# 1997 Yokohama Marinos season

1997 Yokohama Marinos season

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | 3rd / 17 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | 4th round |
| J.League Cup | GL-B 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 | | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | (1975-08-15)August 15, 1975 (aged 21) | 181 cm / 75 kg | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Eiji Gaya | (1969-02-08)February 8, 1969 (aged 28) | 176 cm / 69 kg | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Takehito Suzuki | (1971-06-11)June 11, 1971 (aged 25) | 177 cm / 72 kg | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Masami Ihara | (1967-09-18)September 18, 1967 (aged 29) | 182 cm / 72 kg | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Norio Omura | (1969-09-06)September 6, 1969 (aged 27) | 180 cm / 75 kg | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Yoshiharu Ueno | (1973-04-21)April 21, 1973 (aged 23) | 181 cm / 70 kg | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | Salinas | (1962-09-01)September 1, 1962 (aged 34) | 188 cm / 82 kg | 26 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 26 |
| 8 | MF | | Satoru Noda | (1969-03-19)March 19, 1969 (aged 27) | 174 cm / 68 kg | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Shoji Jo | (1975-06-17)June 17, 1975 (aged 21) | 179 cm / 72 kg | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 |
| 10 | MF | | Baldivieso | (1971-12-02)December 2, 1971 (aged 25) | 180 cm / 76 kg | 22 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 |
| 11 | MF | | Fumitake Miura | (1970-08-12)August 12, 1970 (aged 26) | 174 cm / 70 kg | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 4 |
| 12 | FW | | Kenichi Hashimoto | (1975-04-16)April 16, 1975 (aged 21) | 177 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Kunio Nagayama | (1970-09-16)September 16, 1970 (aged 26) | 171 cm / 65 kg | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | Naoki Matsuda | (1977-03-14)March 14, 1977 (aged 19) | 180 cm / 70 kg | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | | Masaharu Suzuki | (1970-08-03)August 3, 1970 (aged 26) | 168 cm / 63 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | | Masahiko Nakagawa | (1969-08-26)August 26, 1969 (aged 27) | 180 cm / 72 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Sotaro Yasunaga | (1976-04-20)April 20, 1976 (aged 20) | 178 cm / 68 kg | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | | Akihiro Endo | (1975-09-18)September 18, 1975 (aged 21) | 172 cm / 65 kg | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Yoshito Terakawa | (1974-09-06)September 6, 1974 (aged 22) | 174 cm / 62 kg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | MF/DF | | Ryuji Kubota | (1976-07-24)July 24, 1976 (aged 20) | 184 cm / 77 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Takuya Ito | (1976-12-30)December 30, 1976 (aged 20) | 180 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Takahiro Yamada | (1972-04-29)April 29, 1972 (aged 24) | 174 cm / 70 kg | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
| 23 | MF | | Tomokazu Hirama | (1977-06-30)June 30, 1977 (aged 19) | 171 cm / 62 kg | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| 24 | DF | | Kei Mikuriya | (1977-08-29)August 29, 1977 (aged 19) | 171 cm / 64 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Shunsuke Nakamura | (1978-06-24)June 24, 1978 (aged 18) | 178 cm / 66 kg | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
| 26 | DF | | Yoshiaki Maruyama | (1974-10-12)October 12, 1974 (aged 22) | 176 cm / 71 kg | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 27 | MF/DF | | Satoshi Kusayanagi | (1977-04-03)April 3, 1977 (aged 19) | 167 cm / 65 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Takayuki Nakamaru | (1977-05-28)May 28, 1977 (aged 19) | 172 cm / 65 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Masatoshi Tanaka | (1977-04-05)April 5, 1977 (aged 19) | 178 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Hideki Matsuki | (1977-09-05)September 5, 1977 (aged 19) | 178 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Shinya Yoshihara | (1978-04-19)April 19, 1978 (aged 18) | 185 cm / 75 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 32 | GK | | Tatsuya Enomoto | (1979-03-16)March 16, 1979 (aged 17) | 190 cm / 75 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Manabu Tomita | (1978-06-15)June 15, 1978 (aged 18) | 174 cm / 65 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Masahiro Fukazawa † | (1977-07-12)July 12, 1977 (aged 19) | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Petković † | (1974-06-13)June 13, 1974 (aged 22) | -cm / -kg | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 36 | GK | | Kazumasa Kawano † | (1970-11-07)November 7, 1970 (aged 26) | 185 cm / 82 kg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | | Kazunari Okayama † | (1978-04-24)April 24, 1978 (aged 18) | -cm / -kg | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Shinya Yoshihara (from Hitachi Kogyo High School) |
| 32 | GK | JPN | Tatsuya Enomoto (from Urawagakuin High School) |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Eiji Gaya (from Kashima Antlers) |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Yoshiaki Maruyama (from Waseda University) |
| 10 | MF | BOL | Julio César Baldivieso Rico (from Bolívar) |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Shunsuke Nakamura (from Toko Gakuen Senior High School) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Manabu Tomita (from Yokohama Marinos youth) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Julio Salinas Fernández (from Sporting Gijón) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Shoji Jo (from JEF United Ichihara) |
| 12 | FW | JPN | Kenichi Hashimoto (from Kashima Antlers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Eiichiro Yamada (to Blaze Kumamoto) |
| — | GK | JPN | Daijiro Takakuwa (to Kashima Antlers) |
| — | DF | JPN | Tetsuya Ito (to Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| — | DF | JPN | Kensaku Omori (to Kashima Antlers) |
| — | DF | JPN | Yoshio Koido (to Otsuka F.C.) |
| — | DF | JPN | Fumiyasu Hata (retired) |
| — | DF | JPN | Noriaki Tsutsui (to Otsuka F.C.) |
| — | DF | JPN | Masayuki Miyazawa |
| — | MF | ARG | Zapata |
| — | MF | ARG | Bisconti |
| — | MF | JPN | Masato Koga (to Sagan Tosu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Mitsunobu Moriya |
| — | MF | JPN | Shusuke Shimada |
| — | MF | JPN | Naoto Muramatsu |
| — | MF | ARG | Figueroa |
| — | FW | ARG | Acosta |
| — | FW | JPN | Yosuke Fukase |
| — | FW | JPN | Masahiro Fukazawa |

## Transfers during the season
### In

* Masahiro Fukazawa (loan return from River Plate on June)
* Petković (from OFK Beograd on August)
* Kazumasa Kawano (from Nagoya Grampus Eight)
* Kazunari Okayama (from Hatsushiba Hashimoto Senior High School)

### Out

* Masaharu Suzuki (to Nagoya Grampus Eight)
* Hideki Matsuki
* Sotaro Yasunaga (loan to Lleida on August)

## Awards

* J.League Best XI: Masami Ihara