1997 J.League

J.League
Season1997
ChampionsJúbilo Iwata
1st J.League title
2nd Japanese title
Asian Club ChampionshipJúbilo Iwata
Matches played272
Goals scored898 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorerPatrick Mboma (25 goals)
Highest attendance38,707 - Reds vs. Sanfrecce (April 19)
Lowest attendance2,245 - JEF Utd. vs. Sanfrecce (May 7)
Average attendance10,131
← 1996
1998 →

The 1997 J.League season was the fifth season of the J.League. The league began in April 12 and ended in December 13. For this year, the league was contested by 17 teams. Kashima Antlers won the 1st stage and Júbilo Iwata won the 2nd stage. Júbilo won the J.League title after winning both matches in the Suntory Championship.

Clubs

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The following seventeen clubs participated in J.League during the 1997 season. Of these clubs, Vissel Kobe was the only newly promoted team from Japan Football League.

Personnel

Club Head coach
Avispa Fukuoka Carlos Pachamé
Bellmare Hiratsuka Shigeharu Ueki
Cerezo Osaka Levir Culpi
Gamba Osaka Josip Kuže
JEF United Ichihara Jan Versleijen
Júbilo Iwata Takashi Kuwahara
Kashima Antlers João Carlos
Kashiwa Reysol Nicanor de Carvalho
Kyoto Purple Sanga Pedro Rocha
Nagoya Grampus Eight Carlos Queiroz
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Eddie Thomson
Shimizu S-Pulse Osvaldo Ardiles
Urawa Red Diamonds Horst Köppel
Verdy Kawasaki Valdir Espinosa
Vissel Kobe Stuart Baxter
Yokohama Flügels Otacílio Gonçalves
Yokohama Marinos Xabier Azkargorta

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa foreign Former players
Avispa Fukuoka Julio Hernán Rossi Sergio Vázquez Michael Obiku Pablo Maqueda Marcelo Carracedo
Rodrigo Riep
Bellmare Hiratsuka Cláudio Simão Hong Myung-bo
Cerezo Osaka Alex Lopes Claudinho Gilmar Jean Elias Ko Jeong-woon Sérgio Manoel
Gamba Osaka Patrick Mboma Nebojša Krupniković Boban Babunski Amir Karić Mladen Mladenović
JEF United Ichihara Nenad Maslovar Arnold Scholten Peter Bosz Rade Bogdanović
Júbilo Iwata Adilson Batista Alessandro Cambalhota Dunga Marcelo Mabilia
Salvatore Schillaci
Kashima Antlers Bismarck Jorginho Mazinho Rodrigo Mendes
Kashiwa Reysol Edílson Elpídio Silva Paulo Jamelli Valdir Antônio Carlos Zago
Kyoto Purple Sanga Capone Daniel Luiz Carlos Mineiro Cléber Arado
Edmílson Matias
Nagoya Grampus Eight Alexandre Torres Ricardinho Valdo Dragan Stojković
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Graham Arnold Tony Popovic Antônio Carlos Santos Ian Crook Noh Jung-yoon
Shimizu S-Pulse Fernando Oliva Santos Alex Mark Bowen
Urawa Red Diamonds Željko Petrović Basile Boli Guido Buchwald Alfred Nijhuis Txiki Begiristain Michael Baur
Verdy Kawasaki Alcindo Argel Fuchs Dias Magrão Ko Ishikawa
Vissel Kobe Matthew Bingley Budimir Vujačić Lee Baxter Michael Yano
Cho Kwi-jae 		Michael Laudrup
Thomas Bickel
Ziad Tlemçani
Yokohama Flügels César Sampaio Fernando Marcelo Válber Cyrille Ndongo-Keller Zinho
Yokohama Marinos Julio César Baldivieso Dušan Petković Julio Salinas

Standings

First stage

Pos Team Pld W OTW PKW OTL PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Kashima Antlers 16 12 0 1 0 0 3 32 15 +17 37
2 Yokohama Flügels 16 11 1 0 0 0 4 35 16 +19 35
3 Kashiwa Reysol 16 10 1 0 1 1 3 34 18 +16 32
4 Bellmare Hiratsuka 16 8 2 0 0 0 6 25 20 +5 28
5 Yokohama Marinos 16 7 3 1 0 0 5 31 31 0 28
6 Júbilo Iwata 16 8 1 0 3 0 4 32 21 +11 26
7 Shimizu S-Pulse 16 7 2 0 2 0 5 25 24 +1 25
8 Gamba Osaka 16 8 0 0 0 0 8 28 23 +5 24
9 Urawa Red Diamonds 16 6 1 1 0 0 8 25 24 +1 21
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 16 6 1 1 2 0 6 22 23 −1 21
11 Cerezo Osaka 16 6 0 1 2 1 6 21 26 −5 19
12 Nagoya Grampus Eight 16 6 0 0 1 0 9 18 24 −6 18
13 Kyoto Purple Sanga 16 6 0 0 1 1 8 19 32 −13 18
14 Vissel Kobe 16 5 1 0 2 0 8 24 34 −10 17
15 JEF United Ichihara 16 3 2 0 0 0 11 21 34 −13 13
16 Verdy Kawasaki 16 2 2 0 1 2 9 16 27 −11 10
17 Avispa Fukuoka 16 3 0 0 2 0 11 11 27 −16 9
Source:

