Association football club based in Osaka, Japan
football club
Cerezo Osaka ( セレッソ大阪, Seresso Ōsaka ) is a japanese professional football club based in Osaka. The golf club presently plays in the J1 League, which is the lead tier of football in the area. The club ‘s name Cerezo ( spanish for cherry corner ) is besides the flower of the city of Osaka. [ 1 ] The official hometowns for the club are Osaka and Sakai .

history [edit ]

Old crest

Reading: Cerezo Osaka

The clubhouse, in the first place called Yanmar Diesel, started in 1957 as the ship’s company team of Yanmar and was an master founder ( “Original Eight” [ a ] ) of the now-disbanded Japan Soccer League ( JSL ) in 1965. With four japanese league titles to its credit, it was a mainstay of the JSL Division 1 until 1990 when it was first relegated, and joined the former Japan Football League ( JFL ) in 1992. In 1993, the golf club incorporated as Osaka Football Club Co., Ltd. and adopted the name Cerezo after a public contest. [ 2 ] In 1994, they won the JFL championship and was promoted to the J1 League in 1995. This besides coincided with a ply to the finals of the Emperor ‘s Cup, which they lost to Bellmare Hiratsuka. Cerezo has relegated from J1 to J2 three times, but are presently playing in the J1 league. The club had an impressive third-place finish in the 2017 temper. On 4 November 2017 they won the J.League YBC Levain Cup, the first major style for Cerezo Osaka. The final match was against Kawasaki Frontale. On 1 January 2018, Cerezo Osaka won the Emperor ‘s Cup, securing their second major claim. The final match was against Yokohama F. Marinos. On 10 February 2018, they won the Xerox Super Cup, playing against Kawasaki Frontale. In May 2018, the clubhouse changed its incorporate list from Osaka Football Club Co., Ltd. to Cerezo Osaka Co., Ltd .

Grounds [edit ]

The hometown for the club are Osaka and Sakai. The baseball club plays at Yodoko Sakura Stadium, with some bigger games played at Yanmar Stadium Nagai. [ 3 ] The club practices at Minami Tsumori Sakura Sports Park, Maishima Sports Island, and Amagasaki Yanmar Diesel Ground .

Mascots [edit ]

The main clubhouse ‘s mascot is a wolf, named Lobby. The other club ‘s mascot is Madame Lobina, Lobby ‘s mother. [ 4 ] On February 22, 2020, host and television personality Roland was appointed Cerezo ‘s “ Official CereMan ”. [ 5 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Cerezo ‘s biggest rival is boyfriend Osaka cabaret Gamba Osaka. The matches played against Gamba are referred to as the Osaka bowler hat .

Kits and colours [edit ]

Cerezo ‘s club color is pink, like the cerise flower flowers that the appoint is based on. combination colours have been navy blue and black. This year, the uniform tinge is pink ( home ) and white ( aside ) for the field players, total darkness ( home ) and pink ( away ) or green for the goal keepers. During the Yanmar Diesel days in the late 1970s to mid-1980s, the uniform was all-red evocative of Deportivo Toluca .

Season(s)
Main Shirt Sponsor
Collarbone Sponsor
Additional Sponsor(s)
Kit Manufacturer

2018
Yanmar
–
–
Nippon Ham
Singha
Kincho
Nakabayashi
–
Puma

2019
Sharp

2020
– /
Danish

2021
Yodogawa Steel Works
–

Kit development [edit ]

Home

1994 – 1996

1997 – 1998
1999 – 2003
2004 – 2005
2006 – 2007
2008 – 2009
2010
2011
2012

2013

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

Away

1994 – 1996

1997 – 1998
1999 – 2002
2003 – 2004
2005
2006


2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

Others

2010
88 Memorial

2011
Eight Summer


2013
Yanmar Premium Cup

2014
20th Anniversary
2015
Kincho Stadium 5th Anniversary
2016
Summer
2017
Summer
2018
ACL

2018
Limited
2019
25th Anniversary

record as J.League member [edit ]

