# 1997 Verdy Kawasaki season

1997 Verdy Kawasaki season

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | 15th / 17 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | 3rd round |
| J.League Cup | GL-B 2nd / 4 clubs |
| Super Cup | Runners-up |
| Asian Cup Winners' 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 | Super Cup | Super Cup | Dom. Total | Dom. Total | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Shinkichi Kikuchi | (1967-04-12)April 12, 1967 (aged 29) | 182 cm / 80 kg | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Ko Ishikawa | (1970-03-10)March 10, 1970 (aged 26) | 170 cm / 64 kg | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Argel | (1974-09-04)September 4, 1974 (aged 22) | 181 cm / 75 kg | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Kentaro Hayashi | (1972-08-29)August 29, 1972 (aged 24) | 181 cm / 73 kg | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Tetsuji Hashiratani | (1964-07-15)July 15, 1964 (aged 32) | 182 cm / 70 kg | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Tadashi Nakamura | (1971-06-10)June 10, 1971 (aged 25) | 175 cm / 71 kg | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Masakiyo Maezono | (1973-10-29)October 29, 1973 (aged 23) | 170 cm / 63 kg | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 | | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Tsuyoshi Kitazawa | (1968-08-10)August 10, 1968 (aged 28) | 170 cm / 68 kg | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Keisuke Kurihara | (1973-05-20)May 20, 1973 (aged 23) | 172 cm / 62 kg | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Keiji Ishizuka | (1974-08-26)August 26, 1974 (aged 22) | 184 cm / 77 kg | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Kazuyoshi Miura | (1967-02-26)February 26, 1967 (aged 30) | 177 cm / 72 kg | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Hideki Nagai | (1971-01-26)January 26, 1971 (aged 26) | 175 cm / 70 kg | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Shintetsu Gen | (1973-08-06)August 6, 1973 (aged 23) | 185 cm / 72 kg | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Yuji Hironaga | (1975-07-25)July 25, 1975 (aged 21) | 181 cm / 72 kg | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Yasutoshi Miura | (1965-07-15)July 15, 1965 (aged 31) | 171 cm / 67 kg | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | | 1 |
| 16 | DF | | Toshimi Kikuchi | (1973-06-17)June 17, 1973 (aged 23) | 177 cm / 70 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Hiroyuki Shirai | (1974-06-17)June 17, 1974 (aged 22) | 180 cm / 71 kg | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Tomo Sugawara | (1976-06-03)June 3, 1976 (aged 20) | 175 cm / 69 kg | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | | 1 |
| 19 | GK | | Kiyomitsu Kobari | (1977-06-12)June 12, 1977 (aged 19) | 181 cm / 71 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Shigetoshi Hasebe | (1971-04-23)April 23, 1971 (aged 25) | 173 cm / 68 kg | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Nobuhiro Takeda | (1967-05-10)May 10, 1967 (aged 29) | 177 cm / 70 kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Magrão | (1974-02-21)February 21, 1974 (aged 23) | 192 cm / 81 kg | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Yoshinori Abe | (1972-09-10)September 10, 1972 (aged 24) | 177 cm / 70 kg | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Takanori Nunobe | (1973-09-23)September 23, 1973 (aged 23) | 177 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Takuya Yamada | (1974-08-24)August 24, 1974 (aged 22) | 176 cm / 72 kg | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | | 0 |
| 26 | GK | | Takaya Oishi | (1972-07-07)July 7, 1972 (aged 24) | 181 cm / 76 kg | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | | 0 |
