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Kashiwa Reysol
Full nameKashiwa Reysol [1]
Nickname(s)Taiyō-Ō (Sun King)
Aurinegro (gold-and-black)
Short nameREY
Founded1940; 84 years ago (1940) as Hitachi S.C.
Stadium Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium ("Hitachidai")
Kashiwa, Chiba
Capacity15,900
Owner Hitachi
ChairmanRyuichiro Takikawa
Head coach Masami Ihara
League J1 League
2023J1 League, 17th of 18
Website Club website
Current season
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Kashiwa Reysol (柏レイソル, Kashiwa Reisoru) is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium, also known as "Hitachidai". Reysol is a portmanteau of the Spanish words Rey and Sol, meaning "Sun King". The name alludes to their parent company Hitachi, whose name means "rising sun" in Japanese. The club was formed in 1940 and was a founding member ("Original Eight" [a]) of the Japan Soccer League (JSL) in 1965. Since the league's inception, they 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 League Cups in 1976, 1999 and 2013, and three Emperor's Cups in 1972, 1975 and 2012.

History

Hitachi SC (1939–1992)

The club started in 1939 and was officially formed as the company team, Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in 1940 in Kodaira, Tokyo. The club formed the Japan Soccer League (JSL) in 1965, along with today's Urawa Reds, JEF United Chiba, Cerezo Osaka, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and three other clubs ("Original Eight"). [1] They had some successes during the mid-1970s, winning several Emperor's Cups and JSL titles and contributing several players to the Japanese national team.

The club relocated from Kodaira to Kashiwa in 1986, 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 1989–90, but dropped back in 1990–91 and returned again in 1991–92. [1] As the J.League advent had come too soon for them, the club abandoned to be a founding member of the newly formed professional league. The club joined the Japan Football League (called "former JFL") Division 1 in 1992, the second tier of the Japanese football hierarchy following the J.League.

Kashiwa Reysol (1993–)

The club changed its name to Kashiwa Reysol in 1993. Reysol added Careca of the Brazil national football team in the autumn of this year with the aim of winning the JFL champion for promoting to the J1 League. [1] The club struggled, however, with the help of Careca and Brazilian manager Zé Sérgio, they secured the 2nd place in the JFL in 1994 and earned promotion to the top league.

Reysol debuted in the J1 League in 1995. They welcomed Akira Nishino in 1998 who was the former manager of Japan's Olympic team, Hristo Stoichkov of the Bulgaria national football team, and Hong Myung-bo of the Korea national football team. The club won the J.League Cup in 1999, their first title as Kashiwa Reysol. [3]

However, next English manager, Steve Perryman, unsettled the team and the club struggled over the next several seasons. After finishing at the 16th place out of 18 clubs in 2005, the club lost the promotion/relegation play-offs against Ventforet Kofu, the 3rd place of the J2 League, and relegated to the J2 League. [4]

A new manager, Nobuhiro Ishizaki, led an almost entirely new squad in 2006 and the club secured automatic promotion to the J1 League in the last game of the season. [5]

The club was relegated again at the end of 2009. However, once they won the J2 League led by Nelsinho Baptista in 2010 and came back to the top flight, the club won the J1 League in 2011 with some talented footballers such as Hiroki Sakai, Junya Tanaka, Jorge Wagner and Leandro Domingues, and became the first Japanese club to win the second tier and the top tier two seasons in a row. [b] [6] The club qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup as the host nation's league champion and became semifinalist after defeating Auckland City and Monterrey.

For the period of 2010 through 2014, Reysol won six different titles for five consecutive seasons; the J2 League in 2010, the J1 League in 2011, the Emperor's Cup and the Super Cup in 2012, the J.League Cup in 2013 and the Suruga Bank Championship in 2014.

