Avispa Fukuoka
Avispa Fukuoka (アビスパ福岡, Abisupa Fukuoka) is a Japanese professional football club based in Hakata, Fukuoka. They currently compete in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.
| Full name | Avispa Fukuoka |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Avi, Hachi (Hornet, in Japanese), Meishu |
| Founded | 1982 as Chūō Bōhan SC |
| Stadium | Best Denki Stadium Hakata-ku, Fukuoka |
| Capacity | 22,563 |
| Chairman | Takashi Kawamori |
| Manager | Shigetoshi Hasebe |
| League | J1 League |
| 2023 | J1 League, 7th of 18 |
| Website | Club website |
| Current season | |
Avispa has won 1 J2 League title and is the current 2023 J.League Cup champions.
History edit
Earlier years in Fujieda edit
The club were originally based in Fujieda, Shizuoka and was founded as Chūō Bōhan SC in 1982 by the workers of security company Chuo Bohan in Fujieda, Shizuoka. They were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1991. The club then participated in the newly founded former Japan Football League Division 2 in 1992 and were promoted to Division 1 in 1993. They changed their name to Fujieda Blux with intention to be a J.League member. However, with difficulties to have a stadium that met J.League requirements, and with local competition from Júbilo Iwata and Shimizu S-Pulse, the football fan base in Shizuoka prefecture was already considered saturated.
Move to Fukuoka (1994) edit
As a result, in 1994, the club decided to move to Fukuoka where the community was eager to have a J.League club. They adopted new name Fukuoka Blux and became a J.League associate member, while the amateur club of Chūō Bōhan was active in Fujieda until 2006.
1995 (JFL) edit
The first season in Fukuoka saw them win the JFL championship with help from Argentine Hugo Maradona and they were promoted to J.League. After becoming the champions of 1995 Japan Football League as Fukuoka Blux the team was admitted to the J.League in 1996 season.
1996–1998 (J.League) edit
Fukuoka Blux eventually decided to change their name to Avispa Fukuoka, in order to avoid a potential trademark dispute with men's clothier Brooks Brothers. "Avispa" itself means "wasp" in Spanish. The club acquired experienced players such as former Japanese international Satoshi Tsunami and defender Hideaki Mori but they finished lowly 15th in the 1996 season.
They finished bottom of the league two seasons in a row from 1997 to 1998, but were able to narrowly avoid relegation. This was because J.League were building foundation of J.League 2 for 1999. Therefore, no clubs were relegated and there were relegation/promotion play-offs for the first time at the end of 1998 season, in which Avispa were involved. Around this time, forward Yoshiteru Yamashita and midfielder Chikara Fujimoto were chosen for the Japanese national team.
1999–2001 (J1) edit
In 1999, they again reinforced the squad by acquiring experienced players such as former internationals Nobuyuki Kojima and Yasutoshi Miura as well as Yugoslavian Nenad Maslovar. They won a fierce relegation battle and eventually stayed up. In 2000, Argentine David Bisconti and Romanian Pavel Badea were transferred to Fukuoka and they finished club record 6th in the second stage. In 2001, the club acquired former Korean international Noh Jung-Yoon and Yoshika Matsubara but they finished 15th and were relegated to J2.
2002–2005 (J2) edit
In 2002, they kept experienced players and released younger players such as Daisuke Nakaharai and Yoshiteru Yamashita but they finished 8th out of 10. In 2002, with new manager Hiroshi Matsuda, they decided to recruit and nurture young players who graduated from local high schools instead of acquiring experienced footballers from other clubs. They initially struggled but came back well and finished 4th. In 2004, they finished 3rd and qualified for the play-offs but Kashiwa Reysol dashed their promotion hope by beating them home and away (the scoreline was both 2–0). In 2005, they finished 2nd and gained an automatic promotion to J1. Avispa players Hokuto Nakamura and Tomokazu Nagira represented Japan for the 2005 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.
2006 (J1) edit
They had been involved in a relegation battle from the beginning of the season. They finished 16th and were relegated to J2 after the promotion/relegation play-offs against Vissel Kobe, which they tied twice, 0–0 in Kobe, then 1–1 at their home game. Like many J2 teams this has led to financial issues. The Daily Yomiuri reported that in 2006 Avispa needed 535 million yen in loans from the local prefectural and municipal governments.