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted
Relegated

League
J.League
Cup
Emperor’s
Cup
ACL

Season
Div.
Teams
Pos.
P
W(OTW/PKW)
D
L(OTL/PKL)
F
A
GD
Pts
Attendance/G

1995

J1
14
8th
52
25(0/0)
–
11(0/2)
43
44
-1
41
12,097
–
2nd round
–

1996

16
13th
30
10
–
20
38
56
-18
30
8,229
Group stage
4th round

1997

17
11th
32
13 (1 / 2)
–
10 (5 / 1)
53
56
-3
43
9,153
Group stage
4th round
–

1998

18
9th
34
14 (1 / 0)
–
17 (1 / 1)
56
79
-23
44
9,864
Group stage
3rd round
–

1999

16
6th
30
15 (4 / 0)
–
10 (1 / 0)
64
45
19
53
10,216
2nd round
4th round
–

2000

16
5th
30
14 (3 / 0)
–
11 (2 / 0)
54
49
5
48
13,548
2nd round
Quarter-final
–

2001

16
16th
30
5 (3 / 0)
2
18 (0 / 0)
41
70
-29
21
11,857
1st round
Runners up
–

2002

J2
12
2nd
44
25
12
7
93
53
40
87
7,952
–
4th round
–

2003

J1
16
9th
30
12
4
14
55
56
-1
40
13,854
Group stage
Runners up
–

2004

16
15th
30
6
8
16
42
64
-22
26
14,323
Group stage
4th round
–

2005

18
5th
34
16
11
7
48
40
8
59
17,648
Quarter-final
Semi-final
–

2006

18
17th
34
6
9
19
44
70
-26
27
13,026
Quarter-final
4th round
–

2007

J2
13
5th
48
24
8
16
72
55
17
80
6,627
–
4th round
–

2008

15
4th
42
21
6
15
81
60
21
69
10,554
–
4th round
–

2009

18
2nd
51
31
11
9
100
53
47
104
9,912
–
2nd round
–

2010

J1
18
3rd
34
17
10
7
51
31
20
61
15,026
Group stage
4th round
–

2011

18
12th
34
11
10
13
67
53
14
43
14,145
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Quarter-final

2012

18
14th
34
11
9
14
47
53
-6
42
16,815
Quarter-final
Quarter-final
–

2013

18
4th
34
16
11
7
53
32
21
59
18,819
Quarter-final
4th round
–

2014

18
17th
34
7
10
17
36
48
-12
31
21,627
Quarter-final
Quarter-final
Round of 16

2015

J2
22
4th
42
18
13
11
57
40
17
67
12,232
–
1st round
–

2016

22
4th
42
23
9
10
62
46
16
78
12,509
–
3rd round
–

2017

J1
18
3rd
34
19
6
9
64
43
22
63
20,970
Winner
Winner
–

2018

18
7th
34
13
11
10
39
38
1
50
18,542
Quarter-final
4th round
Group stage

2019

18
5th
34
18
5
11
39
29
14
59
21,518
Play-offs
4th round
–

2020 †

18
4th
34
18
6
10
46
37
9
60
7,014
Quarter-final
Did not qualify
–

2021

20

38

Runners up

Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games Played; W = Games won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals Difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
  • † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site

League history

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of 24 September 2021[6]

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

Out on loan [edit ]

As of 5 September 2021[6]

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

Honours [edit ]

Yanmar Diesel [edit ]

Winners (4): 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980
Winners (3): 1973 (shared), 1983, 1984
Winners (3): 1968, 1970, 1974

Cerezo Osaka [edit ]

Winners (1): 1994 (as the company team)
Winners (1): 2017
Runners-up (1): 2021
Winners (1): 2017
Runners-up (3): 1994, 2001, 2003
Winners (1): 2018

Continental record [edit ]

As of 24 June 2021

Managers [edit ]

[ 7 ]

In popular culture [edit ]

In the popular Captain Tsubasa manga, a character named Teppei Kisugi becomes a master football musician and joins Cerezo Osaka. [ citation needed ]

former players [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

References [edit ]

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