1997 Kyoto Purple Sanga season

Kyoto Purple Sanga
1997 season
Manager	Rocha
Stadium	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
J. League	14th
Emperor's Cup	4th Round
J. League Cup	GL-E 3rd
Top goalscorer	Nobuhiro Takeda (9)
	← 1996 1998 →

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J. League	14th / 17 clubs
Emperor's Cup	4th Round
J. League Cup	GL-E 3rd / 4 clubs

Domestic results

J. League

1-1

bye

16 April 1997 (1997-04-16) 1-2	JEF United Ichihara	2-4	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Ichihara Seaside Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

19 April 1997 (1997-04-19) 1-3	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0-2	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

23 April 1997 (1997-04-23) 1-4	Yokohama Marinos	3-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

26 April 1997 (1997-04-26) 1-5	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-3	Shimizu S-Pulse	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

3 May 1997 (1997-05-03) 1-6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-0	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

7 May 1997 (1997-05-07) 1-7	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-0	Avispa Fukuoka	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

10 May 1997 (1997-05-10) 1-8	Cerezo Osaka	1-2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Tottori Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

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

24 May 1997 (1997-05-24) 1-10	Kashima Antlers	4-0	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Kashima Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

28 May 1997 (1997-05-28) 1-11	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-3	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

31 May 1997 (1997-05-31) 1-12	Yokohama Flügels	0-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

5 July 1997 (1997-07-05) 1-13	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0-6	Júbilo Iwata	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

9 July 1997 (1997-07-09) 1-14	Kashiwa Reysol	3-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

12 July 1997 (1997-07-12) 1-15	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-1 (GG) (a.e.t.) (3-4 p)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

16 July 1997 (1997-07-16) 1-16	Gamba Osaka	0-3	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

19 July 1997 (1997-07-19) 1-17	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-1	Verdy Kawasaki	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

30 July 1997 (1997-07-30) 2-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	3-2	Gamba Osaka	Tottori Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-2

bye

6 August 1997 (1997-08-06) 2-3	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-3 (GG) (a.e.t.)	JEF United Ichihara	Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

9 August 1997 (1997-08-09) 2-4	Bellmare Hiratsuka	2-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

15 August 1997 (1997-08-15) 2-5	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-4	Yokohama Marinos	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

20 August 1997 (1997-08-20) 2-6	Shimizu S-Pulse	1-0	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

23 August 1997 (1997-08-23) 2-7	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0-3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

30 August 1997 (1997-08-30) 2-8	Avispa Fukuoka	4-2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

3 September 1997 (1997-09-03) 2-9	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-1 (GG) (a.e.t.) (6-7 p)	Cerezo Osaka	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

6 September 1997 (1997-09-06) 2-10	Vissel Kobe	4-2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

10 September 1997 (1997-09-10) 2-11	Urawa Red Diamonds	4-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

13 September 1997 (1997-09-13) 2-12	Kyoto Purple Sanga	3-2	Kashima Antlers	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

20 September 1997 (1997-09-20) 2-13	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-2	Yokohama Flügels	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

24 September 1997 (1997-09-24) 2-14	Nagoya Grampus Eight	1-2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

27 September 1997 (1997-09-27) 2-15	Júbilo Iwata	2-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1 October 1997 (1997-10-01) 2-16	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0-1	Kashiwa Reysol	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

4 October 1997 (1997-10-04) 2-17	Verdy Kawasaki	2-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Emperor's Cup

1st Round

bye

2nd Round

bye

14 December 1997 (1997-12-14) 3rd Round	Kyoto Purple Sanga	3-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Honda	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

20 December 1997 (1997-12-20) 4th Round	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-5	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Kagawa Marugame Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

J. League Cup

8 March 1997 (1997-03-08) GL-E-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-0	Avispa Fukuoka	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

15 March 1997 (1997-03-15) GL-E-2	Júbilo Iwata	2-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

19 March 1997 (1997-03-19) GL-E-3	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0-1	Yokohama Flügels	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

22 March 1997 (1997-03-22) GL-E-4	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-3	Júbilo Iwata	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

