1997 Shimizu S-Pulse season

The 1997 season was Shimizu S-Pulse's sixth season in existence and their fifth season in the J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. The team finished the season fifth in the league.

Shimizu S-Pulse

1997 season
Manager	Ardiles
Stadium	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
J. League	5th
Emperor's Cup	Quarterfinals
J. League Cup	GL-A 2nd
Top goalscorer	Oliva (13)
Home colours Away colours

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J. League	5th / 17 clubs
Emperor's Cup	Quarterfinals
J. League Cup	GL-A 2nd / 4 clubs

Domestic results

J. League

12 April 1997 1-1	Kashiwa Reysol	0-1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Tokyo National Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

16 April 1997 1-2	Shimizu S-Pulse	0-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

19 April 1997 1-3	Gamba Osaka	4-1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

23 April 1997 1-4	Shimizu S-Pulse	2-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Verdy Kawasaki	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

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

3 May 1997 1-6	Shimizu S-Pulse	2-1	JEF United Ichihara	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

7 May 1997 1-7	Bellmare Hiratsuka	1-2	Shimizu S-Pulse	Tokyo National Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

10 May 1997 1-8	Shimizu S-Pulse	1-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Yokohama Marinos	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-9

bye

24 May 1997 1-10	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Ehime Matsuyama Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

28 May 1997 1-11	Shimizu S-Pulse	1-0	Avispa Fukuoka	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

31 May 1997 1-12	Cerezo Osaka	1-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Osaka Nagai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

5 July 1997 1-13	Shimizu S-Pulse	2-4	Vissel Kobe	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

9 July 1997 1-14	Kashima Antlers	0-1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kashima Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

12 July 1997 1-15	Shimizu S-Pulse	3-1	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

16 July 1997 1-16	Yokohama Flügels	4-3 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

19 July 1997 1-17	Shimizu S-Pulse	1-2	Júbilo Iwata	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

30 July 1997 2-1	Shimizu S-Pulse	3-1	Yokohama Flügels	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2 August 1997 2-2	Shimizu S-Pulse	2-3 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kashiwa Reysol	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

6 August 1997 2-3	Urawa Red Diamonds	3-4	Shimizu S-Pulse	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

9 August 1997 2-4	Shimizu S-Pulse	1-2	Gamba Osaka	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

16 August 1997 2-5	Verdy Kawasaki	1-0 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

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

23 August 1997 2-7	JEF United Ichihara	0-3	Shimizu S-Pulse	Ichihara Seaside Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

30 August 1997 2-8	Shimizu S-Pulse	3-1	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

3 September 1997 2-9	Yokohama Marinos	1-0 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-10

bye

10 September 1997 2-11	Nagoya Grampus Eight	2-1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

13 September 1997 2-12	Shimizu S-Pulse	1-0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

20 September 1997 2-13	Shimizu S-Pulse	2-0	Cerezo Osaka	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

24 September 1997 2-14	Avispa Fukuoka	0-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

27 September 1997 2-15	Vissel Kobe	0-3	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1 October 1997 2-16	Shimizu S-Pulse	2-0	Kashima Antlers	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

4 October 1997 2-17	Júbilo Iwata	2-0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Emperor's Cup

1st Round

bye

2nd Round

bye

14 December 1997 3rd Round	Shimizu S-Pulse	3-0	F.C. Fukushima	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

20 December 1997 4th Round	Shimizu S-Pulse	3-1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Tochigi Green Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

23 December 1997 Quarterfinals	Shimizu S-Pulse	1-6	Yokohama Flügels	Ehime Matsuyama Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

J. League Cup

8 March 1997 GL-A-1	Shimizu S-Pulse	0-0	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

15 March 1997 GL-A-2	Brummell Sendai	0-2	Shimizu S-Pulse	Miyagi Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

19 March 1997 GL-A-3	Shimizu S-Pulse	2-0	JEF United Ichihara	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

22 March 1997 GL-A-4	Shimizu S-Pulse	1-1	Brummell Sendai	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

26 March 1997 GL-A-5	JEF United Ichihara	3-0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Ichihara Seaside Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

