Kashiwa Reysol

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Kashiwa Reysol
Kashiwa Reysol logo.svg
Full nameKashiwa Reysol [1]
NicknamesTaiyō-Ō (Sun King)
Aurinegro (gold-and-black)
Short nameREY
Founded1940;86 years ago (1940) as Hitachi S.C.
Stadium Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium ("Hitachidai")
Kashiwa, Chiba
Capacity15,900
Owner Hitachi
ChairmanRyuichiro Takikawa
Manager Ricardo Rodríguez [2]
League J1 League
2025 J1 League, 2nd of 20
Website www.reysol.co.jp
Soccerball current event.svg Current season
Reysol supporters at Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium in 2024.jpg
Reysol supporters at Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium

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.

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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 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 end of the 1986. [3] 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 was formed while they were not strong enough, the club abandoned any attempt to once again be a founding member of the newly formed professional league. Instead, the club joined the Japan Football League Division 1 in 1992, the second tier of the Japanese football hierarchy at the time, below 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 to their squad in the autumn of this year with the aim of winning the JFL champion and winning promotion to the J1 League. [1] The club struggled in the 1993 season. However, with the help of Careca and Brazilian manager Zé Sérgio, they secured the 2nd place in the JFL in 1994, earning promotion to the top league.

Reysol debuted in the J1 League in 1995. In 1998 they welcomed Akira Nishino, the former manager of Japan's Olympic team as their new manager, along with player Hristo Stoichkov of the Bulgaria national football team. In 1999 Hong Myung-bo of the Korea national football team was added to the squad. The team won the J.League Cup in 1999, their first title as Kashiwa Reysol. [4]

However, their next manager, Englishman 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 J.League promotion / relegation series against Ventforet Kofu, the 3rd placed team in the J2 League that year, and was relegated to the J2 League. [5]

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. [6]

The club was relegated again at the end of 2009. However, in 2010 they won the J2 League led by Nelsinho Baptista in and returned to the top flight. The club immediately won the J1 League in 2011 with 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 back to back. [b] [7] The club qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup as the host nation's league champion and became a semifinalist after defeating Auckland City and Monterrey.

During the period from 2010 through 2014, Reysol won six different titles in 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 the 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 all being 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 the ancient Kanto regional football league. The two clubs are both now based in Chiba Prefecture, and their rivalry is known as the Chiba derby. They play a pre-season friendly match every year, popularly 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

ChampionsRunners-upThird place Promoted Relegated
SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.PW (OTW / PKW)DL (OTL / PKL)FAGDPtsAttendance/G J.League Cup Emperor's Cup AFC FIFA CWC
1995 J11412th5221 (0 / 0)–29 (0 / 1)1830–122216,102– 2nd round Did not qualifyDid not qualify
1996 165th3020–106752156013,033Semi-finals 4th round
1997 177th3216 (2 / 0)–11 (1 / 2)634914528,664Quarter-finalsQuarter-finals
1998 188th3414 (1 / 3)–13 (2 / 1)5661–5479,932 Group stage 4th round
1999 163rd3017 (3 / -)18 (1 / -)4936135810,122WinnersSemi-finals
2000 163rd3015 (6 / -)17 (1 / -)4832165810,0372nd round 4th round
2001 166th3012 (2 / -)311 (2 / -)5846124312,4772nd round 3rd round
2002 1612th309 (1 / -)3173848–103211,314Quarter-final 3rd round
2003 1612th30910113539–43710,873 Group stage 4th round
2004 1616th30510152949–202510,513 Group stage 4th Round
2005 1816th34811153954–153512,492 Group stage 5th round
2006 J2132nd4827714846024888,328Not eligible 4th Round
2007 J1188th3414812433675012,967 Group stage 4th Round
2008 1811th3413714484534612,308 Group stage Runners-up
2009 1816th34713144157–163411,738 Group stage 3rd round
2010 J2191st3623112712447808,098Not eligible 4th round
2011 J1181st3423386542237211,9171st round 4th round 4th place
2012 186th3415712575255213,768Semi-finalsWinners Round of 16 Did not qualify
2013 1810th34139125659–34812,553Winners 4th round Semi-finals
2014 184th341798484086010,715Semi-finals 3rd round Did not qualify
2015 1810th3412913464334510,918Quarter-finalsSemi-finals Quarter-finals
2016 188th3415910524485410,728 Group stage 4th round Did not qualify
2017 184th3418884933166211,820 Group stage Semi-finals
2018 1817th34123194754–73911,298Semi-finals 3rd round Group stage
2019 J2221st422598853352849,471 Group stage 3rd round Did not qualify
2020 †J1187th3415712604614523,484 Runners-up Did not qualify
2021 †2015th38125213756–19414,444 Group stage 3rd round
2022 187th34138134344–1478,499 Group stage Round of 16
2023 1817th34615133347−143311,130 Group stage Runners-up
2024 2017th38914153951-124112,070 Playoff round Round of 16
2025 202nd38211256034267513,017 Runners-up 2nd round
2026 10TBD18N/AN/A
2026-27 20TBD38 TBD TBD
Key

