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Kashima Antlers ( 鹿島アントラーズ, Kashima Antorāzu ) are a japanese professional football club based in Kashima, Ibaraki, separate of the Greater Tokyo Area. The golf club plays in the J1 League, which is the clear tier of football in the country. Antlers is derived from the city appoint, Kashima, which literally means “ deer island ”. The club has fiscal backing from Mercari, a japanese e-commerce company.

Since the J.League ‘s creation and introduction of master japanese football in 1993, Kashima have proved by far Japan ‘s most successful football club, 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 became asian Champions when they won their inaugural AFC Champions League title in 2018. Kashima have finished in the top five of the league for over seventy percentage of all seasons played to date, recorded an median conclusion of temper league rate of third base and captured a title in over sixty percentage of all seasons played to date. [ when? ] Kashima are besides one of only two clubs to have competed in Japan ‘s top flight of professional football every year since its origin ( the other being Yokohama F. Marinos ) .

history [edit ]

The name ‘ Antlers ’ is derived from the city of Kashima, which literally translates to ‘ Deer Island ’. The club crest not only resembles deer antlers but it besides reflects the picture of rose thorn as it is the official flower of Ibaraki, the base prefecture of the club. Deer are amiable animals and are viewed in some religions as spiritual messengers. In fact, Kashima Shrine, one of the most celebrated shrines in Japan and located in close proximity to the club headquarter, have kept and raised deer for more than 1,300 years as religious symbol. Deer are affectionate animals but are besides known for their brave character as they conflict each other mind to head with deadly antlers .
Founded in 1947 as Sumitomo Metal Industries Factory Football Club in Osaka and moved to Kashima, Ibaraki in 1975. It played in the semi-professional Japan Soccer League ( JSL ). They were promoted to the JSL ‘s top flight in 1984, but never made much of an affect, going down in 1985/86, returning in 1986/87 and going down again in 1988/89. Its death stand in the JSL was 2nd in the Second Division for 1991/92. After the formation of the fully professional J.League, Sumitomo, like all other clubs, stripped the bodied post from the club ‘s appoint and reformed as the Kashima Antlers. Kashima was basically promoted to the fresh clear flight, as many JSL First Division clubs decided to relegate themselves being unprepared for professionalism. ( Of the original 10 [ a ] J.League establish member clubs, Kashima and Shimizu S-Pulse were newly promoted. Ironically, Kashima had defeated a precursor of Shimizu ‘s, Nippon Light Metal/Hagoromo Club, to earn its JSL Second Division place back in 1974 ). Since the J.League ‘s creation and insertion of professional japanese football in 1993, Kashima have systematically been amongst the strongest clubs in the state, holding respective distinctions and records. Led by former brazilian star and japanese national team coach Zico in the club ‘s formative years, Kashima were the first golf club to win a J.League stagecoach, claiming the 1st degree of the inauguration temper in 1993. This laid a chopine for continuous enormousness and long after the Kashima icon had departed, in 2000 Kashima became the first J.League baseball club to achieve the “ treble “, by winning all three major titles : J.League, J.League Cup, and Emperor ‘s Cup in the same year. In late times, by clinching the 2007 J.League deed they became the first gear and entirely club in Japan to have won ten domestic titles in the professional earned run average. In 2008 they became the inaugural and alone golf club to successfully defend the J.League title on two occasions. In 2009 they became the first and only club to win three straight J.League titles. With victories in back to back J.League Cups in 2011, 2012 and most recently followed by their 2015 victory, Kashima extended their odd record of major domestic titles in the professional era to seventeen .
To this day, Kashima has maintained firm ties with the football residential district in Brazil, a fact borne out of Zico ‘s past affiliation with the club. Kashima ‘s brazilian connection has manifested itself in both the club ‘s player transfer and coach policy resulting in only three non-Brazilian foreign players and predominantly brazilian managers signing for Kashima since the origin of the J.League. The population of Kashima city is a mere 60,000 and for that reason golf club has besides adopted the surrounding cities of Itako, Kamisu, Namegata and Hokota as its official hometowns, all in Ibaraki Prefecture. The blend population of five cities is 280,000. Antlers home games are played at Kashima Soccer Stadium, one of the 2002 FIFA World Cup venues with capability of 40,000. In 2016, they became the first asian golf club to reach the FIFA Club World Cup final following a 3–0 victory over south american english champions Atlético Nacional. [ 2 ] In the concluding, after a 2–2 trace against european champions Real Madrid after 90 minutes, they were beaten 4–2 after extra prison term. [ 3 ]

Kit history [edit ]

Slogans [edit ]

