1997 Gamba Osaka season

Gamba Osaka

1997 season
Manager	Kuže Koncilia
Stadium	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
J. League	4th
Emperor's Cup	Quarterfinals
J. League Cup	GL-B 3rd
Top goalscorer	Mboma (25)
← 1996 1998 →

1997 Gamba Osaka season

Contents 1 Competitions 2 Domestic results 2.1 J. League 2.2 Emperor's Cup 2.3 J. League Cup 3 Player statistics 4 Transfers 5 Transfers during the season 5.1 In 5.2 Out 6 Awards 7 References 8 Other pages

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J. League	4th / 17 clubs
Emperor's Cup	Quarterfinals
J. League Cup	GL-B 3rd / 4 clubs

Domestic results

J. League

1-1 12 April 1997 (1997-04-12)	Gamba Osaka	4-1	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-2 16 April 1997 (1997-04-16)	Yokohama Marinos	0-4	Gamba Osaka	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-3 19 April 1997 (1997-04-19)	Gamba Osaka	4-1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-4 23 April 1997 (1997-04-23)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2-0	Gamba Osaka	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

1-5 26 April 1997 (1997-04-26)	Gamba Osaka	0-1	Avispa Fukuoka	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-6 3 May 1997 (1997-05-03)	Cerezo Osaka	0-2	Gamba Osaka	Osaka Nagai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-7 7 May 1997 (1997-05-07)	Gamba Osaka	2-3	Vissel Kobe	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-8 10 May 1997 (1997-05-10)	Kashima Antlers	1-2	Gamba Osaka	Kashima Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-9 17 May 1997 (1997-05-17)	Gamba Osaka	0-1	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-10 24 May 1997 (1997-05-24)	Yokohama Flügels	2-1	Gamba Osaka	Toyama Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-11 28 May 1997 (1997-05-28)	Gamba Osaka	3-1	Júbilo Iwata	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-12 31 May 1997 (1997-05-31)	Kashiwa Reysol	4-1	Gamba Osaka	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-13 5 July 1997 (1997-07-05)	Gamba Osaka	1-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-14		bye

1-15 12 July 1997 (1997-07-12)	Verdy Kawasaki	0-1	Gamba Osaka	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

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

1-17 19 July 1997 (1997-07-19)	JEF United Ichihara	1-3	Gamba Osaka	Ichihara Seaside Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

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

2-2 2 August 1997 (1997-08-02)	Bellmare Hiratsuka	3-4	Gamba Osaka	Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-3 6 August 1997 (1997-08-06)	Gamba Osaka	3-4	Yokohama Marinos	Ishikawa Kanazawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-4 9 August 1997 (1997-08-09)	Shimizu S-Pulse	1-2	Gamba Osaka	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-5 16 August 1997 (1997-08-16)	Gamba Osaka	3-0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-6 20 August 1997 (1997-08-20)	Avispa Fukuoka	0-1	Gamba Osaka	Suizenji Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-7 23 August 1997 (1997-08-23)	Gamba Osaka	3-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Cerezo Osaka	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-8 30 August 1997 (1997-08-30)	Vissel Kobe	0-4	Gamba Osaka	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-9 3 September 1997 (1997-09-03)	Gamba Osaka	2-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kashima Antlers	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-10 6 September 1997 (1997-09-06)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	0-1	Gamba Osaka	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-11 10 September 1997 (1997-09-10)	Gamba Osaka	2-1	Verdy Kawasaki	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-12 13 September 1997 (1997-09-13)	Gamba Osaka	2-1	Yokohama Flügels	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-13 20 September 1997 (1997-09-20)	Gamba Osaka	1-2	Kashiwa Reysol	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-14 24 September 1997 (1997-09-24)	Júbilo Iwata	1-0 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Gamba Osaka	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-15 27 September 1997 (1997-09-27)	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-4	Gamba Osaka	Tokyo National Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-16		bye

2-17 4 October 1997 (1997-10-04)	Gamba Osaka	4-3	JEF United Ichihara	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Emperor's Cup

1st Round		bye

2nd Round		bye

3rd Round 14 December 1997 (1997-12-14)	Gamba Osaka	3-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Sagan Tosu	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

4th Round 20 December 1997 (1997-12-20)	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Gamba Osaka	Tottori Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Quarterfinals 23 December 1997 (1997-12-23)	Kashima Antlers	3-0	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

J. League Cup

GL-B-1 8 March 1997 (1997-03-08)	Gamba Osaka	3-3	Consadole Sapporo	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-B-2 15 March 1997 (1997-03-15)	Yokohama Marinos	3-4	Gamba Osaka	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-B-3 19 March 1997 (1997-03-19)	Verdy Kawasaki	1-2	Gamba Osaka	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-B-4 22 March 1997 (1997-03-22)	Gamba Osaka	1-2	Yokohama Marinos	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-B-5 26 March 1997 (1997-03-26)	Gamba Osaka	0-1	Verdy Kawasaki	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

