1997 Vissel Kobe season

Vissel Kobe

1997 season
Manager	Baxter
Stadium	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
J. League	16th
Emperor's Cup	4th Round
J. League Cup	GL-D 4th
Top goalscorer	Akihiro Nagashima (22)
Home colours Away colours

1997 Vissel Kobe season

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J. League	16th / 17 clubs
Emperor's Cup	4th Round
J. League Cup	GL-D 4th / 4 clubs

Domestic results

J. League

Kashima Antlers v Vissel Kobe

12 April 1997 (1997-04-12) 1-1	Kashima Antlers	5-2	Vissel Kobe	Kashima Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Nagoya Grampus Eight

16 April 1997 (1997-04-16) 1-2	Vissel Kobe	2-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Yokohama Flügels v Vissel Kobe

19 April 1997 (1997-04-19) 1-3	Yokohama Flügels	3-1	Vissel Kobe	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Júbilo Iwata

23 April 1997 (1997-04-23) 1-4	Vissel Kobe	1-2	Júbilo Iwata	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Kashiwa Reysol v Vissel Kobe

26 April 1997 (1997-04-26) 1-5	Kashiwa Reysol	3-1	Vissel Kobe	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Urawa Red Diamonds

3 May 1997 (1997-05-03) 1-6	Vissel Kobe	0-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Gamba Osaka v Vissel Kobe

7 May 1997 (1997-05-07) 1-7	Gamba Osaka	2-3	Vissel Kobe	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Verdy Kawasaki

10 May 1997 (1997-05-10) 1-8	Vissel Kobe	2-4	Verdy Kawasaki	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Kyoto Purple Sanga v Vissel Kobe

17 May 1997 (1997-05-17) 1-9	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0-2	Vissel Kobe	Ishikawa Kanazawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v JEF United Ichihara

24 May 1997 (1997-05-24) 1-10	Vissel Kobe	2-3 (GG) (a.e.t.)	JEF United Ichihara	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Bellmare Hiratsuka v Vissel Kobe

28 May 1997 (1997-05-28) 1-11	Bellmare Hiratsuka	3-0	Vissel Kobe	Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Yokohama Marinos

31 May 1997 (1997-05-31) 1-12	Vissel Kobe	2-1	Yokohama Marinos	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Shimizu S-Pulse v Vissel Kobe

5 July 1997 (1997-07-05) 1-13	Shimizu S-Pulse	2-4	Vissel Kobe	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

9 July 1997 (1997-07-09) 1-14	Vissel Kobe	0-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Avispa Fukuoka v Vissel Kobe

12 July 1997 (1997-07-12) 1-15	Avispa Fukuoka	0-1	Vissel Kobe	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Cerezo Osaka

16 July 1997 (1997-07-16) 1-16	Vissel Kobe	1-2	Cerezo Osaka	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

v

1-17

bye

Cerezo Osaka v Vissel Kobe

30 July 1997 (1997-07-30) 2-1	Cerezo Osaka	3-1	Vissel Kobe	Osaka Nagai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Kashima Antlers

2 August 1997 (1997-08-02) 2-2	Vissel Kobe	0-5	Kashima Antlers	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Nagoya Grampus Eight v Vissel Kobe

6 August 1997 (1997-08-06) 2-3	Nagoya Grampus Eight	3-0	Vissel Kobe	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Yokohama Flügels

9 August 1997 (1997-08-09) 2-4	Vissel Kobe	2-3	Yokohama Flügels	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Júbilo Iwata v Vissel Kobe

16 August 1997 (1997-08-16) 2-5	Júbilo Iwata	2-1	Vissel Kobe	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Kashiwa Reysol

20 August 1997 (1997-08-20) 2-6	Vissel Kobe	2-4	Kashiwa Reysol	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Urawa Red Diamonds v Vissel Kobe

23 August 1997 (1997-08-23) 2-7	Urawa Red Diamonds	2-0	Vissel Kobe	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Gamba Osaka

30 August 1997 (1997-08-30) 2-8	Vissel Kobe	0-4	Gamba Osaka	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Verdy Kawasaki v Vissel Kobe

3 September 1997 (1997-09-03) 2-9	Verdy Kawasaki	2-0	Vissel Kobe	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Kashima Antlers v Vissel Kobe

6 September 1997 (1997-09-06) 2-10	Kashima Antlers	5-0	Vissel Kobe	Kashima Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Avispa Fukuoka

10 September 1997 (1997-09-10) 2-11	Vissel Kobe	4-3 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Avispa Fukuoka	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

JEF United Ichihara v Vissel Kobe

13 September 1997 (1997-09-13) 2-12	JEF United Ichihara	3-4 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Vissel Kobe	Technoport Fukui Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Yokohama Marinos v Vissel Kobe

