1997 Gamba Osaka season Competitions Domestic results J.League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Player statistics † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season. Transfers In: Out: Transfers during the season In Junichi Inamoto (Gamba Osaka youth) Toshimi Kikuchi (from Verdy Kawasaki) Yuzo Funakoshi (loan return from Telstar on June) Toru Araiba (Gamba Osaka youth) Karić (from Maribor on August) Out Kenji Honnami (to Verdy Kawasaki) Mladen Mladenović (on June) Awards J.League Top Scorer: Mboma J.League Best XI: Mboma References J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997, 1997 J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1998, 1996 J.LEAGUE YEARBOOK 1999, 1999 URAWA REDS OFFICIAL HANDBOOK 2003, 2003, Other pages J. League official site Gamba Osaka official site Gamba Osaka Gamba Osaka seasons