2007–2008 (J2) edit
With relegation came another new manager, the former German international Pierre Littbarski. "Litti" arrived from the Australian A-League, bringing with him several experienced players such as Mark Rudan, Joel Griffiths and Ufuk Talay, but he was unable to steer Avispa to any notable success. Having finished 7th in 2007, an inability to compete near the top of the league led to Littbarski's sacking in mid-2008. He was replaced by former Avispa player Yoshiyuki Shinoda.
2009 (J2) edit
The departure of Littbarski coincided with the departure of the club's Australian players, who were largely replaced with youngsters from a number of Kyushu-based universities. After a reasonable start, Avispa's form has tailed off sharply, with a recent five-game losing streak including 6–0 and 5–0 thrashings away at Ventforet Kofu and Mito HollyHock respectively. The club finished in the lower half of the J2 table with promotion hopes dashed for another year.
2010 (J2) edit
Yoshiyuki Shinoda bolstered his squad for the 2010 season by adding more players from local University teams, and picked up midfielders Kosuke Nakamachi and Genki Nagasato who had previously played together at Shonan Bellmare. The season started slowly with the team picking up only 1 point out of a possible 15 in March, but then saw a dramatic improvement in performance as they went on to win 17 of the next 25 games including a come from behind victory against promotion rivals JEF United. As JEF United went on to drop more points Avispa secured promotion back to J1 with 2 games of the season left to play.
Popular striker Tetsuya Okubo was released at the end of the season, along with 4 other players as the squad was prepared for J1.
2011 (J1) edit
The promotion to J1 saw some significant changes to the squad as Takuya Matsuura was brought in to replace Genki Nagasato who departed to Ventforet Kofu under a cloud, Shogo Kobara, Kim Min-je and Takumi Wada coming in to bolster defence, while Sho Naruoka and Kentaro Shigematsu arrived to try to score the goals to keep the club in the division.
Tipped by all pundits on the J-League After Game Show to finish the season in 18th position, the players struggled to gel and went for the first 13 games of the season without earning a point. Despite improving slightly towards the mid-season break manager Shinoda left the club to be replaced by head coach Tetsuya Asano.
While results continued to improve, culminating in a 6–0 away win to Montedio Yamagata, the club could not pull themselves out of the relegation zone and finished the season in 17th position to be relegated to J2. At the end of the season the manager was changed again with Koji Maeda being brought in to replace the departing Asano.
2012 (J2) edit
The team was looking to bounce straight back to J1 upon their return to the second tier but endured the worst season in the history of the club as they finished a lowly 18th in the table; only winning 9 games all season and conceding 68 goals (only Gainare Tottori would concede more in the season). The end of the season saw Koji Maeda part ways with the club as they looked to rebuild towards a better 2013.
2013 (J2) edit
The club returned to hiring a non-Japanese manager for the first time since Pierre Littbarski as Slovenian Marijan Pusnik arrived. His arrival saw a greater emphasis given towards the development of young players at the club as rookies Yuta Mishima and Takeshi Kanamori were given chances in the first team.
Results on the pitch immediately improved and the club were competing around the play-off positions until a slump in form mid-season coincided with the announcement that the club needed ¥50 million to remain solvent. The club finished in 14th position, but found the money to stay afloat, with Pusnik agreeing to remain as manager for another season.
2014 (J2) edit
Avispa finished in 16th place. Pušnik's contract was not renewed and he returned to Slovenia.
2015 (Promotion to J1) edit
The club hired new coach Masami Ihara[1] who twice handled Kashiwa Reysol in a caretaker capacity. They finished third and were promoted back to J1 in winning the promotion playoffs.
2016 (J1) edit
Avispa finished in 18th place and relegated to J2. League
2017 (J2) edit
Avispa finished in fourth place. In the "J1 promotion play-off", Avispa won the semi-final game 1–0 against Tokyo Verdy. In the final game however, the team had a scoreless draw, 0-0, with Nagoya Grampus leaving them in third place, meaning Avispa could not be promoted to J1.
2021–present (J1) edit
A second place finish in the 2020 J2 League saw Avispa returned to J1 League for the first time since 2016.
On 4 November 2023, Avispa won the J.League Cup by defeating two-time winners Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 in the final match of 2023 edition.[2][3] It was the first major trophy in the history of the club.
