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Kashiwa Reysol
Japanese football club
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"[lower-alpha 1]) 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.
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| Full name | Kashiwa Reysol[1] | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Taiyō-Ō (Sun King) Aurinegro (gold-and-black) | ||
| Short name | REY | ||
| Founded | 1940; 84 years ago (1940) as Hitachi S.C. | ||
| Stadium | Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium ("Hitachidai") Kashiwa, Chiba | ||
| Capacity | 15,900 | ||
| Owner | Hitachi | ||
| Chairman | Ryuichiro Takikawa | ||
| Head coach | Masami Ihara | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2023 | J1 League, 17th of 18 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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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.[lower-alpha 2][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.
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).
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.
| 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 |
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| 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
| Honour | No. | Years |
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| All Japan Works Football Championship (1948–1964) | 2 | 1958, 1960 |
| All Japan Inter-City Football Championship 1955–1964) | 1 | 1963 |
| JSL Division 1 (1965–1992) | 1 | 1972 |
| Emperor's Cup | 3 | 1972, 1975, 2012 |
| JSL Cup (1976–1991) | 1 | 1976 |
| JSL Division 2 (1972–1992) | 1 | 1990–91 |
| J.League Cup (1992–present) | 2 | 1999, 2013 |
| J2 League (1999–present) | 2 | 2010, 2019 |
| J1 League (1993–present) | 1 | 2011 |
| Japanese Super Cup | 1 | 2012 |
| Suruga Bank Championship | 1 | 2014 |
- 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
- 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.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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.
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| Captain | Nationality | Tenure |
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| 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 |
| Position[9] | Name |
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| Head coach | Masami Ihara |
| Assistant coach | Ryoichi Kurisawa |
| First-team coach | Hidekazu Otani Yuta Someya |
| First team coach & Physical coach | Naoya Matsubara |
| Goalkeeping coach | Keita Inoue |
| Technical | Yasushi Okamura |
| Doctor | Kojiro Hyodo |
| Medical | Kaoru Arakawa Hiroyuki Akai Toshiya Itagaki Hisao Iwaki  Fabiano |
| Interpreter | Isao Yakita Masayoshi Edson Hayakawa Michinori Katsuta |
| Scout and support coach |  Lee Chang-won |
| Equipment | Masafumi Kimura |
| Competent | Takumi Miyamoto |
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
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| 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 |
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
| Home Kits - 1st | ||||
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      1992 - 1994 |
   1995 - 1996 |
   1997 - 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 - | ||||
| Away Kit - 2nd | ||||
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   1992 - 1994 |
   1995 - 1996 |
   1997 - 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 - | ||||
| Other Kits - 3rd | ||||
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   2013 ACL 1st |
   2013 ACL 2nd |
   2015 ACL 1st |
   2015 ACL 2nd |
   2018 ACL 1st |
   2018 ACL 2nd |
   2022 30th Anniversary | |||
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2012 | AFC Champions League | Group H |  Buriram United |
1–0 | 3–2 | 2nd |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
5–1 | 0–2 | ||||
 Guangzhou Evergrande |
0–0 | 3–1 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Ulsan Hyundai |
3–2 | ||||
| 2013 | AFC Champions League | Group H | Guizhou Renhe |
1–1 | 0–1 | 1st |
 Central Coast Mariners |
3–1 | 0–3 | ||||
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
0–0 | 2–6 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
2–5 | ||||
| Quarter-finals |  Al-Shabab |
1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 (a) | ||
| Semi-finals | Guangzhou Evergrande |
1–4 | 4–0 | 1–8 | ||
| 2015 | AFC Champions League | Play-off round | Chonburi |
3–2 (a.e.t.) | ||
| Group E | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
3–2 | 0–0 | 1st | ||
 Becamex Bình Dương |
5–1 | 1–0 | ||||
| Shandong Luneng |
2–1 | 4–4 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
1–2 | 2–3 | 4–4 (a) | ||
| Quarter-finals | Guangzhou Evergrande |
1–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | ||
| 2018 | AFC Champions League | Play-off round | Muangthong United |
3–0 | ||
| Group E | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
0–2 | 3–2 | 3rd | ||
| Tianjin Quanjian |
1–1 | 3–2 | ||||
 Kitchee |
1–0 | 1–0 | ||||
- 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.
- Gamba Osaka achieved the same feat three seasons later; won the J2 League in 2013 and the J1 League back-to-back in 2014.
- "Club guide: Kashiwa Reysol". J.League. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- "Hometown". Kashiwa Reysol. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- "1 History". Decade: Kashiwa Reysol official history 1994–2004. Bunkakobo. 2004. ISBN 978-4-434-04119-8.
- "Match report: Promotion/relegation Series". J's Goal. December 10, 2005. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- "Match report: Kashiwa 3–0 Shonan". J's Goal. December 2, 2006. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- Andrew Mckirdy (December 4, 2011). "Reysol complete storybook season". The Japan Times.
- "2024 柏レイソルU-18". Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Official website (in English)
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Kashiwa Reysol at FIFA.com (archived 8 December 2011)