1997 season
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Japanese football in 1997

J.League

Main article: 1997 J.League

Japan Football League

Main article: 1997 Japan Football League
Pos Team Pld W OTW PKW L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Consadole Sapporo (C, P) 30 24 2 0 4 77 26 +51 76 Promoted to 1998 J.League
2 Tokyo Gas 30 21 2 1 6 70 30 +40 68
3 Kawasaki Frontale 30 21 2 0 7 87 36 +51 67
4 Honda Motors 30 20 2 1 7 60 37 +23 65
5 Montedio Yamagata 30 18 1 0 11 57 36 +21 56
6 Ventforet Kofu 30 15 3 1 11 59 41 +18 52
7 Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima 30 13 1 0 16 50 45 +5 41
8 Brummell Sendai 30 12 1 2 15 37 43 −6 40
9 NTT Kanto 30 11 3 0 16 48 49 −1 39
10 Fukushima FC 30 12 1 0 17 48 59 −11 38 Folded[a]
11 Sagan Tosu 30 12 1 0 17 38 54 −16 38
12 Oita Trinity 30 7 4 0 19 42 64 −22 29
13 Denso 30 7 2 2 19 29 49 −20 27
14 Seino Transportation 30 5 0 0 25 24 67 −43 15 Folded[b]
15 Jatco SC 30 2 1 3 24 25 70 −45 11
16 Mito HollyHock 30 3 0 1 26 24 69 −45 10
Updated to match(es) played on November 1997. Source: Montedio Yamagata website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ After the season Fukushima FC has folded due to financial difficulties.
  2. ^ Seino Transportation SC were disbanded by parent company after the season.

Japanese Regional Leagues

Main article: 1997 Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 1997 Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Main article: 1997 J.League Cup

National team (Men)

Results

1997.02.09 Japan 1–1 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
Jo 64' JFA ? ?'
1997.02.13 Japan 0–1 Sweden Bangkok, Thailand
JFA ? ?'
1997.03.15 Japan 1–3 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
Miura 29' JFA ? ?'
? ?'
? ?'
1997.03.23 Japan 1–0 Oman Muscat, Oman
Omura 10' JFA
1997.03.25 Japan 10–0 Macau Muscat, Oman
Takagi 13', 33', 71'
Soma 44'
Miura 53', 89'
Nanami 67'
Morishima 78', 81', 89'		 JFA
1997.03.27 Japan 6–0 Nepal Muscat, Oman
Jo 23'
Takagi 46', 54', 89'
Omura 76'
Honda 79'		 JFA
1997.05.21 Japan 1–1 South Korea Tokyo, Japan
Miura 88' JFA ? ?' Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
1997.06.08 Japan 4–3 Croatia Tokyo, Japan
Hirano 34'
Miura 49', 53'
Morishima 89'		 JFA ? ?'
? ?'
? ?'		 Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
1997.06.15 Japan 1–0 Turkey Osaka, Japan
Morishima 25' JFA Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
1997.06.22 Japan 10–0 Macau Tokyo, Japan
Nakata 17', 61'
Nishizawa 20'
Miura 23', 29', 44', 57', 62', 79'
Nanami 42'		 JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
1997.06.25 Japan 3–0 Nepal Tokyo, Japan
Nishizawa 44'
Miura 72', 87'		 JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
1997.06.28 Japan 1–1 Oman Tokyo, Japan
Nakata 4' JFA ? ?' Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
1997.08.13 Japan 0–3 Brazil Osaka, Japan
JFA ? ?'
? ?'
? ?'		 Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 45,754
1997.09.07 Japan 6–3 Uzbekistan Tokyo, Japan
Miura 4', 23', 64', 80'
Nakata 40'
Jo 44'		 JFA ? ?'
? ?'
? ?'		 Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 54,328
1997.09.19 Japan 0–0 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
JFA
1997.09.28 Japan 1–2 South Korea Tokyo, Japan
Yamaguchi 67' JFA ? ?'
? ?'		 Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 56,704
1997.10.04 Japan 1–1 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
Akita 23' JFA ? ?'
1997.10.11 Japan 1–1 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Lopes 90' JFA ? ?'
1997.10.26 Japan 1–1 United Arab Emirates Tokyo, Japan
Lopes 3' JFA ? ?' Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 56,089
1997.11.01 Japan 2–0 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Nanami 1'
Lopes 37'		 JFA Attendance: 80,000
1997.11.08 Japan 5–1 Kazakhstan Tokyo, Japan
Akita 12'
Nakata 16'
Nakayama 44'
Ihara 67'
Takagi 79'		 JFA ? ?' Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 56,032
1997.11.16 Japan 3–2 (a.e.t.) (GG) Iran Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Nakayama 39'
Jo 76'
Okano gold-colored soccer ball 118' 		JFA ? ?'
? ?'		 Attendance: 22,000

