title: 1997 Shimizu S-Pulse season
text: # 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.
  
  ## Competitions
  
  | Competitions | Position |
  | - | - |
  | J.League | 5th / 17 clubs |
  | Emperor's Cup | Quarterfinals |
  | J.League Cup | GL-A 2nd / 4 clubs |
  
  ## Player statistics
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J.League | J.League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | 1 | GK | | Masanori Sanada | (1968-03-06)March 6, 1968 (aged 29) | 178 cm / 73 kg | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
  | 2 | DF | | Toshihide Saito | (1973-04-20)April 20, 1973 (aged 23) | 181 cm / 73 kg | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
  | 3 | DF | | Masahiro Ando | (1972-04-02)April 2, 1972 (aged 24) | 176 cm / 67 kg | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
  | 4 | DF | | Takumi Horiike | (1965-09-06)September 6, 1965 (aged 31) | 173 cm / 68 kg | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
  | 5 | MF | | Santos | (1960-12-09)December 9, 1960 (aged 36) | 176 cm / 74 kg | 31 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 6 |
  | 6 | MF | | Katsumi Oenoki | (1965-04-03)April 3, 1965 (aged 31) | 178 cm / 70 kg | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | | Teruyoshi Ito | (1974-08-31)August 31, 1974 (aged 22) | 168 cm / 71 kg | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 9 |
  | 8 | MF | | Oliva | (1971-09-26)September 26, 1971 (aged 25) | 180 cm / 80 kg | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 17 |
  | 9 | FW | | Kenta Hasegawa | (1965-09-25)September 25, 1965 (aged 31) | 177 cm / 77 kg | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 7 |
  | 10 | MF | | Masaaki Sawanobori | (1970-01-12)January 12, 1970 (aged 27) | 170 cm / 60 kg | 31 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 12 |
  | 11 | DF | | Ryuzo Morioka | (1975-10-07)October 7, 1975 (aged 21) | 179 cm / 70 kg | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
  | 12 | MF | | Yukihiko Sato | (1976-05-11)May 11, 1976 (aged 20) | 177 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | | Tadaaki Matsubara | (1977-07-02)July 2, 1977 (aged 19) | 182 cm / 74 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
  | 14 | DF | | Kazuyuki Toda | (1977-12-30)December 30, 1977 (aged 19) | 178 cm / 68 kg | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
  | 15 | DF | | Ryo Oishi | (1977-07-13)July 13, 1977 (aged 19) | 177 cm / 70 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 16 | GK | | Koji Nakahara | (1970-07-27)July 27, 1970 (aged 26) | 178 cm / 76 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
  | 17 | MF | | Yuzuki Ito | (1974-04-07)April 7, 1974 (aged 22) | 172 cm / 65 kg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
  | 18 | FW | | Daizo Okitsu | (1974-06-15)June 15, 1974 (aged 22) | 170 cm / 68 kg | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
  | 19 | DF | | Junji Nishizawa | (1974-05-10)May 10, 1974 (aged 22) | 181 cm / 77 kg | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
  | 20 | GK | | Keisuke Hada | (1978-02-20)February 20, 1978 (aged 19) | 182 cm / 75 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | | Nobuhiro Naito | (1978-05-25)May 25, 1978 (aged 18) | 164 cm / 60 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 |
  | 22 | MF | | Hisaaki Kobayashi | (1978-09-20)September 20, 1978 (aged 18) | 171 cm / 65 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
  | 23 | MF/DF | | Alex | (1977-07-20)July 20, 1977 (aged 19) | 178 cm / 69 kg | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 4 |
  | | DF | | Tsuyoshi Tanikawa | (1980-04-25)April 25, 1980 (aged 16) | 175 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
  | →24 | DF | | Daisuke Ichikawa | (1980-05-14)May 14, 1980 (aged 16) | 181 cm / 70 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
  | | DF | | Yuzo Wada | (1980-05-02)May 2, 1980 (aged 16) | 172 cm / 63 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
  | | MF | | Kosuke Watanabe | (1979-07-16)July 16, 1979 (aged 17) | 165 cm / 60 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
  | | MF | | Kohei Hiramatsu | (1980-04-19)April 19, 1980 (aged 16) | 171 cm / 60 kg | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
  | 24 | DF | | Bowen † | (1963-12-07)December 7, 1963 (aged 33) | 178 cm / 75 kg | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
  
  * † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.
  
  ## Transfers
  
  | 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) |
  | 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
  
  