Affiliated clubs edit
Kit and colours edit
| Season(s) | Main Shirt Sponsor | Collarbone Sponsor | Additional Sponsor(s) | Kit Manufacturer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | FJ. Fukuoka Estate | Hakata Green Hotel (Left) | - | Shin Nihon Seiyaku | PIETRO | Hakata Nakasu Fukuya | BIKEN TECHNO | Before the ban is lifted | YONEX |
| 2019 | |||||||||
| 2020 | Plantel EX | PIETRO | |||||||
| 2021 | Shin Nihon Seiyaku | Japan Park (Right) | DMM Hoken | Yupiesu | -/ BYBIT | ||||
| 2022 | DMM Hoken | BYBIT | KIRIN Beverage | ||||||
| 2023 | Agekke | DMM TV | - | ||||||
| 2024 | |||||||||
Kit evolution edit
| Home 1st | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 - 1998 | 1999 - 2000 | 2001 - 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 - |
| Away 2nd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 - 1998 | 1999 - 2000 | 2001 - 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 - |
| Alternate 3rd / Special | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 20th Anniversary | 2017 Bee Festival Memorial | 2018 Bee Festival Memorial | 2019 Hachimatsuri Memorial | 2020 25th Anniversary |
2021 Autumn Formation | 2022 SP | |||
Current players edit
- As of 7 March 2024.[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club officials edit
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Manager | Shigetoshi Hasebe |
| Head coach | Ryotaro Tanaka |
| First-team coach | Kazuno Nakashima Shinya Tsukahara |
| Goalkeeping coach | Hideki Tsukamoto |
| Conditioning coach | Sotaro Higuchi |
| Interpreter | Atsushi Kamiyama Gustavo De Marco |
| Chief trainer | Eiji Miyata |
| Athletic trainer | Naoki Yoshioka Naoki Nagai Toshiki Okuno |
| Kit manager | Ryuya Muto Takuna Nakano |
| Competent | Eishi Nakamura |
Managerial history edit
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Finish | ||
| Yoshio Kikugawa | Japan | 1 January 1982 | 31 December 1994 |
| Jorge Olguín | Argentina | 1 July 1993 | 31 December 1995 |
| Hidehiko Shimizu | Japan | 1 February 1996 | 31 January 1997 |
| Carlos Pachamé | Argentina | 1 January 1997 | 31 December 1997 |
| Takaji Mori | Japan | 1 February 1998 | 31 January 1999 |
| Yoshio Kikugawa | Japan | 1 January 1999 | 31 December 1999 |
| Nestor Omar Piccoli | Argentina | 1 January 2000 | 31 December 2001 |
| Masataka Imai | Japan | 1 February 2002 | 28 July 2002 |
| Tasuya Mochizuki | Japan | 29 July 2002 | 14 August 2002 |
| Shigekazu Nakamura | Japan | 15 August 2002 | 31 January 2003 |
| Hiroshi Matsuda | Japan | 1 February 2003 | 7 May 2006 |
| Ryōichi Kawakatsu | Japan | 8 May 2006 | 31 January 2007 |
| Hitoshi Okino | Japan | 11 December 2006 | 31 January 2007 |
| Pierre Littbarski | Germany | 1 February 2007 | 11 July 2008 |
| Yoshiyuki Shinoda | Japan | 15 July 2008 | 3 August 2011 |
| Tetsuya Asano | Japan | 3 August 2011 | 31 December 2011 |
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Avispa Fukuoka news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Avispa Fukuoka アビスパ福岡 Abisupa Fukuoka is a Japanese professional football club based in Hakata Fukuoka They currently compete in the J1 League which is the top tier of football in the country Avispa Fukuoka アビスパ福岡Full nameAvispa FukuokaNickname s Avi Hachi Hornet in Japanese MeishuFounded1982 42 years ago 1982 as Chuō Bōhan SCStadiumBest Denki StadiumHakata ku FukuokaCapacity22 563ChairmanTakashi KawamoriManagerShigetoshi HasebeLeagueJ1 League2023J1 League 7th of 18WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursCurrent season Avispa has won 1 J2 League title and is the current 2023 J League Cup champions Contents 1 History 1 1 Earlier years in Fujieda 1 2 Move to Fukuoka 1994 1 3 1995 JFL 1 4 1996 1998 J League 1 5 1999 2001 J1 1 6 2002 2005 J2 1 7 2006 J1 1 8 2007 2008 J2 1 9 2009 J2 1 10 2010 J2 1 11 2011 J1 1 12 2012 J2 1 13 2013 J2 1 14 2014 J2 1 15 2015 Promotion to J1 1 16 2016 J1 1 17 2017 J2 1 18 2021 present J1 2 Affiliated clubs 3 Kit and colours 3 1 Kit evolution 4 Current players 5 Club officials 6 Managerial history 7 League amp cup record 8 Honours 9 References 10 External linksHistory editEarlier years in Fujieda edit The club were originally based in Fujieda Shizuoka and was founded as Chuō Bōhan SC in 1982 by the workers of security company Chuo Bohan in Fujieda Shizuoka They