Nara Club

Nara Club
奈良クラブ

Nickname(s)	Nara Club
Founded	1991
Chairman	Ken'ichiro Fujimoto
Manager	Satoru Yoshida (2011 - )
League	Kansai Regional Div. 1
2010	4th place
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Nara Club (奈良クラブ, Nara Kurabu^?) is a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Nara, Nara Prefecture. They play in Kansai Regional League Division 1.

History

The Club originally established in Nara in 1991 under the name Tonan Club (都南クラブ, Tonan Kurabu^?)and it became a member of Football Association of Nara.　The club went up to the top division in 1997.

It renamed to current name from Tonan Club in 2008, and promoted to regional league in 2009.

Current squad

As of 16 June 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Suguru Hino 2 DF Hiroyuki Kishimoto 5 DF Tomohisa Yoshida 6 DF Koichi Hashigaito 7 FW Yuji Maki 8 MF Yasuharu Otsuka 9 FW Shohei Shima 10 MF Lee Song Ho 13 FW Goji Tsujimura 14 MF Ryuji Tsujimura

No. Position Player 15 MF Kohei Kuroda 16 GK Satoru Hoshino 17 MF Kazuhiro Okamoto 18 MF Katsuya Mano 19 FW Hayato Hiyama 20 DF Naoki Taniyama 22 DF Hiroshi Hamaoka 23 FW Kikku Hachisuka 26 MF Jiro Yabe 34 DF Takashi Sambonsuge

Managerial history

Manager	Nationality	Tenure
Koji Yamaguchi	Japan	1991–2009
Ken'ichiro Fujimoto	Japan	2010
Satoru Yoshida	Japan	2011-

Team Record

League												Emperor's Cup	Shakaijin Cup
Season	Division	Place	Pld	Win	Draw	Lose	GF	GA	Dif	Pts	Note
1992	Nara Pref. League Edu.	3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.5	*	*
1993	Nara Pref. League Div.5	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.4	*	*
1994	Nara Pref. League Div.4	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.3	*	*
1995	Nara Pref. League Div.3	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.2	*	*
1996	Nara Pref. League Div.2	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	Promoted to Nara Pref. League Div.1	*	*
1997	Nara Pref. League Div.1	6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	―	*	*
1998		4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	―	*	*
1999		3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	―	*	*
2000		2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	―	*	*
2001		1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	―	*	*
2002		7/11	10	3	3	4	14	14	0	12	―	DNQ	DNQ
2003		5/11	10	6	0	4	17	14	+3	18	―	DNQ	DNQ
2004		1/11	10	8	1	1	25	8	+17	25	―	DNQ	DNQ
2005		3/111[1]	10	6	1	3	25	11	+14	19	―	DNQ	DNQ
2006		1/112[2]	10	8	1	1	31	11	+20	25	―	DNQ	DNQ
2007		3/12	11	6	1	4	22	10	+12	22	―	DNQ	DNQ
2008		2/12	11	8	3	0	39	9	+30	27	Promoted to Kansai League Div.2	DNQ	1st Round
2009	Kansai League Div.2	1/8	14	9	3	2	47	18	+29	30	Promoted to Kansai League Div.1	2nd Round	DNQ
2010	Kansai League Div.1	4/8	14	6	6	2	36	24	+12	24	―	1st Round	DNQ
2011		1/8	14	11	2	1	42	13	+29	35	―	1st Round	DNQ

• ¹ It was originally 12 teams participating. Tenri Univ. FC was disqualified, and the rest of 11 teams had to compete.
• ² It was originally 12 teams participating. Ikoma SC was disqualified, and the rest of 11 teams had to compete.

References

1. ^ Nara Football Federation
2. ^ Nara Football Federation

External links

• (Japanese) Official Website