Rivalries

Marunouchi Gosanke

Historically, Kashiwa Reysol's fiercest rivals have been JEF United Chiba and Urawa Reds, both close neighbors. The three were co-founders of the Japan Soccer League (JSL) in 1965, and spent most seasons in the top tier through the JSL era. Because of their former parent companies' headquarters being all based in Marunouchi, Tokyo, the three clubs were known as the Marunouchi Gosanke (丸の内御三家, "Marunouchi Big Three") and fixtures among them were known as the Marunouchi derbies.

Chiba derby

Reysol and JEF United Chiba first met in 1941 in ancient Kanto regional football league. The two clubs both now based in Chiba Prefecture, and their rivalry is known as the Chiba derby. They annually contest a pre-season friendly match well known as the Chibagin Cup (i.e., Chiba Bank Cup) since 1995.

Others

Reysol also has a rivalry with Kashima Antlers (commonly called Tonegawa clásico), FC Tokyo (commonly called Kanamachi derby) and Omiya Ardija (commonly called Nodasen derby).

Anthem

Kashiwa Reysol's anthem is We Are Reysol, which is sung by anime singer Hironobu Kageyama. The song released in 1994, the same year Reysol got promoted to J1.

Record as J.League member

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season Div. Teams Pos. P W (OTW / PKW) D L (OTL / PKL) F A GD Pts Attendance/G J.League Cup Emperor's Cup AFC FIFA CWC
1995 J1 14 12th 52 21 (0 / 0) – 29 (0 / 1) 18 30 –12 22 16,102 – 2nd round – –
1996 16 5th 30 20 – 10 67 52 15 60 13,033 Semi-finals Round of 16
1997 17 7th 32 16 (2 / 0) – 11 (1 / 2) 63 49 14 52 8,664 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals
1998 18 8th 34 14 (1 / 3) – 13 (2 / 1) 56 61 –5 47 9,932 Group stage Round of 16
1999 16 3rd 30 17 (3 / -) 1 8 (1 / -) 49 36 13 58 10,122 Winners Semi-finals
2000 16 3rd 30 15 (6 / -) 1 7 (1 / -) 48 32 16 58 10,037 2nd round Round of 16
2001 16 6th 30 12 (2 / -) 3 11 (2 / -) 58 46 12 43 12,477 2nd round 3rd round
2002 16 12th 30 9 (1 / -) 3 17 38 48 –10 32 11,314 Quarter-finals 3rd round
2003 16 12th 30 9 10 11 35 39 –4 37 10,873 Group stage Round of 16
2004 16 16th 30 5 10 15 29 49 –20 25 10,513 Group stage 4th round
2005 18 16th 34 8 11 15 39 54 –15 35 12,492 Group stage 5th round
2006 J2 13 2nd 48 27 7 14 84 60 24 88 8,328 Not eligible 4th round
2007 J1 18 8th 34 14 8 12 43 36 7 50 12,967 Group stage 4th round
2008 18 11th 34 13 7 14 48 45 3 46 12,308 Group stage Runners-up
2009 18 16th 34 7 13 14 41 57 –16 34 11,738 Group stage 3rd round
2010 J2 19 1st 36 23 11 2 71 24 47 80 8,098 Not eligible Round of 16
2011 J1 18 1st 34 23 3 8 65 42 23 72 11,917 1st round Round of 16 4th place
2012 18 6th 34 15 7 12 57 52 5 52 13,768 Semi-finals Winners Round of 16 –
2013 18 10th 34 13 9 12 56 59 –3 48 12,553 Winners Round of 16 Semi-finals
2014 18 4th 34 17 9 8 48 40 8 60 10,715 Semi-finals 3rd round –
2015 18 10th 34 12 9 13 46 43 3 45 10,918 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Quarter-finals
2016 18 8th 34 15 9 10 52 44 8 54 10,728 Group stage Round of 16 –
2017 18 4th 34 18 8 8 49 33 16 62 11,820 Group stage Semi-finals
2018 18 17th 34 12 3 19 47 54 –7 39 11,298 Semi-finals 3rd round Group stage
2019 J2 22 1st 42 25 9 8 85 33 52 84 9,471 Group stage 3rd round –
2020 † J1 18 7th 34 15 7 12 60 46 14 52 3,484 Runners-up Did not qualify
2021 † 20 15th 38 12 5 21 37 56 –19 41 4,444 Group stage 3rd round
2022 18 7th 34 13 8 13 43 44 –1 47 8,499 Group stage Round of 16
2023 18 17th 34 6 15 13 33 47 −14 33 11,130 Group stage Runners-up
2024 20 TBA 38
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
  • OTW / PKW = Overtime wins / Penalty kicks wins 1997 & 1998 seasons - 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002 Overtime wins only
  • OTL / PKL = Overtime losses / Penalty kicks losses 1997 and 1998 seasons - 1999, 2000 & 2001 Overtime losses only
  • Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
  • † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site

