1997 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season explained

Club:	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Season:	1997
Manager:	Thomson
Stadium:	Hiroshima Big Arch
League:	J.League
League Result:	12th
Cup1:	Emperor's Cup
Cup1 Result:	4th Round
Cup2:	J.League Cup
Cup2 Result:	GL-D 3rd
League Topscorer:	Takuya Takagi (12)
Pattern La1:	_Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 HOME FP
Pattern B1:	_Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 HOME FP
Pattern Ra1:	_Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 HOME FP
Pattern Sh1:	_Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 HOME FP
Pattern So1:	_Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 HOME FP
Pattern La2:	_Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 AWAY FP
Pattern B2:	_Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 AWAY FP
Pattern Ra2:	_Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 AWAY FP
Pattern Sh2:	_Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 AWAY FP
Pattern So2:	_Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C 1996 AWAY FP
Prevseason:	1996
Nextseason:	1998

1997 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J.League	12th / 17 clubs
Emperor's Cup	4th round
J.League Cup	GL-D 3rd / 4 clubs

Domestic results

J.League Cup

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		Kazuya Maekawa	March 8, 1997	188 cm / 84 kg	24	0	0	0	6	0	30	0
2	DF		Popovic	March 8, 1997	cm / kg	11	0	0	0	6	0	17	0
3	DF		Hiroshige Yanagimoto	March 8, 1997	173 cm / 64 kg	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
4	MF		Hiroyoshi Kuwabara	March 8, 1997	177 cm / 71 kg	32	0	2	0	5	1	39	1
5	DF		Tetsuya Ito	March 8, 1997	178 cm / 69 kg	26	0	2	0	5	0	33	0
6	MF		Mitsuaki Kojima	March 8, 1997	173 cm / 70 kg	30	0	2	0	5	0	37	0
7	MF		Hajime Moriyasu	March 8, 1997	173 cm / 62 kg	25	1	2	0	5	0	32	1
8	MF		Yasuhiro Yoshida	March 8, 1997	172 cm / 70 kg	29	2	0	0	6	0	35	2
9	FW		Arnold	March 8, 1997	185 cm / 80 kg	18	6	0	0	5	4	23	10
10	MF		Tatsuhiko Kubo	March 8, 1997	181 cm / 71 kg	22	7	2	0	5	1	29	8
11	FW		Masato Fue	March 8, 1997	174 cm / 65 kg	22	1	2	0	6	0	30	1
12	FW		Susumu Oki	March 8, 1997	177 cm / 75 kg	11	1	1	0	0	0	12	1
13	MF		Santos	March 8, 1997	179 cm / 80 kg	8	3	0	0	4	2	12	5
14	FW		Noh Jung-Yoon	March 8, 1997	172 cm / 68 kg	12	2	2	1	3	0	17	3
15	MF		Yuta Abe	March 8, 1997	177 cm / 69 kg	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
16	GK		Takashi Shimoda	March 8, 1997	183 cm / 74 kg	9	0	2	0	0	0	11	0
17	MF		Ryuji Michiki	March 8, 1997	174 cm / 64 kg	26	1	2	0	0	0	28	1
18	FW		Takuya Takagi	March 8, 1997	188 cm / 82 kg	26	12	2	1	0	0	28	13
19	DF		Kenichi Uemura	March 8, 1997	180 cm / 70 kg	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20	FW		Kenji Wakai	March 8, 1997	171 cm / 68 kg	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
21	FW		Iwao Yamane	March 8, 1997	170 cm / 62 kg	20	2	2	0	0	0	22	2
22	GK		Tetsuharu Yamaguchi	March 8, 1997	184 cm / 82 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
23	DF		Takashi Kageyama	March 8, 1997	180 cm / 67 kg	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF		Kota Hattori	March 8, 1997	175 cm / 71 kg	18	0	2	0	5	0	25	0
25	MF		Keita Kanemoto	March 8, 1997	173 cm / 71 kg	8	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
26	FW		Hisashi Hiroike	March 8, 1997	165 cm / 58 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
27	DF		Shinya Kawashima	March 8, 1997	187 cm / 77 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
28	FW		Yuya Matsuoka	March 8, 1997	173 cm / 64 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
29	FW		Kazuyoshi Matsunaga †	March 8, 1997	-cm / -kg	3	1	2	2	0	0	5	3
30	DF		Toru Yasutake †	March 8, 1997	-cm / -kg	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
31	GK		Minoru Ueda †	March 8, 1997	-cm / -kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
32	MF		Shoji Akimitsu †	March 8, 1997	-cm / -kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
33	FW		Takahisa Iwamura †	March 8, 1997	-cm / -kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
34	DF		Ryoji Araki †	March 8, 1997	-cm / -kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
35	MF		Crook †	March 8, 1997	-cm / -kg	15	3	0	0	0	0	15	3

• † 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