Kashiwa Reysol
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is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa
Kashiwa, Chiba
is a city located in northern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 404,820 and a population density of 3520 persons per km²...

, Chiba
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...

, about an hour northeast of Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

.

History

Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo
Koganei, Tokyo
is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. As of July 1, 2011, the city has an officially registered population of 116,055 with 56,296 households and a population density of 10,243.16 persons per km²...

, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...

. It had some success during the mid-1970s, winning several Emperor's Cup
Emperor's Cup
, commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...

 and JSL titles and contributing several players to the Japanese national team
Japan national football team
The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...

.

In 1986, the team relocated from Koganei to Kashiwa, but it took a while to adapt to the new town, as they were relegated to the JSL Division 2 at the season's closing. They made it back to the top flight in 1989, only to drop back in 1990 and return in 1991. As the J. League advent had come too soon for them, Hitachi chose to relegate itself in the last JSL season.

The team joined the Japan Football League
Japan Football League (former)
The former was an association football league that existed from 1992 to 1998. Also known as the JFL, it was the 2nd tier of the Japanese football hierarchy following J...

 in 1992 and added Careca of the Brazil national football team with the aim of winning the JFL champion for promotion to the J1 league in 1993. Kashiwa reysol were struggling, however with the help of Hisao Ariga, Careca and Ze Sergio Kashiwa Reysol were a great force. The quest was unsuccessful and the team barely managed to come in at the fifth spot. In 1994 the team secured the second spot in the JFL and earned the promotion to the top league. From 1995, it was in the J1 and in 1998, the team welcomed the former manager for Japan's Olympic team, Akira Nishino
Akira Nishino (footballer)
is a former Japanese footballer and currently a football manager. He coached Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He currently manages J.League club Gamba Osaka. Nishino became the first coach here to have won four different titles—the AFC Champions League in 2008, the Emperor's Cup twice in 2008 and...

 as its manager. In 1999, it won its first title, the Nabisco Cup championship. The 1999 and 2000 seasons marked the highpoint in the club's recent history.

Over the next two seasons, management changes, in particular the tenure of English coach Steve Perryman, unsettled the team and they lost ground. Things got worse still. Following a 16th place out of 18 finish in the 2005 standings, Kashiwa Reysol lost the promotion/relegation play-offs
J. League Promotion/Relegation Series
In 2004, J. League introduced a series of two test matches called League between the sixteenth-place J. Division 1 club and third-place J.league Division 2 club...

 against the 3rd place J2 team Ventforet Kofu. For the first time, three J1 teams were sent down to J2.

Following relegation the team lost all its former players. It began 2006 with both a new coach, Nobuhiro Ishizaki, and an almost entirely new squad. Kashiwa lead J2 for much of 2006, but a series of poor performances in the later stages saw them slip down the table. It was only in the final game of the season that the team secured automatic promotion to J1 as first placed runners up.

Record as J. League member

Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G J. League Cup
J. League Cup
J. League Cup is a Japanese football competition organized by J. League. It is also known as Yamazaki Nabisco Cup or Nabisco Cup because confectionery/bakery company Yamazaki Nabisco have sponsored the competition since its inception in 1992.It is generally regarded as the Japanese equivalent to...

Emperor's Cup
Emperor's Cup
, commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...

1995 J1 14 12 16,102 - 2nd Round
1996 J1 16 5 13,033 Semi-final 4th Round
1997 J1 17 7 8,664 Quarter-final Quarter-final
1998 J1 18 8 9,932 Group Stage 4th Round
1999 J1 16 3 10,122 Winner Semi-final
2000 J1 16 3 10,037 2nd Round 4th Round
2001 J1 16 6 12,477 2nd Round 3rd Round
2002 J1 16 12 11,314 Quarter-final 3rd Round
2003 J1 16 12 10,873 Group Stage 4th Round
2004 J1 16 16 10,513 Group Stage 4th Round
2005 J1 18 16 12,492 Group Stage 5th Round
2006 J2 13 2 8,328 - 4th Round
2007 J1 18 8 12,967 Group Stage 4th Round
2008 J1 18 11 12,308 Group Stage Final
2009 J1 18 16 11,738 Group Stage 3rd Round
2010 J2 19 1 8,098 - 4th Round

Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Titles

Hitachi Soccer Club
  • Japan Soccer League
    Japan Soccer League
    , or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...