were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1991 The club then participated in the newly founded former Japan Football League Division 2 in 1992 and were promoted to Division 1 in 1993 They changed their name to Fujieda Blux with intention to be a J League member However with difficulties to have a stadium that met J League requirements and with local competition from Jubilo Iwata and Shimizu S Pulse the football fan base in Shizuoka prefecture was already considered saturated Move to Fukuoka 1994 edit As a result in 1994 the club decided to move to Fukuoka where the community was eager to have a J League club They adopted new name Fukuoka Blux and became a J League associate member while the amateur club of Chuō Bōhan was active in Fujieda until 2006 1995 JFL edit The first season in Fukuoka saw them win the JFL championship with help from Argentine Hugo Maradona and they were promoted to J League After becoming the champions of 1995 Japan Football League as Fukuoka Blux the team was admitted to the J League in 1996 season 1996 1998 J League edit Fukuoka Blux eventually decided to change their name to Avispa Fukuoka in order to avoid a potential trademark dispute with men s clothier Brooks Brothers Avispa itself means wasp in Spanish The club acquired experienced players such as former Japanese international Satoshi Tsunami and defender Hideaki Mori but they finished lowly 15th in the 1996 season They finished bottom of the league two seasons in a row from 1997 to 1998 but were able to narrowly avoid relegation This was because J League were building foundation of J League 2 for 1999 Therefore no clubs were relegated and there were relegation promotion play offs for the first time at the end of 1998 season in which Avispa were involved Around this time forward Yoshiteru Yamashita and midfielder Chikara Fujimoto were chosen for the Japanese national team 1999 2001 J1 edit In 1999 they again reinforced the squad by acquiring experienced players such as former internationals Nobuyuki Kojima and Yasutoshi Miura as well as Yugoslavian Nenad Maslovar They won a fierce relegation battle and eventually stayed up In 2000 Argentine David Bisconti and Romanian Pavel Badea were transferred to Fukuoka and they finished club record 6th in the second stage In 2001 the club acquired former Korean international Noh Jung Yoon and Yoshika Matsubara but they finished 15th and were relegated to J2 2002 2005 J2 edit In 2002 they kept experienced players and released younger players such as Daisuke Nakaharai and Yoshiteru Yamashita but they finished 8th out of 10 In 2002 with new manager Hiroshi Matsuda they decided to recruit and nurture young players who graduated from local high schools instead of acquiring experienced footballers from other clubs They initially struggled but came back well and finished 4th In 2004 they finished 3rd and qualified for the play offs but Kashiwa Reysol dashed their promotion hope by beating them home and away the scoreline was both 2 0 In 2005 they finished 2nd and gained an automatic promotion to J1 Avispa players Hokuto Nakamura and Tomokazu Nagira represented Japan for the 2005 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands 2006 J1 edit They had been involved in a relegation battle from the beginning of the season They finished 16th and were relegated to J2 after the promotion relegation play offs against Vissel Kobe which they tied twice 0 0 in Kobe then 1 1 at their home game Like many J2 teams this has led to financial issues The Daily Yomiuri reported that in 2006 Avispa needed 535 million yen in loans from the local prefectural and municipal governments 2007 2008 J2 edit With relegation came another new manager the former German international Pierre Littbarski Litti arrived from the Australian A League bringing with him several experienced players such as Mark Rudan Joel Griffiths and Ufuk Talay but he was unable to steer Avispa to any notable success Having finished 7th in 2007 an inability to compete near the top of the league led to Littbarski s sacking in mid 2008 He was replaced by former Avispa player Yoshiyuki Shinoda 2009 J2 edit The departure of Littbarski coincided with the departure of the club s Australian players who were largely replaced with youngsters from a number of Kyushu based universities