The 1997 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season refers to the club’s performance in Japan’s top football competitions during the year 1997. That season, the team played in the J1 League, finished in the lower half of the table, and also competed in the Emperor’s Cup and the J.League Cup, where they reached the mid stages but did not advance to the finals.

Competitions CompetitionsPositionJ.League12th / 17 clubsEmperor's Cup4th roundJ.League CupGL-D 3rd / 4 clubs

Domestic results J.League

Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Player statistics No.Pos.Nat.PlayerD.o.B. (Age)Height / WeightJ.LeagueEmperor's CupJ.League CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GKKazuya Maekawa188 cm / 84 kg24000603002DFPopoviccm / kg11000601703DFHiroshige Yanagimoto173 cm / 64 kg13000001304MFHiroyoshi Kuwabara177 cm / 71 kg32020513915DFTetsuya Ito178 cm / 69 kg26020503306MFMitsuaki Kojima173 cm / 70 kg30020503707MFHajime Moriyasu173 cm / 62 kg25120503218MFYasuhiro Yoshida172 cm / 70 kg29200603529FWArnold185 cm / 80 kg1860054231010MFTatsuhiko Kubo181 cm / 71 kg227205129811FWMasato Fue174 cm / 65 kg221206030112FWSusumu Oki177 cm / 75 kg111100012113MFSantos179 cm / 80 kg83004212514FWNoh Jung-Yoon172 cm / 68 kg122213017315MFYuta Abe177 cm / 69 kg6000006016GKTakashi Shimoda183 cm / 74 kg90200011017MFRyuji Michiki174 cm / 64 kg261200028118FWTakuya Takagi188 cm / 82 kg26122100281319DFKenichi Uemura180 cm / 70 kg3000003020FWKenji Wakai171 cm / 68 kg1000203021FWIwao Yamane170 cm / 62 kg202200022222GKTetsuharu Yamaguchi184 cm / 82 kg00000023DFTakashi Kageyama180 cm / 67 kg1000001024MFKota Hattori175 cm / 71 kg180205025025MFKeita Kanemoto173 cm / 71 kg80102011026FWHisashi Hiroike165 cm / 58 kg00000027DFShinya Kawashima187 cm / 77 kg00000028FWYuya Matsuoka173 cm / 64 kg00000029FWKazuyoshi Matsunaga †-cm / -kg3122005330DFToru Yasutake †-cm / -kg2000002031GKMinoru Ueda †-cm / -kg00000032MFShoji Akimitsu †-cm / -kg00000033FWTakahisa Iwamura †-cm / -kg00000034DFRyoji Araki †-cm / -kg00000035MFCrook †-cm / -kg1530000153 † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

Transfers

In:

Out:

Transfers during the season In Kazuyoshi Matsunaga Toru Yasutake (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima youth) Minoru Ueda Shoji Akimitsu Takahisa Iwamura (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima youth) Ryoji Araki Ian Stuart Crook (from Norwich City on July)

Out Santos (on June)

Awards none

References J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997, 1997 J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1998, 1996 J.LEAGUE YEARBOOK 1999, 1999

Other pages J. League official site Sanfrecce Hiroshima official site