Players statistics

Player -1996 02.09 02.13 03.15 03.23 03.25 03.27 05.21 06.08 06.15 06.22 06.25 06.28 08.13 09.07 09.19 09.28 10.04 10.11 10.26 11.01 11.08 11.16 1997 Total
Masami Ihara 88(4) O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O - O O(1) O 21(1) 109(5)
Kazuyoshi Miura 64(35) O - O(1) O O(2) - O(1) O(2) O O(6) O(2) O O O(4) O O O O O O - O 19(18) 83(53)
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa 43(3) O O O - O O - - O - O - - - - - - - O O O O 11(0) 54(3)
Takuya Takagi 39(20) - - O - O(3) O(3) - - - - - - O - - - - - - - O(1) - 5(7) 44(27)
Motohiro Yamaguchi 27(3) O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O(1) O O O O O O 22(1) 49(4)
Hiroshige Yanagimoto 25(0) - O O O O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5(0) 30(0)
Hisashi Kurosaki 23(4) - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 24(4)
Naoki Soma 22(2) O - O O O(1) O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 21(1) 43(3)
Hiroaki Morishima 20(2) O O O O O(3) O O O(1) O(1) O O - - - O - - O - - O - 14(5) 34(7)
Masashi Nakayama 19(8) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O(1) O(1) 2(2) 21(10)
Masakiyo Maezono 17(4) O - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 19(4)
Norio Omura 16(2) O - O O(1) O O(1) O - - - - - - O O O O - - - - - 10(2) 26(4)
Hiroshi Nanami 15(3) O O O O O(1) O O O O O(1) O O - O O O O O O O(1) O O 21(3) 36(6)
Yasuto Honda 15(0) - O - O O O(1) O O - O O - O O O O O - O - - - 14(1) 29(1)
Masayuki Okano 14(1) - O - - O O - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - O(1) 5(1) 19(2)
Akira Narahashi 10(0) - - - - - - - - O O O - O O O O O O O O O O 13(0) 23(0)
Kenichi Shimokawa 8(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 9(0)
Tadashi Nakamura 7(0) O - O - - O O O O O - O - - - - - - - - - - 8(0) 15(0)
Yutaka Akita 4(1) - O - - - - - O O O O O O O O O O(1) O O O O(1) O 16(2) 20(3)
Shoji Jo 4(0) O(1) O O O - O(1) O - - - - - O O(1) O - - O O - O O(1) 13(4) 17(4)
Toshihide Saito 2(0) - - - - - - O O O - - O O - - - - O O - - - 7(0) 9(0)
Ryuji Michiki 1(0) - O - - - - O - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - 3(0) 4(0)
Toshihiro Hattori 1(0) - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 0(0) - O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 21(0) 21(0)
Hidetoshi Nakata 0(0) - - - - - - O O O O(2) O O(1) O O(1) O O O O O O O(1) O 16(5) 16(5)
Wagner Lopes 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O O(1) O(1) O(1) - O 6(3) 6(3)
Akinori Nishizawa 0(0) - - - - - - O - - O(1) O(1) - - O - O - - - - - - 5(2) 5(2)
Takashi Hirano 0(0) - - - - - - - O(1) - O - O O - - - - - - O - - 5(1) 5(1)
Eisuke Nakanishi 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O O - O - - O - 5(0) 5(0)
Shigeyoshi Mochizuki 0(0) - - - - - - - - O - O - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Teruyoshi Ito 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Yasuyuki Moriyama 0(0) - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Hideto Suzuki 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Takeshi Watanabe 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)

National team (Women)

Results

1997.06.08 Japan 1–0 China Tokyo, Japan
Mitsui ?' Stadium: National Stadium
1997.06.15 Japan 0–0 China Osaka, Japan
Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
1997.12.05 Japan 21–0 Guam China
Nishina ?'
Sawa ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Morimoto ?'
Yanagita ?'
Omatsu ?'
Otake ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Uchiyama ?', ?', ?'
Yamaki ?'
1997.12.07 Japan 1–0 India China
Sawa ?'
1997.12.09 Japan 9–0 Hong Kong China
Yamaki ?'
Tomei ?'
Sawa ?', ?', ?'
Morimoto ?'
Yanagita ?'
Mitsui ?'
Uchiyama ?'
1997.12.12 Japan 0–1 North Korea China
? ?'
1997.12.14 Japan 2–0 Chinese Taipei China
Sawa ?', ?'

Players statistics

Player -1996 06.08 06.15 12.05 12.07 12.09 12.12 12.14 1997 Total
Rie Yamaki 30(0) O O O(1) O O(1) O O 7(2) 37(2)
Maki Haneta 29(1) - O - - - - - 1(0) 30(1)
Tamaki Uchiyama 28(16) O O O(3) O O(1) O - 6(4) 34(20)
Homare Sawa 28(8) O O O(7) O(1) O(3) O O(2) 7(13) 35(21)
Yumi Tomei 25(5) O O O O O(1) O - 6(1) 31(6)
Yumi Obe 23(2) O O - O O - - 4(0) 27(2)
Nami Otake 21(7) O O O(6) O - O O 6(6) 27(13)
Junko Ozawa 20(0) O - - - - - - 1(0) 21(0)
Kae Nishina 19(0) O O O(1) O O O O 7(1) 26(1)
Yuko Morimoto 3(0) - - O(1) O O(1) O O 5(2) 8(2)
Tomoe Sakai 0(0) O O O O O O O 7(0) 7(0)
Tomomi Mitsui 0(0) O(1) O - O O(1) O O 6(2) 6(2)
Mayumi Omatsu 0(0) O - O(1) O O O O 6(1) 6(1)
Hiromi Isozaki 0(0) O - O O O O O 6(0) 6(0)
Nozomi Yamago 0(0) - O O O O O O 6(0) 6(0)
Miyuki Yanagita 0(0) - - O(1) - O(1) O - 3(2) 3(2)
Yumi Umeoka 0(0) - O O - O - - 3(0) 3(0)
Mai Nakachi 0(0) - - O - - - O 2(0) 2(0)
Mito Isaka 0(0) - O - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Kaoru Nagadome 0(0) - O - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Tomomi Fujimura 0(0) - O - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)

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