Kashiwa Reysol

Full name Hitachi Kashiwa Reysol[1]
Nickname(s) Reysol
Founded 1940 (1940) as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club
Ground Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
Kashiwa, Chiba
Capacity 15,900
Owner Hitachi
Chairman Shigeyuki Onodera
Manager Takahiro Shimotaira
League J1 League
2017 J1 League, 4th
Website Club website

Kashiwa Reysol (柏レイソル, Kashiwa Reisoru) is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba. The team competes in the J. League Division 1 from 2011 season.

Formed in 1940, Reysol were founding members of Japan Soccer League in 1965 and have spent the majority of their existence in the top tier of Japanese football. They have been Japanese league champions twice, in 1972 and 2011, and have won three Emperor's Cups.

Reysol have a rivalry with neighbours JEF United Chiba and the two sides contest the Chiba derby. The club have been based at Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium since 1985.

History

Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Kodaira, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League.[1] 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 Kodaira 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.[2] They made it back to the top flight in 1989, only to drop back in 1990 and return in 1991.[1] 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.[1] 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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] By winning the title in 2011, they also qualified for the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.

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.

Record as J. League member

SeasonDiv.Tms.Pos.Attendance/GJ. League CupEmperor's CupAFCFIFA CWC
1995J1141216,102–2nd Round––
1996J116513,033Semi-finals4th Round––
1997J11778,664Quarter-finalsQuarter-finals––
1998J11889,932Group Stage4th Round––
1999J116310,122WinnerSemi-finals––
2000J116310,0372nd Round4th Round––
2001J116612,4772nd Round3rd Round––
2002J1161211,314Quarter-finals3rd Round––
2003J1161210,873Group Stage4th Round––
2004J1161610,513Group Stage4th Round––
2005J1181612,492Group Stage5th Round––
2006J21328,328–4th Round––
2007J118812,967Group Stage4th Round––
2008J1181112,308Group StageFinal––
2009J1181611,738Group Stage3rd Round––
2010J21918,098–4th Round––
2011J118111,9171st Round4th Round–4th Place
2012J118613,768Semi-finalsWinnerRound of 16–
2013J1181012,553Winner4th RoundSemi-finals–
2014J118410,715Semi-finals3rd Round––
2015J1181010,918Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsQuarter-finals–
2016J118810,728Group StageRound of 16––
2017J118411,820Group StageSemi-finals––
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance
  • Source: J. League Data Site

Honours

League titles
1972, 2011
1990–91, 2010
Cup titles
1972, 1975, 2012
1976, 1999, 2013
2012
  • All Japan Works Football Championship: 2
1958, 1960
  • All Japan Inter-City Football Championship: 1
1963
International titles
2014

Current squad

As of 10 January 2018.[7]

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

No. Position Player
1 Japan GK Kazushige Kirihata
2 Japan DF Jiro Kamata
3 Qatar DF Nathan Otávio
5 Japan DF Yuta Nakayama
7 Japan MF Hidekazu Otani (captain)
8 Japan MF Kei Koizumi
9 Brazil FW Cristiano
10 Japan MF Ataru Esaka
11 Japan FW Ryohei Yamazaki
13 Japan DF Ryuta Koike
14 Japan FW Junya Ito
15 South Korea MF Kim Bo-kyung
16 Japan GK Haruhiko Takimoto
17 Japan MF Kohei Tezuka
No. Position Player
18 Japan MF Yusuke Segawa
19 Japan MF Hiroto Nakagawa
21 Japan GK Haruki Saruta
22 South Korea DF Park Jeong-su
23 Japan GK Kosuke Nakamura
24 Japan DF Toshiaki Miyamoto
25 Japan MF Riku Tanaka
26 Kenya FW Michael Olunga
27 Japan DF Tomoki Imai
28 Japan MF Ryoichi Kurisawa
29 Japan DF So Nakagawa
30 Japan MF Masakatsu Sawa
37 Japan MF Hajime Hosogai
39 Japan DF Masashi Kamekawa

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
Japan DF Takuya Hashiguchi (at Machida Zelvia)
Japan DF Tatsuya Masushima (at JEF United Chiba)
Japan DF Taiyo Koga (at Avispa Fukuoka)
Japan MF Hiroki Akino (at Shonan Bellmare)
No. Position Player
Japan MF Kaito Anzai (at Montedio Yamagata)
Japan MF Yūsuke Kobayashi (at Shonan Bellmare)
Brazil FW Diego Oliveira (at FC Tokyo)

Managers

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Club guide: Kashiwa Reysol". J. League. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Hometown". Kashiwa Reysol. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "1 History". Decade: Kashiwa Reysol official history 1994–2004. Bunkakobo. 2004. ISBN 978-4-434-04119-8.
  4. ↑ "Match report: Promotion/Relegation Series". J's Goal. December 10, 2005. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Match report: Kashiwa 3–0 Shonan". J's Goal. December 2, 2006. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  6. ↑ Andrew Mckirdy (December 4, 2011). "Reysol complete storybook season". The Japan Times. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  7. ↑ "Clubs & Players". Kashiwa Reysol. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
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