Winners (1): 1972
  • Japan Soccer League Division 2
Winners (1): 1990-91
  • Emperor's Cup
    Emperor's Cup
    , commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...

Winners (2): 1972
1972 Emperor's Cup
-1st Round:*Kofu Club 4-1 Nippon Steel Muroran*Chuo University 3-1 Nippon Steel Kamaishi*大阪産業大学 1-3 Eidai Industries*Dainichi Cable Industries 3-2 Fukuoka University*電電近畿 1-3 Toyota Motors*Waseda University 2-3 日本軽金属...

, 1975
1975 Emperor's Cup
-1st Round:*Nippon Kokan 2-0 Waseda University*Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 1-3 Eidai Industries*大阪体育大学 1-2 Chuo University*Yamaha Motors 2-0 Hosei University*九州産業大学 1-0 電電近畿*Hakodate Soccer 0-6 Chuo University...

  • JSL Cup
Winners (1): 1976


Kashiwa Reysol
  • J.League Division 2
    J. League Division 2
    The or is the second division of and is the second-tier professional association football league in Japan. Currently, J. League Division 2 is the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The first tier is represented by J...

Winners (1): 2010
2010 J. League Division 2
The 2010 J. League Division 2 season was the 39th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 12th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on March 6 and ended on December 4....


  • J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
    J. League Cup
    J. League Cup is a Japanese football competition organized by J. League. It is also known as Yamazaki Nabisco Cup or Nabisco Cup because confectionery/bakery company Yamazaki Nabisco have sponsored the competition since its inception in 1992.It is generally regarded as the Japanese equivalent to...

Winners (1): 1999
1999 J. League Cup
-1st Round:*Consadole Sapporo 1-0 ; 0-3 Avispa Fukuoka*Albirex Niigata 0-3 ; 0-2 Kashiwa Reysol*Vegalta Sendai 1-2 ; 1-4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima*Montedio Yamagata 0-5 ; 1-4 Kyoto Purple Sanga*Omiya Ardija 1-1 ; 0-3 Yokohama F...


Managers

ManagerNat.Tenure
Zé Sérgio
Zé Sérgio
José Sérgio Presti, best known as Zé Sérgio is a former football player who played as a striker....

 
1995
Antoninho
Benedicto Antonio Angeli
Benedicto Antonio Angeli is a former Brazilian football player.-References:*...

 
1995
Nicanor
Nicanor de Carvalho
Nicanor de Carvalho Júnior, best known as Nicanor is a Brazilian football manager.Nicanor managed several Brazilian clubs during the 1990s, including Guarani Futebol Clube.-External links:*...

 
1996-97
Akira Nishino
Akira Nishino (footballer)
is a former Japanese footballer and currently a football manager. He coached Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He currently manages J.League club Gamba Osaka. Nishino became the first coach here to have won four different titles—the AFC Champions League in 2008, the Emperor's Cup twice in 2008 and...

 
1998-01
Steve Perryman
Steve Perryman
Stephen John "Steve" Perryman MBE is a former English international football player and current manager who is best remembered for his successes with Tottenham Hotspur during the 1970s and early 1980s...

 
2001-02
Marco Aurelio
Marco Aurelio Moreira
Marco Aurelio Moreira is a former Brazilian football manager.-References:*...

 
2002-03
Tomoyoshi Ikeya
Tomoyoshi Ikeya
Tomoyoshi Ikeya is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Hitachi.-References:*...

 
2004
Hiroshi Hayano
Hiroshi Hayano
Hiroshi Hayano is a former Japanese football player and manager.Hayano last managed Yokohama F. Marinos, his second spell as manager of the club. He had previously led Marinos to their first J. League title in 1995....

 
2004-05
Nobuhiro Ishizaki  2006-08
Shinichiro Takahashi  2009
Nelsinho Baptista
Nelsinho Baptista
Nélson Baptista Júnior, usually known as Nelsinho Baptista , is a former association football right back and is currently a manager...

