Nara Club

Nara Club (奈良クラブ, Nara Kurabu) is a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Nara, Nara Prefecture. They play in Japan Football League.

Nara Club
奈良クラブ
Nickname(s)Nara Club
Founded1991
GroundKonoike Athletic Stadium, Nara[1]
Capacity30,600
Coordinates34°41′54″N 135°49′45″E
Chairman Masashichi Nakagawa XIII [2]
Manager Koichi Sugiyama
LeagueJapan Football League
20188th
WebsiteClub website

History

The Club was originally established in Nara in 1991 under the name Tonan Club (都南クラブ, Tonan Kurabu) and it became a member of the Football Association of Nara. The club went up to the top division in 1997. It was renamed its current name in 2008, and promoted to the regional league in 2009. In 2014 they won the Regional League promotion series and will play in the Japan Football League in 2015.

Current squad

As of 17 January 2020.[3]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Tomoki Ueda
2 DF Tsukasa Morimoto
3 DF Yuta Tsunami
4 DF Kengo Nakamura
5 DF Yohei Nishimura
6 MF Taiga Yoshida
7 MF Tetsuya Kanno
8 MF Shuhei Hotta
9 FW Glory Nagashima
10 MF Shinichi Mukai
11 MF Tetsuya Kato
13 FW Alexander Germain
14 MF Yuki Mizutani
15 DF Ichiro Suzuki
16 FW Masaya Yuma  
No. Position Player
17 MF Naoya Yoshida   
19 DF Aoto Tamiya
20 FW Yudai Saito
21 GK Kouta Sanada
23 DF Haruhi Terashima
24 DF Kim Song-gi
25 MF Sho Hayasaka
26 FW Takumi Shimada
27 MF Sotaro Yamamoto  
30 GK Kristaps Zommers  
31 GK Kaijiro Fujiyoshi
33 MF Kohei Yamada
42 DF Shun Utsugi

Managerial history

ManagerNationalityTenure
Koji Yamaguchi Japan1991–2009
Ken'ichiro Fujimoto Japan2010
Satoru Yoshida Japan2011
Masashi Hachūda Japan2012
Jiro Yabe Japan2012–2013
Jun Mizukoshi Japan2013
Atsushi Nakamura Japan2014–2016
Norihiro Satsukawa Japan2017–2018
Koichi Sugiyama Japan2019
Maiki Hayashi Japan2020-

Team Record

League Emperor's Cup Shakaijin Cup
Season Division Place Pld Win Draw Lose GF GA Dif Pts Note
1992 Nara Pref. League Edu. 3********Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.5**
1993 Nara Pref. League Div.5 1********Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.4**
1994 Nara Pref. League Div.4 1********Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.3**
1995 Nara Pref. League Div.3 1********Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.2**
1996 Nara Pref. League Div.2 1********Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.1**
1997 Nara Pref. League
(Div. 1)
6**********
1998 4**********
1999 3**********
2000 2**********
2001 1**********
2002 7/11103341414012DNQDNQ
2003 5/11106041714+318DNQDNQ
2004 1/1110811258+1725DNQDNQ
2005 3/11[* 1]106132511+1419DNQDNQ
2006 1/11[* 2]108113111+2025DNQDNQ
2007 3/12116142210+1222DNQDNQ
2008 2/1211830399+3027Promoted to Kansai League Div.2DNQ1st Round
2009 Kansai Soccer League (Div. 2) 1/8149324718+2930Promoted to Kansai League Div.12nd RoundDNQ
2010 Kansai Soccer League
(Div. 1)
4/8146623624+12241st RoundDNQ
2011 1/81411214213+29351st RoundDNQ
2012 2/8148512811+17292nd RoundDNQ
2013 5/8143471122−11142nd RoundDNQ
2014 1/81410313011+1933Promoted to JFL3rd RoundQuarter Final
2015 JFL 7/1630137103328+5461st Round
2016 10/1630117124148-7371st Round
2017 7/16301010104151-10401st Round
2018 8/1630126123332+1422nd Round
2019 161st Round
  1. It was originally 12 teams participating. Tenri Univ. FC was disqualified, and the rest of 11 teams had to compete.[4]
  2. It was originally 12 teams participating. Ikoma SC was disqualified, and the rest of 11 teams had to compete.[5]

References

  1. "Jリーグ準加盟審査結果について" (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. サッカーの奈良クラブ、株式会社に 社長に中川政七氏. The Nikkei (in Japanese). 14 December 2018. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. "Top team players". Nara Club. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. "1部リーグ勝敗表" (PDF). Nara Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. "平成18年度 奈良県社会人サッカーリーグ1部星取表" (PDF). Nara Football Federation. 23 November 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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