Kawasaki Frontale

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Kawasaki Frontale
川崎フロンターレ
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Full name Kawasaki Frontale
Founded 1955; 70 years ago (1955) as Fujitsu F.C.
1997 as Kawasaki Frontale
Ground Todoroki Athletics Stadium,
Nakahara, Kawasaki, Japan
Ground Capacity 26,232
Owner Fujitsu
Chairman Shimpei Takeda
Manager Yahiro Kazama
League J. League Division 1
2015 5th
Website Club home page

Kawasaki Frontale (川崎フロンターレ Kawasaki Furontāre?) is a J1 League association football club. The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Their home stadium is Todoroki Athletics Stadium, in Nakahara Ward, in the central area of Kawasaki.

History

Founded in 1955 as Fujitsu football club. The club was one of many city clubs that comprised the Japan Soccer League, including Yomiuri (later Tokyo Verdy 1969), Toshiba (later Consadole Sapporo) and NKK SC (now defunct). They first made the JSL First Division in 1977, only to be relegated the next season afterwards and would not return to the top flight until 2000, when they were first promoted to the rebranded J1.

The club co-founded the Japanese second tier three times under its three names: JSL Second Division (1972), Japan Football League Division 1 (1992) and J. League Division 2 (1999).

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Old Crest

Fujitsu's club became professional in 1997, and changed its name – "Frontale" means "frontal" in Italian. The club old crest and colours are based on those of Brazilian side Grêmio, because both clubs have cooperated since 26 March 1997.[1] The club joined the second division of the J. League in 1999, and became the champion of the division. But in the next season, it sank to the bottom of division one, and was relegated. In 2004, they were champions of J2 and won promotion to J1 for the second time. With the former rival city clubs out of the way due to relocation or liquidation, Frontale began building its power base in the city.

In 2006 they achieved runner-up position in J1, their highest league position to date. In 2007, this club attended the AFC Champions League, and made important success, as the first Japanese club for qualifying its group stage, before Urawa Red Diamonds. But Kawasaki lost in the quarter finals, against Iranian Sepahan, in a penalty shoot-out after two scoreless games.

Kawasaki has advanced steadily, and provides players for the Japan national football team. At first, defender Yoshinobu Minowa was selected in 2005. After the 2006 FIFA World Cup, midfielder Kengo Nakamura and forward Kazuki Ganaha became new internationals, especially Kengo Nakamura found his position, and played both in his club and national team till now. Then goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima debuted in East Asian Cup 2008, but he allowed one goal for his J. League teammate, Chong Tese, who plays in the Korea DPR national football team. In May, Shuhei Terada was also selected for the Japan national team.

Todoroki Athletics Stadium

Records and statistics

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Further information: List of Kawasaki Frontale records and statistics

Players

Current Squad

As of 14 January 2015.

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

No. Position Player
4 Japan DF Yusuke Igawa
5 Japan MF Shogo Taniguchi
7 Japan DF Koji Hashimoto
8 Japan DF Takanobu Komiyama
11 Japan FW Yu Kobayashi
13 Japan FW Yoshito Okubo
14 Japan MF Kengo Nakamura (captain)
16 Japan MF Ryota Oshima
17 Japan DF Yuto Takeoka
18 Brazil MF Elsinho (on loan from Tombense)
19 Japan MF Kentaro Moriya
20 Japan DF Shintaro Kurumaya
No. Position Player
22 Japan MF Yoshihiro Nakano
23 Japan DF Kyohei Noborizato
24 Japan GK Shunsuke Ando
26 Japan MF Koji Miyoshi
28 Japan MF Ko Itakura
30 Japan GK Shota Arai
Japan GK Shun Takagi
South Korea GK Jung Sung-ryong
Japan MF Riki Harakawa
Brazil MF Eduardo Neto
Japan FW Takayuki Morimoto
Japan FW Shouhei Otsuka

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
Japan DF Akito Fukumori (at Consadole Sapporo)
Japan MF Masataka Kani (at Zweigen Kanazawa)
North Korea FW An Byong-Jun (at Zweigen Kanazawa)

International Players

Japan
AFC/OFC/CAF
CONMEBOL
CONCACAF

World Cup players

World Cup 2010
World Cup 2014

Managers (1997– )

Manager Nat. Tenure
Kazuo Saito  Japan 1997 (resigned in halfway)
Jose  Brazil 1997 (till the season end)
Beto  Brazil 1998–99 (resigned in halfway)
Ikuo Matsumoto  Japan 1999 (till the season end)
Zeca  Brazil 2000 (resigned in halfway)
Toshiaki Imai  Japan 2000 (after Zeca, resigned)
Hiroshi Kobayashi  Japan 2000 (till the season end)
Yoshiharu Horii  Japan Jan 1, 2001–June 30, 2001 (resigned in halfway)
Nobuhiro Ishizaki  Japan July 1, 2001–Dec 31, 2003 (after Horii)
Takashi Sekizuka  Japan Jan 1, 2004–April 30, 2008 (resigned in halfway, by sickness)
Tsutomu Takahata  Japan May 1, 2008–Dec 31, 2008 (till the season end)
Takashi Sekizuka  Japan Jan 1, 2009–Dec 31, 2009 (returned)
Tsutomu Takahata  Japan Jan 1, 2010–Dec 31, 2010 (returned)
Naoki Soma  Japan Jan 1, 2011–April 11, 2012 (sacked in halfway)
Tatsuya Mochizuki  Japan April 12, 2012–April 22, 2012 (interim)
Yahiro Kazama  Japan April 23, 2012–

Honours

League history

  • Kanto Football League: 1967–71 (as Fujitsu)
  • Division 2 (Japan Soccer League Div. 2): 1972–76 (as Fujitsu)
  • Division 1 (JSL Div. 1): 1977–78
  • Division 2 (JSL Div. 2): 1979–91
  • Division 2 (Japan Football League (former) Division 1): 1992–98 (as Fujitsu : 1992–95; Fujitsu Kawasaki : 1996; Kawasaki Frontale : 1997–98)
  • Division 2 (J. League Div.2): 1999
  • Division 1 (J. League Div.1): 2000
  • Division 2 (J. League Div.2): 2001–04
  • Division 1 (J. League Div.1): 2005–

Total (as of 2011): 10 seasons in the top tier, 30 seasons in the second tier and 5 seasons in the Regional Leagues.

Rivalries

Frontale's rivalry with FC Tokyo is known as the Tamagawa Clasico (using the Spanish word "Clasico" as used in derbies in Spain and Latin America). The two clubs first met in 1991 in the old Japan Soccer League Second Division and were rivals for promotion to the J. League in the 1990s. They co-founded the new J2 in 1999 and were promoted together the same year, and although Frontale were immediately relegated, they were promoted again in 2005 and have regularly met since then.

Frontale also has a Tamagawa rivalry with Tokyo Verdy 1969, which was originally also based in Kawasaki and moved to Chofu, Tokyo in 2000. The two were co-founders of the JSL Second Division in 1972 and, although spent 20 seasons (1979 to 1999) in separate tiers, rekindled the rivalry in the late 1990s as Kawasaki fans deserted Verdy to support Frontale, seen as a more community-focused club, and since then their fortunes have reversed as Frontale is a top flight mainstay while Verdy sunk into the second tier beginning in 2005.

References

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External links

  1. ↑ http://pr.fujitsu.com/jp/news/1997/Mar/27-2.html
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