# 1997 Vissel Kobe season

1997 Vissel Kobe season

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | 16th / 17 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | 4th round |
| J.League Cup | GL-D 4th / 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 | | Ryuji Ishizue | (1964-07-22)July 22, 1964 (aged 32) | 184 cm / 75 kg | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Ippei Watanabe | (1969-09-28)September 28, 1969 (aged 27) | 184 cm / 82 kg | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Cho Kwi-Jea | (1969-01-16)January 16, 1969 (aged 28) | 177 cm / 75 kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Hiroki Azuma | (1966-07-10)July 10, 1966 (aged 30) | 179 cm / 78 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Laudrup | (1964-06-15)June 15, 1964 (aged 32) | 183 cm / 82 kg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Shigemitsu Egawa | (1966-01-31)January 31, 1966 (aged 31) | 172 cm / 66 kg | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | Masahiro Wada | (1965-01-21)January 21, 1965 (aged 32) | 177 cm / 69 kg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Masaaki Takada | (1973-07-26)July 26, 1973 (aged 23) | 182 cm / 77 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Ziad | (1963-05-10)May 10, 1963 (aged 33) | 185 cm / 82 kg | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | | Bickel | (1963-10-06)October 6, 1963 (aged 33) | 184 cm / 80 kg | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | | Takuya Jinno | (1970-06-01)June 1, 1970 (aged 26) | 180 cm / 73 kg | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Kotaro Nakao | (1969-06-08)June 8, 1969 (aged 27) | 180 cm / 68 kg | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Akihiro Nagashima | (1964-04-09)April 9, 1964 (aged 32) | 182 cm / 77 kg | 32 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 26 |
| 14 | FW | | Shinichi Kawano | (1969-11-05)November 5, 1969 (aged 27) | 171 cm / 72 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Masakazu Koda | (1969-09-12)September 12, 1969 (aged 27) | 173 cm / 65 kg | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 16 | GK | | Masamitsu Kanemoto | (1962-10-17)October 17, 1962 (aged 34) | 176 cm / 74 kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Yoichi Kajiyama | (1971-09-08)September 8, 1971 (aged 25) | 175 cm / 68 kg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Keiji Kaimoto | (1972-11-26)November 26, 1972 (aged 24) | 181 cm / 75 kg | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | | Naoki Mori | (1972-05-05)May 5, 1972 (aged 24) | 182 cm / 75 kg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Jun Iwashita | (1973-04-08)April 8, 1973 (aged 23) | 173 cm / 70 kg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Takaya Nakamura | (1978-06-03)June 3, 1978 (aged 18) | 180 cm / 69 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Masaki Tsukano | (1970-10-12)October 12, 1970 (aged 26) | 178 cm / 73 kg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | | Jun Naito | (1970-12-18)December 18, 1970 (aged 26) | 170 cm / 65 kg | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Koji Okamoto | (1976-04-09)April 9, 1976 (aged 20) | 164 cm / 63 kg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Seiji Hada | (1976-07-09)July 9, 1976 (aged 20) | 162 cm / 62 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Toshihiro Yoshimura | (1971-06-28)June 28, 1971 (aged 25) | 175 cm / 65 kg | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Tomoji Eguchi | (1977-04-22)April 22, 1977 (aged 19) | 183 cm / 74 kg | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| 28 | FW | | Yuichi Yoda | (1977-06-25)June 25, 1977 (aged 19) | 173 cm / 65 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Tamio Harakawa | (1977-10-22)October 22, 1977 (aged 19) | 180 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Koji Yoshimura | (1976-04-13)April 13, 1976 (aged 20) | 176 cm / 70 kg | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| 31 | GK | | Lee | (1976-06-17)June 17, 1976 (aged 20) | 184 cm / 81 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | Yoshihiko Matsuoka | (1977-07-29)July 29, 1977 (aged 19) | 178 cm / 74 kg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | | Yoshiyuki Hato | (1977-08-08)August 8, 1977 (aged 19) | 172 cm / 61 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Takuya Suzumura | (1978-09-13)September 13, 1978 (aged 18) | 175 cm / 72 kg | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | | Manabu Shimano | (1978-09-05)September 5, 1978 (aged 18) | 165 cm / 60 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 36 | DF | | Ryuji Ishikawa | (1978-11-11)November 11, 1978 (aged 18) | 175 cm / 67 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Michael Yano | (1979-01-22)January 22, 1979 (aged 18) | 174 cm / 73 kg | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 38 | DF | | Masahiro Nakanishi | (1978-05-25)May 25, 1978 (aged 18) | 171 cm / 66 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 39 | DF | | Naoki Naito | (1968-05-30)May 30, 1968 (aged 28) | 180 cm / 79 kg | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | | Noriyoshi Fujiwara † | (1980-04-12)April 12, 1980 (aged 16) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 41 | MF | | Bingley † | (1971-08-16)August 16, 1971 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 42 | DF | | Vujačić † | (1966-01-04)January 4, 1966 (aged 31) | cm / kg | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Takaya Nakamura (from Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School) |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Ryuji Ishikawa (from Vissel Kobe youth) |
| 38 | DF | JPN | Masahiro Nakanishi (from Takigawa Daini Seinior High School) |
| 39 | DF | JPN | Naoki Naito (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Masaaki Takada (from Yokohama Flügels) |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Koji Yoshimura (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Yoshiyuki Hato (from Takigawa Daini Seinior High School) |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Takuya Suzumura (from Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School) |
| 35 | FW | JPN | Manabu Shimano (from Hamamatsu Koto Senior High School) |
| 37 | FW | JPN | Michael Yano (from Shimizu S-Pulse youth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | JPN | Takashi Uemura (to Sagan Tosu) |
| — | DF | JPN | 大橋 進一 (retired) |
| — | FW | JPN | Naoyuki Kitabori (retired) |
| — | DF | JPN | Yasuo Sakai (retired) |
| — | MF | JPN | 平野 政樹 (to Ventforet Kofu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Michihiro Tsuruta (retired) |
| — | DF | JPN | Hiroshi Matsuda (retired) |
| — | MF | SWE | Jan Jönsson (retired) |

## Transfers during the season
### In

* Noriyoshi Fujiwara
* Matthew Bingley (from Marconi Fairfield on July)
* Budimir Vujačić (from Sporting Lisbon on August)

### Out

* Laudrup (on July)
* Ziad (on August)
* Bickel (on September)
* Masaki Tsukano (to Tokyo Gas)

## Awards

none