Kashima antlers

The season was Kashima 's 24th consecutive season in the J1 League, the top-division of professional football in Japan.

The nickname is apt, though only since the start of the J. League era. The Antlers organization can trace its history back to the formation of the Sumitomo Metal Industries club team, in However, it was a small and loosely organized company team until , when it entered the second division of the Japan Soccer League JSL , and relocated to Kashima, in Ibaraki Prefecture. The team's name is derived from the name of its home town - "Kashima" is Japanese for "deer island". The town is located on a sandy outcrop bordering the Pacific Ocean, and surrounded on almost all of the other three sides by tidal estuaries, the Tonegawa River, and Lake Kitaura. Antlers joined the J.

Kashima antlers

They currently play in the J1 League , the top tier of Japanese professional football leagues. The club has financial backing from Mercari , a Japanese e-commerce company. Since the J. League's creation and introduction of professional Japanese football in , Kashima have proven themselves to be by far Japan's most successful football club in terms of trophies won, having won the J. League title a record eight times , the J. League Cup a record six times and the Emperor's Cup five times for an unprecedented nineteen major domestic titles. Kashima are also one of only two clubs to have competed in Japan's professional top-flight football every year since its inception the other being Yokohama F. The name Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island". The club crest not only resembles deer antlers but it also reflects the image of rose thorn as it is the official flower of Ibaraki, the home prefecture of the club. Deer are amiable animals and are viewed in some religions as spiritual messengers.

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Kashima antlers

They currently play in the J1 League , the top tier of Japanese professional football leagues. The club has financial backing from Mercari , a Japanese e-commerce company. Since the J. League's creation and introduction of professional Japanese football in , Kashima have proven themselves to be by far Japan's most successful football club in terms of trophies won, having won the J. League title a record eight times , the J.

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Sumitomo Warehouse. Contents move to sidebar hide. J1 League champions. League title on two occasions. Football clubs in Japan , Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium. Naoki Sutoh. Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 7, Summary Olympic qualifying tournament. Team Name:. Omiya Ardija.

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Contents move to sidebar hide. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. The following players have represented their country at the Summer Olympic Games whilst playing for Kashima Antlers:. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Taro Sugimoto. Sumitomo Corporation Sumikin Bussan Corporation. Shintaro Nago. Attendance: 7, Referee: Koichiro Fukushima. League Emperor's Cup J. Yuki Kakita. Gaku Shibasaki captain. Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium. Atsushi Inaba Yoshihiko Nakagawa. Wikimedia Commons.