Second stage

Pos Team Pld W OTW PKW OTL PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Júbilo Iwata 16 12 2 0 0 0 2 40 14 +26 40
2 Gamba Osaka 16 10 2 0 1 0 3 38 23 +15 34
3 Yokohama Marinos 16 8 4 0 0 0 4 42 28 +14 32
4 Kashima Antlers 16 9 2 0 1 0 4 46 23 +23 31
5 Nagoya Grampus Eight 16 10 0 0 0 0 6 23 24 −1 30
6 Shimizu S-Pulse 16 9 1 0 3 0 3 27 16 +11 29
7 Urawa Red Diamonds 16 8 1 0 2 0 5 26 21 +5 26
8 Cerezo Osaka 16 7 1 1 3 0 4 32 30 +2 24
9 Bellmare Hiratsuka 16 6 1 1 1 1 6 30 32 −2 21
10 Kashiwa Reysol 16 6 1 0 0 1 8 29 31 −2 20
11 Yokohama Flügels 16 5 1 1 2 0 7 23 27 −4 18
12 Verdy Kawasaki 16 4 2 0 0 0 10 22 38 −16 16
13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 16 5 0 0 2 0 9 21 27 −6 15
14 JEF United Ichihara 16 3 3 0 3 1 6 22 32 −10 15
15 Avispa Fukuoka 16 3 0 1 3 0 9 18 31 −13 10
16 Kyoto Purple Sanga 16 3 0 0 2 1 10 21 38 −17 9
17 Vissel Kobe 16 1 2 0 0 0 13 19 44 −25 7
Source:
Key
  • PLD = Games Played
  • W = Games Won - 3 points for a win
  • OTW = Games won in overtime - 2 points for overtime win
  • PKW = Games won by penalty kicks after overtime played - 1 point for a win
  • OTL = Games lost in overtime - zero points for overtime loss
  • PKL = Games lost by penalty kicks after overtime played - zero points for a penalty loss
  • GF = Goals scored for
  • GA = Goals conceded
  • GD = Goal difference - GF - GA = GD

Suntory Championship

Júbilo Iwata3 – 2Kashima Antlers
Nakayama 1', 46'
Shimizu 119'		 Bismarck 62'
Mazinho 88'
Attendance: 17,269
Kashima Antlers0 – 1Júbilo Iwata
Nakayama 81'
Attendance: 15,276

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Patrick Mboma Gamba Osaka 25
2 Edílson Kashiwa Reysol 23
3 Mazinho Kashima Antlers 22
Akihiro Nagashima Vissel Kobe
5 Masahiro Fukuda Urawa Red Diamonds 21
Julio Salinas Yokohama Marinos
7 Válber Yokohama Flügels 20
8 Masashi Nakayama Júbilo Iwata 18
Wagner Lopes Bellmare Hiratsuka
10 Paulo Jamelli Kashiwa Reysol 14

Awards

Individual awards

Award Recipient Club
Most Valuable Player Dunga Júbilo Iwata
Rookie of the Year Atsushi Yanagisawa Kashima Antlers
Manager of the Year João Carlos Kashima Antlers
Top Scorer Patrick Mboma Gamba Osaka

Best Eleven

Pos Footballer Club Nationality
GK Tomoaki Ogami Júbilo Iwata  Japan
DF Masami Ihara Yokohama Marinos  Japan
DF Naoki Soma Kashima Antlers  Japan
DF Yutaka Akita Kashima Antlers  Japan
MF Bismarck Kashima Antlers  Brazil
MF Dunga Júbilo Iwata  Brazil
MF Hidetoshi Nakata Bellmare Hiratsuka  Japan
MF Hiroshi Nanami Júbilo Iwata  Japan
MF Motohiro Yamaguchi Yokohama Flügels  Japan
FW Patrick Mboma Gamba Osaka  Cameroon
FW Masashi Nakayama Júbilo Iwata  Japan

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