After a reasonable start Avispa s form has tailed off sharply with a recent five game losing streak including 6 0 and 5 0 thrashings away at Ventforet Kofu and Mito HollyHock respectively The club finished in the lower half of the J2 table with promotion hopes dashed for another year 2010 J2 edit Yoshiyuki Shinoda bolstered his squad for the 2010 season by adding more players from local University teams and picked up midfielders Kosuke Nakamachi and Genki Nagasato who had previously played together at Shonan Bellmare The season started slowly with the team picking up only 1 point out of a possible 15 in March but then saw a dramatic improvement in performance as they went on to win 17 of the next 25 games including a come from behind victory against promotion rivals JEF United As JEF United went on to drop more points Avispa secured promotion back to J1 with 2 games of the season left to play Popular striker Tetsuya Okubo was released at the end of the season along with 4 other players as the squad was prepared for J1 2011 J1 edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed February 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message The promotion to J1 saw some significant changes to the squad as Takuya Matsuura was brought in to replace Genki Nagasato who departed to Ventforet Kofu under a cloud Shogo Kobara Kim Min je and Takumi Wada coming in to bolster defence while Sho Naruoka and Kentaro Shigematsu arrived to try to score the goals to keep the club in the division Tipped by all pundits on the J League After Game Show to finish the season in 18th position the players struggled to gel and went for the first 13 games of the season without earning a point Despite improving slightly towards the mid season break manager Shinoda left the club to be replaced by head coach Tetsuya Asano While results continued to improve culminating in a 6 0 away win to Montedio Yamagata the club could not pull themselves out of the relegation zone and finished the season in 17th position to be relegated to J2 At the end of the season the manager was changed again with Koji Maeda being brought in to replace the departing Asano 2012 J2 edit The team was looking to bounce straight back to J1 upon their return to the second tier but endured the worst season in the history of the club as they finished a lowly 18th in the table only winning 9 games all season and conceding 68 goals only Gainare Tottori would concede more in the season The end of the season saw Koji Maeda part ways with the club as they looked to rebuild towards a better 2013 2013 J2 edit The club returned to hiring a non Japanese manager for the first time since Pierre Littbarski as Slovenian Marijan Pusnik arrived His arrival saw a greater emphasis given towards the development of young players at the club as rookies Yuta Mishima and Takeshi Kanamori were given chances in the first team Results on the pitch immediately improved and the club were competing around the play off positions until a slump in form mid season coincided with the announcement that the club needed 50 million to remain solvent The club finished in 14th position but found the money to stay afloat with Pusnik agreeing to remain as manager for another season 2014 J2 edit Avispa finished in 16th place Pusnik s contract was not renewed and he returned to Slovenia 2015 Promotion to J1 edit The club hired new coach Masami Ihara 1 who twice handled Kashiwa Reysol in a caretaker capacity They finished third and were promoted back to J1 in winning the promotion playoffs 2016 J1 edit Avispa finished in 18th place and relegated to J2 League 2017 J2 edit Avispa finished in fourth place In the J1 promotion play off Avispa won the semi final game 1 0 against Tokyo Verdy In the final game however the team had a scoreless draw 0 0 with Nagoya Grampus leaving them in third place meaning Avispa could not be promoted to J1 2021 present J1 edit A second place finish in the 2020 J2 League saw Avispa returned to J1 League for the first time since 2016 On 4 November 2023 Avispa won the J League Cup by defeating two time winners Urawa Red Diamonds 2 1 in the final match of 2023 edition 2 3 It was the first major trophy in the history of the club Affiliated clubs edit nbsp Sint Truidense 4 nbsp Port FCKit and colours editSeason s Main