For the 1997 season, the J.League returned
to the split-season format. On 6th December 1997, the 1st leg of the 1997 Suntory
Championship was played at the Yamaha Stadium in Iwata. Júbilo Iwata (blue & white) hosted reigning J.League
champions Kashima Antlers (red). A youthful Júbilo side were in confident mood, after winning their last nine games of the regular season.
Key Moments:
00:53 - '1 - GOAL - Masashi Nakayama (No.9) - Júbilo Iwata
03:49 - '46 - GOAL - Masashi Nakayama (No.9) - Júbilo Iwata
05:19 - '62 - GOAL - Bismarck (No.10) - Kashima Antlers
07:15 - '88 - GOAL - Mazinho (No.8) - Kashima Antlers
09:29 - '119 - GOAL - Norihisa Shimizu (No.18) - Júbilo Iwata
Starting Line-Ups:
Júbilo Iwata (4-4-2):
12 Tomoaki Ogami (27 years old) Goalkeeper
28 Takuma Koga (28 years old) Right-Back
4 Adilson Batista (29 years old) Centre-Back
5 Makoto Tanaka (22 years old) Centre-Back
14 Takahiro Yamanishi (21 years old) Left-Back
6 Toshihiro Hattori (24 years old) Midfielder
10 Toshiya Fujita (26 years old) Midfielder
29 Daisuke Oku (21 years old) Midfielder
7 Hiroshi Nanami (25 years old) Midfielder
18 Norihisa Shimizu (21 years old) Forward ⚽️(GOAL '119)
9 Masashi Nakayama (30 years old) Centre-Forward ⚽️⚽️(GOALS '1, '46)
Subs:
21 Hiroki Kobayashi (20 years old) Goalkeeper
25 Yasushi Kita (19 years old) Centre-Back
26 Toshinobu Katsuya (36 years old) Centre-Back
33 Takanori Nunobe (24 years old) Central Midfield
20 Kiyokazu Kudo (23 years old) Right Midfield
Kashima Antlers (5-3-2):
21 Yohei Sato (25 years old) Goalkeeper
4 Ryosuke Okuno (29 years old) Centre-Back
3 Yutaka Akita (27 years old) Centre-Back
32 Akira Narahashi (26 years old) Centre-Back
2 Jorginho (33 years old) Right-Back
7 Naoki Soma (26 years old) Left-Back
6 Yasuto Honda (28 years old) Midfielder
14 Tadatoshi Masuda (23 years old) Midfielder
10 Bismarck (28 years old) Attacking Midfield ⚽️(GOAL '62)
8 Mazinho (31 years old) Centre-Forward ⚽️(GOAL '88)
11 Yoshiyuki Hasegawa (28 years old) Centre-Forward
Subs:
1 Masaaki Furukawa (29 years old) Goalkeeper
5 Naruyuki Naito (30 years old) Defender
18 Koji Kumagai (22 years old) Midfielder
23 Toshiyuki Abe (23 years old) Midfielder
13 Atsushi Yanagisawa (20 years old) Centre-Forward
NOTE: The J.League followed a split-season format, and each halves were known as the First Stage and the Second Stage. The two clubs that won each Stage qualified for the Suntory Championship, played over two legs.
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