Honours

Kashiwa Reysol honours
HonourNo.Years
Japan Soccer League Division 1/J1 League 2 1972, 2011
Japan Soccer League Division 2/J2 League 3 1990–91, 2010, 2019
All Japan Works Football Championship21958, 1960
All Japan Inter-City Football Championship11963
Emperor's Cup 3 1972, 1975, 2012
JSL Cup/J.League Cup 3 1976, 1999, 2013
Japanese Super Cup 1 2012
Suruga Bank Championship 1 2014

League history

Current squad

As of 27 February 2026. [8]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Haruki Saruta
2 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hiromu Mitsumaru
4 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Taiyo Koga
6 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuto Yamada
8 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yoshio Koizumi
9 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Mao Hosoya
11 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Masaki Watai
13 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tomoya Inukai (captain)
14 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tomoaki Ōkubo
15 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yōta Komi
16 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Koya Yuruki
17 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kohei Tezuka
18 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuki Kakita
19 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hayato Nakama
20 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yusuke Segawa
21 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yudai Konishi
22 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hiroki Noda
23 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kaiji Chonan
24 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tojiro Kubo
No.Pos.NationPlayer
25 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ryosuke Kojima
26 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Daiki Sugioka
27 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Koki Kumasaka
28 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Sachiro Toshima
29 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kengo Nagai
31 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shumpei Naruse
32 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yusei Yamanouchi
34 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takumi Tsuchiya
36 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Nabel Yoshitaka Furusawa
37 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yoshikaze Tsunoda
38 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Rei Shimano
39 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Nobuteru Nakagawa
40 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Riki Harakawa
41 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Daiki Sakata
42 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Wataru Harada
46 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kenta Matsumoto
87 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hinata Yamauchi
88 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Seiya Baba

Out on loan

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takuya Shimamura (at Albirex Niigata)
— GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Masato Sasaki (at Iwaki FC)
— DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Taisei Kuwata (at Iwaki FC)
— MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shun Nakajima (at Iwaki FC)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hayato Tanaka (at Cerezo Osaka)
— MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Mohamad Sadiki Wade (at FC Gifu)
— MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Mohammad Farzan Sana (at Thespa Gunma)
— FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ota Yamamoto (at RB Omiya Ardija)

Club captains

CaptainNationalityTenure
Takahiro Shimotaira Flag of Japan.svg Japan–1998
Hong Myung-bo Flag of Korea (1899).svg Korea1999
Tomokazu Myojin Flag of Japan.svg Japan2000–2005
Yuta Minami Flag of Japan.svg Japan2006–2007
Hidekazu Otani Flag of Japan.svg Japan2008–2022
Taiyo Koga Flag of Japan.svg Japan2023–present

Club officials

Club staff 2025

PositionName
Manager Flag of Spain.svg Ricardo Rodríguez
Assistant manager Flag of Japan.svg Ryoichi Kurisawa
Coaches Flag of Japan.svg Hidekazu Otani
Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Someya
Coaches & Physical coach Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Matsubara
Goalkeeping coach Flag of Japan.svg Keita Inoue
Technical Flag of Japan.svg Yasushi Okamura
Doctor Flag of Japan.svg Kojiro Hyodo
Medical Flag of Japan.svg Kaoru Arakawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Akai
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiya Itagaki
Flag of Japan.svg Hisao Iwaki
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiano
Interpreter Flag of Japan.svg Isao Yakita
Flag of Japan.svg Masayoshi Edson Hayakawa
Flag of Japan.svg Michinori Katsuta
Scout and support coach Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-won
Equipment Flag of Japan.svg Masafumi Kimura
Competent Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Miyamoto

