Cerezo Osaka
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| Cerezo Osaka セレッソ大阪 |
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| Full name | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Nagai Stadium Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka (Capacity 50,000) |
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| Chairman | Hiroyuki Idehara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Levir Culpi (April. 2007 - ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | J. League 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 5th Place | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cerezo Osaka (セレッソ大阪 Seresso Ōsaka?) is a J. League team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city.
The team's home town is Osaka, Osaka and plays at Nagai Stadium. It practices at Minamitsumori Sakura Sports Park, Maishima Sports Island, and Amagasaki Yanmar Diesel Ground.
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[edit] History
The team, originally called Yanmar Diesel, started in 1957 as the company team of Yanmar and was an original founder of the now-disbanded Japan Soccer League. In 1993, the club incorporated as Osaka Football Club Ltd., and adopted the name Cerezo after a public contest.[1] In 1994, it won the Japan Football League championship and was promoted to the J1 League in 1995. In 2001, it finished in the last spot and was relegated to the J2 league. It managed to finish in second for the 2002 season and returned to J1 in 2003. Cerezo returned to J2 for the 2007 season after finishing second to last in 2006.
[edit] Team Record
[edit] J.League
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[edit] Other domestic competitions
[edit] Emperor's Cup
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[edit] J. League Cup
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[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
As of February 18, 2008
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[edit] Notable players
Akinori Nishizawa 1995-2000, 2002-2006- Hiroshi Nanami 2006
- Yoshito Okubo 2001-2004, 2006
- Hisato Satō 2002
- Kazuaki Tasaka 2000-2002
- Takumi Horiike 1998 - 1999
- Akira Kaji 1998 - 1999
- Yuji Hironaga 1998 - 1999
- Hiroyuki Shirai 1998
- Tadahiro Akiba 1998
- Toshinobu Katsuya 1998
- Kunishige Kamamoto 1967 - 1984
Jorge Dely Valdés 1995
Gilmar Rinaldi 1995 - 1997- Sergio Manoel Júnior 1996 - 1997
- Fabinho 2005
Ko Jeong-Woon 1997 - 1998- Ha Seok-Ju 1998
- Hwang Sun-Hong 1998 - 1999
- Noh Jung-Yoon 1999 - 2000
- Yoon Jung-Hwan 2000 - 2002
- Kim Do-Keun 2001
[edit] World Cup Players
[edit] Titles
[edit] Yanmar
- Japan Soccer League: (4) 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980
- JSL Cup: (2) 1973 (shared), 1983, 1984
- Emperor's Cup: (3) 1968, 1970, 1974
[edit] Cerezo Osaka
- Japan Football League: (1) 1994 (as the company team)
[edit] Managers
| Manager | Nat. | Tenure |
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| Paulo Emilio | Brazil |
1994-1996 |
| Hiroshi Sowa | Japan |
1996 |
| Levir Culpi | Brazil |
1997 |
| Yasutaro Matsuki | Japan |
1998 |
| Rene Desaeyere | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
1999 |
| Hiroshi Soejima | Japan |
2000-2001 |
| João Carlos | Brazil |
2001 |
| Akihiro Nishimura | Japan |
2001-2003 |
| Yuji Tsukada | Japan |
2003 |
| Petar Nadoveza |  Croatia |
2004 |
| Fuad Muzurović |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2004 |
| Albert Pobor | Croatia |
2004 |
| Shinji Kobayashi | Japan |
2004-2006 |
| Yuji Tsukada | Japan |
2006 |
| Satoshi Tsunami | Japan |
2007 |
| Levir Culpi | Brazil |
2007- |
[edit] Trivia
- A fictional character named Teppei Kisugi from the popular Captain Tsubasa manga, becomes a professional soccer player and joins Cerezo Osaka.
[edit] References
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- ^ Cerezo Osaka Profile. Cerezo Osaka official website. Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
[edit] External links
- (English) Cerezo Osaka Official Site
- (Japanese) Cerezo Osaka Official Site
| Preceded by Toyo Industries |
Japanese Football Champions 1971 |
Succeeded by Hitachi |
| Preceded by Mitsubishi Motors |
Japanese Football Champions 1974-75 |
Succeeded by Furukawa Electric |
| Preceded by Fujita Industries |
Japanese Football Champions 1980 |
Succeeded by Fujita Industries |
