Kashiwa Reysol

Kashiwa Reysol
柏レイソル
Full name	Kashiwa Reysol
Nickname(s)	"Sun Kings"
Founded	1940
Ground	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium; Kashiwa, Chiba; (Capacity: 15,900)
Chairman	Shigeyuki Onodera
Manager	Nelsinho Baptista
League	J. League Division 1
2011	1st
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

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Kashiwa Reysol (柏レイソル, Kashiwa Reisoru^?) is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.

[edit] History

Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League. It had some success during the mid-1970s, winning several Emperor's Cup and JSL titles and contributing several players to the Japanese national team.

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 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 struggled; 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 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 as its manager. In 1999, it won its first title, the Nabisco Cup Championship. The 1999 and 2000 seasons marked a relative highpoint in the club's 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 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.

In 2009 they were relegated again, but in 2010 they won the J2 title and in 2011, against all predictions, won the J1 title, becoming the first Japanese team to win the second and first tier titles back-to-back. By winning the title in 2011, they also qualified for the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.

[edit] Rivalries

Historically, Kashiwa's fiercest rivals have been JEF United Ichihara Chiba and Urawa Red Diamonds, both close neighbors. Other close rivals include Kashima Antlers and Omiya Ardija.

[edit] Record as J. League member

Season	Div.	Tms.	Pos.	Attendance/G	J. League Cup	Emperor's Cup	AFC	FIFA
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	-	-
2011	J1	18	1	11,917	1st Round	4th Round	-	4th Place
2012	J1	18	-	-	-	-	CL	-

Key

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

[edit] Titles

Hitachi Soccer Club

Japan Soccer League

Winners (1): 1972

Japan Soccer League Division 2

Winners (1): 1990-91

Emperor's Cup

Winners (2): 1972, 1975

JSL Cup

Winners (1): 1976

All Japan Works Football Championship

Winners (2): 1958, 1960

All Japan Inter-City Football Championship

Winners (1): 1963

Kashiwa Reysol

J.League Division 1

Winners (1): 2011

J.League Division 2

Winners (1): 2010

J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup

Winners (1): 1999

Xerox Super Cup

Winners (1): 2012

[edit] Managers

Manager	Nat.	Tenure
Zé Sérgio	Brazil	1995
Antoninho	Brazil	1995
Nicanor	Brazil	1996–97
Akira Nishino	Japan	1998–01
Steve Perryman	England	2001–02
Marco Aurelio	Brazil	2002–03
Tomoyoshi Ikeya	Japan	2004
Hiroshi Hayano	Japan	2004–05
Nobuhiro Ishizaki	Japan	2006–08
Shinichiro Takahashi	Japan	2009
Nelsinho Baptista	Brazil	2009–

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

As of July 17, 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Kazushige Kirihata
2	DF	Takanori Nakajima
3	DF	Naoya Kondo
4	DF	Hiroki Sakai
5	DF	Tatsuya Masushima
6	DF	Daisuke Nasu
7	MF	Hidekazu Otani (captain)
8	FW	Masakatsu Sawa
9	FW	Hideaki Kitajima
10	MF	Leandro Domingues
11	FW	Ryohei Hayashi
14	DF	Kweon Han-Jin
15	MF	Jorge Wagner
16	GK	Koji Inada

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	An Yong-Hak
18	MF	Junya Tanaka
19	FW	Masato Kudo
20	MF	Akimi Barada
21	GK	Takanori Sugeno
22	DF	Wataru Hashimoto
23	DF	Hirofumi Watanabe
25	FW	Ricardo Lobo
26	DF	Ryoji Fukui
27	DF	Masato Fujita
28	MF	Ryoichi Kurisawa
29	MF	Koki Mizuno
30	MF	Ryosuke Yamanaka
31	GK	Goro Kawanami

[edit] Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Kosuke Taketomi (to Roasso Kumamoto)
		MF	Kohei Higa (to Montedio Yamagata)
		MF	Akihiro Hyodo (to JEF United Chiba)
		MF	Taishi Soma (to F.C. Ryukyu)
		MF	Masato Yamazaki (to F.C. Gifu)
		FW	Efrain Rintaro (to Blaublitz Akita)

[edit] 2011 Season Transfers (Summer)

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
6	DF	Daisuke Nasu (Transferred from Júbilo Iwata)
23	DF	Hirofumi Watanabe (loan return from Tochigi S.C.)
25	FW	Ricardo Lobo (Transferred from Tochigi S.C.)
26	DF	Ryoji Fukui (Transferred from Tokyo Verdy)
27	DF	Masato Fujita (Transferred from Yokohama F·Marinos)
30	MF	Ryosuke Yamanaka (Promoted from youth team)
31	GK	Goro Kawanami (loan return from F.C. Gifu)
	MF	Kohei Higa (loan return from Blaublitz Akita)
	MF	Ren Sengoku (loan return from Fagiano Okayama)
	MF	Masato Yamazaki (loan return from Fagiano Okayama)
	FW	Roger (loan return from Ceará)
	FW	Efrain Rintaro (loan return from F.C. Gifu)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
6	DF	Park Dong-Hyuk (Transferred to Dalian Shide)
13	MF	Akihiro Hyodo (loan to JEF United Chiba)
23	DF	Yohei Kurakawa (Released)
24	MF	Taishi Soma (loan to F.C. Ryukyu)
	MF	Ren Sengoku (Transferred to Fagiano Okayama)
	MF	Kohei Higa (loan to Montedio Yamagata)
	MF	Masato Yamazaki (loan to F.C. Gifu)
	FW	Tomoki Ikemoto (Transferred to Giravanz Kitakyushu)
	FW	Roger (Transferred to Ponte Preta)
	FW	Efrain Rintaro (loan to Blaublitz Akita)