Cerezo Osaka

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Template:Short description Template:Force cite load Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a Japanese professional football club based in Osaka. The club currently plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's name (Template:Langx) also represents the flower of the city of Osaka.[1] The official hometowns of the club are Osaka and Sakai. There exists a local rivalry with Suita-based Gamba Osaka.

History

Beginnings (1957–1992)

The club, originally called Yanmar Diesel, started in 1957 as the company team of Yanmar and was an original founder ("Original Eight"Template:Efn) 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.

Privatised and registered under a new name (1993–present)

In 1993, the club incorporated as Osaka Football Club Co., Ltd. and adopted the name Cerezo Osaka after a public contest.[2]

In 1994, they won the Japan Football League championship and was promoted to the J1 League in 1995. This also coincided with a run to the finals of the Emperor's Cup, which they lost to Bellmare Hiratsuka.

Cerezo has been relegated from J1 to J2 on three occasions, but are currently playing in the J1 league. The club had an impressive third-place finish in the 2017 season.

Taste of silverware

On 4 November 2017, Cerezo won the 2017 J.League Cup, the first major title in their club history, defeating Kawasaki Frontale 2–0.

On 1 January 2018, Cerezo won the 2017 Emperor's Cup, securing their second major title. The final match was against Yokohama F. Marinos, where Cerezo won 2–1 in extra time with Kota Mizunuma scoring the winner.

On 10 February 2018, Cerezo won the 2018 Japanese Super Cup winning 3–2 against Kawasaki Frontale.

In May 2018, the club changed its incorporated name from Osaka Football Club Co., Ltd. to Cerezo Osaka Co., Ltd.

In 2022, the club got close to winning the J.League Cup for their second title, but blew a 1–0 lead to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in injury time after Hiroshima player Pieros Sotiriou scored two goals in the 96th and 101st minutes of the match to give the opponent the J.League Cup.

On 1 February 2023, Cerezo signed former Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United player, Shinji Kagawa on a two-years contract.

Stadiums

The hometowns of the club are Osaka and Sakai. The club plays at the Yodoko Sakura Stadium, with some bigger matches played at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai.[3]

The club practices at Minami Tsumori Sakura Sports Park, Maishima Sports Island, and Amagasaki Yanmar Diesel Ground.

Mascots

The club's mascots are a wolf named Lobby (from Spanish lobo, meaning wolf) and Madame Lobina, Lobby's mother.[4]

On February 22, 2020, host and TV personality Roland was appointed Cerezo's "Official CereMan".[5]

Rivalries

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Cerezo's biggest rival is fellow Osaka club Gamba Osaka. The matches played between Cerezo and Gamba are referred to as the Osaka derby.

Kits and colours

Cerezo's club colour is pink, like the cherry blossoms that the club's name is based on. Combination colours have been navy blue and black. This year, the uniform colour is pink (home) and white (away) for the outfield players and black (home), pink (away) and green for the goalkeepers.

During the Yanmar Diesel days in the late 1970s to mid-1980s, the uniform was all-red reminiscent of Deportivo Toluca.

Colours, sponsors and kit makers

Season(s) Main Shirt Sponsor Collarbone Sponsor(s) Additional Sponsor(s) Kit Manufacturer
2018 Yanmar - - Nippon Ham Singha Kincho Nakabayashi - Puma
2019 Sharp
2020 - /
Danish
2021 Yodogawa Steel Works -
2022 Yodogawa Steel Works Nikkon Holdings - /
Capcom
2023 Capcom -
2024
2025 Mizuno

