# 1997 JEF United Ichihara season

1997 JEF United Ichihara season

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | 13th / 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 | | Kenichi Shimokawa | (1970-05-14)May 14, 1970 (aged 26) | 188 cm / 88 kg | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Eisuke Nakanishi | (1973-06-23)June 23, 1973 (aged 23) | 174 cm / 73 kg | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | | Shinichi Muto | (1973-04-02)April 2, 1973 (aged 23) | 168 cm / 60 kg | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Kazuhiro Suzuki | (1976-11-16)November 16, 1976 (aged 20) | 176 cm / 67 kg | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 5 | DF/MF | | Satoshi Yamaguchi | (1978-04-17)April 17, 1978 (aged 18) | 177 cm / 72 kg | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | Bosz | (1963-11-21)November 21, 1963 (aged 33) | 175 cm / 70 kg | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Nozomi Hiroyama | (1977-05-06)May 6, 1977 (aged 19) | 173 cm / 63 kg | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 2 |
| 8 | FW/MF | | Rade | (1970-05-21)May 21, 1970 (aged 26) | 185 cm / 85 kg | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 16 |
| 9 | FW | | Yoshika Matsubara | (1974-08-19)August 19, 1974 (aged 22) | 179 cm / 73 kg | 25 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 11 |
| 10 | MF | | Maslovar | (1967-02-20)February 20, 1967 (aged 30) | 182 cm / 77 kg | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 |
| 11 | MF | | Atsuhiko Ejiri | (1967-07-12)July 12, 1967 (aged 29) | 178 cm / 70 kg | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | | Tomonori Tateishi | (1974-04-22)April 22, 1974 (aged 22) | 183 cm / 72 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Tetsuro Uki | (1971-10-04)October 4, 1971 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Yoshikazu Nonomura | (1972-05-08)May 8, 1972 (aged 24) | 175 cm / 67 kg | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Takayuki Chano | (1976-11-23)November 23, 1976 (aged 20) | 176 cm / 72 kg | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Takayoshi Shikida | (1977-11-25)November 25, 1977 (aged 19) | 168 cm / 60 kg | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | | Ryo Kushino | (1979-03-03)March 3, 1979 (aged 18) | 185 cm / 74 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Katsushi Kurihara | (1977-07-29)July 29, 1977 (aged 19) | 175 cm / 70 kg | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Naoki Matsushita | (1978-06-06)June 6, 1978 (aged 18) | 174 cm / 68 kg | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | | Masakazu Washida | (1978-11-15)November 15, 1978 (aged 18) | 183 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Atsushi Shirai | (1966-04-18)April 18, 1966 (aged 30) | 185 cm / 81 kg | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Makoto Nakayama | (1979-01-18)January 18, 1979 (aged 18) | 176 cm / 67 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Kohei Inoue | (1978-10-05)October 5, 1978 (aged 18) | 173 cm / 65 kg | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | | Naoki Yakushiji | (1978-05-20)May 20, 1978 (aged 18) | 180 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Osamu Matsumoto | (1978-07-28)July 28, 1978 (aged 18) | 182 cm / 65 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Yoshihiro Yatsukawa | (1978-12-30)December 30, 1978 (aged 18) | 168 cm / 60 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Tomoyuki Sakai | (1979-06-29)June 29, 1979 (aged 17) | 169 cm / 62 kg | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | | Takayuki Sugiyama † | (1976-03-24)March 24, 1976 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Scholten † | (1962-12-05)December 5, 1962 (aged 34) | -cm / -kg | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| | MF | | Yuki Abe † | (1981-09-06)September 6, 1981 (aged 15) | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Ryohei Nishiwaki † | (1979-08-01)August 1, 1979 (aged 17) | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 |
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | GK | JPN | Ryo Kushino (from Ohzu High School) |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Atsushi Shirai (from Gamba Osaka) |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Satoshi Yamaguchi (from JEF United Ichihara youth) |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Tetsuro Uki (from Tokyo Gas) |
| 20 | DF | JPN | Masakazu Washida (from Maruoka High School) |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Makoto Nakayama (from Teikyo Daisan High School) |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Kohei Inoue (from JEF United Ichihara youth) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Naoki Yakushiji (from Shimizu Commercial High School) |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Osamu Matsumoto (from JEF United Ichihara youth) |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Yoshihiro Yatsukawa (from JEF United Ichihara youth) |
| 8 | FW | SCG | Rade Bogdanović (from Pohang Steelers) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Yoshika Matsubara (from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Naoki Matsushita (from Sendai Daini High School) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Norihiro Karatani (to Júbilo Iwata) |
| — | GK | JPN | Shinobu Nagata |
| — | GK | JPN | Hiroyuki Nitao (to Yokohama Flügels) |
| — | DF | JPN | Kazuya Igarashi |
| — | DF | JPN | Mikio Manaka (to Brummel Sendai) |
| — | DF | BRA | Sandro (to Honda Motor) |
| — | DF | JPN | Jun Mizuno |
| — | DF | JPN | Teppei Isaka (to Mito HollyHock) |
| — | DF | JPN | Hiroshi Kawamoto (retired) |
| — | MF | CZE | Hašek (to Sparta Prague) |
| — | MF | JPN | Hisataka Fujikawa |
| — | MF | JPN | Taro Goto (to Sagan Tosu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Shuzo Machida (retired) |
| — | MF | JPN | Tadahiro Akiba (to Avispa Fukuoka) |
| — | MF | JPN | Shinji Otsuka (to Kawasaki Frontale) |
| — | FW | NZL | Rufer (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| — | FW | JPN | Yasuhiko Niimura (to Consadole Sapporo) |
| — | FW | JPN | Masatoshi Hara (to Albireo Niigata) |
| — | FW | JPN | Shoji Jo (to Yokohama Marinos) |
| — | FW | JPN | Yoshiyuki Morisaki |
| — | FW | JPN | Kenji Kodama |

## Transfers during the season
### In

* Takayuki Sugiyama
* Arnold Scholten (from Ajax on July)
* Yuki Abe (JEF United Ichihara youth)
* Ryohei Nishiwaki (JEF United Ichihara youth)

### Out

* Osamu Matsumoto
* Rade (to Atlético Madrid on September)

## Awards

none