Shirt Sponsor Collarbone Sponsor Additional Sponsor s Kit Manufacturer 2018 FJ Fukuoka Estate Hakata Green Hotel Left Shin Nihon Seiyaku PIETRO Hakata Nakasu Fukuya BIKEN TECHNO Before the ban is lifted YONEX 2019 2020 Plantel EX PIETRO 2021 Shin Nihon Seiyaku Japan Park Right DMM Hoken Yupiesu BYBIT 2022 DMM Hoken BYBIT KIRIN Beverage 2023 Agekke DMM TV 2024 Kit evolution edit Home 1st nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1996 1998 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1999 2000 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2001 2002 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2003 nbsp nbsp 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2016 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2017 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2018 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2019 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2020 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2021 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2022 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2023 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2024 Alternate 3rd Special nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 201520th Anniversary nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2017Bee Festival Memorial nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2018Bee Festival Memorial nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2019Hachimatsuri Memorial nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 202025th Anniversary nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2021Autumn Formation nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2022SPCurrent players editAs of 7 March 2024 5 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 nbsp JPN Takumi Nagaishi 2 DF nbsp JPN Masato Yuzawa 3 DF nbsp JPN Tatsuki Nara captain 4 DF nbsp JPN Seiya Inoue 5 DF nbsp JPN Daiki Miya vice captain 6 MF nbsp JPN Hiroyuki Mae vice captain 7 MF nbsp JPN Takeshi Kanamori vice captain 8 MF nbsp JPN Kazuya Konno 9 FW nbsp IRN Shahab Zahedi on loan from Zorya Luhansk 10 FW nbsp JPN Hisashi Jogo 13 FW nbsp SUI Nassim Ben Khalifa 14 MF nbsp JPN Tatsuya Tanaka 16 DF nbsp JPN Itsuki Oda 17 FW nbsp BRA Wellington 18 FW nbsp JPN Yuto Iwasaki No Pos Nation Player 19 DF nbsp JPN Masashi Kamekawa 25 MF nbsp JPN Yuji Kitajima 27 FW nbsp JPN Ryoga Sato 28 FW nbsp JPN Reiju Tsuruno 29 DF nbsp JPN Yota Maejima 30 MF nbsp JPN Masato Shigemi 31 GK nbsp JPN Masaaki Murakami 33 DF nbsp BRA Douglas Grolli 35 MF nbsp JPN Yuto Hiratsuka 37 DF nbsp JPN Masaya Tashiro 41 GK nbsp JPN Daiki Sakata 44 DF nbsp JPN Kimiya Moriyama vice captain 47 DF nbsp JPN Yu Hashimoto DSP 51 GK nbsp JPN Kazuaki Suganuma 88 MF nbsp JPN Daiki MatsuokaClub officials editPosition Staff Manager nbsp Shigetoshi Hasebe Head coach nbsp Ryotaro Tanaka First team coach nbsp Kazuno Nakashima nbsp Shinya Tsukahara Goalkeeping coach nbsp Hideki Tsukamoto Conditioning coach nbsp Sotaro Higuchi Interpreter nbsp Atsushi Kamiyama nbsp Gustavo De Marco Chief trainer nbsp Eiji Miyata Athletic trainer nbsp Naoki Yoshioka nbsp Naoki Nagai nbsp Toshiki Okuno Kit manager nbsp Ryuya Muto nbsp Takuna Nakano Competent nbsp Eishi NakamuraManagerial history editManager Nationality Tenure Start Finish Yoshio Kikugawa nbsp Japan 1 January 1982 31 December 1994 Jorge Olguin nbsp Argentina 1 July 1993 31 December 1995 Hidehiko Shimizu nbsp Japan 1 February 1996 31 January 1997 Carlos Pachame nbsp Argentina 1 January 1997 31 December 1997 Takaji Mori nbsp Japan 1 February 1998 31 January 1999 Yoshio Kikugawa nbsp Japan 1 January 1999 31 December 1999 Nestor Omar Piccoli nbsp Argentina 1 January 2000 31 December 2001 Masataka Imai nbsp Japan 1 February 2002 28 July 2002 Tasuya Mochizuki nbsp Japan 29 July 2002 14 August 2002 Shigekazu Nakamura nbsp Japan 15 August 2002 31 January 2003 Hiroshi Matsuda nbsp Japan 1 February 2003 7 May 2006 Ryōichi Kawakatsu nbsp Japan 8 May 2006 31 January 2007 Hitoshi Okino nbsp Japan 11 December 2006 31 January 2007 Pierre Littbarski nbsp Germany 1 February 2007 11 July 2008 Yoshiyuki Shinoda nbsp Japan 15 July 2008 3 August 2011 Tetsuya Asano nbsp Japan 3 August 2011 31 December 2011 Kōji Maeda span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. | ||