1997 Urawa Red Diamonds season

Urawa Red Diamonds
1997 season
Manager	Köppel
Stadium	Urawa Komaba Stadium
J.League	10th
Emperor's Cup	4th Round
J.League Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	Masahiro Fukuda (21)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1996 1998 →

Last updated July 17, 2025

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J.League	10th / 17 clubs
Emperor's Cup	4th round
J.League Cup	Quarterfinals

Domestic results

J.League

12 April 1997 (1997-04-12)1-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	2-3	Yokohama Marinos	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

16 April 1997 (1997-04-16)1-2	Shimizu S-Pulse	0-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

19 April 1997 (1997-04-19)1-3	Urawa Red Diamonds	0-1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Tokyo National Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

23 April 1997 (1997-04-23)1-4	Urawa Red Diamonds	0-3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

26 April 1997 (1997-04-26)1-5	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-2	Cerezo Osaka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

3 May 1997 (1997-05-03)1-6	Vissel Kobe	0-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

7 May 1997 (1997-05-07)1-7	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-3	Kashima Antlers	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

10 May 1997 (1997-05-10)1-8	Nagoya Grampus Eight	3-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2 July 1997 (1997-07-02)1-9	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-3	Yokohama Flügels	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

24 May 1997 (1997-05-24)1-10	Júbilo Iwata	2-0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

28 May 1997 (1997-05-28)1-11	Urawa Red Diamonds	3-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kashiwa Reysol	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1-12

bye

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

9 July 1997 (1997-07-09)1-14	Urawa Red Diamonds	2-0	Verdy Kawasaki	Urawa Komaba 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	Urawa Red Diamonds	3-0	JEF United Ichihara	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

19 July 1997 (1997-07-19)1-17	Bellmare Hiratsuka	3-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

30 July 1997 (1997-07-30)2-1	JEF United Ichihara	1-0 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Ichihara Seaside Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2 August 1997 (1997-08-02)2-2	Yokohama Marinos	0-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

6 August 1997 (1997-08-06)2-3	Urawa Red Diamonds	3-4	Shimizu S-Pulse	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

9 August 1997 (1997-08-09)2-4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

16 August 1997 (1997-08-16)2-5	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-2	Avispa Fukuoka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

20 August 1997 (1997-08-20)2-6	Cerezo Osaka	1-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka Nagai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

23 August 1997 (1997-08-23)2-7	Urawa Red Diamonds	2-0	Vissel Kobe	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

30 August 1997 (1997-08-30)2-8	Kashima Antlers	1-0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashima Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

3 September 1997 (1997-09-03)2-9	Urawa Red Diamonds	3-0	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

6 September 1997 (1997-09-06)2-10	Yokohama Flügels	1-3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama Mitsuzawa 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	Urawa Red Diamonds	0-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Júbilo Iwata	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2-13

bye

24 September 1997 (1997-09-24)2-14	Kashiwa Reysol	3-0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

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

1 October 1997 (1997-10-01)2-16	Verdy Kawasaki	1-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tokyo National Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

4 October 1997 (1997-10-04)2-17	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-0 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Emperor's Cup

1st Round

bye

2nd Round

bye

14 December 1997 (1997-12-14)3rd Round	Urawa Red Diamonds	2-1	NTT Kanto	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

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

J.League Cup

8 March 1997 (1997-03-08)GL-C-1	Sagan Tosu	0-0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tosu Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

15 March 1997 (1997-03-15)GL-C-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-1	Kashima Antlers	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

19 March 1997 (1997-03-19)GL-C-3	Cerezo Osaka	1-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka Nagai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

22 March 1997 (1997-03-22)GL-C-4	Kashima Antlers	0-0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashima Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

26 March 1997 (1997-03-26)GL-C-5	Urawa Red Diamonds	3-1	Cerezo Osaka	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

29 March 1997 (1997-03-29)GL-C-6	Urawa Red Diamonds	4-0	Sagan Tosu	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

15 October 1997 (1997-10-15)Quarterfinals-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	0-0	Júbilo Iwata	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