Kit evolution

League and cup record

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 Did not qualify
1996 16 13th 30 10 - 20 38 56 -18 30 8,229 Group stage Round of 16
1997 17 11th 32 13(1/2) - 10(5/1) 53 56 -3 43 9,153 Group stage Round of 16
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 Round of 16
2000 16 5th 30 14(3/0) - 11(2/0) 54 49 5 48 13,548 2nd round Quarter-finals
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 Not eligible Round of 16
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-finals Semi-finals
2006 18 17th 34 6 9 19 44 70 -26 27 13,026 Quarter-finals 4th round
2007 J2 13 5th 48 24 8 16 72 55 17 80 6,627 Not eligible 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 Round of 16
2011 18 12th 34 11 10 13 67 53 14 43 14,145 Quarter final Semi-finals Quarter-finals
2012 18 14th 34 11 9 14 47 53 -6 42 16,815 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Did not qualify
2013 18 4th 34 16 11 7 53 32 21 59 18,819 Quarter-finals Round of 16
2014 18 17th 34 7 10 17 36 48 -12 31 21,627 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Round of 16
2015 J2 22 4th 42 18 13 11 57 40 17 67 12,232 Not eligible 1st round Did not qualify
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 Round of 16 Group stage
2019 18 5th 34 18 5 11 39 29 14 59 21,518 Play-offs Round of 16 Did not qualify
2020 † 18 4th 34 18 6 10 46 37 9 60 7,014 Quarter final Did not qualify
2021 † 20 12th 38 13 9 16 47 51 -4 48 5,351 Runners up Semi-finals Round of 16
2022 18 5th 34 13 12 9 46 40 6 51 11,427 Runners up Quarter-finals Did not qualify
2023 18 9th 34 15 4 15 39 34 5 49 17,074 Group stage Round of 16
2024 20 10th 38 13 13 12 43 48 -5 52 17,903 Playoff round 3rd round
2025 20 10th 38 14 10 14 60 55 -5 52 18,654 Playoff round 4th round
2026 J1 10 TBD 18 N/A N/A
2026-27 20 TBD 38 TBD TBD
Key

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Honours

As both Yanmar Diesel (1957–1993) and Cerezo Osaka (1993–present)

Cerezo Osaka honours
Honour No. Years
Emperor's Cup 4 1968, 1970, 1974, 2017
Japan Soccer League Division 1 4 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980
Japan Soccer League Cup 3 1973 (shared), 1983, 1984
All Japan Senior Football Championship 1 1976
Queen's Cup 1 1976
Japanese Super Cup 2 1981, 2018
Japan Football League 1 1994
J.League Cup 1 2017

League history

Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Fba/core Kōki Fukui
2 DF Template:Fba/core Takumi Nakamura
3 DF Template:Fba/core Ryōsuke Shindō
4 MF Template:Fba/core Yūichi Hirano
5 MF Template:Fba/core Hinata Kida
6 DF Template:Fba/core Kyōhei Noborizato
7 MF Template:Fba/core Satoki Uejō
8 MF Template:Fba/core Shinji Kagawa (vice-captain)
9 FW Template:Fba/core Rafael Ratão
10 MF Template:Fba/core Shunta Tanaka (captain)
11 FW Template:Fba/core Thiago Andrade
13 FW Template:Fba/core Motohiko Nakajima
16 DF Template:Fba/core Hayato Okuda
17 MF Template:Fba/core Reiya Sakata
19 MF Template:Fba/core Shion Honma (on loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)
21 GK Template:Fba/core Kim Jin-hyeon (vice-captain)
22 DF Template:Fba/core Niko Takahashi
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Template:Fba/core Eiji Kubo
27 DF Template:Fba/core Dion Cools
29 FW Template:Fba/core Kengo Furuyama
31 DF Template:Fba/core Rikito Inoue
33 DF Template:Fba/core Ryūya Nishio
35 MF Template:Fba/core Kyohei Yoshino
39 FW Template:Fba/core Wigi Kanemoto DSP
42 FW Template:Fba/core Ryota Onoda Type 2
43 DF Template:Fba/core Chimezie Kai Ezemokwe Type 2
44 DF Template:Fba/core Shinnosuke Hatanaka (vice-captain)
45 GK Template:Fba/core Go Kambayashi
46 GK Template:Fba/core Ken Isibor Type 2
47 GK Template:Fba/core Kazuma Makiguchi (on loan from Ehime FC)
48 MF Template:Fba/core Masaya Shibayama
55 FW Template:Fba/core Vitor Bueno
66 DF Template:Fba/core Ayumu Ohata
77 MF Template:Fba/core Lucas Fernandes

Out on loan

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No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Template:Fba/core Nagi Matsumoto (at Sagan Tosu)
34 MF Template:Fba/core Rui Ōsako (at SC Sagamihara)
— MF Template:Fba/core Nelson Ishiwatari (at Iwaki FC)
— MF Template:Fba/core Keita Konomi (at Giravanz Kitakyushu)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Template:Fba/core Jun Nishikawa (at Sagan Tosu)
— MF Template:Fba/core Kōsei Okazawa (at Fujieda MYFC)
— FW Template:Fba/core Shinnosuke Kinoshita (at Nankatsu SC)