26 March 1997 (1997-03-26) GL-E-5	Yokohama Flügels	1-0	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

29 March 1997 (1997-03-29) GL-E-6	Avispa Fukuoka	2-2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Hakatanomori Football 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
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Shinichi Morishita	(1960-12-28)December 28, 1960 (aged 36)	180cm / 80kg	13	0	2	0	6	0	21	0
2	DF		Yoshihiro Nishida	(1973-01-30)January 30, 1973 (aged 24)	178cm / 73kg	31	1	2	0	5	0	38	1
3	DF		Capone	(1972-05-23)May 23, 1972 (aged 24)	180cm / 78kg	10	0	1	0	5	0	16	0
4	DF		Carlos	(1971-08-13)August 13, 1971 (aged 25)	183cm / 75kg	23	1	0	0	6	0	29	1
5	DF		Yasuhide Ihara	(1973-03-08)March 8, 1973 (aged 24)	180cm / 70kg	12	0	0	0	5	0	17	0
6	MF		Yuji Okuma	(1969-01-19)January 19, 1969 (aged 28)	174cm / 70kg	31	1	2	0	5	0	38	1
7	DF		Shinsuke Shiotani	(1970-05-11)May 11, 1970 (aged 26)	175cm / 75kg	5	0	0	0	4	0	9	0
8	MF/FW		Toshihiro Yamaguchi	(1971-11-19)November 19, 1971 (aged 25)	176cm / 74kg	7	1	2	0	4	0	13	1
9	FW		Cléber	(1972-10-11)October 11, 1972 (aged 24)	180cm / 77kg	10	1	0	0	6	2	16	3
10	MF		Ruy Ramos	(1957-02-09)February 9, 1957 (aged 40)	181cm / 65kg	10	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
11	FW		Shinji Fujiyoshi	(1970-04-03)April 3, 1970 (aged 26)	177cm / 70kg	29	6	1	0	6	0	36	6
12	GK		Minoru Kushibiki	(1967-06-10)June 10, 1967 (aged 29)	186cm / 82kg	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
13	DF/FW/MF		Hiroshi Noguchi	(1972-02-25)February 25, 1972 (aged 25)	174cm / 68kg	29	4	1	0	3	0	33	4
14	MF		Rikizo Matsuhashi	(1968-08-22)August 22, 1968 (aged 28)	173cm / 65kg	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
15	MF		Takayuki Yamaguchi	(1973-08-01)August 1, 1973 (aged 23)	170cm / 65kg	29	6	2	0	6	1	37	7
16	MF		Masaya Honda	(1973-11-20)November 20, 1973 (aged 23)	180cm / 75kg	19	0	1	0	6	0	26	0
17	DF/FW/MF		Shokichi Sato	(1971-04-09)April 9, 1971 (aged 25)	177cm / 70kg	16	0	2	0	2	0	20	0
18	DF		Yasunari Hiraoka	(1972-03-13)March 13, 1972 (aged 24)	184cm / 70kg	26	0	1	0	1	0	28	0
19	FW		Takashi Nagata	(1972-04-13)April 13, 1972 (aged 24)	174cm / 71kg	17	2	1	1	1	0	19	3
20	FW		Edmílson	(1974-03-26)March 26, 1974 (aged 22)	176cm / 69kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK		Yuji Keigoshi	(1963-09-17)September 17, 1963 (aged 33)	183cm / 76kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
22	DF		Takashi Onishi	(1971-10-16)October 16, 1971 (aged 25)	178cm / 71kg	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
23	MF		Tatsuma Yoshida	(1974-06-09)June 9, 1974 (aged 22)	174cm / 64kg	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	MF		Yoshiki Ito	(1978-11-01)November 1, 1978 (aged 18)	182cm / 74kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
25	DF		Haruhiko Sato	(1978-06-27)June 27, 1978 (aged 18)	178cm / 68kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
26	FW		Ryo Fukudome	(1978-06-26)June 26, 1978 (aged 18)	173cm / 63kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
27	DF		Michiharu Otagiri	(1978-09-02)September 2, 1978 (aged 18)	178cm / 72kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
28	GK		Naohito Hirai	(1978-07-16)July 16, 1978 (aged 18)	183cm / 79kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
29	GK		Koji Fujikawa	(1978-10-07)October 7, 1978 (aged 18)	180cm / 78kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
30	MF		Yoshiyuki Matsuyama	(1966-07-31)July 31, 1966 (aged 30)	177cm / 72kg	19	0	2	1	5	2	26	3
20	MF		Daniel †	(1970-10-10)October 10, 1970 (aged 26)	175cm / 74kg	24	7	2	0	0	0	26	7
31	MF		Yuki Hara †	(1976-05-16)May 16, 1976 (aged 20)	-cm / -kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
32	FW		Nobuhiro Takeda †	(1967-05-10)May 10, 1967 (aged 29)	177cm / 70kg	16	9	2	1	0	0	18	10
33	DF		Masaki Ogawa †	(1975-04-03)April 3, 1975 (aged 21)	177cm / 73kg	13	0	2	1	0	0	15	1
34	GK		Shigetatsu Matsunaga †	(1962-08-12)August 12, 1962 (aged 34)	-cm / -kg	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
9	MF		Mineiro †	(1969-02-05)February 5, 1969 (aged 28)	178cm / 74kg	7	1	2	0	0	0	9	1

