# 1997 Kyoto Purple Sanga season

1997 Kyoto Purple Sanga season

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | 14th / 17 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | 4th round |
| J.League Cup | GL-E 3rd / 4 clubs |

## 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 | | Shinichi Morishita | (1960-12-28)December 28, 1960 (aged 36) | 180 cm / 80 kg | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Yoshihiro Nishida | (1973-01-30)January 30, 1973 (aged 24) | 178 cm / 73 kg | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Capone | (1972-05-23)May 23, 1972 (aged 24) | 180 cm / 78 kg | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Carlos | (1971-08-13)August 13, 1971 (aged 25) | 183 cm / 75 kg | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Yasuhide Ihara | (1973-03-08)March 8, 1973 (aged 24) | 180 cm / 70 kg | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Yuji Okuma | (1969-01-19)January 19, 1969 (aged 28) | 174 cm / 70 kg | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Shinsuke Shiotani | (1970-05-11)May 11, 1970 (aged 26) | 175 cm / 75 kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | MF/FW | | Toshihiro Yamaguchi | (1971-11-19)November 19, 1971 (aged 25) | 176 cm / 74 kg | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Cléber | (1972-10-11)October 11, 1972 (aged 24) | 180 cm / 77 kg | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | Ruy Ramos | (1957-02-09)February 9, 1957 (aged 40) | 181 cm / 65 kg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Shinji Fujiyoshi | (1970-04-03)April 3, 1970 (aged 26) | 177 cm / 70 kg | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 6 |
| 12 | GK | | Minoru Kushibiki | (1967-06-10)June 10, 1967 (aged 29) | 186 cm / 82 kg | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 13 | DF/FW/MF | | Hiroshi Noguchi | (1972-02-25)February 25, 1972 (aged 25) | 174 cm / 68 kg | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | | Rikizo Matsuhashi | (1968-08-22)August 22, 1968 (aged 28) | 173 cm / 65 kg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Takayuki Yamaguchi | (1973-08-01)August 1, 1973 (aged 23) | 170 cm / 65 kg | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 7 |
| 16 | MF | | Masaya Honda | (1973-11-20)November 20, 1973 (aged 23) | 180 cm / 75 kg | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 17 | DF/FW/MF | | Shokichi Sato | (1971-04-09)April 9, 1971 (aged 25) | 177 cm / 70 kg | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Yasunari Hiraoka | (1972-03-13)March 13, 1972 (aged 24) | 184 cm / 70 kg | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Takashi Nagata | (1972-04-13)April 13, 1972 (aged 24) | 174 cm / 71 kg | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| 20 | FW | | Edmílson | (1974-03-26)March 26, 1974 (aged 22) | 176 cm / 69 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Yuji Keigoshi | (1963-09-17)September 17, 1963 (aged 33) | 183 cm / 76 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Takashi Onishi | (1971-10-16)October 16, 1971 (aged 25) | 178 cm / 71 kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Tatsuma Yoshida | (1974-06-09)June 9, 1974 (aged 22) | 174 cm / 64 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Yoshiki Ito | (1978-11-01)November 1, 1978 (aged 18) | 182 cm / 74 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Haruhiko Sato | (1978-06-27)June 27, 1978 (aged 18) | 178 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Ryo Fukudome | (1978-06-26)June 26, 1978 (aged 18) | 173 cm / 63 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Michiharu Otagiri | (1978-09-02)September 2, 1978 (aged 18) | 178 cm / 72 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 28 | GK | | Naohito Hirai | (1978-07-16)July 16, 1978 (aged 18) | 183 cm / 79 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 29 | GK | | Koji Fujikawa | (1978-10-07)October 7, 1978 (aged 18) | 180 cm / 78 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Yoshiyuki Matsuyama | (1966-07-31)July 31, 1966 (aged 30) | 177 cm / 72 kg | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | | Daniel † | (1970-10-10)October 10, 1970 (aged 26) | 175 cm / 74 kg | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 |
| 31 | MF | | Yuki Hara † | (1976-05-16)May 16, 1976 (aged 20) | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | Nobuhiro Takeda † | (1967-05-10)May 10, 1967 (aged 29) | 177 cm / 70 kg | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 |
| 33 | DF | | Masaki Ogawa † | (1975-04-03)April 3, 1975 (aged 21) | 177 cm / 73 kg | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 34 | GK | | Shigetatsu Matsunaga † | (1962-08-12)August 12, 1962 (aged 34) | -cm / -kg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | | Mineiro † | (1969-02-05)February 5, 1969 (aged 28) | 178 cm / 74 kg | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Yuji Keigoshi (from Avispa Fukuoka) |
| 28 | GK | JPN | Naohito Hirai (from Kyoto Purple Sanga youth) |
| 29 | GK | JPN | Koji Fujikawa (from Seiko Gakuen Senior High School) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Capone (from São Paulo FC) |
| 18 | DF | JPN | Yasunari Hiraoka (from Otsuka F.C. Vortis Tokushima) |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Takashi Onishi (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Haruhiko Sato (from Funabashi municipal High School) |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Michiharu Otagiri (from Toyama Daiichi High School) |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Tatsuma Yoshida (from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Yoshiki Ito (from Takigawa Daini Seinior High School) |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Yoshiyuki Matsuyama (from Gamba Osaka) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Cléber Eduardo Arado (from Mogi Mirim) |
| 26 | FW | JPN | Ryo Fukudome (from Ohzu High School) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Shuichi Uemura |
| — | GK | JPN | Isao Ueda |
| — | DF | JPN | Makoto Sugiyama (retired) |
| — | DF | JPN | Shunzo Ono (retired) |
| — | DF | JPN | Norifumi Takamoto (retired) |
| — | DF | JPN | Ryoichi Fukushige (to Otsuka F.C. Vortis Tokushima) |
| — | DF | JPN | Yuji Nariyama (retired) |
| — | DF | JPN | Kozo Hosokawa (retired) |
| — | DF | JPN | Chikayuki Mochizuki |
| — | DF | JPN | Hiroyuki Sawada |
| — | DF | JPN | Hironori Nagamine |
| — | MF | JPN | Satoru Mochizuki (retired) |
| — | MF | BRA | Flavio |
| — | MF | JPN | Yuji Kakiuchi (to Albirex Niigata) |
| — | MF | JPN | Junji Goto |
| — | MF | JPN | Akira Kubota |
| — | MF | BRA | Alexandre |
| — | MF | JPN | Yosuke Sakamoto |
| — | MF | BRA | Sérgio |
| — | MF | JPN | Tomotetsu Kimura |
| — | MF | JPN | Shigetoshi Kitamura |
| — | FW | BRA | Baltazar |
| — | FW | JPN | Yoshiaki Sato |
| — | FW | BRA | Raudnei |
| — | FW | JPN | Masahiko Wada |
| — | FW | JPN | Shuji Nomiyama |

## Transfers during the season
### In

* Daniel (on April)
* Yuki Hara
* Nobuhiro Takeda (from Verdy Kawasaki)
* Masaki Ogawa (from Kashima Antlers)
* Shigetatsu Matsunaga (from Brummel Sendai)
* Mineiro (on September)

### Out

* Edmílson (on February)
* Cléber (on July)
* Ruy Ramos (to Verdy Kawasaki)

## Awards

none