Honours

League

Cups

International

League history

  • Division 1 ( JSL): 1965–1971 (as Hitachi SC)
  • Division 1 ( JSL Div. 1): 1972 to 1986–87
  • Division 2 ( JSL Div. 2): 1987–88 to 1988–89
  • Division 1 ( JSL Div. 1): 1989–90
  • Division 2 ( JSL Div. 2): 1990–91
  • Division 1 ( JSL Div. 1): 1991–92
  • Division 2 ( former JFL Div. 1): 1992–1993
  • Division 2 ( former JFL): 1994 (as Kashiwa Reysol)
  • Division 1 ( J.League): 1995–1998
  • Division 1 ( J1): 1999–2005
  • Division 2 ( J2): 2006
  • Division 1 ( J1): 2007–2009
  • Division 2 ( J2): 2010
  • Division 1 ( J1): 2011–2018
  • Division 2 ( J2): 2019
  • Division 1 ( J1): 2020–present

Current squad

As of 5 April 2024. [7]

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 Haruki Saruta
2 DF Japan  JPN Hiromu Mitsumaru
3 DF Brazil  BRA Diego
4 DF Japan  JPN Taiyo Koga ( captain)
5 MF Japan  JPN Tomoki Takamine
6 MF Japan  JPN Yuto Yamada
9 FW Japan  JPN Yuki Muto
10 MF Brazil  BRA Matheus Sávio
13 DF Japan  JPN Tomoya Inukai
14 MF Japan  JPN Tomoya Koyamatsu
15 FW Japan  JPN Kosuke Kinoshita
16 DF Japan  JPN Eiichi Katayama
17 FW Netherlands  NED Jay-Roy Grot
19 FW Japan  JPN Mao Hosoya
21 GK Japan  JPN Masato Sasaki
22 DF Japan  JPN Hiroki Noda
23 DF Japan  JPN Wataru Iwashita
24 DF Japan  JPN Naoki Kawaguchi
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Japan  JPN Fumiya Unoki
27 MF Japan  JPN Koki Kumasaka
28 MF Japan  JPN Sachiro Toshima
29 MF Japan  JPN Takuya Shimamura
31 GK Japan  JPN Tatsuya Morita
32 DF Japan  JPN Hiroki Sekine
33 MF Japan  JPN Eiji Shirai
34 MF Japan  JPN Takumi Tsuchiya
35 FW Japan  JPN Hidetaka Maie
38 MF Japan  JPN Yugo Masukake
43 MF Japan  JPN Farzan Sana Mohammad
44 DF Japan  JPN Taisei Kuwata DSP
45 FW Japan  JPN Ota Yamamoto
46 GK Japan  JPN Kenta Matsumoto
47 FW Japan  JPN William Owie
48 MF Japan  JPN Kazuki Kumasawa
50 DF Japan  JPN Yugo Tatsuta

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Japan  JPN Hayato Tanaka (on loan at V-Varen Nagasaki)
— DF Japan  JPN Wataru Iwashita (on loan at Roasso Kumamoto)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Japan  JPN Riku Ochiai (on loan at Mito Hollyhock)
— MF Japan  JPN Takuto Kato (on loan at Fukushima United)

Kashiwa Reysol U-18

As of 5 April 2024.

