| No. | Date | vs. | Place | Result | Goal |
| 1 | Apr.12(Sat.) | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 2 - 1 | Nakayama,Adilson |
| 2 | Apr.16(Wed.) | Avispa Fukuoka | Hakatanomori Stadium | 1(V) - 0 | Fukunishi |
| 3 | Apr.19(Sat.) | Cerezo Osaka | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 1 - 2 | Schillaci |
| 4 | Apr.23(Wed.) | Vissel Kobe | Kobe Univer Stadium | 2 - 1 | Nakayama,Mabilia |
| 5 | Apr.26(Sat.) | Kashima Antlers | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 1 - 2 | Fukunishi |
| 6 | May.3(Sat.) | Nagoya Grampus-eight | Nagaragawa Stadium | 2 - 0 | Fukunishi,Adilson |
| 7 | May.7(Wed.) | Yokohama Flugels | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 3 - 1 | Fukunishi,Dunga,Adilson |
| 8 | May.10(Sat.) | OFF | |||
| 9 | May.17(Sat.) | Kashiwa Reysol | Hitachi Kashiwa | 1 - 2 | Mabilia |
| 10 | May.24(Sat.) | Urawa Red-Diamonds | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 2 - 0 | Nanami2 |
| 11 | May.28(Wed.) | Gamba Osaka | Bampaku Memorial Stadium | 1 - 3 | Nakayama |
| 12 | May.31(Sat.) | Verdy Kawasaki | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 0 - 1(V) | _ |
| 13 | Jul.5(Sat.) | Kyoto Purple-sanga | Nishikyogoku Stadium | 6 - 0 | Adilson,Oku,Fujita,Nanami,Nakayama,Hattori |
| 14 | Jul.9(Wed.) | JEF-United Ichihara | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 4 - 1 | Nakayama2,Oku,Dunga |
| 15 | Jul.12(Sat.) | Bellmare Hiratsuka | Hiratsuka Stadium | 1 - 2(V) | Oku |
| 16 | Jul.16(Wed.) | Yokohama Marinos | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 3 - 4(V) | Nakayama,Oku,Mabilia |
| 17 | Jul.19(Sat.) | Shimizu S-pulse | Nihondaira Stadium | 2 - 1 | Fujita,Adilson |
1997 J-League 1st-stage Ranking
1st-Results / 2nd-Results / 2nd-Ranking
| Rank | Team | Win | Loss | Point | Goal | Lost | Gap | ||
| 90min(3) | Extra(2) | PK(1) | |||||||
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 32 | 15 | +17 |
| 2 | Yokohama Flugels | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 35 | 14 | +19 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 34 | 18 | +16 |
| 4 | Bellmare Hiratsuka | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 20 | +5 |
| 5 | Yokohama Marinos | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| 6 | Jubilo Iwata | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 21 | +11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Shimizu S-pulse | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 24 | +1 |
| 8 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 23 | +5 |
| 9 | Urawa Red-Diamonds | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 24 | +1 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 23 | -1 |
| 11 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 26 | -5 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus-eight | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 24 | -6 |
| 13 | Kyoto Purple-sanga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 32 | -13 |
| 14 | Vissel Kobe | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 34 | -10 |
| 15 | JEF-United Ichihara | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 34 | -13 |
| 16 | Verdy Kawasaki | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 27 | -11 |
| 17 | Avispa Fukuoka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -16 |
| No. | Date | vs. | Place | Result | Goal |
| 1 | Jul.30(Wed.) | Yokohama Marinos | Mitsusawa Stadium | 4 - 1 | Dunga,Fujita,Oku,Nanami |
| 2 | Aug.2(Sat.) | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | HiroshimaBig-arch | 3 - 1 | Nakayama2,Oku |
| 3 | Aug.6(Wed.) | Avispa Fukuoka | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 2 - 1 | Fujita,Nakayama |
| 4 | Aug.9(Sat.) | Cerezo Osaka | Nagai Stadium | 4 - 1 | Fujita,Fukunishi,Yamanishi,Nakayama |
| 5 | Aug.16(Sat.) | Vissel Kobe | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 2 - 1 | Kudo,Shimizu |
| 6 | Aug.20(Wed.) | Kashima Antlers | Kashima Stadium | 0 - 2 | _ |
| 7 | Aug.23(Sat.) | Nagoya Grampus-eight | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 1 - 3 | Alessandro |
| 8 | Aug.30(Sat.) | Yokohama Flugels | Mitsusawa Stadium | 2 - 0 | Fujita,Alessandro |
| 9 | Sep.3(Wed.) | OFF | |||
| 10 | Sep.6(Sat.) | Kashiwa Reysol | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 2 - 1 | Nunobe2 |
| 11 | Sep.10(Wed.) | Bellmare Hiratsuka | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 3 - 1 | Alessandro,Nakayama2 |
| 12 | Sep.13(Sat.) | Urawa Red-Diamonds | Komaba Stadium | 1(V) - 0 | Fujita |
| 13 | Sep.20(Sat.) | Verdy Kawasaki | Niigata Stadium | 6 - 1 | Hattori,Nakayama3,Oku,Fujita |
| 14 | Sep.24(Wed.) | Gamba Osaka | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 1(V) - 0 | Dunga |
| 15 | Sep.27(Sat.) | Kyoto Purple-sanga | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 2 - 1 | Adilson,Alessandro |
| 16 | Oct.1(Wed.) | JEF-United Ichihara | Ichihara Rinkai Stadium | 5 - 0 | Oku2,Alessandro,Fujita,Dunga |
| 17 | Oct.4(Sat.) | Shimizu S-pulse | Jubilo Iwata Stadium | 2 - 0 | Nakayama2 |
1997 J-League 2nd-stage Ranking
1st-Results / 1st-Ranking / 2nd-Results
| Rank | Team | Win | Loss | Point | Goal | Lost | Gap | ||
| 90min(3) | Extra(2) | PK(1) | |||||||
| 1 | Jubilo Iwata | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 40 | 14 | +26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 38 | 23 | +15 |
| 3 | Yokohama Marinos | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 42 | 28 | +14 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 46 | 23 | +23 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus-eight | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 24 | -1 |
| 6 | Shimizu S-pulse | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 16 | +11 |
| 7 | Urawa Red-Diamonds | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 21 | +5 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 32 | 30 | +2 |
| 9 | Bellmare Hiratsuka | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 32 | -2 |
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 31 | -2 |
| 11 | Yokohama Flugels | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 27 | -4 |
| 12 | Verdy Kawasaki | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 38 | -16 |
| 13 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 27 | -6 |
| 14 | JEF-United Ichihara | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 32 | -10 |
| 15 | Avispa Fukuoka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 38 | -17 |
| 16 | Kyoto Purple-sanga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 38 | -17 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 44 | -25 |