GL-B-6 29 March 1997 (1997-03-29)	Consadole Sapporo	1-0	Gamba Osaka	Suizenji 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		Hayato Okanaka	September 26, 1968 (aged 28)	185cm / 83kg	32	0	3	0	4	0	39	0
2	MF		Koji Yoshinari	May 19, 1974 (aged 22)	174cm / 70kg	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Daisuke Saito	November 19, 1974 (aged 22)	181cm / 73kg	31	0	3	0	3	0	37	0
4	DF		Noritada Saneyoshi	October 19, 1972 (aged 24)	178cm / 70kg	30	0	3	0	5	0	38	0
5	DF		Babunski	May 5, 1968 (aged 28)	184cm / 78kg	23	5	2	1	5	1	30	7
6	MF		Hitoshi Morishita	September 21, 1972 (aged 24)	174cm / 70kg	29	2	1	0	5	0	35	2
7	MF		Naoki Hiraoka	May 24, 1973 (aged 23)	171cm / 68kg	28	1	3	2	6	1	37	4
8	MF		Koji Kondo	April 28, 1972 (aged 24)	175cm / 67kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
9	FW		Mboma	November 15, 1970 (aged 26)	185cm / 85kg	28	25	1	0	5	4	34	29
10	MF		Krupni	August 15, 1973 (aged 23)	184cm / 79kg	27	9	3	1	6	2	36	12
11	FW		Masanobu Matsunami	November 21, 1974 (aged 22)	180cm / 75kg	32	13	3	0	6	1	41	14
12	GK		Kenji Honnami	June 23, 1964 (aged 32)	186cm / 80kg	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
13	MF		Hiromi Kojima	December 12, 1977 (aged 19)	176cm / 66kg	20	1	3	0	6	1	29	2
14	MF		Shigeru Morioka	August 12, 1973 (aged 23)	174cm / 70kg	28	5	1	0	0	0	29	5
15	DF		Masao Kiba	September 6, 1974 (aged 22)	177cm / 73kg	9	0	3	0	5	0	17	0
16	DF		Daiju Matsumoto	December 9, 1977 (aged 19)	178cm / 70kg	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
17	DF		Takashi Kiyama	February 18, 1972 (aged 25)	180cm / 75kg	10	0	0	0	5	0	15	0
18	MF		Mladenović	September 13, 1964 (aged 32)	178cm / 73kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Kojiro Kaimoto	October 14, 1977 (aged 19)	182cm / 72kg	11	1	0	0	2	0	13	1
20	DF		Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	February 7, 1977 (aged 20)	176cm / 71kg	26	1	3	0	4	0	33	1
21	GK		Naoki Matsuyo	April 9, 1974 (aged 22)	180cm / 72kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
22	GK		Hiroyuki Kishi	April 26, 1977 (aged 19)	188cm / 84kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
23	GK		Ryota Tsuzuki	April 18, 1978 (aged 18)	185cm / 78kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Tadayoshi Tamura	August 16, 1978 (aged 18)	183cm / 73kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
25	FW		Kohei Hayashi	June 27, 1978 (aged 18)	175cm / 70kg	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF		Yuji Furukawa	July 7, 1978 (aged 18)	181cm / 76kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
27	DF		Takahiro Shimada	February 9, 1965 (aged 32)	182cm / 78kg	15	0	1	0	6	0	22	0
28	MF		Hideki Nomiyama	April 28, 1975 (aged 21)	181cm / 65kg	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
29	MF		Junichi Inamoto †	September 18, 1979 (aged 17)	-cm / -kg	27	3	3	0	6	0	36	3
30	DF		Toshimi Kikuchi †	June 17, 1973 (aged 23)	177cm / 70kg	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
18	FW		Yuzo Funakoshi †	June 12, 1977 (aged 19)	-cm / -kg	2	0	3	1	0	0	5	1
31	DF		Toru Araiba †	July 12, 1979 (aged 17)	-cm / -kg	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
31	MF		Karić †	December 31, 1973 (aged 23)	-cm / -kg	5	0	2	0	0	0	7	0

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

Transfers

In: No. Position Player 21 GK Naoki Matsuyo (from Tenri University) 23 GK Ryota Tsuzuki (from Kunimi High School) 3 DF Daisuke Saito (from Chuo University) 26 DF Yuji Furukawa (from Ashiya High School) 2 MF Koji Yoshinari (from University of Tsukuba) 10 MF Nebojša Krupniković (from Standard Liège) 24 MF Tadayoshi Tamura (from Kusatsu Higashi High School) 9 FW Patrick Mboma (from Paris SG) 25 FW Kohei Hayashi (from Takigawa Daini Seinior High School)

Out: No. Position Player GK Atsushi Shirai (to JEF United Ichihara) DF Tsveiba DF Takeshi Yonezawa DF Yuji Hashimoto (to Sagan Tosu) DF Keiju Karashima (to Avispa Fukuoka) DF Takehiro Kato MF Aleinikov MF Yoshiyuki Matsuyama (to Kyoto Purple Sanga) MF Kunio Kitamura (to Nippon Denso) MF Hiromitsu Isogai (to Urawa Red Diamonds) MF Škrinjar MF Sojiro Ishii (to Nippon Denso) MF Masafumi Nakaguchi MF Hideki Yoshioka MF Kenji Takagi FW Gillhaus (to AZ) FW Hiroto Yamamura FW Kensuke Nishijima

Transfers during the season

In

• Junichi Inamoto (Gamba Osaka youth)
• Toshimi Kikuchi (from Verdy Kawasaki)
• Yuzo Funakoshi (loan return from Telstar on June)
• Toru Araiba (Gamba Osaka youth)
• Karić (from Maribor on August)

Out

• Kenji Honnami (to Verdy Kawasaki)
• Mladen Mladenović (on June)

Awards

• J. League Top Scorer: Mboma
• J. League Best XI: Mboma

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
• URAWA REDS OFFICIAL HANDBOOK 2003, 2003, ISBN 4-7555-0877-0

Other pages

• (Japanese) J. League official site
• (Japanese) Gamba Osaka official site

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