Nara Club

Nara Club (奈良クラブ, Nara Kurabu) is a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Nara, Nara Prefecture. They play in Japan Football League.

Nara Club
奈良クラブ
Nickname(s)Nara
Founded1991 (1991)
GroundKonoike Athletic Stadium, Nara[1]
Capacity30,600
Coordinates34°41′54″N 135°49′45″E
ChairmanMitsuru Hamada[2]
Manager Julián Marín Bazalo[3]
LeagueJapan Football League
WebsiteClub website

History

The Club was originally established in Nara in 1991 under the name Tonan Club (都南クラブ, Tonan Kurabu) and it became a member of the Football Association of Nara. The club went up to the top division in 1997. It was renamed its current name in 2008, and promoted to the regional league in 2009. In 2014 they won the Regional League promotion series and will play in the Japan Football League in 2015.

Current squad

As of 17 January 2020.[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  JPN Tomoki Ueda
2 DF  JPN Tsukasa Morimoto
3 DF  JPN Yuta Tsunami
4 DF  JPN Kengo Nakamura
5 DF  JPN Yohei Nishimura
6 MF  JPN Taiga Yoshida
7 MF  JPN Tetsuya Kanno
8 MF  JPN Shuhei Hotta
9 FW  JPN Glory Nagashima
10 MF  JPN Shinichi Mukai
11 MF  JPN Tetsuya Kato
13 FW  JPN Alexander Germain
14 MF  JPN Yuki Mizutani
15 DF  JPN Ichiro Suzuki
16 FW  JPN Masaya Yuma  
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  JPN Naoya Yoshida   
19 DF  JPN Aoto Tamiya
20 FW  JPN Yudai Saito
21 GK  JPN Kouta Sanada
23 DF  JPN Haruhi Terashima
24 DF  PRK Kim Song-gi
25 MF  JPN Sho Hayasaka
26 FW  JPN Takumi Shimada
27 MF  JPN Sotaro Yamamoto  
30 GK  LVA Kristaps Zommers  
31 GK  JPN Kaijiro Fujiyoshi
33 MF  JPN Kohei Yamada
42 DF  JPN Shun Utsugi

Managerial history

ManagerNationalityTenure
Koji Yamaguchi Japan1991–2009
Ken'ichiro Fujimoto Japan2010
Satoru Yoshida Japan2011
Masashi Hachūda Japan2012
Jiro Yabe Japan2012–2013
Jun Mizukoshi Japan2013
Atsushi Nakamura Japan2014–2016
Norihiro Satsukawa Japan2017–2018
Koichi Sugiyama Japan2019
Maiki Hayashi Japan2020
Julián Marín Bazalo Spain2021-

League Record

LeagueEmperor's CupShakaijin Cup
SeasonDivisionTierTeamsPlacePldWinDrawLoseGFGADifPtsNote
1992 Nara Pref. League Edu. 12*3rd ********Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.5**
1993 Nara Pref. League Div.5 11 1st ********Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.4**
1994 Nara Pref. League Div.4 101st ********Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.3**
1995 Nara Pref. League Div.3 91st ********Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.2**
1996 Nara Pref. League Div.2 81st ********Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.1**
1997 Nara Pref. League
(Div. 1)
76th**********
1998 4th**********
1999 3rd**********
2000 2nd**********
2001 1st**********
2002 117th103341414012DNQDNQ
2003 5th106041714+318DNQDNQ
2004 1st10811258+1725DNQDNQ
2005 3rd[* 1]106132511+1419DNQDNQ
2006 1st[* 2]108113111+2025DNQDNQ
2007 123rd116142210+1222DNQDNQ
2008 2nd 11830399+3027Promoted to Kansai League Div.2DNQ1st Round
2009 Kansai Soccer League (Div. 2) 6 81st 149324718+2930Promoted to Kansai League Div.12nd RoundDNQ
2010 Kansai Soccer League
(Div. 1)
54th146623624+12241st RoundDNQ
2011 1st1411214213+29351st RoundDNQ
2012 2nd148512811+17292nd RoundDNQ
2013 5th143471122−11142nd RoundDNQ
2014 1st 1410313011+1933Promoted to JFL3rd RoundQuarter Final
2015 JFL 4167th30137103328+5461st Round
2016 10th30117124148-7371st Round
2017 7th301010104151-10401st Round
2018 8th30126123332+1422nd Round
2019 14th30810122732-5341st Round
2020 13th1553721210182nd Round
  1. It was originally 12 teams participating. Tenri Univ. FC was disqualified, and the rest of 11 teams had to compete.[5]
  2. It was originally 12 teams participating. Ikoma SC was disqualified, and the rest of 11 teams had to compete.[6]

References

  1. "Jリーグ準加盟審査結果について" (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. 今後のクラブ運営体制について. Nara Club (in Japanese). 26 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. "フリアン氏 トップチーム監督就任のお知らせ" (Press release) (in Japanese). Nara Club. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. "Top team players". Nara Club. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. "1部リーグ勝敗表" (PDF). Nara Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. "平成18年度 奈良県社会人サッカーリーグ1部星取表" (PDF). Nara Football Federation. 23 November 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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