Club officials

Club officials for 2025.[8]

Position Name
Manager Template:Flagicon Arthur Papas
Assistant manager Template:Flagicon Raffaele Napoli
Coaches Template:Flagicon Hussein Skenderovic
Template:Flagicon Tsutomu Komatsu
Template:Flagicon Bruno Quadros
Analytical coach Template:Flagicon Shuta Tsukamoto
Template:Flagicon Yuki Yoshimura
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Koji Inada
Head of performance Template:Flagicon Yusuke Fukuhara
Physical coach Template:Flagicon Takeshi Ikoma
Athletic performance coach Template:Flagicon Hikaru Fujii
Physiotherapists Template:Flagicon Atsushi Kitaura
Template:Flagicon Akihiro Sasaki
Trainers Template:Flagicon Koji Hanaki
Template:Flagicon Haruki Wada
Interpreters Template:Flagicon Takanori Shirasawa
Template:Flagicon Kazuyuki Ishikawa
Template:Flagicon Bruno Hideo Owada
Chief secretary Template:Flagicon Atsushi Imanishi
Team secretary Template:Flagicon Shoki Kokawa
Template:Flagicon Lee Song-in
Kitman Template:Flagicon Tomoharu Nagahisa

Manager history

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Manager Nationality Tenure
From To
Paulo Emilio File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1 January 1994 31 December 1995
Hiroshi Sowa File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1 January 1996 31 December 1996
Levir Culpi File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1 February 1997 31 December 1997
Yasutaro Matsuki File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1 January 1998 31 December 1999
René Desaeyere File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 1 February 1999 31 January 2000
Hiroshi Soejima File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1 February 2000 19 August 2001
João Carlos File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 20 August 2001 4 November 2001
Akihiro Nishimura File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 5 November 2001 6 October 2003
Yuji Tsukada File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 7 October 2003 1 January 2004
Petar Nadoveza File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 2 January 2004 1 February 2004
Fuad Muzurović File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 February 2004 22 March 2004
Albert Pobor File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 23 March 2004 28 June 2004
Shinji Kobayashi File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1 July 2004 17 April 2006
Yuji Tsukada File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 18 April 2006 31 December 2006
Satoshi Tsunami File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1 January 2007 7 May 2007
Levir Culpi File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 8 May 2007 31 December 2011
Sérgio Soares File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1 January 2012 26 August 2012
Levir Culpi File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 27 August 2012 11 December 2013
Ranko Popović File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 1 January 2014 9 June 2014
Marco Pezzaiuoli File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 16 June 2014 8 September 2014
Yuji Okuma File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 8 September 2014 16 December 2014
Paulo Autuori File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1 January 2015 17 November 2015
Kiyoshi Okuma File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 17 November 2015 31 January 2017
Yoon Jong-hwan File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1 February 2017 31 December 2018
Miguel Ángel Lotina File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1 February 2019 31 January 2021
Levir Culpi File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1 February 2021 26 August 2021
Akio Kogiku File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 26 August 2021 11 October 2024
Arthur Papas File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 17 December 2024

Continental record

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2011 AFC Champions League Group G Template:Flagicon Arema FC Malang 2–1 4–0 2nd
Template:Flagicon Shandong Luneng Taishan 4–0 0–2
Template:Flagicon Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–0 0–1
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Gamba Osaka 1–0
Quarter-finals Template:Flagicon Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 4–3 1–6 5–9
2014 Group F Template:Flagicon Pohang Steelers 0–2 1–1 2nd
Template:Flagicon Shandong Taishan 1–3 2–1
Template:Flagicon Buriram United 4–0 2–2
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Guangzhou 1–5 1–0 2–5
2018 Group G Template:Flagicon Jeju United 2–1 1–0 3rd
Template:Flagicon Guangzhou 0–0 1–3
Template:Flagicon Buriram United 2–2 0–2
2021 Play-off round Template:Flagicon Melbourne City Cancelled
Group J Template:Flagicon Guangzhou 5–0Template:Efn 2–0Template:Efn 1st
Template:Flagicon Kitchee 2–1Template:Efn 0–0Template:Efn
Template:Flagicon Port 1–1Template:Efn 3–0Template:Efn
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Pohang Steelers 0–1

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In popular culture

In the manga series Captain Tsubasa, a character named Teppei Kisugi becomes a professional football player and joins Cerezo Osaka.[10]

Notes

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References

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External links

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