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Zweigen Kanazawa
ツエーゲン金沢
File:Zweigen Kanazawa logo.gif
Full nameZweigen Kanazawa
Nickname(s)Zweigen
Founded2006
GroundIshikawa Kanazawa Stadium
(Seibu Ryokuchi Kōen)
Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Capacity20,261
ChairmanHiroshi Yonezawa
ManagerHitoshi Morishita
LeagueJ2 League
201512th
Websitehttp://www.zweigen-kanazawa.jp/

Zweigen Kanazawa (ツエーゲン金沢 Tsuēgen Kanazawa) is a Japanese football club based in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. They play in J. League Division 2.

History

The club was formed in 1956 under the simple name Kanazawa Soccer Club and adopted its current identity in 2006. The Hokushinetsu region, long sleepy in football terms and whose potential only arose with Albirex Niigata leading the way, provided few opportunities for Kanazawa to rise in Japan's football ranks until the late 2000s. On 19 December 2009 they were promoted to the JFL after beating FC Kariya at the promotion/relegation playoff with 2–1 aggregate score,[1] following a third-place finish in the 2009 All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series.

On December 15, 2010, a new management company called Zweigen, Inc. was established in order to apply to the J-League associate membership.

On January 7, 2011 the team applied for J-League associate membership.[2]

On 16 November 2014, Zweigen became the inaugural J3 League champions, and having gained a licence to compete in J. League Division 2 will participate in Japanese club football's second tier for the 2015 season.

Name and symbolism

The name "Zweigen" is a portmanteau of the German zwei, for the number 2, and gen, to advance. In Kanazawa dialect, the phrase tsuyoi noda! (Be Strong!) became tsuee gen! by double entendre. In German, the word Zweigen actually means branches (dative—nominative: Zweige), and owing to this, a fleur-de-lis is a key part of the club's crest.

Current squad

As of 14 February 2016.[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Naoki Harada
2 DF Japan JPN Shinya Awatari
3 DF Japan JPN Yuji Sakuda
4 DF Japan JPN Tatsushi Koyanagi
5 DF Japan JPN Kosuke Ota
6 MF Japan JPN Akira Ando
7 MF Japan JPN Masataka Kani
8 MF Japan JPN Kenta Yamafuji
9 FW North Korea PRK An Byong-jun
10 MF Japan JPN Andrew Kumagai
11 MF Japan JPN Hiroyuki Furuta
13 FW Japan JPN Shoma Mizunaga
14 FW Japan JPN Masahiro Kaneko
15 DF Japan JPN Shinji Tsujio
16 DF Brazil BRA Mendes
17 FW Brazil BRA Romarinho
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Japan JPN Koji Nada
19 MF Japan JPN Syungo Tamashiro
20 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Minegishi
21 GK Japan JPN Motofumi Ōhashi
22 DF Japan JPN Yasuhito Tomita
23 DF Japan JPN Kazuaki Mawatari
24 MF Japan JPN Yuhei Otsuki
25 MF Japan JPN Yusuke Hoshino
27 DF Japan JPN Tomonobu Hirai
28 DF South Korea KOR Kim Young-heon
29 MF South Korea KOR Kim Tae-sung
30 FW Japan JPN Masato Yamazaki
31 GK Japan JPN Yoshinobu Harada

Record

Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Emperor's Cup
2010 JFL 18 9 1,548 2nd Round
2011 JFL 18 7 2,504 2nd Round
2012 JFL 17 14 2,313 1st Round
2013 JFL 18 7 2,063 3rd Round
2014 J3 12 1 3,440 2nd Round
2015 J2 22 12 4,910 2nd Round
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance

References

  1. ^ http://www.ishikawafc.sv.bigsite.jp/menu34/tc-lp01-03095.html
  2. ^ http://www.zweigen-kanazawa.jp/news/newsDetail353.html
  3. ^ http://www.zweigen-kanazawa.jp/htm/player_staff.html


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