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24-524: The club was formed in 1940 and was a founding member ("Original Eight") 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 . The club started in 1939 and

48-594: 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. 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

72-718: 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. Historically, Kashiwa Reysol's fiercest rivals have been JEF United Chiba and

96-519: 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. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The main U-18 team of Kashiwa Reysol currently plays in

120-491: Is the only top division club in the country to wear yellow-black. Japan Soccer League Japan Soccer League ( 日本サッカーリーグ , Nihon Sakkā Rīgu ) ; JSL ) was the top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J.League . JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that

144-518: 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. 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

168-543: The JFL champion and winning promotion to the J1 League . 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

192-495: The Japanese league system as of 2023 season . In this ranking, three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss, regardless of the transition of regulation through the time as follows: 2006 J.League Division 2 The 2006 J. League Division 2 season is the 35th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 8th season since the establishment of J2 League . In this season, number of participating clubs became thirteen, increased by one from

216-484: 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. They made it back to the top flight in 1989–90 , but dropped back in 1990–91 and returned again in 1991–92 . As the J.League was formed while they were not strong enough, the club abandoned any attempt to once again be

240-563: The Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League . Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Club staff 2024 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

264-764: 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. Reysol and JEF United Chiba first met in 1941 in

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288-514: The promotion/relegation play-offs against Ventforet Kofu , the 3rd placed team in the J2 League that year, and was relegated to the J2 League. 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. The club was relegated again at the end of 2009 . However, in 2010 they won

312-424: The J. League Division 2 from Japan Football League . Thirteen clubs will play in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 48 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order: A draw would be conducted, if necessary. However, if two clubs are tied at the first place, both clubs will be declared as

336-486: 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. The club qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup as the host nation's league champion and became

360-675: The JSL consisted of a single division, but in 1972 a Second Division was added. Clubs could join in by winning the All Japan Senior Football Championship cup competition and then winning a promotion/relegation series against the bottom teams in the JSL. From 1973 to 1980, both the champions and runners-up of the Second Division had to play the promotion/relegation series against the First Division's bottom clubs; afterwards and until 1984, only

384-400: The Second Division and kept this distinction until 2009. JSL played its final season in 1991/92 and the J.League began play in 1993. Top nine JSL clubs, (along with the independent Shimizu S-Pulse ) became the original J.League members. The others except Yomiuri Junior who merged with their parent club Yomiuri Club joined the newly formed Japan Football League . All clubs are listed under

408-668: 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. 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

432-431: The names they were using in 1991–92, when the league ceased to exist. Clubs in italic no longer exist. All clubs are listed under the names they were using in 1991–92, when the league ceased to exist. Clubs in italic no longer exist. See JSL Cup . See Konica Cup (football) . Current J.League identity and/or standing in the Japanese football league system follows each name. In order of their promotion to

456-545: The previous season. The clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format for the top two promotion slots. Farther, the third-placed finisher participated in the Pro/Rele Series for the promotion. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League . none Following thirteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2006 season. Of these clubs, Kashiwa Reysol, Tokyo Verdy 1969, and Vissel Kobe relegated from J1 last year. Also, Ehime F.C. newly joined

480-472: The record on points. Furukawa Electric holds the record for most seasons, all 27 the JSL played, never been relegated. Name changes made outside First Division play and following the advent of the J.League system are not mentioned; see individual club pages for more information. All statistics are within JSL First Division play except for "Current division" and "Tier", which denote standing in

504-400: The runners-up had to play the series. Top JSL teams included Hitachi , Furukawa Electric , Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , Nissan , Toyo Industries ( Mazda ) and Yomiuri Shimbun , which are now, respectively, Kashiwa Reysol , JEF United Chiba , Urawa Red Diamonds , Yokohama F. Marinos , Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Tokyo Verdy . Furukawa/JEF United was the only one never to be relegated to

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528-413: The top-flight: Yokohama Football Club Many of these clubs would only be promoted to the top-flight after the J.League was created. A total of 22 teams played in the JSL First Division between 1965 and 1991–92 . Fifteen of these became professional J.League clubs; the rest were relegated to the regional leagues and/or folded. Despite Mazda and Yomiuri 's record five titles, Mitsubishi holds

552-508: Was founded in 1936. JSL was the first-ever national league of an amateur team sport in Japan. Each JSL team represented a corporation, and like Japanese baseball teams, went by the name of the company that owned the team. Unlike in baseball, however, promotion and relegation was followed, as J.League follows today. The players were officially amateur and were employees of the parent corporations, but especially in later years, top players were generally paid strictly to play soccer. Originally,

576-471: 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" ). They had some successes during the mid-1970s, winning Emperor's Cups and JSL titles and contributing several players to

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