1997 Gamba Osaka season
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|season=1997
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|manager={{flagicon|CRO}}Kuže
{{flagicon|AUT}}Koncilia
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|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|league=J.League
|league result=4th
|cup1=Emperor's Cup
|cup1 result=Quarterfinals
|cup2=J.League Cup
|cup2 result=GL-B 3rd
|league topscorer={{flagicon|CMR}}Mboma (25)
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1997 Gamba Osaka season
Competitions
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!Competitions!!Position | |
| J.League | 4th / 17 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | Quarterfinals |
| J.League Cup | GL-B 3rd / 4 clubs |
Domestic results
=J.League=
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|round=1-1
|date={{Start date|1997|04|12|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=4-1
|report=
|team2=Bellmare Hiratsuka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-2
|date={{Start date|1997|04|16|df=y}}
|team1=Yokohama Marinos
|score=0-4
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-3
|date={{Start date|1997|04|19|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=4-1
|report=
|team2=Shimizu S-Pulse
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-4
|date={{Start date|1997|04|23|df=y}}
|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima
|score=2-0
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Hiroshima Big Arch
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-5
|date={{Start date|1997|04|26|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=0-1
|report=
|team2=Avispa Fukuoka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
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{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-6
|date={{Start date|1997|05|03|df=y}}
|team1=Cerezo Osaka
|score=0-2
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Nagai Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-7
|date={{Start date|1997|05|07|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=2-3
|report=
|team2=Vissel Kobe
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-8
|date={{Start date|1997|05|10|df=y}}
|team1=Kashima Antlers
|score=1-2
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Kashima Soccer Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-9
|date={{Start date|1997|05|17|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=0-1
|report=
|team2=Nagoya Grampus Eight
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-10
|date={{Start date|1997|05|24|df=y}}
|team1=Yokohama Flügels
|score=2-1
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Toyama Athletic Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-11
|date={{Start date|1997|05|28|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=3-1
|report=
|team2=Júbilo Iwata
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-12
|date={{Start date|1997|05|31|df=y}}
|team1=Kashiwa Reysol
|score=4-1
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-13
|date={{Start date|1997|07|05|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=1-2
|report=
|team2=Urawa Red Diamonds
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-14
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|score=bye
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|result=V
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{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-15
|date={{Start date|1997|07|12|df=y}}
|team1=Verdy Kawasaki
|score=0-1
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
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|stadium=Todoroki Athletics Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
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{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-16
|date={{Start date|1997|07|16|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=0-3
|report=
|team2=Kyoto Purple Sanga
|goals1=
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|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
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{{Football box collapsible
|round=1-17
|date={{Start date|1997|07|19|df=y}}
|team1=JEF United Ichihara
|score=1-3
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Ichihara Seaside Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
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{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-1
|date={{Start date|1997|07|30|df=y}}
|team1=Kyoto Purple Sanga
|score=3-2
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Tottori Soccer Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-2
|date={{Start date|1997|08|02|df=y}}
|team1=Bellmare Hiratsuka
|score=3-4
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-3
|date={{Start date|1997|08|06|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=3-4
|report=
|team2=Yokohama Marinos
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Ishikawa Kanazawa Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-4
|date={{Start date|1997|08|09|df=y}}
|team1=Shimizu S-Pulse
|score=1-2
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Nihondaira Sports Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-5
|date={{Start date|1997|08|16|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=3-0
|report=
|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-6
|date={{Start date|1997|08|20|df=y}}
|team1=Avispa Fukuoka
|score=0-1
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Suizenji Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-7
|date={{Start date|1997|08|23|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=3-2 (GG)
|aet=yes
|report=
|team2=Cerezo Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-8
|date={{Start date|1997|08|30|df=y}}
|team1=Vissel Kobe
|score=0-4
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-9
|date={{Start date|1997|09|03|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=2-1 (GG)
|aet=yes
|report=
|team2=Kashima Antlers
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-10
|date={{Start date|1997|09|06|df=y}}
|team1=Nagoya Grampus Eight
|score=0-1
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Mizuho Athletic Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-11
|date={{Start date|1997|09|10|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=2-1
|report=
|team2=Verdy Kawasaki
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-12
|date={{Start date|1997|09|13|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=2-1
|report=
|team2=Yokohama Flügels
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-13
|date={{Start date|1997|09|20|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=1-2
|report=
|team2=Kashiwa Reysol
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-14
|date={{Start date|1997|09|24|df=y}}
|team1=Júbilo Iwata
|score=1-0 (GG)
|aet=yes
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Júbilo Iwata Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-15
|date={{Start date|1997|09|27|df=y}}
|team1=Urawa Red Diamonds
|score=1-4
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Tokyo National Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
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|round=2-16
|date=
|time=
|team1=
|score=bye
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|result=V
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=2-17
|date={{Start date|1997|10|04|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=4-3
|report=
|team2=JEF United Ichihara
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
=Emperor's Cup=
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|round=1st Round
|date=
|time=
|team1=
|score=bye
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|result=V
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|round=2nd Round
|date=
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|result=V