The main U-18 team of Kashiwa Reysol currently plays in the Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League. [8]

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 Daishi Kurisu
2 DF Japan  JPN Kensei Kobayashi
3 DF Japan  JPN Tetta Ikari
4 MF Japan  JPN Taiga Fukushima
5 MF Japan  JPN Eita Hirooka
6 MF Japan  JPN Atsuto Fujitani
7 MF Japan  JPN Shido Kurosawa
8 MF Japan  JPN Yuito Kamo
9 FW Japan  JPN Mohammed Sadiki Waad
10 FW Japan  JPN Akito Toda
11 FW Japan  JPN Futo Yoshihara
12 DF Japan  JPN Kazuki Ishizu
13 FW Japan  JPN Ken Ichimura
14 MF Japan  JPN Sogo Masukake
15 DF Japan  JPN Ryoji Okamoto
17 MF Japan  JPN Koki Oikawa
18 FW Japan  JPN Kento Kajita
19 FW Japan  JPN Futo Yoshihara
20 MF Japan  JPN Daizen Kawamoto
21 GK Japan  JPN Amato Noguchi Pinto
22 MF Japan  JPN Haoto Tokuda
24 DF Japan  JPN Kaname Mimura
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Japan  JPN Ao Kurosawa
26 DF Japan  JPN Kazuki Sakai
27 MF Japan  JPN Hayato Numahata
28 FW Japan  JPN Retsu Sawai
29 FW Japan  JPN Takuto Kazumi
31 GK Japan  JPN Genki Nishikawa
32 DF Japan  JPN Sota Kurishima
33 MF Japan  JPN Chiaki Abe
34 FW Japan  JPN Shoya Koshikawa
35 DF Japan  JPN Zen Nagasawa
36 DF Japan  JPN Reo Uehara
37 DF Japan  JPN Haruto Yoshikawa
38 MF Japan  JPN Koa Adegawa
39 DF Japan  JPN Jukito Maruyama
40 DF Japan  JPN Raku Sato
41 GK Japan  JPN Haruma Kaneko
42 MF Japan  JPN Shunnosuke Sugiyama
43 MF Japan  JPN Hikaru Yoneda
44 MF Japan  JPN Tatsuki Miyano
45 FW Japan  JPN Kian Ueno
46 FW Japan  JPN Hyogo Makibuchi
47 FW Japan  JPN Haruto Kishino

Club captains

Captain Nationality Tenure
Takahiro Shimotaira  Japan –1998
Hong Myung-bo  Korea 1999
Tomokazu Myojin  Japan 2000–2005
Yuta Minami  Japan 2006–2007
Hidekazu Otani  Japan 2008–2022
Taiyo Koga  Japan 2023–present

Coaching staff

Position [9] Name
Head coach Japan Masami Ihara
Assistant coach Japan Ryoichi Kurisawa
First-team coach Japan Hidekazu Otani
Japan Yuta Someya
First team coach & Physical coach Japan Naoya Matsubara
Goalkeeping coach Japan Keita Inoue
Technical Japan Yasushi Okamura
Doctor Japan Kojiro Hyodo
Medical Japan Kaoru Arakawa
Japan Hiroyuki Akai
Japan Toshiya Itagaki
Japan Hisao Iwaki
Brazil Fabiano
Interpreter Japan Isao Yakita
Japan Masayoshi Edson Hayakawa
Japan Michinori Katsuta
Scout and support coach South Korea Lee Chang-won
Equipment Japan Masafumi Kimura
Competent Japan Takumi Miyamoto

