# 1997 Kashima Antlers season

1997 Kashima Antlers season

## Review and events

Kashima Antlers won J.League First Stage.

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | Runners-up / 17 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | Champions |
| J.League Cup | Champions |
| Super Cup | Champions |
| Asian Club Championship | Continued |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J.League | J.League | J.League Championship | J.League Championship | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Dom. Total | Dom. Total | Asian Club Championship | Asian Club Championship |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Masaaki Furukawa | (1968-08-28)August 28, 1968 (aged 28) | 180 cm / 74 kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | | 0 |
| 2 | MF | | Jorginho | (1964-08-17)August 17, 1964 (aged 32) | 175 cm / 69 kg | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 16 | | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Yutaka Akita | (1970-08-06)August 6, 1970 (aged 26) | 180 cm / 80 kg | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 | | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Ryosuke Okuno | (1968-11-13)November 13, 1968 (aged 28) | 174 cm / 71 kg | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0 | | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Naruyuki Naito | (1967-11-09)November 9, 1967 (aged 29) | 178 cm / 72 kg | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Yasuto Honda | (1969-06-25)June 25, 1969 (aged 27) | 166 cm / 64 kg | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Naoki Soma | (1971-07-19)July 19, 1971 (aged 25) | 175 cm / 72 kg | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Mazinho | (1965-12-26)December 26, 1965 (aged 31) | 180 cm / 72 kg | 31 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 37 | | 4 |
| 9 | FW | | Hisashi Kurosaki | (1968-05-08)May 8, 1968 (aged 28) | 185 cm / 79 kg | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 13 | | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Bismarck | (1969-09-17)September 17, 1969 (aged 27) | 177 cm / 75 kg | 32 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 17 | | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Yoshiyuki Hasegawa | (1969-02-11)February 11, 1969 (aged 28) | 179 cm / 68 kg | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 12 | | 2 |
| 12 | MF | | Rodrigo | (1975-08-09)August 9, 1975 (aged 21) | 180 cm / 74 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Atsushi Yanagisawa | (1977-05-27)May 27, 1977 (aged 19) | 177 cm / 72 kg | 25 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 14 | | 2 |
| 14 | MF | | Tadatoshi Masuda | (1973-12-25)December 25, 1973 (aged 23) | 171 cm / 66 kg | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10 | | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Ichiei Muroi | (1974-06-22)June 22, 1974 (aged 22) | 183 cm / 70 kg | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Taijiro Kurita | (1975-03-03)March 3, 1975 (aged 22) | 179 cm / 70 kg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Toru Oniki | (1974-04-20)April 20, 1974 (aged 22) | 168 cm / 63 kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Koji Kumagai | (1975-10-23)October 23, 1975 (aged 21) | 177 cm / 63 kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | | 2 |
| 19 | FW | | Yasuo Manaka | (1971-01-31)January 31, 1971 (aged 26) | 171 cm / 74 kg | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Masatada Ishii | (1967-02-01)February 1, 1967 (aged 30) | 176 cm / 71 kg | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Yohei Sato | (1972-11-22)November 22, 1972 (aged 24) | 185 cm / 79 kg | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Masaki Ogawa | (1975-04-03)April 3, 1975 (aged 21) | 177 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Toshiyuki Abe | (1974-08-01)August 1, 1974 (aged 22) | 180 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 1 |
| 24 | DF | | Masafumi Mizuki | (1974-08-01)August 1, 1974 (aged 22) | 177 cm / 74 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Tomohiko Ikeuchi | (1977-11-01)November 1, 1977 (aged 19) | 179 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Takayuki Suzuki | (1976-06-05)June 5, 1976 (aged 20) | 182 cm / 75 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Tomoyuki Hirase | (1977-05-23)May 23, 1977 (aged 19) | 183 cm / 72 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Kensaku Omori | (1975-11-21)November 21, 1975 (aged 21) | 177 cm / 69 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | 0 |
| 29 | GK | | Daijiro Takakuwa | (1973-08-10)August 10, 1973 (aged 23) | 190 cm / 80 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Hideaki Ozawa | (1974-03-17)March 17, 1974 (aged 22) | 188 cm / 82 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Tomoya Ichikawa | (1976-12-12)December 12, 1976 (aged 20) | 180 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Akira Narahashi | (1971-11-26)November 26, 1971 (aged 25) | 169 cm / 71 kg | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 | | 0 |
| | MF | | 岩瀬 祐一 † | no data | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| | DF | | Toshihiro Yahata † | (1980-05-29)May 29, 1980 (aged 16) | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| | MF | | 渋谷 直樹 † | no data | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| | MF | | Takuya Nozawa † | (1981-08-12)August 12, 1981 (aged 15) | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| 28 | DF | JPN | Kensaku Omori (from Yokohama Marinos) |
| 32 | DF | JPN | Akira Narahashi (from Bellmare Hiratsuka) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Bismarck (from Verdy Kawasaki) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | JPN | Eiji Gaya (to Yokohama Marinos) |
| — | FW | JPN | Satoshi Koga (to Brummel Sendai) |
| — | FW | JPN | Kenichi Hashimoto (to Yokohama Marinos) |
| — | FW | BRA | Carbone |

## Transfers during the season
### In

* Toshiyuki Abe (loan return from CFZ do Rio on August)
* Takayuki Suzuki (loan return from CFZ do Rio on September)
* 岩瀬 祐一 (Kashima Antlers youth)
* Toshihiro Yahata (Kashima Antlers youth)
* 渋谷 直樹 (Kashima Antlers youth)
* Takuya Nozawa (Kashima Antlers youth)

### Out

* Hideaki Ozawa
* Masaki Ogawa (to Kyoto Purple Sanga)
* Toshiyuki Abe (loan to CFZ do Rio on March)
* Takayuki Suzuki (loan to CFZ do Rio on March)
* 岩瀬 祐一 (Kashima Antlers youth)
* Toshihiro Yahata (Kashima Antlers youth)
* 渋谷 直樹 (Kashima Antlers youth)
* Takuya Nozawa (Kashima Antlers youth)

## Awards

* J.League Best XI: Yutaka Akita, Naoki Soma, Bismarck
* J.League Rookie of the Year: Atsushi Yanagisawa