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{{Football box collapsible
|round=3rd Round
|date={{Start date|1997|12|14|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=3-2 (GG)
|aet=yes
|report=
|team2=Sagan Tosu
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=4th Round
|date={{Start date|1997|12|20|df=y}}
|team1=Urawa Red Diamonds
|score=1-2 (GG)
|aet=yes
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Tottori Soccer Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=Quarterfinals
|date={{Start date|1997|12|23|df=y}}
|team1=Kashima Antlers
|score=3-0
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Urawa Komaba Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
=J.League Cup=
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|round=GL-B-1
|date={{Start date|1997|03|08|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=3-3
|report=
|team2=Consadole Sapporo
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=GL-B-2
|date={{Start date|1997|03|15|df=y}}
|team1=Yokohama Marinos
|score=3-4
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=GL-B-3
|date={{Start date|1997|03|19|df=y}}
|team1=Verdy Kawasaki
|score=1-2
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Todoroki Athletics Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round=GL-B-4
|date={{Start date|1997|03|22|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=1-2
|report=
|team2=Yokohama Marinos
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
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{{Football box collapsible
|round=GL-B-5
|date={{Start date|1997|03|26|df=y}}
|team1=Gamba Osaka
|score=0-1
|report=
|team2=Verdy Kawasaki
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
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{{Football box collapsible
|round=GL-B-6
|date={{Start date|1997|03|29|df=y}}
|team1=Consadole Sapporo
|score=1-0
|report=
|team2=Gamba Osaka
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Suizenji Stadium
|attendance=
|referee=
|result=L
}}
Player statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!rowspan="2"|No.!!rowspan="2"|Pos.!!rowspan="2"|Nat.!!rowspan="2"|Player!!rowspan="2"|D.o.B. (Age)!!rowspan="2"|Height / Weight!!colspan="2"|J.League!!colspan="2"|Emperor's Cup!!colspan="2"|J.League Cup!!colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||||||
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Hayato Okanaka | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1968|9|26}} | 185 cm / 83 kg | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Koji Yoshinari | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1974|5|19}} | 174 cm / 70 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Daisuke Saito | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1974|11|19}} | 181 cm / 73 kg | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Noritada Saneyoshi | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1972|10|19}} | 178 cm / 70 kg | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | {{flagicon|MKD}} | Babunski | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1968|5|5}} | 184 cm / 78 kg | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Hitoshi Morishita | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1972|9|21}} | 174 cm / 70 kg | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Naoki Hiraoka | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1973|5|24}} | 171 cm / 68 kg | 28 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Koji Kondo | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1972|4|28}} | 175 cm / 67 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | {{flagicon|CMR}} | Mboma | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1970|11|15}} | 185 cm / 85 kg | 28 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 29 |
| 10 | MF | {{flagicon|SCG}} | Krupni | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1973|8|15}} | 184 cm / 79 kg | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 12 |
| 11 | FW | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Masanobu Matsunami | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1974|11|21}} | 180 cm / 75 kg | 32 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 14 |
| 12 | GK | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Kenji Honnami | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1964|6|23}} | 186 cm / 80 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Hiromi Kojima | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1977|12|12}} | 176 cm / 66 kg | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Shigeru Morioka | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1973|8|12}} | 174 cm / 70 kg | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 |
| 15 | DF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Masao Kiba | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1974|9|6}} | 177 cm / 73 kg | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Daiju Matsumoto | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1977|12|9}} | 178 cm / 70 kg | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Takashi Kiyama | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1972|2|18}} | 180 cm / 75 kg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | {{flagicon|CRO}} | Mladenović | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1964|9|13}} | 178 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Kojiro Kaimoto | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1977|10|14}} | 182 cm / 72 kg | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1977|2|7}} | 176 cm / 71 kg | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Naoki Matsuyo | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1974|4|9}} | 180 cm / 72 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | GK | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Hiroyuki Kishi | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1977|4|26}} | 188 cm / 84 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | GK | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Ryota Tsuzuki | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1978|4|18}} | 185 cm / 78 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Tadayoshi Tamura | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1978|8|16}} | 183 cm / 73 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | FW | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Kohei Hayashi | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1978|6|27}} | 175 cm / 70 kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Yuji Furukawa | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1978|7|7}} | 181 cm / 76 kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 27 | DF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Takahiro Shimada | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1965|2|9}} | 182 cm / 78 kg | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Hideki Nomiyama | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1975|4|28}} | 181 cm / 65 kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Junichi Inamoto † | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1979|9|18}}| | |||||||||
| cm / -kg | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |||||
| 30 | DF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Toshimi Kikuchi † | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1973|6|17}} | 177 cm / 70 kg | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Yuzo Funakoshi † | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1977|6|12}}| | |||||||||
| cm / -kg | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 31 | DF | {{flagicon|JPN}} | Toru Araiba † | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1979|7|12}}| | |||||||||
| cm / -kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 31 | MF | {{flagicon|SVN}} | Karić † | {{Birth date and age2|1997|3|8|1973|12|31}}| | |||||||||
| cm / -kg | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
- † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.
