1997 J.League

Statistics of J. League in the 1997 season.

Overview

17 teams contested the season, and Jubilo Iwata won the championship.

First stage

Pos	Club	Gm	Wn(OT/PK)	Ls(OT/PK)	GF	GA	Dif	Pnt
1	Kashima Antlers	16	13(0/1)	3	32	15	17	37
2	Yokohama Flugels	16	12(1/0)	4	35	16	19	35
3	Kashiwa Reysol	16	11(1/0)	5(1/1)	34	18	16	32
4	Bellmare Hiratsuka	16	10(2/0)	6	25	20	5	28
5	Yokohama Marinos	16	11(3/1)	5	31	31	0	28
6	Jubilo Iwata	16	9(1/0)	6(3/0)	32	21	11	26
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	16	9(2/0)	7(2/0)	25	24	1	25
8	Gamba Osaka	16	8	8	28	23	5	24
9	Urawa Red Diamonds	16	8(1/1)	8	25	24	1	21
10	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	16	8(1/1)	8(2/0)	22	23	-1	21
11	Cerezo Osaka	16	7(0/1)	9(2/1)	21	26	-5	19
12	Nagoya Grampus Eight	16	6	10(1/0)	18	24	-6	18
13	Kyoto Purple Sanga	16	6	10(1/1)	19	32	-13	18
14	Vissel Kobe	16	6(1/0)	10(2/0)	24	34	-10	17
15	JEF United Ichihara	16	5(2/0)	11	21	34	-13	13
16	Verdy Kawasaki	16	4(2/0)	12(1/2)	16	27	-11	10
17	Avispa Fukuoka	16	3	13(2/0)	11	27	-16	9

Second stage

Pos	Club	Gm	Wn(OT/PK)	Ls(OT/PK)	GF	GA	Dif	Pnt
1	Jubilo Iwata	16	14(2/0)	2	40	14	26	40
2	Gamba Osaka	16	12(2/0)	4(1/0)	38	23	15	34
3	Yokohama Marinos	16	12(4/0)	4	42	28	14	32
4	Kashima Antlers	16	11(2/0)	5(1/0)	46	23	23	31
5	Nagoya Grampus Eight	16	10	6	23	24	-1	30
6	Shimizu S-Pulse	16	10(1/0)	6(3/0)	27	16	11	29
7	Urawa Red Diamonds	16	9(1/0)	7(2/0)	26	21	5	26
8	Cerezo Osaka	16	9(1/1)	7(3/0)	32	30	2	24
9	Bellmare Hiratsuka	16	8(1/1)	8(1/1)	30	32	-2	21
10	Kashiwa Reysol	16	7(1/0)	9(0/1)	29	31	-2	20
11	Yokohama Flugels	16	7(1/1)	9(2/0)	23	27	-4	18
12	Verdy Kawasaki	16	6(2/0)	10	22	38	-16	16
13	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	16	5	11(2/0)	21	27	-6	15
14	JEF United Ichihara	16	6(3/0)	10(3/1)	22	32	-10	15
15	Avispa Fukuoka	16	4(0/1)	12(3/0)	18	31	-13	10
16	Kyoto Purple Sanga	16	3	13(2/1)	21	38	-17	9
17	Vissel Kobe	16	3(2/0)	13	19	44	-25	7

Suntory Championship

December 6, 1997
Time

Jubilo Iwata	3 - 2	Kashima Antlers
Nakayama 01', 46' Shimizu 119'	[Official Report]	62' Bismarck 88' Mazinho Oliveira

Yamaha Stadium, Iwata

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December 13, 1997
Time

Kashima Antlers	0 - 1	Jubilo Iwata
	[Official Report]	81' Nakayama

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Golden Boots Ranking

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

Awards

Individual Awards

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
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	25 goals.

Best Eleven

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