 
2009-

Current squad

As of July 17, 2011
(captain)

Out on loan

2011 Season Transfers (Summer)

In:
Out:

Notable Players

Antônio Carlos Zago
Antônio Carlos Zago
Antônio Carlos Zago, widely known as "Antônio Carlos" or "A.C.Zago", is a former Brazilian footballer and current coach.-Club career:...

 (1996-97) Careca (1993-96) Cesar Sampaio (2002) Cléber Santana
Cléber Santana Loureiro
Cléber Santana Loureiro, known as Santana , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Clube Atlético Paranaense as a central midfielder.-Football career:...

 (2005) Dudu Cearense
Dudu Cearense
Dudu Cearense, whose real name is Alexandro Silva de Sousa, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Clube Atlético Mineiro....

 (2004) Edilson
Edilson
Edílson, full name Edílson da Silva Ferreira, is a former football player from Brazil. He played as a forward, mainly in the past with SE Palmeiras and Corinthians. In 1998, he received the Bola de Ouro award given to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A...

 (1996-97), (2002-03) Elpídio Silva
Elpídio Pereira da Silva Filho
Elpídio Pereira da Silva Filho , known as Silva, is a retired Brazilian footballer.A striker, his main traits were striking positioning and heading, and he spent most of his professional career in Portugal, namely representing Boavista.-Club career:Silva started his professional career with Clube...

 (1997-98) França
França
Françoaldo Sena de Souza , aka França, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Yokohama F.C. in Japan, as a striker.-Club career:...

 (2005-10) Jamelli
Paulo Roberto Jamelli Júnior
Paulo Roberto Jamelli Júnior, known as Jamelli , is a retired Brazilian footballer, who played mainly as a forward.-Football career:...

 (1997) Jussiê
Jussiê Ferreira Vieira
Jussiê Ferreira Vieira is a Brazilian footballer who originally played in the striker position, but now often plays as an attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Bordeaux in the French Ligue 1.-Early career:...

 (2003) Márcio Nobre
Márcio Nobre
Marcio Ferreira Nobre , also known as Mert Nobre, is an association footballer. He plays at the striker position. He also holds Turkish nationality.-Fenerbahçe:...

 (2003) Muller (1995) Nelsinho (1993-95) Reinaldo (2005)
Valdir
Valdir Benedito
Valdir Benedito is a retired Brazilian football player who played for Atlético Paranaense , Atlético Mineiro , Cruzeiro , Internacional and Kashiwa Reysol...

 (1995-97) Zé Sérgio
Zé Sérgio
José Sérgio Presti, best known as Zé Sérgio is a former football player who played as a striker....

 (1989-91) Hristo Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov , sometimes Stoitchkov; born 8 February 1966 in Plovdiv) is a retired Bulgarian footballer. He is regarded as one of the best footballers of his generation and the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. Nicknamed The Dagger , The Dog , The Modern Left...

 (1998-99) Everth Palacios
Everth Palacios
Ever Antonio Palacios is a Colombian football player, who played for a few clubs, including Deportivo Cali, Atlético Nacional, Atlético Junior, Shonan Bellmare and Kashiwa Reysol...

 (2005) Doumbia Seydou
Doumbia Seydou
Seydou Doumbia is an Ivorian footballer who plays for CSKA Moscow as a forward.-Club career:Doumbia is a striker. He started his career at the Inter FC youth academy and started playing at second division partnerclub AS Athlétic Adjamé in 2003...

 (2006-07) Yoichi Doi (1994-99) Yasuhiro Hato (2004-05) Nozomu Kato (1992-04) Wagner Lopes
Wagner Lopes
Wagner Lopes is a former Japanese footballer. The striker was born in Brazil, and is a naturalised Japanese citizen....

 (1990-94) Tomokazu Myojin
Tomokazu Myojin
is a Japanese football midfielder.He was capped 26 times and scored 3 goals for the Japanese national team between 2000 and 2002. He played three games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He was also a part of the Japanese 2000 Summer Olympics squad.-Statistics:...

 (1996-05) Akira Nishino
Akira Nishino (footballer)
is a former Japanese footballer and currently a football manager. He coached Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He currently manages J.League club Gamba Osaka. Nishino became the first coach here to have won four different titles—the AFC Champions League in 2008, the Emperor's Cup twice in 2008 and...