Managerial history

ManagerNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Tokue SuzukiFlag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 196531 January 1966
Masayoshi MiyazakiFlag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 196631 January 1967
Kotaro HattoriFlag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 196731 January 1970
Hidetoki Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 197031 January 1977
Takato EbisuFlag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 197731 January 1979
Mutsuhiko Nomura Flag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 197931 January 1982
Yoshiki NakamuraFlag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 198231 January 1985
Yoshikazu NagaokaFlag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 198530 June 1989
Hiroyuki Usui Flag of Japan.svg Japan1 July 198931 January 1993
Zé Sérgio Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil1 February 199310 August 1995
Antoninho Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil10 August 199531 January 1996
Nicanor Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil1 February 199631 January 1998
Akira Nishino Flag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 199830 July 2001
Steve Perryman Flag of England.svg England1 August 20018 August 2002
Tomoyoshi Ikeya (caretaker)Flag of Japan.svg Japan9 August 200230 August 2002
Marco Aurelio Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil31 August 200231 January 2004
Tomoyoshi Ikeya (caretaker)Flag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 200431 July 2004
Hiroshi Hayano Flag of Japan.svg Japan1 August 200431 January 2006
Nobuhiro Ishizaki Flag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 200631 January 2009
Shinichiro Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 200914 July 2009
Masami Ihara (caretaker)Flag of Japan.svg Japan15 July 200930 July 2009
Nelsinho Baptista Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil1 August 200931 January 2015
Tatsuma Yoshida Flag of Japan.svg Japan1 February 201531 January 2016
Milton Mendes Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil1 February 201612 March 2016
Takahiro Shimotaira Flag of Japan.svg Japan12 March 201613 May 2018
Nozomu Katō Flag of Japan.svg Japan14 May 201810 November 2018
Ken Iwase Flag of Japan.svg Japan10 November 201831 January 2019
Nelsinho Baptista Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil1 February 201917 May 2023
Masami Ihara Flag of Japan.svg Japan17 May 20234 December 2024 [9]
Ricardo Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg Spain11 December 2024 [2] Current

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

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2012 AFC Champions League Group H Flag of Thailand.svg Buriram United 1–03–22nd
Flag of South Korea.svg Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 5–10–2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou Evergrande 0–03–1
Round of 16 Flag of South Korea.svg Ulsan Hyundai
3–2
2013 AFC Champions League Group H Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guizhou Renhe 1–10–11st
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Central Coast Mariners 3–10–3
Flag of South Korea.svg Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–02–6
Round of 16 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2–5
Quarter-finals Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Shabab 1–12–23–3 (a)
Semi-finals Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou Evergrande 1–44–01–8
2015 AFC Champions League Play-off round Flag of Thailand.svg Chonburi
3–2 (a.e.t.)
Group E Flag of South Korea.svg Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–20–01st
Flag of Vietnam.svg Becamex Bình Dương 5–11–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shandong Luneng 2–14–4
Round of 16 Flag of South Korea.svg Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–22–34–4 (a)
Quarter-finals Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou Evergrande 1–31–12–4
2018 AFC Champions League Play-off round Flag of Thailand.svg Muangthong United
3–0
Group E Flag of South Korea.svg Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–23–23rd
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tianjin Quanjian 1–13–2
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 1–01–0

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. 1 2 3 4 "Club guide: Kashiwa Reysol". J.League. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Official Announcement of Appointment of Coach Ricardo Rodriguez". www.reysol.co.jp. Retrieved 15 December 2024.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Hometown". Kashiwa Reysol. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "1 History". Decade: Kashiwa Reysol official history 1994–2004. Bunkakobo. 2004. ISBN   978-4-434-04119-8.
  5. ↑ "Match report: Promotion/relegation Series". J's Goal. December 10, 2005. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Match report: Kashiwa 3–0 Shonan". J's Goal. December 2, 2006. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  7. ↑ Andrew Mckirdy (December 4, 2011). "Reysol complete storybook season". The Japan Times.
  8. ↑ "トップチーム". 柏レイソル Official site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Notice of retirement of coach Masami Ihara". www.reysol.co.jp. Retrieved 15 December 2024.[ permanent dead link ]
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