title: 1998 Kyoto Purple Sanga season
text: # 1998 Kyoto Purple Sanga season
  
  1998 Kyoto Purple Sanga season
  
  ## Competitions
  
  | Competitions | Position |
  | - | - |
  | J.League | 13th / 18 clubs |
  | Emperor's Cup | 3rd round |
  | J.League Cup | GL-D 5th / 5 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 | | Shigetatsu Matsunaga | (1962-08-12)August 12, 1962 (aged 35) | cm / kg | 34 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 2 | DF | | Hiroshi Noguchi | (1972-02-25)February 25, 1972 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 25 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 3 | DF | | Eiji Gaya | (1969-02-08)February 8, 1969 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 4 | DF | | Naoto Otake | (1968-10-18)October 18, 1968 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 31 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 5 | DF | | Junior | (1977-05-15)May 15, 1977 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 27 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 6 | MF | | Teruo Iwamoto | (1972-05-02)May 2, 1972 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 33 | 8 | | | | | | |
  | 7 | MF | | Hajime Moriyasu | (1968-08-23)August 23, 1968 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 32 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | MF | | Takahiro Yamada | (1972-04-29)April 29, 1972 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 29 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 9 | FW | | Hisashi Kurosaki | (1968-05-08)May 8, 1968 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 27 | 13 | | | | | | |
  | 10 | MF | | Paulo Silas | (1965-08-27)August 27, 1965 (aged 32) | cm / kg | 30 | 5 | | | | | | |
  | 11 | FW | | Shinji Fujiyoshi | (1970-04-03)April 3, 1970 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 6 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 12 | GK | | Minoru Kushibiki | (1967-06-10)June 10, 1967 (aged 30) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 13 | DF | | Shinsuke Shiotani | (1970-05-11)May 11, 1970 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 15 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 14 | DF | | Masaki Ogawa | (1975-04-03)April 3, 1975 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 31 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 15 | FW | | Edmílson Matias | (1974-03-26)March 26, 1974 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 31 | 12 | | | | | | |
  | 16 | MF | | Masaya Honda | (1973-11-20)November 20, 1973 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 17 | DF | | Shokichi Sato | (1971-04-09)April 9, 1971 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 7 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 18 | DF | | Yasunari Hiraoka | (1972-03-13)March 13, 1972 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 19 | DF | | Kensaku Omori | (1975-11-21)November 21, 1975 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 14 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 20 | MF | | Taijiro Kurita | (1975-03-03)March 3, 1975 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 9 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 21 | GK | | Masahiko Nakagawa | (1969-08-26)August 26, 1969 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 22 | FW | | Shinya Mitsuoka | (1976-04-22)April 22, 1976 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 24 | 2 | | | | | | |
  | 23 | MF | | Tatsuma Yoshida | (1974-06-09)June 9, 1974 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 5 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 24 | MF | | Yoshiki Ito | (1978-11-01)November 1, 1978 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 25 | DF | | Haruhiko Sato | (1978-06-27)June 27, 1978 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 26 | FW | | Ryo Fukudome | (1978-06-26)June 26, 1978 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 27 | DF | | Michiharu Otagiri | (1978-09-02)September 2, 1978 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 28 | GK | | Naohito Hirai | (1978-07-16)July 16, 1978 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 29 | FW | | Hiroyasu Kawakatsu | (1975-09-19)September 19, 1975 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 8 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 30 | DF | | Akihiro Minami | (1979-12-10)December 10, 1979 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 31 | MF | | Park Kang-Jo | (1980-01-24)January 24, 1980 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 32 | MF | | Amarildo | (1974-04-09)April 9, 1974 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 32 | DF | | Takehito Suzuki | (1971-06-11)June 11, 1971 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 8 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 33 | DF | | Keiju Karashima | (1971-06-24)June 24, 1971 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
  
  ## Other pages
  
  * (in Japanese) J.League official site
  
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