 (1978-90) Harutaka Ono Kentaro Sawada Takahiro Shimotaira
Ryozo Suzuki (1965-70) Keiji Tamada
Keiji Tamada
is a Japanese football player, who currently plays for the J. League team Nagoya Grampus.-Club career:Tamada entered Kashiwa Reysol from the Narashino High School in 1999. He accomplished the debut by the game against Avispa Fukuoka on March 13, 1999. He experiences the acquisition of the title of...

 (1999-05) Yukio Tsuchiya (2005) Takeshi Watanabe
Takeshi Watanabe
Takeshi Watanabe may refer to:*Takeshi Watanabe , first president of the Asian Development Bank*Takeshi Watanabe , a Japanese football player...

 (1995-04) Yoshitada Yamaguchi (1967-75) Yoshiteru Yamashita
Yoshiteru Yamashita
is a Japanese football player who was capped 3 times for the Japanese national team.After graduating from Higashi Fukuoka High School in 1996, he joined J. League Division 1 side Avispa Fukuoka. He made his professional debut on March 16, 1996...

 (2006) Pavel Badea
Pavel Badea
Pavel Badea is a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder.-Playing career:Badea began his professional football career with FC Universitatea Craiova, making his league debut in 1984. He left Romania to play for FC Lausanne-Sport of Switzerland in the summer of 1992, later moving to Korea...

 (1999) Saša Drakulić
Saša Drakulic
Saša Drakulić is a retired Serbian footballer. The striker went to South Korea in 1995 and during his eight seasons in the K-League made a name for himself as one of the most successful imports ever in the league.-In Asia:In 1995 he joined the Korean side Busan Daewoo Royals, scoring eight goals...

 (2000) Choi Sung-Kuk (2005) Hong Myung-Bo
Hong Myung-Bo
Hong Myung-Bo is a former South Korean footballer who, along with Cha Bum Kun, is often considered among the greatest Asian footballers ever. Hong was a member of the Korean national team in four World Cups, and was the first Asian player to play in four consecutive World Cup finals tournaments....

 (1999-01) Hwang Sun-Hong
Hwang Sun-Hong
Hwang Sun-Hong or Hwang Seon-Hong is a South Korean football manager and former player, currently managing Pohang Steelers- Biography :During most of the last 2 decades Hwang was regarded as a Korean scoring sensation...

 (2000-02) Park Kun-Ha
Park Kun-Ha
Park Kun-Ha is a retired South Korean footballer and the coach of South Korea national under-23 football team.He started his professional career in 1996 as the founding member of Suwon Samsung Bluewings...

 (2000) Yoo Sang-Chul
Yoo Sang-Chul
Yoo Sang-Chul is a South Korean football manager and former football player. He is currently the manager of K-League team Daejeon Citizen.- Profile :*Weight: 78 kg*First Int'l Cap: USA...

 (2001-02)

World Cup Players

World Cup 2002
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...

 Tomokazu Myojin
Tomokazu Myojin
is a Japanese football midfielder.He was capped 26 times and scored 3 goals for the Japanese national team between 2000 and 2002. He played three games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He was also a part of the Japanese 2000 Summer Olympics squad.-Statistics:...

 Hong Myung-Bo
Hong Myung-Bo
Hong Myung-Bo is a former South Korean footballer who, along with Cha Bum Kun, is often considered among the greatest Asian footballers ever. Hong was a member of the Korean national team in four World Cups, and was the first Asian player to play in four consecutive World Cup finals tournaments....

 Hwang Sun-Hong
Hwang Sun-Hong
Hwang Sun-Hong or Hwang Seon-Hong is a South Korean football manager and former player, currently managing Pohang Steelers- Biography :During most of the last 2 decades Hwang was regarded as a Korean scoring sensation...

 Yoo Sang-Chul
Yoo Sang-Chul
Yoo Sang-Chul is a South Korean football manager and former football player. He is currently the manager of K-League team Daejeon Citizen.- Profile :*Weight: 78 kg*First Int'l Cap: USA...


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