Additions
| from | Name | Pos | Team | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/1997 |  | Yuzo Funakoshi | FW |  | Telstar | Telstar |
| 05/1997 | | Toshimi Kikuchi | DF |  | Tokyo Verdy | Verdy |
| 03/1997 | | Junichi Inamoto | MF | |||
| 01/1997 | | Naoki Matsuyo | GK | |||
| 01/1997 | | Ryota Tsuzuki | GK | |||
| 01/1997 | | Toru Araiba | DF | |||
| 01/1997 | | Daisuke Saito | DF | |||
| 01/1997 |  | Amir Karič | MF |  | NK Maribor | NK Maribor |
| 01/1997 |  | Nebojša Krupniković | MF |  | Standard Liège | Standard Liège |
| 01/1997 | | Koji Yoshinari | MF | |||
| 01/1997 | | Kohei Hayashi | FW | |||
| 01/1997 |  | Patrick M'Boma | FW |  | Paris Saint-Germain | Paris SG |
Departures
| from | Name | Pos | Team | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/1997 |  | Mladen Mladenović | MF |  | HNK Rijeka | HNK Rijeka |
| 05/1997 | | Kenji Honnami | GK | | Tokyo Verdy | Verdy |
| 01/1997 | | Yuji Hashimoto | DF |  | Sagan Tosu | Sagan |
| 01/1997 | | Sojiro Ishii | DF |  | FC Kariya | FC Kariya |
| 01/1997 | | Keiju Karashima | DF |  | Avispa Fukuoka | Avispa |
| 01/1997 | | Takehiro Kato | DF |  | Oita Trinita | Oita Trinita |
| 01/1997 |  | Akhrik Tsveiba | DF |  | Spartak Vladikavkaz | Spartak |
| 01/1997 |  | Hans Gillhaus | MF |  | AZ Alkmaar | AZ Alkmaar |
| 01/1997 | | Hiromitsu Isogai | MF |  | Urawa Red Diamonds | Red Diamonds |
| 01/1997 | | Yoshiyuki Matsuyama | MF |  | Kyoto Sanga FC | Kyoto |
| 01/1997 | | Vjekoslav Škrinjar | MF |  | NK Zagreb | NK Zagreb |