Okinawa SV

Okinawa SV
沖縄SV
Full name Okinawa Sport-Verein
Founded 2015
Chairman Naohiro Takahara
Manager Naohiro Takahara
League Kyushu Soccer League
2017 2nd (promoted from Okinawa Prefectural League)

Okinawa Sport-Verein (沖縄Sport-Verein, Okinawa SV) is a football (soccer) club based in Uruma, which is located in Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Kyushu Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

History

After leaving SC Sagamihara and professional football, former Japan NT member Naohiro Takahara opted to found a new club in Okinawa.[1] The name took inspiration from Hamburger SV, a former German club in Takahara's career: this inspired Okinawa Sport-Verein (a German term for "sports club").[2]

Takahara set himself as president, manager-player and captain, helping the side from Kyushu to start from the bottom of Japanese football. In their first year, Okinawa SV featured in the third division of Okinawa Prefectural League, marking an incredible debut: all matches were won and they scored 123 goals. Okinawa Football Association opted to give OSV a free pass to join the first division of the prefectural championship. In their second season, Okinawa SV got promoted again, this time to Kyushu Soccer League.

Current squad

Updated to 27 February 2018.[3]

League record

SeasonLeagueGPPtsWDLGSGAGDPosition
2016 Okinawa Prefectural League (Div. 3, North) 9279001231+1221st
2017 Okinawa Prefectural League (Div. 1) 925810644+602nd

References

  1. ↑ http://www.soccer-king.jp/news/japan/jl/20151201/375622.html
  2. ↑ https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/detail/?177967-177967-fl
  3. ↑ "選手・スタッフ". okinawasv.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
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