| 27 | GK | | Nobuhiro Maeda | (1973-06-03)June 3, 1973 (aged 23) | 187 cm / 80 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Junichi Watanabe | (1973-05-20)May 20, 1973 (aged 23) | 167 cm / 58 kg | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Megumu Yoshida | (1973-04-13)April 13, 1973 (aged 23) | 176 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Michiyasu Osada | (1978-03-05)March 5, 1978 (aged 19) | 174 cm / 67 kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Shingi Ono | (1974-04-09)April 9, 1974 (aged 22) | 178 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | Mitsunori Yabuta | (1976-05-02)May 2, 1976 (aged 20) | 175 cm / 62 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Masakazu Senuma | (1978-09-07)September 7, 1978 (aged 18) | 178 cm / 69 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Taro Ichiki | (1976-09-01)September 1, 1976 (aged 20) | 171 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Yukinori Shigeta | (1976-07-15)July 15, 1976 (aged 20) | 166 cm / 59 kg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | 0 |
| 36 | FW | | Hiroaki Tanaka | (1979-04-17)April 17, 1979 (aged 17) | 175 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Yusuke Aida | (1979-04-18)April 18, 1979 (aged 17) | 168 cm / 62 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 38 | MF | | Toshiki Kushima | (1979-04-22)April 22, 1979 (aged 17) | 177 cm / 62 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 39 | MF | | Kenji Kageyama | (1980-04-02)April 2, 1980 (aged 16) | 176 cm / 69 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 40 | DF | | Kazuya Iio | (1980-04-10)April 10, 1980 (aged 16) | 176 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 41 | DF | | Yukio Tsuchiya | (1974-07-31)July 31, 1974 (aged 22) | 175 cm / 69 kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 0 |
| 16 | GK | | Kenji Honnami † | (1964-06-23)June 23, 1964 (aged 32) | 186 cm / 80 kg | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Alcindo † | (1967-10-21)October 21, 1967 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | | 3 |
| 24 | MF | | Dias † | (1967-05-05)May 5, 1967 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Ruy Ramos † | (1957-02-09)February 9, 1957 (aged 40) | cm / kg | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | | 0 |
| 42 | MF | | Nobuyuki Zaizen † | (1976-10-19)October 19, 1976 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | JPN | Hiroyuki Shirai (from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Takuya Yamada (from Komazawa University) |
| 40 | DF | JPN | Kazuya Iio (Verdy Kawasaki youth) |
| 41 | DF | JPN | Yukio Tsuchiya (from Internacional Bebedouro) |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Masakiyo Maezono (from Yokohama Flügels) |
| 12 | MF | JPN | Hideki Nagai (from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Shingi Ono (loan return from Denso) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Masakazu Senuma (from Verdy Kawasaki youth) |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Toshiki Kushima (Verdy Kawasaki youth) |
| 39 | MF | JPN | Kenji Kageyama (Verdy Kawasaki youth) |
| 21 | FW | JPN | Nobuhiro Takeda (from Júbilo Iwata) |
| 23 | FW | JPN | Yoshinori Abe (from Sagan Tosu) |
| 36 | FW | JPN | Hiroaki Tanaka (Verdy Kawasaki youth) |
| 37 | FW | JPN | Yusuke Aida (Verdy Kawasaki youth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Kazuma Ito |
| — | DF | JPN | Kenichiro Tokura (to Kawasaki Frontale) |
| — | DF | JPN | Junji Nishizawa (to Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| — | DF | JPN | Tomohiro Katayama |
| — | MF | JPN | Shiro Kikuhara (retired) |
| — | MF | BRA | Bismarck (to Kashima Antlers) |
| — | FW | JPN | Takashi Ujiie (to Sagan Tosu) |
| — | FW | JPN | Kei Hoshikawa |

## Transfers during the season
### In

* Kenji Honnami (from Gamba Osaka)
* Carlos Alberto Costa Dias (on June)
* Alcindo Sartori (on August)
* Ruy Ramos (from Kyoto Purple Sanga)
* Nobuyuki Zaizen (return)

### Out

* Toshimi Kikuchi (to Gamba Osaka)
* Takanori Nunobe (to Júbilo Iwata)
* Nobuhiro Takeda (to JEF United Ichihara)
* Keiji Ishizuka (to Consadole Sapporo)
* Shigetoshi Hasebe (to Kawasaki Frontale)

## Awards

none