1997 in Japanese football

Japanese football in 1997

J. League

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Japan Football League

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Japanese Regional Leagues

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Emperor's Cup

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J. League Cup

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National team

Japan v Thailand

1997.02.09	Japan	1-1	Thailand	Bangkok, Thailand
	Jo  64'	JFA	?  ?'

Japan v Sweden

1997.02.13	Japan	0-1	Sweden	Bangkok, Thailand
		JFA	?  ?'

Japan v Thailand

1997.03.15	Japan	1-3	Thailand	Bangkok, Thailand
	Miura  29'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?'

Japan v Oman

1997.03.23	Japan	1-0	Oman	Muscat, Oman
	Omura  10'	JFA

Japan v Macau

1997.03.25	Japan	10-0	Macau	Muscat, Oman
	Takagi  13', 33', 71' Soma  44' Miura  53', 89' Nanami  67' Morishima  78', 81', 89'	JFA

Japan v Nepal

1997.03.27	Japan	6-0	Nepal	Muscat, Oman
	Jo  23' Takagi  46', 54', 89' Omura  76' Honda  79'	JFA

Japan v South Korea

1997.05.21	Japan	1-1	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
	Miura  88'	JFA	?  ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Japan v Croatia

1997.06.08	Japan	4-3	Croatia	Tokyo, Japan
	Hirano  34' Miura  49', 53' Morishima  89'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Japan v Turkey

1997.06.15	Japan	1-0	Turkey	Osaka, Japan
	Morishima  25'	JFA		Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium

Japan v Macau

1997.06.22	Japan	10-0	Macau	Tokyo, Japan
	Nakata  17', 61' Nishizawa  20' Miura  23', 29', 44', 57', 62', 79' Nanami  42'	JFA		Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Japan v Nepal

1997.06.25	Japan	3-0	Nepal	Tokyo, Japan
	Nishizawa  44' Miura  72', 87'	JFA		Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Japan v Oman

1997.06.28	Japan	1-1	Oman	Tokyo, Japan
	Nakata  4'	JFA	?  ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Japan v Brazil

1997.08.13	Japan	0-3	Brazil	Osaka, Japan
		JFA	?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?'	Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium Attendance: 45,754

Japan v Uzbekistan

1997.09.07	Japan	6-3	Uzbekistan	Tokyo, Japan
	Miura  4', 23', 64', 80' Nakata  40' Jo  44'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?' ?  ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 54,328

Japan v United Arab Emirates

1997.09.19	Japan	0-0	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
		JFA

Japan v South Korea

1997.09.28	Japan	1-2	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
	Yamaguchi  67'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 56,704

Japan v Kazakhstan

1997.10.04	Japan	1-1	Kazakhstan	Almaty, Kazakhstan
	Akita  23'	JFA	?  ?'

Japan v Uzbekistan

1997.10.11	Japan	1-1	Uzbekistan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
	Lopes  90'	JFA	?  ?'

Japan v United Arab Emirates

1997.10.26	Japan	1-1	United Arab Emirates	Tokyo, Japan
	Lopes  3'	JFA	?  ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 56,089

Japan v South Korea

1997.11.01	Japan	2-0	South Korea	Seoul, South Korea
	Nanami  1' Lopes  37'	JFA		Attendance: 80,000

Japan v Kazakhstan

1997.11.08	Japan	5-1	Kazakhstan	Tokyo, Japan
	Akita  12' Nakata  16' Nakayama  44' Ihara  67' Takagi  79'	JFA	?  ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 56,032

Japan v Iran

1997.11.16	Japan	3-2 (aet, GG)	Iran	Johor Bahru, Malaysia
	Nakayama  39' Jo  76' Okano  118'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?'	Attendance: 22,000

Players statistics

Player	-1996	02.09	02.13	03.15	03.23	03.25	03.27	05.21	06.08	06.15	06.22	06.25	06.28	08.13	09.07	09.19	09.28	10.04	10.11	10.26	11.01	11.08	11.16	1997	Total
Masami Ihara	88(4)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O(1)	O	21(1)	109(5)
Kazuyoshi Miura	64(35)	O	-	O(1)	O	O(2)	-	O(1)	O(2)	O	O(6)	O(2)	O	O	O(4)	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	19(18)	83(53)
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	43(3)	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	11(0)	54(3)
Takuya Takagi	39(20)	-	-	O	-	O(3)	O(3)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	-	5(7)	44(27)
Motohiro Yamaguchi	27(3)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	22(1)	49(4)
Hiroshige Yanagimoto	25(0)	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	30(0)
Hisashi Kurosaki	23(4)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	24(4)
Naoki Soma	22(2)	O	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	21(1)	43(3)
Hiroaki Morishima	20(2)	O	O	O	O	O(3)	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	14(5)	34(7)
Masashi Nakayama	19(8)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O(1)	2(2)	21(10)
Masakiyo Maezono	17(4)	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	19(4)
Norio Omura	16(2)	O	-	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	10(2)	26(4)
Hiroshi Nanami	15(3)	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	21(3)	36(6)
Yasuto Honda	15(0)	-	O	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	14(1)	29(1)
Masayuki Okano	14(1)	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	5(1)	19(2)
Akira Narahashi	10(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	23(0)
Kenichi Shimokawa	8(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	9(0)
Tadashi Nakamura	7(0)	O	-	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8(0)	15(0)
Yutaka Akita	4(1)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	16(2)	20(3)
Shoji Jo	4(0)	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O(1)	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	-	-	O	O	-	O	O(1)	13(4)	17(4)
Toshihide Saito	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	7(0)	9(0)
Ryuji Michiki	1(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	4(0)
Toshihiro Hattori	1(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	0(0)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	21(0)	21(0)
Hidetoshi Nakata	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O(2)	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	16(5)	16(5)
Wagner Lopes	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	-	O	6(3)	6(3)
Akinori Nishizawa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O(1)	O(1)	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(2)	5(2)
Takashi Hirano	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	5(1)	5(1)
Eisuke Nakanishi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	5(0)	5(0)
Shigeyoshi Mochizuki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Teruyoshi Ito	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Yasuyuki Moriyama	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Hideto Suzuki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Takeshi Watanabe	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)

See also