29 March 1997 GL-A-6	Bellmare Hiratsuka	2-2	Shimizu S-Pulse	Hiratsuka Athletics 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
						Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Masanori Sanada	March 6, 1968 (aged 29)	178cm / 73kg	32	0	3	0	6	0	41	0
2	DF		Toshihide Saito	April 20, 1973 (aged 23)	181cm / 73kg	22	2	3	0	0	0	25	2
3	DF		Masahiro Ando	April 2, 1972 (aged 24)	176cm / 67kg	32	2	3	0	6	0	41	2
4	DF		Takumi Horiike	September 6, 1965 (aged 31)	173cm / 68kg	29	0	0	0	6	0	35	0
5	MF		Santos	December 9, 1960 (aged 36)	176cm / 74kg	31	3	3	3	6	0	40	6
6	MF		Katsumi Oenoki	April 3, 1965 (aged 31)	178cm / 70kg	28	0	3	0	5	0	36	0
7	MF		Teruyoshi Ito	August 31, 1974 (aged 22)	168cm / 71kg	31	7	3	1	6	1	40	9
8	MF		Oliva	September 26, 1971 (aged 25)	180cm / 80kg	22	13	3	2	5	2	30	17
9	FW		Kenta Hasegawa	September 25, 1965 (aged 31)	177cm / 77kg	30	5	1	0	6	2	37	7
10	MF		Masaaki Sawanobori	January 12, 1970 (aged 27)	170cm / 60kg	31	11	3	1	6	0	40	12
11	DF		Ryuzo Morioka	October 7, 1975 (aged 21)	179cm / 70kg	30	1	3	0	6	0	39	1
12	MF		Yukihiko Sato	May 11, 1976 (aged 20)	177cm / 70kg	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0
13	DF		Tadaaki Matsubara	July 2, 1977 (aged 19)	182cm / 74kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
14	DF		Kazuyuki Toda	December 30, 1977 (aged 19)	178cm / 68kg	20	0	3	0	5	0	28	0
15	DF		Ryo Oishi	July 13, 1977 (aged 19)	177cm / 70kg	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	GK		Koji Nakahara	July 27, 1970 (aged 26)	178cm / 76kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
17	MF		Yuzuki Ito	April 7, 1974 (aged 22)	172cm / 65kg	6	0	0	0	4	0	10	0
18	FW		Daizo Okitsu	June 15, 1974 (aged 22)	170cm / 68kg	17	1	0	0	0	0	17	1
19	DF		Junji Nishizawa	May 10, 1974 (aged 22)	181cm / 77kg	21	0	3	0	1	0	25	0
20	GK		Keisuke Hada	February 20, 1978 (aged 19)	182cm / 75kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
21	MF		Nobuhiro Naito	May 25, 1978 (aged 18)	164cm / 60kg	0	0		0	1	0		0
22	MF		Hisaaki Kobayashi	September 20, 1978 (aged 18)	171cm / 65kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
23	MF/DF		Alex	July 20, 1977 (aged 19)	178cm / 69kg	27	3	3	0	2	1	32	4
	DF		Tsuyoshi Tanikawa	April 25, 1980 (aged 16)	175cm / 70kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
→24	DF		Daisuke Ichikawa	May 14, 1980 (aged 16)	181cm / 70kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
	DF		Yuzo Wada	May 2, 1980 (aged 16)	172cm / 63kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
	MF		Kosuke Watanabe	July 16, 1979 (aged 17)	165cm / 60kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
	MF		Kohei Hiramatsu	April 19, 1980 (aged 16)	171cm / 60kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
24	DF		Bowen †	December 7, 1963 (aged 33)	178cm / 75kg	7	3	0	0	3	1	10	4

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

Transfers

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  JPN Junji Nishizawa (from Verdy Kawasaki) — DF  JPN Tsuyoshi Tanikawa (from Shimizu S-Pulse youth) — DF  JPN Daisuke Ichikawa (from Shimizu S-Pulse youth) — DF  JPN Yuzo Wada (from Shimizu S-Pulse youth) — MF  JPN Kosuke Watanabe (from Shimizu S-Pulse youth) — MF  JPN Kohei Hiramatsu (from Shimizu S-Pulse youth) 21 MF  JPN Nobuhiro Naito (from Shizuoka Gakuen Senior High School) 22 MF  JPN Hisaaki Kobayashi (from Shimizu Commercial High School) 23 MF  BRA Alex (from Meitoku Gijuku Senior High School) 18 FW  JPN Daizo Okitsu (from University of Tsukuba)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  JPN Takeshi Urakami (to Kawasaki Frontale) — DF  JPN Hiroyuki Shirai (to Verdy Kawasaki) — DF  JPN Shinichi Niimura (to Hitachi Shimizu) — MF  JPN Masao Sugimoto (retired) — MF  JPN Ademir Santos — MF  JPN Hideki Nagai (to Verdy Kawasaki) — MF  JPN Noriaki Suzuki — MF  JPN Yasuhiro Nagahashi (to Kawasaki Frontale) — FW  ITA Massaro — FW  JPN Tatsuru Mukojima (to Kawasaki Frontale) — FW  JPN Hiroaki Tajima (to Honda Motor) — FW  JPN Yoshika Matsubara (to JEF United Ichihara) — FW  JPN Ryuzo Shimizu (retired) — FW  JPN Hiroki Matsubara

Transfers during the season

In

• Mark Rossllyn Bowen (on March)

Out

• Mark Rossllyn Bowen (on September)

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

Other pages

• (in Japanese) J. League official site
• (in Japanese) Shimizu S-Pulse official site