| Club: | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Season: | 1997 |
| Manager: | Köppel |
| Stadium: | Urawa Komaba Stadium |
| League: | J.League |
| League Result: | 10th |
| Cup1: | Emperor's Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | 4th Round |
| Cup2: | J.League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarterfinals |
| League Topscorer: |  Masahiro Fukuda (21) |
| Pattern La1: | _Urawa Red Diamonds 1997 HOME FP |
| Pattern B1: | _Urawa Red Diamonds 1997 HOME FP |
| Pattern Ra1: | _Urawa Red Diamonds 1997 HOME FP |
| Pattern Sh1: | _Urawa Red Diamonds 1997 HOME FP |
| Pattern So1: | _Urawa Red Diamonds 1997 HOME FP |
| Leftarm1: | f00 |
| Rightarm1: | f00 |
| Shorts1: | fff |
| Socks1: | 000 |
| Pattern La2: | _Urawa Red Diamonds 1997 AWAY FP |
| Pattern B2: | _Urawa Red Diamonds 1997 AWAY FP |
| Pattern Ra2: | _Urawa Red Diamonds 1997 AWAY FP |
| Pattern Sh2: | _Urawa Red Diamonds 1997 AWAY FP |
| Pattern So2: | _Urawa Red Diamonds 1997 AWAY FP |
| Leftarm2: | f00 |
| Rightarm2: | f00 |
| Shorts2: | fff |
| Socks2: | 000 |
| Prevseason: | 1996 |
| Nextseason: | 1998 |
1997 Urawa Red Diamonds season
| Competitions | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| J.League | 10th / 17 clubs | |
| Emperor's Cup | 4th round | |
| J.League Cup | Quarterfinals |
| 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 | | Hisashi Tsuchida | March 8, 1997 | 187 cm / 87 kg | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2 | MF | | Masaki Tsuchihashi | March 8, 1997 | 175 cm / 69 kg | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 3 | |
| 3 | DF | | Yoshinori Taguchi | March 8, 1997 | 184 cm / 79 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF |  | Boli | March 8, 1997 | 180 cm / 81 kg | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 5 | MF | | Takafumi Hori | March 8, 1997 | 177 cm / 74 kg | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 5 | |
| 6 | DF | Buchwald | March 8, 1997 | 188 cm / 88 kg | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| 7 | FW | | Masayuki Okano | March 8, 1997 | 175 cm / 69 kg | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | |
| 8 | MF | | Osamu Hirose | March 8, 1997 | 174 cm / 72 kg | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 9 | FW | | Masahiro Fukuda | March 8, 1997 | 175 cm / 74 kg | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 25 | |
| 10 | MF |  | Baur | March 8, 1997 | 181 cm / 74 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| 11 | MF | | Yasushi Fukunaga | March 8, 1997 | 172 cm / 64 kg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 12 | DF | | Tsutomu Nishino | March 8, 1997 | 187 cm / 76 kg | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
| 13 | MF/DF | | Nobuhisa Yamada | March 8, 1997 | 175 cm / 66 kg | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 14 | MF | | Hiromitsu Isogai | March 8, 1997 | 176 cm / 74 kg | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| 15 | MF | | Koichi Sugiyama | March 8, 1997 | 176 cm / 78 kg | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 16 | GK | | Yuki Takita | March 8, 1997 | 184 cm / 80 kg | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | | Ken Iwase | March 8, 1997 | 175 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF/DF | | Nobuyasu Ikeda | March 8, 1997 | 171 cm / 63 kg | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 20 | GK | | Masahiro Ota | March 8, 1997 | 185 cm / 84 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | | Nobutake Mochiyama | March 8, 1997 | 181 cm / 72 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | DF | | Shinji Jojo | March 8, 1997 | 180 cm / 72 kg | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 23 | MF | | Hideki Uchidate | March 8, 1997 | 180 cm / 65 kg | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 24 | FW | | Kenji Oshiba | March 8, 1997 | 174 cm / 71 kg | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 2 | |
| 25 | MF | | Naoto Sakurai | March 8, 1997 | 170 cm / 62 kg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 26 | MF | | Toshiya Ishii | March 8, 1997 | 174 cm / 66 kg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 27 | DF | | Atsuo Watanabe | March 8, 1997 | 180 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | FW | | Taichi Sato | March 8, 1997 | 184 cm / 77 kg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 29 | DF | | Akihiro Tabata | March 8, 1997 | 185 cm / 77 kg | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 1 | |
| 30 | MF | | Eiji Hanayama | March 8, 1997 | 190 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | GK | | Hiroki Aratani | March 8, 1997 | 192 cm / 89 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | GK | | Tomoyasu Ando | March 8, 1997 | 182 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | MF | | Ryuji Kawai | March 8, 1997 | 183 cm / 75 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | DF | | Takashi Sanbonsuge | March 8, 1997 | 181 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | FW | | Yuichiro Nagai | March 8, 1997 | 184 cm / 70 kg | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 3 | |
| 36 | GK | | Koji Honma | March 8, 1997 | 185 cm / 82 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | DF | Nijhuis † | March 8, 1997 | -cm / -kg | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | ||
| 10 | MF |  | Begiristain † | March 8, 1997 | -cm / -kg | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
| 37 | MF | Petrović † | March 8, 1997 | -cm / -kg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
In:Out:
Aitor Begiristain Mújica (from Deportivo La Coruña on July)Baur (to Tirol Innsbruck on May)Tomoyasu Ando (loan to Avispa Fukuoka on September)none