1997 Verdy Kawasaki season

Verdy Kawasaki

1997 season
Manager	J.League	15th
Emperor's Cup	3rd Round
J.League Cup	GL-B 2nd
Super Cup	Runners-up
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	Alcindo (10)
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1997

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Consadole Sapporo

22 March 1997 (1997-03-22) GL-B-4

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Verdy Kawasaki

26 March 1997 (1997-03-26) GL-B-5

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Verdy Kawasaki

29 March 1997 (1997-03-29) GL-B-6

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Super Cup

Verdy Kawasaki

5 April 1997 (1997-04-05)	Tokyo National Stadium
	Mazinho ?' Yanagisawa ?', ?'		Magrão ?'	Attendance: 28,920

International results

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

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1st Round

bye

East Bengal

19 October 1997 (1997-10-19) 2nd Round-1	East Bengal	Naraha, Fukushima, Japan
	Sugawara ?' Alcindo ?', ?', ?' Y. Miura ?'		Bhaichung Bhutia ?' Bhaichung Bhutia ?'	Stadium: J-Village Stadium Attendance: 2,136

Verdy Kawasaki

8 November 1997 (1997-11-08) 2nd Round-2	Verdy Kawasaki	Calcutta, India
	Samuel Omelo ?'			Attendance: 30,000

Verdy Kawasaki v Beijing Guoan

3 December 1997 (1997-12-03) Quarterfinals-1	Verdy Kawasaki	0-2	Beijing Guoan	Kawasaki, Japan
			? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 2,460

Verdy Kawasaki

11 December 1997 (1997-12-11) Quarterfinals-2	Verdy Kawasaki	Beijing, China PR
	? ?'			Attendance: 30,000

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J.League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Super Cup		Dom. Total		Asian Cup Winners' Cup
						Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Shinkichi Kikuchi	(1967-04-12)April 12, 1967 (aged 29)	182 cm / 80 kg	11	0	2	0	6	0	1	0	20	0		0
2	DF		Ko Ishikawa	(1970-03-10)March 10, 1970 (aged 26)	170 cm / 64 kg	26	0	2	0	6	0	1	0	35	0		0
3	DF		Argel	(1974-09-04)September 4, 1974 (aged 22)	181 cm / 75 kg	18	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	23	0		0
4	DF		Kentaro Hayashi	(1972-08-29)August 29, 1972 (aged 24)	181 cm / 73 kg	9	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	16	1		0
5	DF		Tetsuji Hashiratani	(1964-07-15)July 15, 1964 (aged 32)	182 cm / 70 kg	16	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	22	1		0
6	DF		Tadashi Nakamura	(1971-06-10)June 10, 1971 (aged 25)	175 cm / 71 kg	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	18	0		0
7	MF		Masakiyo Maezono	(1973-10-29)October 29, 1973 (aged 23)	170 cm / 63 kg	28	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	31	5		0
8	MF		Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	(1968-08-10)August 10, 1968 (aged 28)	170 cm / 68 kg	29	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	32	1		0
9	FW		Keisuke Kurihara	(1973-05-20)May 20, 1973 (aged 23)	172 cm / 62 kg	7	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	13	1		0
10	MF		Keiji Ishizuka	(1974-08-26)August 26, 1974 (aged 22)	184 cm / 77 kg	7	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	12	2		0
11	FW		Kazuyoshi Miura	(1967-02-26)February 26, 1967 (aged 30)	177 cm / 72 kg	14	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	17	5		0
12	MF		Hideki Nagai	(1971-01-26)January 26, 1971 (aged 26)	175 cm / 70 kg	19	2	1	0	5	2	1	0	26	4		0
13	FW	[1]	Shintetsu Gen	(1973-08-06)August 6, 1973 (aged 23)	185 cm / 72 kg	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2		0
14	DF		Yuji Hironaga	(1975-07-25)July 25, 1975 (aged 21)	181 cm / 72 kg	18	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	25	0		0
15	MF		Yasutoshi Miura	(1965-07-15)July 15, 1965 (aged 31)	171 cm / 67 kg	21	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	27	0		1
16	DF		Toshimi Kikuchi	(1973-06-17)June 17, 1973 (aged 23)	177 cm / 70 kg	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0		0
17	DF		Hiroyuki Shirai	(1974-06-17)June 17, 1974 (aged 22)	180 cm / 71 kg	17	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	21	0		0
18	DF		Tomo Sugawara	(1976-06-03)June 3, 1976 (aged 20)	175 cm / 69 kg	20	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	24	0		1
19	GK		Kiyomitsu Kobari	(1977-06-12)June 12, 1977 (aged 19)	181 cm / 71 kg	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0
20	MF		Shigetoshi Hasebe	(1971-04-23)April 23, 1971 (aged 25)	173 cm / 68 kg	7	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	13	2		0
21	FW		Nobuhiro Takeda	(1967-05-10)May 10, 1967 (aged 29)	177 cm / 70 kg	4	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	11	1		0
22	FW		Magrão	(1974-02-21)February 21, 1974 (aged 23)	192 cm / 81 kg	9	6	0	0	4	0	1	1	14	7		0
23	FW		Yoshinori Abe	(1972-09-10)September 10, 1972 (aged 24)	177 cm / 70 kg	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1		0
24	FW		Takanori Nunobe	(1973-09-23)September 23, 1973 (aged 23)	177 cm / 71 kg	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0
25	DF		Takuya Yamada	(1974-08-24)August 24, 1974 (aged 22)	176 cm / 72 kg	22	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	26	1		0
26	GK		Takaya Oishi	(1972-07-07)July 7, 1972 (aged 24)	181 cm / 76 kg	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0		0
27	GK		Nobuhiro Maeda	(1973-06-03)June 3, 1973 (aged 23)	187 cm / 80 kg	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0
28	MF		Junichi Watanabe	(1973-05-20)May 20, 1973 (aged 23)	167 cm / 58 kg	12	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	16	2		0
29	DF		Megumu Yoshida	(1973-04-13)April 13, 1973 (aged 23)	176 cm / 68 kg	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0
30	FW		Michiyasu Osada	(1978-03-05)March 5, 1978 (aged 19)	174 cm / 67 kg	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		0
31	MF		Shingi Ono	(1974-04-09)April 9, 1974 (aged 22)	178 cm / 71 kg	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0
32	FW		Mitsunori Yabuta	(1976-05-02)May 2, 1976 (aged 20)	175 cm / 62 kg	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0
33	MF		Masakazu Senuma	(1978-09-07)September 7, 1978 (aged 18)	178 cm / 69 kg	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0
34	MF		Taro Ichiki	(1976-09-01)September 1, 1976 (aged 20)	171 cm / 68 kg	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0
35	DF		Yukinori Shigeta	(1976-07-15)July 15, 1976 (aged 20)	166 cm / 59 kg	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0
36	FW		Hiroaki Tanaka	(1979-04-17)April 17, 1979 (aged 17)	175 cm / 68 kg	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0
37	FW		Yusuke Aida	(1979-04-18)April 18, 1979 (aged 17)	168 cm / 62 kg	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0
38	MF		Toshiki Kushima	(1979-04-22)April 22, 1979 (aged 17)	177 cm / 62 kg	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0
39	MF		Kenji Kageyama	(1980-04-02)April 2, 1980 (aged 16)	176 cm / 69 kg	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0
40	DF		Kazuya Iio	(1980-04-10)April 10, 1980 (aged 16)	176 cm / 68 kg	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0
41	DF		Yukio Tsuchiya	(1974-07-31)July 31, 1974 (aged 22)	175 cm / 69 kg	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0
16	GK		Kenji Honnami †	(1964-06-23)June 23, 1964 (aged 32)	186 cm / 80 kg	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0		0
21	FW		Alcindo †	(1967-10-21)October 21, 1967 (aged 29)	cm / kg	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	10		3
24	MF		Dias †	(1967-05-05)May 5, 1967 (aged 29)	cm / kg	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	3		0
10	MF		Ruy Ramos †	(1957-02-09)February 9, 1957 (aged 40)	cm / kg	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0		0
42	MF		Nobuyuki Zaizen †	(1976-10-19)October 19, 1976 (aged 20)	cm / kg	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0

• † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

Transfers

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  JPN Hiroyuki Shirai (from Shimizu S-Pulse) 25 DF  JPN Takuya Yamada (from Komazawa University) 40 DF  JPN Verdy Kawasaki youth) 41 DF  JPN Yukio Tsuchiya (from Internacional Bebedouro) 7 MF  JPN Masakiyo Maezono (from Yokohama Flügels) 12 MF  JPN Hideki Nagai (from Shimizu S-Pulse) 31 MF  JPN Denso ) 33 MF  JPN Masakazu Senuma (from Verdy Kawasaki youth) 38 MF  JPN Verdy Kawasaki youth) 39 MF  JPN Verdy Kawasaki youth) 21 FW  JPN Nobuhiro Takeda (from Júbilo Iwata) 23 FW  JPN Yoshinori Abe (from Sagan Tosu) 36 FW  JPN Verdy Kawasaki youth) 37 FW  JPN Verdy Kawasaki youth)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  JPN Kazuma Ito — DF  JPN Kenichiro Tokura (to Kawasaki Frontale) — DF  JPN Junji Nishizawa (to Shimizu S-Pulse) — DF  JPN Tomohiro Katayama — MF  JPN Shiro Kikuhara (retired) — MF  BRA Bismarck (to Kashima Antlers ) — FW  JPN Takashi Ujiie (to Sagan Tosu) — FW  JPN Kei Hoshikawa

Transfers during the season

In

• Kenji Honnami (from Gamba Osaka)
• Carlos Alberto Costa Dias (on June)
• Alcindo Sartori (on August)
• Kyoto Purple Sanga
  )
• Nobuyuki Zaizen (return)

• Toshimi Kikuchi (to Gamba Osaka)
• Takanori Nunobe (to Júbilo Iwata)
• JEF United Ichihara
  )
• Consadole Sapporo
  )
• Shigetoshi Hasebe (to Kawasaki Frontale)

none

• J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997, 1997
  ISBN 4-09-102329-0
• J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1998, 1996
  ISBN 4-09-102335-5
• J.LEAGUE YEARBOOK 1999, 1999
  ISBN 4-88752-099-9

• (in Japanese) J. League official site
• (in Japanese) Tokyo Verdy official site