20 September 1997 (1997-09-20) 2-13	Yokohama Marinos	2-1	Vissel Kobe	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Bellmare Hiratsuka

24 September 1997 (1997-09-24) 2-14	Vissel Kobe	0-1	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Shimizu S-Pulse

27 September 1997 (1997-09-27) 2-15	Vissel Kobe	0-3	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vissel Kobe

1 October 1997 (1997-10-01) 2-16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2-0	Vissel Kobe	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

v

2-17

bye

Emperor's Cup

v

1st Round

bye

v

2nd Round

bye

Vissel Kobe v Kawasaki Frontale

14 December 1997 (1997-12-14) 3rd Round	Vissel Kobe	2-0	Kawasaki Frontale	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Kashiwa Reysol v Vissel Kobe

20 December 1997 (1997-12-20) 4th Round	Kashiwa Reysol	2-1	Vissel Kobe	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

J. League Cup

Kashiwa Reysol v Vissel Kobe

8 March 1997 (1997-03-08) GL-D-1	Kashiwa Reysol	5-1	Vissel Kobe	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Nagoya Grampus Eight

15 March 1997 (1997-03-15) GL-D-2	Vissel Kobe	1-1	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vissel Kobe

19 March 1997 (1997-03-19) GL-D-3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-0	Vissel Kobe	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

Nagoya Grampus Eight v Vissel Kobe

22 March 1997 (1997-03-22) GL-D-4	Nagoya Grampus Eight	3-0	Vissel Kobe	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

26 March 1997 (1997-03-26) GL-D-5	Vissel Kobe	2-2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Kashiwa Reysol

29 March 1997 (1997-03-29) GL-D-6	Vissel Kobe	2-1	Kashiwa Reysol	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J. League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
						Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ryuji Ishizue	(1964-07-22)July 22, 1964 (aged 32)	184cm / 75kg	28	0	2	0	5	0	35	0
2	DF		Ippei Watanabe	(1969-09-28)September 28, 1969 (aged 27)	184cm / 82kg	18	0	0	0	2	0	20	0
3	DF	[1]	Cho Kwi-Jea	(1969-01-16)January 16, 1969 (aged 28)	177cm / 75kg	5	0	0	0	4	0	9	0
4	DF		Hiroki Azuma	(1966-07-10)July 10, 1966 (aged 30)	179cm / 78kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
5	MF		Laudrup	(1964-06-15)June 15, 1964 (aged 32)	183cm / 82kg	3	0	0	0	6	1	9	1
6	MF		Shigemitsu Egawa	(1966-01-31)January 31, 1966 (aged 31)	172cm / 66kg	14	1	2	0	3	1	19	2
7	DF		Masahiro Wada	(1965-01-21)January 21, 1965 (aged 32)	177cm / 69kg	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	0
8	MF		Masaaki Takada	(1973-07-26)July 26, 1973 (aged 23)	182cm / 77kg	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW		Ziad	(1963-05-10)May 10, 1963 (aged 33)	185cm / 82kg	16	4	0	0	5	1	21	5
10	MF		Bickel	(1963-10-06)October 6, 1963 (aged 33)	184cm / 80kg	20	3	0	0	6	0	26	3
11	FW		Takuya Jinno	(1970-06-01)June 1, 1970 (aged 26)	180cm / 73kg	29	1	2	0	6	0	37	1
12	DF		Kotaro Nakao	(1969-06-08)June 8, 1969 (aged 27)	180cm / 68kg	9	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
13	FW		Akihiro Nagashima	(1964-04-09)April 9, 1964 (aged 32)	182cm / 77kg	32	22	2	1	5	3	39	26
14	FW		Shinichi Kawano	(1969-11-05)November 5, 1969 (aged 27)	171cm / 72kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
15	DF		Masakazu Koda	(1969-09-12)September 12, 1969 (aged 27)	173cm / 65kg	30	1	0	0	6	0	36	1
16	GK		Masamitsu Kanemoto	(1962-10-17)October 17, 1962 (aged 34)	176cm / 74kg	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
17	DF		Yoichi Kajiyama	(1971-09-08)September 8, 1971 (aged 25)	175cm / 68kg	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
18	DF		Keiji Kaimoto	(1972-11-26)November 26, 1972 (aged 24)	181cm / 75kg	20	0	2	1	0	0	22	1
19	DF		Naoki Mori	(1972-05-05)May 5, 1972 (aged 24)	182cm / 75kg	6	0	0	0	4	0	10	0
20	FW		Jun Iwashita	(1973-04-08)April 8, 1973 (aged 23)	173cm / 70kg	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
21	GK		Takaya Nakamura	(1978-06-03)June 3, 1978 (aged 18)	180cm / 69kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
22	MF		Masaki Tsukano	(1970-10-12)October 12, 1970 (aged 26)	178cm / 73kg	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
23	MF		Jun Naito	(1970-12-18)December 18, 1970 (aged 26)	170cm / 65kg	27	0	0	0	3	0	30	0
24	MF		Koji Okamoto	(1976-04-09)April 9, 1976 (aged 20)	164cm / 63kg	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
25	MF		Seiji Hada	(1976-07-09)July 9, 1976 (aged 20)	162cm / 62kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
26	DF		Toshihiro Yoshimura	(1971-06-28)June 28, 1971 (aged 25)	175cm / 65kg	27	0	0	0	5	0	32	0
27	FW		Tomoji Eguchi	(1977-04-22)April 22, 1977 (aged 19)	183cm / 74kg	13	4	2	1	2	0	17	5
28	FW		Yuichi Yoda	(1977-06-25)June 25, 1977 (aged 19)	173cm / 65kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
29	MF		Tamio Harakawa	(1977-10-22)October 22, 1977 (aged 19)	180cm / 71kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
30	MF		Koji Yoshimura	(1976-04-13)April 13, 1976 (aged 20)	176cm / 70kg	32	2	1	0	6	0	39	2
31	GK		Lee	(1976-06-17)June 17, 1976 (aged 20)	184cm / 81kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
32	FW		Yoshihiko Matsuoka	(1977-07-29)July 29, 1977 (aged 19)	178cm / 74kg	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
33	MF		Yoshiyuki Hato	(1977-08-08)August 8, 1977 (aged 19)	172cm / 61kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
34	MF		Takuya Suzumura	(1978-09-13)September 13, 1978 (aged 18)	175cm / 72kg	6	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
35	FW		Manabu Shimano	(1978-09-05)September 5, 1978 (aged 18)	165cm / 60kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
36	DF		Ryuji Ishikawa	(1978-11-11)November 11, 1978 (aged 18)	175cm / 67kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
37	FW		Michael Yano	(1979-01-22)January 22, 1979 (aged 18)	174cm / 73kg	10	1	1	0	0	0	11	1
38	DF		Masahiro Nakanishi	(1978-05-25)May 25, 1978 (aged 18)	171cm / 66kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
39	DF		Naoki Naito	(1968-05-30)May 30, 1968 (aged 28)	180cm / 79kg	18	0	2	0	4	0	24	0
40	MF		Noriyoshi Fujiwara †	(1980-04-12)April 12, 1980 (aged 16)	cm / kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
41	MF		Bingley †	(1971-08-16)August 16, 1971 (aged 25)	cm / kg	14	1	0	0	0	0	14	1
42	DF		Vujačić †	(1966-01-04)January 4, 1966 (aged 31)	cm / kg	14	0	2	0	0	0	16	0

