Additions
| from | Name | Pos | Team | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/1997 |  | Matthew Bingley | DF |  | Marconi Stallions | Marc. Stallions |
| 07/1997 |  | Budimir Vujačić | DF |  | Sporting CP | Sporting |
| 01/1997 |  | Yoichi Kajiyama | DF | |||
| 01/1997 | | Naoki Naito | DF |  | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Sanfrecce |
| 01/1997 | | Ippei Watanabe | DF |  | Júbilo Iwata | Júbilo Iwata |
| 01/1997 | | Koji Yoshimura | DF | | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Sanfrecce |
| 01/1997 | | Takuya Suzumura | MF | |||
| 01/1997 | | Masaaki Takada | MF |  | Yokohama Flügels | Yokohama Flügel |
| 01/1997 | | Michael Yano | FW | |||
| 01/1997 |  | Gerry Peyton | GK-CO | | Júbilo Iwata | Júbilo Iwata |
Departures
| from | Name | Pos | Team | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/1997 |  | Lee Baxter | GK |  | Rangers FC | Rangers FC |
| 08/1997 |  | Ziad Tlemcani | FW |  | Espérance de Tunis | Espérance |
| 08/1997 | | Masaki Tsukano | FW |  | FC Tokyo | FC Tokyo |
| 07/1997 |  | Michael Laudrup | MF |  | AFC Ajax | Ajax |
| 01/1997 | | Takashi Uemura | FW |  | Sagan Tosu | Sagan |