
1997 Vissel Kobe Roster
Japan, Level I
Team Record: 6-23 - 24 points
Finishing 17th in J1
Location: Kobe, Japan
Vissel Kobe of J1 League ended the 1997 season with a record of 6 wins, and 23 losses for 24 points finishing seventeenth in J1.
The team scored 43 goals and conceded 78.
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| Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Bickel | M | October 6, 1963 | 6'0" | 172 | Aegerten, Switzerland |
| Matthew Bingley | D, M | August 16, 1971 | 6'0" | 181 | Sydney, Australia |
| Kwi-Jea Cho | January 16, 1969 | 5'9" | Kyoto, Japan | ||
| Shigemitsu Egawa | D | January 31, 1966 | 5'8" | 146 | Yokkaichi, Japan |
| Tomoji Eguchi | F | April 22, 1977 | 6'0" | Hyogo, Japan | |
| Ryuji Ishizue | G | July 22, 1964 | 6'0" | 165 | Hyogo, Japan |
| Jun Iwashita | April 8, 1973 | 5'8" | Shizuoka, Japan | ||
| Takuya Jinno | June 1, 1970 | 5'11" | 165 | Soka, Japan | |
| Keiji Kaimoto | November 26, 1972 | 5'11" | 165 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Yoichi Kajiyama | September 8, 1971 | 5'9" | 150 | Hiroshima, Japan | |
| Masamitsu Kanemoto | G | October 17, 1962 | 5'9" | 161 | Hyogo, Japan |
| Masakazu Koda | September 12, 1969 | 5'8" | 139 | Ehime, Japan | |
| Michael Laudrup | M | June 15, 1964 | 5'11" | 176 | Kopenhagen, Denmark |
| Yoshihiko Matsuoka | July 29, 1977 | 5'10" | 163 | Hyogo, Japan | |
| Naoki Mori | May 5, 1972 | 6'0" | Nagasaki, Japan | ||
| Akihiro Nagashima | F | April 9, 1964 | 6'0" | 170 | Kōbe, Japan |
| Jun Naito | December 18, 1970 | 5'7" | 143 | Ishikawa, Japan | |
| Naoki Naito | D | May 30, 1968 | 5'11" | Shizuoka, Japan | |
| Kotaro Nakao | June 8, 1969 | 5'11" | 150 | Nagasaki, Japan | |
| Koji Okamoto | April 9, 1976 | 5'5" | Hyogo, Japan | ||
| Takuya Suzumura | September 13, 1978 | 5'9" | 165 | Aichi, Japan | |
| Ziad Tlemcani | May 10, 1963 | 5'11" | 165 | , Tunisia | |
| Masaki Tsukano | October 12, 1970 | 5'10" | 161 | Yonago, Japan | |
| Budimir Vujačić | D | January 4, 1964 | 6'3" | 185 | Titograd, Montenegro |
| Ippei Watanabe | D | September 28, 1969 | 6'0" | 181 | Nagoya, Japan |
| Michael Yano | January 22, 1979 | 5'9" | 168 | Accra, Japan | |
| Koji Yoshimura | D | April 13, 1976 | 5'9" | 154 | Kochi, Japan |
| Toshihiro Yoshimura | June 28, 1971 | 5'9" | 143 | Shizuoka, Japan |
