27, 1971 (aged 25) | 176 cm / 78 kg | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | | Yuki Takita | (1967-05-16)May 16, 1967 (aged 29) | 184 cm / 80 kg | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Ken Iwase | (1975-07-08)July 8, 1975 (aged 21) | 175 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF/DF | | Nobuyasu Ikeda | (1970-05-18)May 18, 1970 (aged 26) | 171 cm / 63 kg | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Masahiro Ota | (1970-04-28)April 28, 1970 (aged 26) | 185 cm / 84 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Nobutake Mochiyama | (1973-04-05)April 5, 1973 (aged 23) | 181 cm / 72 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Shinji Jojo | (1977-08-28)August 28, 1977 (aged 19) | 180 cm / 72 kg | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Hideki Uchidate | (1974-01-15)January 15, 1974 (aged 23) | 180 cm / 65 kg | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Kenji Oshiba | (1973-11-19)November 19, 1973 (aged 23) | 174 cm / 71 kg | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | | Naoto Sakurai | (1975-09-02)September 2, 1975 (aged 21) | 170 cm / 62 kg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Toshiya Ishii | (1978-01-19)January 19, 1978 (aged 19) | 174 cm / 66 kg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Atsuo Watanabe | (1974-04-15)April 15, 1974 (aged 22) | 180 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Taichi Sato | (1977-08-23)August 23, 1977 (aged 19) | 184 cm / 77 kg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Akihiro Tabata | (1978-05-15)May 15, 1978 (aged 18) | 185 cm / 77 kg | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | | Eiji Hanayama | (1977-08-21)August 21, 1977 (aged 19) | 190 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Hiroki Aratani | (1975-08-06)August 6, 1975 (aged 21) | 192 cm / 89 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | | Tomoyasu Ando | (1974-05-23)May 23, 1974 (aged 22) | 182 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Ryuji Kawai | (1978-07-14)July 14, 1978 (aged 18) | 183 cm / 75 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Takashi Sanbonsuge | (1978-06-05)June 5, 1978 (aged 18) | 181 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | | Yuichiro Nagai | (1979-02-14)February 14, 1979 (aged 18) | 184 cm / 70 kg | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 3 |
| 36 | GK | | Koji Honma | (1977-04-27)April 27, 1977 (aged 19) | 185 cm / 82 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Nijhuis † | (1966-03-23)March 23, 1966 (aged 30) | -cm / -kg | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | | Begiristain † | (1964-08-12)August 12, 1964 (aged 32) | -cm / -kg | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| 37 | MF | | Petrović † | (1965-11-13)November 13, 1965 (aged 31) | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | GK | JPN | Tomoyasu Ando (from Komazawa University) |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Atsuo Watanabe (from Nihon University) |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Akihiro Tabata (from Seibudai High School) |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Takashi Sanbonsuge (from Kojo High School) |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Michael Baur (from Tirol Innsbruck) |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Hiromitsu Isogai (from Gamba Osaka) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Ryuji Kawai (from Seibudai High School) |
| 35 | FW | JPN | Yuichiro Nagai (from Mitsubishi Yowa SS) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | JPN | Futoshi Ikeda (retired) |
| — | DF | JPN | Yoshio Takahashi (retired) |
| — | DF | JPN | Mitsuhiro Iga (retired) |
| — | MF | GER | Bein (to VfB Gießen) |
| — | MF | JPN | Takeshi Nakashima (to Avispa Fukuoka) |
| — | MF | JPN | Masao Kamino (retired) |
| — | MF | DEN | Nielsen (to OB Odense) |
| — | FW | JPN | Shingo Suzuki (to Yokogawa Electric) |

## Transfers during the season
### In

* Alfred Nijhuis (from MSV Duisburg on July)
* Aitor Begiristain Mújica (from Deportivo La Coruña on July)
* Željko Petrović (from PSV Eindhoven on November)

### Out

* Baur (to Tirol Innsbruck on May)
* Tomoyasu Ando (loan to Avispa Fukuoka on September)

## Awards

none