Transfers
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In:
{{Football squad start|hidenote=yes}}
{{Football squad player|no=21|nat=JPN|name=Naoki Matsuyo|pos=GK|other=from Tenri University}}
{{Football squad player|no=23|nat=JPN|name=Ryota Tsuzuki|pos=GK|other=from Kunimi High School}}
{{Football squad player|no=3|nat=JPN|name=Daisuke Saito|pos=DF|other=from Chuo University}}
{{Football squad player|no=26|nat=JPN|name=Yuji Furukawa|pos=DF|other=from Ashiya High School}}
{{Football squad player|no=2|nat=JPN|name=Koji Yoshinari|pos=MF|other=from University of Tsukuba}}
{{Football squad player|no=10|nat=SCG|name=Nebojša Krupniković|pos=MF|other=from Standard Liège}}
{{Football squad player|no=24|nat=JPN|name=Tadayoshi Tamura|pos=MF|other=from Kusatsu Higashi High School}}
{{Football squad player|no=9|nat=CMR|name=Patrick Mboma|pos=FW|other=from Paris SG}}
{{Football squad player|no=25|nat=JPN|name=Kohei Hayashi|pos=FW|other=from Takigawa Daini Seinior High School}}
{{Football squad end}}
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Out:
{{Football squad start|hidenote=yes}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Atsushi Shirai|pos=GK|other=to JEF United Ichihara}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=UKR|name=Tsveiba|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Takeshi Yonezawa|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Yuji Hashimoto|pos=DF|other=to Sagan Tosu}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Keiju Karashima|pos=DF|other=to Avispa Fukuoka}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Takehiro Kato|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=BLR|name=Aleinikov|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Yoshiyuki Matsuyama|pos=MF|other=to Kyoto Purple Sanga}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Kunio Kitamura|pos=MF|other=to Nippon Denso}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Hiromitsu Isogai|pos=MF|other=to Urawa Red Diamonds}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=CRO|name=Škrinjar|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Sojiro Ishii|pos=MF|other=to Nippon Denso}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Masafumi Nakaguchi|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Hideki Yoshioka|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Kenji Takagi|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=NED|name=Gillhaus|pos=FW|other=to AZ}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Hiroto Yamamura|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Football squad player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Kensuke Nishijima|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Football squad end}}
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Transfers during the season
=In=
- {{flagicon|JPN}}Junichi Inamoto (Gamba Osaka youth)
- {{flagicon|JPN}}Toshimi Kikuchi (from Verdy Kawasaki)
- {{flagicon|JPN}}Yuzo Funakoshi (loan return from Telstar on June)
- {{flagicon|JPN}}Toru Araiba (Gamba Osaka youth)
- {{flagicon|SVN}}Karić (from Maribor on August)
=Out=
- {{flagicon|JPN}}Kenji Honnami (to Verdy Kawasaki)
- {{flagicon|CRO}}Mladen Mladenović (on June)
Awards
- J.League Top Scorer: {{flagicon|CMR}}Mboma
- J.League Best XI: {{flagicon|CMR}}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
- {{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110317070254/http://www.j-league.or.jp/ J. League official site]
- {{in lang|ja}} [http://www.gamba-osaka.net/ Gamba Osaka official site]
{{Gamba Osaka}}
{{1997 in Japanese football}}