# 1993 Shimizu S-Pulse season

The 1993 season was Shimizu S-Pulse's second season in existence and their first season in the newly established J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. The team finished the season third in the league.

## Review and events
### League results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL RECORD & DATA 1994. ISBN 4-09-102309-6.

### League results by round

J.League Suntory series (first stage) :
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
J.League NICOS series (second stage) :
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J.League | 3rd / 10 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | Semifinals |
| J.League Cup | Runners-up |

## Player statistics

| 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 |
| Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | | Kiyotaka Matsui | (1961-01-04)January 4, 1961 (aged 32) | 180 cm / 83 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| DF | | Marco Antonio | (1963-08-20)August 20, 1963 (aged 29) | 190 cm / 83 kg | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 3 |
| FW | | Toninho | (1965-03-23)March 23, 1965 (aged 28) | 186 cm / 79 kg | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| MF | | Katsumi Ōenoki | (1965-04-03)April 3, 1965 (aged 28) | 178 cm / 71 kg | 35 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 7 |
| DF | | Yasutoshi Miura | (1965-07-15)July 15, 1965 (aged 27) | 171 cm / 66 kg | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| DF | | Takumi Horiike | (1965-09-06)September 6, 1965 (aged 27) | 173 cm / 67 kg | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| FW | | Kenta Hasegawa | (1965-09-25)September 25, 1965 (aged 27) | 177 cm / 77 kg | 36 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 11 |
| FW | | Tatsuru Mukōjima | (1966-01-09)January 9, 1966 (aged 27) | 161 cm / 54 kg | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 9 |
| MF | | Edu | (1967-02-02)February 2, 1967 (aged 26) | 184 cm / 79 kg | 32 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 18 |
| MF | | Masao Sugimoto | (1967-06-26)June 26, 1967 (aged 25) | 167 cm / 64 kg | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 3 |
| DF | | Yasuhiro Yamada | (1968-02-13)February 13, 1968 (aged 25) | 174 cm / 74 kg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| GK | | Masanori Sanada | (1968-03-06)March 6, 1968 (aged 25) | 178 cm / 73 kg | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| MF | | Santos | (1968-03-28)March 28, 1968 (aged 25) | 174 cm / 68 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | Shinichirō Katō | (1968-04-17)April 17, 1968 (aged 25) | 173 cm / 66 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| DF | | Naoki Naitō | (1968-05-30)May 30, 1968 (aged 24) | 181 cm / 79 kg | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| FW | | Fumiaki Aoshima | (1968-07-12)July 12, 1968 (aged 24) | 178 cm / 75 kg | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| DF | | Takahiro Natsuga | (1969-02-27)February 27, 1969 (aged 24) | 177 cm / 76 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| DF | | Sōichi Shimane | (1969-05-28)May 28, 1969 (aged 23) | 177 cm / 72 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| GK | | Katsumi Ōtaki | (1969-06-09)June 9, 1969 (aged 23) | 184 cm / 72 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| DF | | Hiroaki Hiraoka | (1969-09-02)September 2, 1969 (aged 23) | 180 cm / 70 kg | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| MF | | Nobuhide Iwashina | (1969-12-11)December 11, 1969 (aged 23) | 165 cm / 66 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| MF | | Masaaki Sawanobori | (1970-01-12)January 12, 1970 (aged 23) | 170 cm / 66 kg | 35 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 9 |