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

Transfers

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  JPN Takaya Nakamura (from Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School) 36 DF  JPN Ryuji Ishikawa (from Vissel Kobe youth) 38 DF  JPN Masahiro Nakanishi (from Takigawa Daini Seinior High School) 39 DF  JPN Naoki Naito (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 8 MF  JPN Masaaki Takada (from Yokohama Flügels) 30 MF  JPN Koji Yoshimura (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 33 MF  JPN Yoshiyuki Hato (from Takigawa Daini Seinior High School) 34 MF  JPN Takuya Suzumura (from Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School) 35 FW  JPN Manabu Shimano (from Hamamatsu Koto Senior High School) 37 FW  JPN Michael Yano (from Shimizu S-Pulse youth)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  JPN Takashi Uemura (to Sagan Tosu) — DF  JPN 大橋 進一 (retired) — FW  JPN Naoyuki Kitabori (retired) — DF  JPN Yasuo Sakai (retired) — MF  JPN 平野 政樹 (to Ventforet Kofu) — MF  JPN Michihiro Tsuruta (retired) — DF  JPN Hiroshi Matsuda (retired) — MF  SWE Jan Jönsson (retired)

Transfers during the season

In

• Noriyoshi Fujiwara
• Matthew Bingley (from Marconi Fairfield on July)
• Budimir Vujačić (from Sporting Lisbon on August)

Out

• Laudrup (on July)
• Ziad (on August)
• Bickel (on September)
• Masaki Tsukano (to Tokyo Gas)

Awards

none

References

• 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) 試合日程 / 結果一覧 ヴィッセル神戸 | VISSEL KOBE

1. In J.League and domestic competitions, he was considered as a Japanese player.

Other pages

• (in Japanese) J. League official site
• (in Japanese) Vissel Kobe official site