18 October 1997 (1997-10-18)Quarterfinals-2	Júbilo Iwata	3-2 (3-2 agg.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Júbilo Iwata 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		Hisashi Tsuchida	(1967-02-01)February 1, 1967 (aged 30)	187 cm / 87 kg	14	0	2	0	2	0	18	0
2	MF		Masaki Tsuchihashi	(1972-07-23)July 23, 1972 (aged 24)	175 cm / 69 kg	31	0	2	0	8	3	41	3
3	DF		Yoshinori Taguchi	(1965-09-14)September 14, 1965 (aged 31)	184 cm / 79 kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Boli	(1967-01-02)January 2, 1967 (aged 30)	180 cm / 81 kg	9	0	0	0	3	0	12	0
5	MF		Takafumi Hori	(1967-09-10)September 10, 1967 (aged 29)	177 cm / 74 kg	29	3	0	0	8	2	37	5
6	DF		Buchwald	(1961-01-24)January 24, 1961 (aged 36)	188 cm / 88 kg	32	2	0	0	6	0	38	2
7	FW		Masayuki Okano	(1972-07-25)July 25, 1972 (aged 24)	175 cm / 69 kg	23	4	2	1	0	0	25	5
8	MF		Osamu Hirose	(1965-06-06)June 6, 1965 (aged 31)	174 cm / 72 kg	19	1	0	0	4	0	23	1
9	FW		Masahiro Fukuda	(1966-12-27)December 27, 1966 (aged 30)	175 cm / 74 kg	29	21	0	0	8	4	37	25
10	MF		Baur	(1969-04-16)April 16, 1969 (aged 27)	181 cm / 74 kg	2	0	0	0	5	1	7	1
11	MF		Yasushi Fukunaga	(1973-03-06)March 6, 1973 (aged 24)	172 cm / 64 kg	0	0	2	1	5	0	7	1
12	DF		Tsutomu Nishino	(1971-03-13)March 13, 1971 (aged 25)	187 cm / 76 kg	25	3	1	0	5	0	31	3
13	MF/DF		Nobuhisa Yamada	(1975-09-10)September 10, 1975 (aged 21)	175 cm / 66 kg	22	1	2	0	6	0	30	1
14	MF		Hiromitsu Isogai	(1969-04-19)April 19, 1969 (aged 27)	176 cm / 74 kg	10	3	1	0	0	0	11	3
15	MF		Koichi Sugiyama	(1971-10-27)October 27, 1971 (aged 25)	176 cm / 78 kg	8	0	2	0	3	0	13	0
16	GK		Yuki Takita	(1967-05-16)May 16, 1967 (aged 29)	184 cm / 80 kg	18	0	0	0	6	0	24	0
17	MF		Ken Iwase	(1975-07-08)July 8, 1975 (aged 21)	175 cm / 70 kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF/DF		Nobuyasu Ikeda	(1970-05-18)May 18, 1970 (aged 26)	171 cm / 63 kg	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
20	GK		Masahiro Ota	(1970-04-28)April 28, 1970 (aged 26)	185 cm / 84 kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Nobutake Mochiyama	(1973-04-05)April 5, 1973 (aged 23)	181 cm / 72 kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Shinji Jojo	(1977-08-28)August 28, 1977 (aged 19)	180 cm / 72 kg	18	0	0	0	6	0	24	0
23	MF		Hideki Uchidate	(1974-01-15)January 15, 1974 (aged 23)	180 cm / 65 kg	11	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
24	FW		Kenji Oshiba	(1973-11-19)November 19, 1973 (aged 23)	174 cm / 71 kg	29	2	1	0	8	0	38	2
25	MF		Naoto Sakurai	(1975-09-02)September 2, 1975 (aged 21)	170 cm / 62 kg	2	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
26	MF		Toshiya Ishii	(1978-01-19)January 19, 1978 (aged 19)	174 cm / 66 kg	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
27	DF		Atsuo Watanabe	(1974-04-15)April 15, 1974 (aged 22)	180 cm / 70 kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Taichi Sato	(1977-08-23)August 23, 1977 (aged 19)	184 cm / 77 kg	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
29	DF		Akihiro Tabata	(1978-05-15)May 15, 1978 (aged 18)	185 cm / 77 kg	19	0	0	0	6	1	25	1
30	MF		Eiji Hanayama	(1977-08-21)August 21, 1977 (aged 19)	190 cm / 73 kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Hiroki Aratani	(1975-08-06)August 6, 1975 (aged 21)	192 cm / 89 kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Tomoyasu Ando	(1974-05-23)May 23, 1974 (aged 22)	182 cm / 73 kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Ryuji Kawai	(1978-07-14)July 14, 1978 (aged 18)	183 cm / 75 kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Takashi Sanbonsuge	(1978-06-05)June 5, 1978 (aged 18)	181 cm / 73 kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW		Yuichiro Nagai	(1979-02-14)February 14, 1979 (aged 18)	184 cm / 70 kg	30	3	2	0	6	0	38	3
36	GK		Koji Honma	(1977-04-27)April 27, 1977 (aged 19)	185 cm / 82 kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Nijhuis †	(1966-03-23)March 23, 1966 (aged 30)	-cm / -kg	16	4	2	0	2	0	20	4
10	MF		Begiristain †	(1964-08-12)August 12, 1964 (aged 32)	-cm / -kg	15	4	2	0	2	0	19	4
37	MF		Petrović †	(1965-11-13)November 13, 1965 (aged 31)	-cm / -kg	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1

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

Transfers

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	GK	JPN	Tomoyasu Ando (from Komazawa University)
27	DF	JPN	Atsuo Watanabe(from Nihon University)
29	DF	JPN	Akihiro Tabata (from Seibudai High School)
34	DF	JPN	Takashi Sanbonsuge(from Kojo High School)
10	MF	AUT	Michael Baur (from Tirol Innsbruck)
14	MF	JPN	Hiromitsu Isogai (from Gamba Osaka)
33	MF	JPN	Ryuji Kawai (from Seibudai High School)
35	FW	JPN	Yuichiro Nagai (from Mitsubishi Yowa SS)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	JPN	Futoshi Ikeda (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Yoshio Takahashi (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Mitsuhiro Iga (retired)
—	MF	GER	Bein (to VfB Gießen)
—	MF	JPN	Takeshi Nakashima(to Avispa Fukuoka)
—	MF	JPN	Masao Kamino (retired)
—	MF	DEN	Nielsen (to OB Odense)
—	FW	JPN	Shingo Suzuki (to Yokogawa Electric)

Transfers during the season

In

Alfred Nijhuis (from MSV Duisburg on July)
Aitor Begiristain Mújica (from Deportivo La Coruña on July)
Željko Petrović (from PSV Eindhoven on November)

Out

Baur (to Tirol Innsbruck on May)
Tomoyasu Ando (loan to Avispa Fukuoka 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
URAWA REDS Official History 1992–2002 浦和レッズ10年史, ベースボール・マガジン社, 2002 ISBN 4-583-03685-X
(in Japanese) R-File｜浦和レッドダイヤモンズ公式サイト｜URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Other pages

(in Japanese) J. League official site
(in Japanese) Urawa Red Diamonds official site

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1997 Urawa Red Diamonds season

Competitions

Domestic results

J.League

Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Player statistics

Transfers

Contents

Transfers during the season

In

Out

Awards

References

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