Year Slogan
1998 CHALLENGE
1999 NEXT
2000 Glory Again – 原点からの挑戦 –
(Challenge from the Beginning)
2001 – 勝利主義 Antlersism – FOR NEXT 10 YEARS
(Doctrine of Victory)
2002 – 進化 Antlersism – STAIRWAY TO THE WORLD
(Evolution)
2003 OVER’03 – カシマからアジア、そして世界へ –
(From Kashima to Asia, then to the World)
2004 FOOTBALL DREAM 2004 – 奪冠10 –
2005 FOOTBALL DREAM 2005 – 反撃宣言 –
(Declaration of Counter-Attack)
2006 FOOTBALL DREAM 2006 – 一新制覇 –
(Brand New Conquest)
2007 FOOTBALL DREAM’07 – 魂 Spirits –
2008 FOOTBALL DREAM 2008 – DESAFIO 挑戦 –
(Challenge)
2009 FOOTBALL DREAM 2009 – PROGRESSO 飛躍 –
(Progress)
2010 FOOTBALL DREAM 2010 – Evolução 新化 –
(Evolution)
2011 FOOTBALL DREAM NEXT
2012 SMILE AGAIN with PRIDE
2013 RENASCIMENTO – 誇りを胸に –
(Rebirth – Carrying Pride in Our Hearts)
2014 SPECTACLE – 戦 –
(Battle)
2015 RISE TO THE CHALLENGE – 覚悟 –
(Ready)
2016 FOOTBALL DREAM ともに
(Together)
2017 FOOTBALL DREAM つなぐ
(Connected)
2018 FOOTBALL DREAM こえる
(Surpassing)
2019 FOOTBALL DREAM かわる
(Changing)
2020 FOOTBALL DREAM みせる[4]
(On Display)

list of Sponsors [ 5 ]

Players [edit ]

current team [edit ]

As of 22 December 2021[6]

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

Out on lend [edit ]

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

technical staff [edit ]

As of June 2020

Managers [edit ]

record as J.League member [edit ]

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season Emperor’s Cup J.League Cup Super Cup Asia Others
1992 – – – – Quarter final Semi-final – – – – –
1993 J1 10 2nd 14,016 Runners-up Group stage – – – – –
1994 12 3rd 16,812 1st round 1st round – – – – –
1995 14 7th 19,141 Semi-final – – – – – –
1996 16 1st 15,386 Quarter final Group stage – – – – –
1997 17 2nd 16,985 Winner Winner Winner – – – –
1998 18 1st 15,345 Semi-final Semi-final Winner CC Quarter final – –
1999 16 9th 17,049 4th round Runners-up Winner CWC 3rd Place – –
2000 16 1st 17,507 Winner Winner – CC Quarter final – –
2001 16 1st 22,425 Quarter final Semi-final Runners-up – – – –
2002 16 4th 21,590 Runners-up Winner Runners-up CC Quarter final – –
2003 16 5th 21,204 Semi-final Runners-up – CL Group stage A3 Winner
2004 16 6th 17,585 Quarter final Quarter final – – – – –
2005 18 3rd 18,641 Quarter final Group stage – – – – –
2006 18 6th 15,433 Semi-final Runners-up – – – – –
2007 18 1st 16,239 Winner Semi-final – – – – –
2008 18 1st 19,714 5th round Quarter final Runners-up CL Quarter final – –
2009 18 1st 21,617 Quarter final Quarter final Winner CL Round of 16 – –
2010 18 4th 20,966 Winner Quarter final Winner CL Round of 16 – –
2011 18 6th 16,156 4th round Winner Runners-up CL Round of 16 – –
2012 18 11th 15,381 Semi-final Winner – – – Suruga Winner
2013 18 5th 16,419 4th round Quarter final – – – Suruga Winner
2014 18 3rd 17,665 2nd round Group stage – – – – –
2015 18 5th 16,423 3rd round Winner – CL Group stage – –
2016 18 1st 19,103 Winner Group stage – – – Suruga Runners-up
FIFA Runners-up
2017 18 2nd 20,467 Quarter final Quarter final Winner CL Round of 16 – –
2018 18 3rd 20,547 Semi-final Semi-final – CL Winner FIFA 4th place
2019 18 3rd 20,571 Runners-up Semi-final – CL Quarter final – –
2020 18 5th 6,466 – Group stage – CL Playoff – –
2021 20 4th 7,818 – Quarter finals – –

attendance [edit ]

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tax income & consumption [edit ]

Assets & Net Worth [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

Sumitomo Metal FC [edit ]

Kashima Antlers [edit ]

Domestic
International

Personnel awards [edit ]

World Cup players [edit ]

The following players have been selected by their country in the World Cup, while playing for Kashima Antlers :

olympian players [edit ]

The following players have represented their country at the Summer Olympic Games whilst playing for Kashima Antlers :

former players [edit ]

International capped players [edit ]

In popular culture [edit ]

In the Captain Tsubasa manga series, two characters were players of Kashima Antlers. The brazilian midfielders Luciano Leo ( himself loosely based on Leonardo ) and Pepe were colleagues of Flamengo ‘s Carlos Santana and São Paulo FC ‘s Tsubasa Ozora .

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