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

Transfers

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	JPN	Yuji Keigoshi (from Avispa Fukuoka)
28	GK	JPN	Naohito Hirai (from Kyoto Purple Sanga youth)
29	GK	JPN	Koji Fujikawa (from Seiko Gakuen Senior High School)
3	DF	BRA	Capone (from São Paulo FC)
18	DF	JPN	Yasunari Hiraoka (from Otsuka F.C. Vortis Tokushima)
22	DF	JPN	Takashi Onishi (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
25	DF	JPN	Haruhiko Sato (from Funabashi municipal High School)
27	DF	JPN	Michiharu Otagiri (from Toyama Daiichi High School)
23	MF	JPN	Tatsuma Yoshida (from Kashiwa Reysol)
24	MF	JPN	Yoshiki Ito (from Takigawa Daini Seinior High School)
30	MF	JPN	Yoshiyuki Matsuyama (from Gamba Osaka)
9	FW	BRA	Cléber Eduardo Arado (from Mogi Mirim)
26	FW	JPN	Ryo Fukudome (from Ohzu High School)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	JPN	Shuichi Uemura
—	GK	JPN	Isao Ueda
—	DF	JPN	Makoto Sugiyama (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Shunzo Ono (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Norifumi Takamoto (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Ryoichi Fukushige (to Otsuka F.C. Vortis Tokushima)
—	DF	JPN	Yuji Nariyama (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Kozo Hosokawa (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Chikayuki Mochizuki
—	DF	JPN	Hiroyuki Sawada
—	DF	JPN	Hironori Nagamine
—	MF	JPN	Satoru Mochizuki (retired)
—	MF	BRA	Flavio
—	MF	JPN	Yuji Kakiuchi (to Albirex Niigata)
—	MF	JPN	Junji Goto
—	MF	JPN	Akira Kubota
—	MF	BRA	Alexandre
—	MF	JPN	Yosuke Sakamoto
—	MF	BRA	Sérgio
—	MF	JPN	Tomotetsu Kimura
—	MF	JPN	Shigetoshi Kitamura
—	FW	BRA	Baltazar
—	FW	JPN	Yoshiaki Sato
—	FW	BRA	Raudnei
—	FW	JPN	Masahiko Wada
—	FW	JPN	Shuji Nomiyama

Transfers during the season

In

Daniel (on April)
Yuki Hara
Nobuhiro Takeda (from Verdy Kawasaki)
Masaki Ogawa (from Kashima Antlers)
Shigetatsu Matsunaga (from Brummel Sendai)
Mineiro (on September)

Out

Edmílson (on February)
Cléber (on July)
Ruy Ramos (to Verdy Kawasaki)

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

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