Managerial history

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Tokue Suzuki  Japan 1 February 1965 31 January 1966
Masayoshi Miyazaki  Japan 1 February 1966 31 January 1967
Kotaro Hattori  Japan 1 February 1967 31 January 1970
Hidetoki Takahashi  Japan 1 February 1970 31 January 1977
Takato Ebisu  Japan 1 February 1977 31 January 1979
Mutsuhiko Nomura  Japan 1 February 1979 31 January 1982
Yoshiki Nakamura  Japan 1 February 1982 31 January 1985
Yoshikazu Nagaoka  Japan 1 February 1985 30 June 1989
Hiroyuki Usui  Japan 1 July 1989 31 January 1993
Zé Sérgio  Brazil 1 February 1993 10 August 1995
Antoninho  Brazil 10 August 1995 31 January 1996
Nicanor  Brazil 1 February 1996 31 January 1998
Akira Nishino  Japan 1 February 1998 30 July 2001
Steve Perryman  England 1 August 2001 8 August 2002
Tomoyoshi Ikeya (caretaker)  Japan 9 August 2002 30 August 2002
Marco Aurelio  Brazil 31 August 2002 31 January 2004
Tomoyoshi Ikeya (caretaker)  Japan 1 February 2004 31 July 2004
Hiroshi Hayano  Japan 1 August 2004 31 January 2006
Nobuhiro Ishizaki  Japan 1 February 2006 31 January 2009
Shinichiro Takahashi  Japan 1 February 2009 14 July 2009
Masami Ihara (caretaker)  Japan 15 July 2009 30 July 2009
Nelsinho Baptista  Brazil 1 August 2009 31 January 2015
Tatsuma Yoshida  Japan 1 February 2015 31 January 2016
Milton Mendes  Brazil 1 February 2016 12 March 2016
Takahiro Shimotaira  Japan 12 March 2016 13 May 2018
Nozomu Katō  Japan 14 May 2018 10 November 2018
Ken Iwase  Japan 10 November 2018 31 January 2019
Nelsinho Baptista  Brazil 1 February 2019 17 May 2023
Masami Ihara  Japan 17 May 2023 present

Kit and colours

Colours

Kashiwa Reysol's main colour is yellow, like sunshine that is based on the club's name "Sun King". The uniform is yellow-black (called Aurinegro in Spanish) reminiscent of Peñarol or Borussia Dortmund. Reysol is the only top division club in the country to wear yellow-black.

Kit evolution

Continental record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2012 AFC Champions League Group H Thailand Buriram United 1–0 3–2 2nd
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 5–1 0–2
China Guangzhou Evergrande 0–0 3–1
Round of 16 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
3–2
2013 AFC Champions League Group H China Guizhou Renhe 1–1 0–1 1st
Australia Central Coast Mariners 3–1 0–3
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–0 2–6
Round of 16 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2–5
Quarter-finals Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1–1 2–2 3–3 ( a)
Semi-finals China Guangzhou Evergrande 1–4 4–0 1–8
2015 AFC Champions League Play-off round Thailand Chonburi
3–2 ( a.e.t.)
Group E South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–2 0–0 1st
Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương 5–1 1–0
China Shandong Luneng 2–1 4–4
Round of 16 South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–2 2–3 4–4 ( a)
Quarter-finals China Guangzhou Evergrande 1–3 1–1 2–4
2018 AFC Champions League Play-off round Thailand Muangthong United
3–0
Group E South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–2 3–2 3rd
China Tianjin Quanjian 1–1 3–2
Hong Kong Kitchee 1–0 1–0

Notes

  1. ^ The original clubs of the Japan Soccer League in 1965 were Mitsubishi Motors, Furukawa Electric, Hitachi, Yanmar Diesel, Toyo Kogyo, Yahata Steel, Toyota Industries and Nagoya Mutual Bank.
  2. ^ Gamba Osaka achieved the same feat three seasons later; won the J2 League in 2013 and the J1 League back-to-back in 2014.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  5. ^ "Match report: Kashiwa 3–0 Shonan". J's Goal. December 2, 2006. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  6. ^ Andrew Mckirdy (December 4, 2011). "Reysol complete storybook season". The Japan Times.
  7. ^ "トップチーム". 柏レイソル Official site (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  8. ^ "2024 柏レイソルU-18". Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  9. ^ "トップチーム". reysol.co.jp (in Japanese). Kashiwa Reysol. Retrieved 18 April 2024.

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