Thespa Kusatsu

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Thespa Kusatsu
ザスパ草津
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Full name Thespa Kusatsu
Nickname(s) -
Founded 1995
Ground Shikishima Stadium
(Capacity: 10,050)
Chairman Yuichi Mototani
Manager Hiroshi Soejima (2010 - )
League J. League Division 2
2011 9th
Home colours
Away colours

Thespa Kusatsu (ザスパ草津 zasupa kusatsu?) is a professional football (soccer) club based in Gunma Prefecture in Japan. The club plays in J. League Division 2. J. League Division 2 is the second professional football league in Japan.

The club was founded in 1995 in Kusatsu town, one of the most well-known spa resorts in Japan. Its name basically means "The Spa, Kusatsu." Because of J. League restrictions on stadiums, they play at Shikishima Stadium in nearby Maebashi, the prefectural capital.

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[edit] History

The club was founded in 1995 as Liaison Kusatsu Football Club. The players were the students of specialized training college Higashi Nihon Soccer Academy. When the school was closed in 1999 due to financial difficulties, the players decided to stay in Kusatsu and keep the club alive. In 2002, the club was incorporated as K.K. Kusatsu Onsen Football Club with a future promotion to J. League in mind and adopted new team name Thespa Kusatsu.

[edit] Current players

As of November 14, 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 Japan GK Keisuke Naito
2 Japan MF Sunao Hozaki
3 Japan DF Takafumi Mikuriya
4 Japan DF Takuya Nagata
5 Japan DF Hideyuki Nakamura
6 Japan MF Kazuki Sakurada
7 Japan MF Yusuke Hayashi
8 Japan FW Keisuke Endo
9 Brazil FW Lincoln
10 Brazil MF Heberty
11 North Korea FW Kim Seong-Yong
No. Position Player
13 Japan DF Shingo Arizono
14 Japan MF Shingo Kumabayashi
15 Japan MF Tatsuki Kobayashi
16 Japan FW Ryota Doi
17 Japan DF Satoru Hoshino
18 Japan FW Hiroyuki Sugimoto
19 Japan FW Ryo Goto
20 Japan MF Hiroto Yamamoto
22 Japan GK Kazuma Kita
30 Japan MF Yuki Matsushita

[edit] 2011 season transfers

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
Japan GK Satoshi Hashida (Transferred from Kataller Toyama)
Japan DF Takuya Nagata (On loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan DF Hideyuki Nakamura (Transferred from Mito HollyHock)
Japan DF Shota Kobayashi (On loan from Shonan Bellmare)
Japan DF Satoru Hoshino (Drafted from Chukyo University)
Japan MF Yusuke Hayashi (Transferred from Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan MF Hiroto Yamamoto (Drafted from Nihon University)

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
3 Japan DF Kei Omoto (Released)
5 South Korea DF Choi Sung-Yong (Retired)
8 Brazil FW Rafinha (Loan to Gamba Osaka)
9 Japan FW Yasunori Takada (Released)
10 Japan MF Nozomi Hiroyama (Released)
11 Japan FW Ryoji Ujihara (Released)
16 Japan MF Masaya Sato (Loan return to Nagoya Grampus)
17 Japan MF Nobuhide Akiba (Released)
20 Japan DF Shingo Shibata (Released)
21 Japan GK Satoshi Tokizawa (Transferred to F.C. Tokyo)
23 Japan MF Daisuke Kikuchi (Loan return to Shonan Bellmare)
24 Japan DF Daiki Umei (Loan return to Yokohama F. Marinos)
34 Japan MF Yoshiya Nishizawa (Loan return to Urawa Red Diamonds)
32 Brazil DF Daniel (Released)

[edit] Season by season results and managers

Year League Played Point Win Loss Draw Place Manager General Maanger
1995 Gunma Prefectural Div 4 ? ? ? ? ? Champions MontenegroRatko Stevović ―
1996 Gunma Prefectural Div 3 ? ? ? ? ? Champions ―
1997 Gunma Prefectural Div 2A ? ? ? ? ? Champions ―
1998 Gunma Prefectural Div 1 ? ? ? ? ? 7th JapanNaoki Kimura ―
1999 Gunma Prefectural Div 2 ? ? ? ? ? ? ―
2000 Gunma Prefectural Div 2B ? ? ? ? ? 2nd MontenegroRatko Stevović ―
2001 Gunma Prefectural Div 2B ? ? ? ? ? Champions ―
2002 Gunma Prefectural Div 1 14 42 14 0 0 Champions JapanRyosuke Okuno JapanShigeharu Ueki
2003 Kanto Regional Div 2 14 35 11 1 2 Champions
2004 JFL 30 62 19 6 5 3rd JapanShigeharu Ueki ―
2005 J2 44 23 5 31 8 12th JapanSatoshi Tezuka ―
2006 J2 48 42 9 24 15 12th JapanShigeharu Ueki ―
2007 J2 48 42 7 20 21 11th ―
2008 J2 42 53 13 15 14 9th ―
2009 J2 51 65 18 12 11 10th JapanToru Sano ―
2010 J2 36 48 14 16 6 12th JapanHiroshi Soejima ―

[edit] Former players

[edit] External links

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