| MF | | Takamitsu Ōta | (1970-07-19)July 19, 1970 (aged 22) | 172 cm / 63 kg | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| DF | | Shōichi Tanaka | (1970-07-24)July 24, 1970 (aged 22) | 173 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| GK | | Kōji Nakahara | (1970-07-27)July 27, 1970 (aged 22) | 178 cm / 78 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| MF | | Osamu Takada | (1970-07-28)July 28, 1970 (aged 22) | 172 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| MF | | Nobuyuki Takada | (1970-08-11)August 11, 1970 (aged 22) | 173 cm / 63 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| MF | | Kazuhiro Kawasumi | (1970-10-05)October 5, 1970 (aged 22) | 178 cm / 67 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| DF | | Hiroshi Saitō | (1970-11-13)November 13, 1970 (aged 22) | 178 cm / 68 kg | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| DF | | Kiyoshi Nakamura | (1971-05-20)May 20, 1971 (aged 21) | 176 cm / 69 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| MF | | Junichi Tsuruta | (1971-09-28)September 28, 1971 (aged 21) | 160 cm / 53 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| MF | | Kenji Tanaka | (1971-10-10)October 10, 1971 (aged 21) | 170 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| FW | | Shinya Matsubara | (1971-11-03)November 3, 1971 (aged 21) | 177 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| DF | | Yōsuke Mizoi | (1971-12-21)December 21, 1971 (aged 21) | 172 cm / 67 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| FW | | Jun Iwashita | (1973-04-08)April 8, 1973 (aged 20) | 173 cm / 69 kg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| MF | | Noriaki Asakura | (1973-05-11)May 11, 1973 (aged 20) | 174 cm / 70 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | | Masaharu Kotani | (1973-06-21)June 21, 1973 (aged 19) | 183 cm / 83 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| FW | | Yuzuki Itō | (1974-04-07)April 7, 1974 (aged 19) | 173 cm / 65 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| DF | | Hiroyuki Shirai | (1974-06-17)June 17, 1974 (aged 18) | 180 cm / 72 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | Hiroaki Tajima | (1974-06-27)June 27, 1974 (aged 18) | 173 cm / 65 kg | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
| MF | | Teruyoshi Itō | (1974-08-31)August 31, 1974 (aged 18) | 168 cm / 71 kg | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| FW | | Ryūji Okada | (1974-09-06)September 6, 1974 (aged 18) | 170 cm / 58 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 |
| DF | | Manabu Mochizuki | (1975-03-14)March 14, 1975 (aged 18) | 171 cm / 68 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| DF | | Hisashi Katō † | (1956-04-24)April 24, 1956 (aged 37) | 174 cm / 70 kg | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| DF | | Gomes † | (1964-09-02)September 2, 1964 (aged 28) | 184 cm / 77 kg | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| GK | | Sidmar † | (1962-06-13)June 13, 1962 (aged 30) | - cm / - kg | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| FW | | Marcão † | (1969-03-16)March 16, 1969 (aged 24) | - cm / - kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Kōji Nakahara (from Chuo University) |
| — | DF | JPN | Hiroshi Saitō (from XV de Jaú) |
| — | MF | JPN | Masao Sugimoto (from Yamaha) |
| — | MF | BRA | Edu (from Corinthians) |
| — | DF | JPN | Shinichirō Katō (from NKK) |
| — | DF | JPN | Shōichi Tanaka (from Kokushikan University) |
| — | DF | JPN | Manabu Mochizuki (from Shizuoka Gakuen Senior High School) |
| — | DF | JPN | Hiroyuki Shirai (from Tokai University Daiichi Senior High School) |
| — | MF | JPN | Kazuhiro Kawasumi (from University of Tsukuba) |
| — | MF | JPN | Teruyoshi Itō (from Tokai University Daiichi Senior High School) |
| — | FW | JPN | Yuzuki Itō (from Shizuoka Kita High School) |
| — | FW | JPN | Ryūji Okada (from Shizuoka Kita High School) |
| — | FW | JPN | Hiroaki Tajima (from Shimizu Higashi High School) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | | Yasushi Kawakami |
| — | FW | BRA | Mirandinha (to Fujita) |
| — | FW | BRA | Gerson Antonio Porto |
| — | GK | JPN | Naruchika Ariwara |
| — | MF | JPN | Akira Saitō |
| — | FW | JPN | Manabu Sugiyama |
| — | FW | JPN | Yukihiro Imaizumi |

## Transfers during the season
### In

* Hisashi Katō (from Verdy Kawasaki on July)
* Gomes (from Atlético on July)
* Sidmar (from XV de Piracicaba on July)
* Marcão (on November)

### Out

* Marco Antonio (in January 1994)

## Awards

* J.League Rookie of the Year: Masaaki Sawanobori
* J.League Best XI: Takumi Horiike