Kawasaki Frontale (川崎フロンターレ, Kawasaki Furontāre?) is a J. League football club. The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Their home stadium is Todoroki Athletics Stadium, in Nakahara Ward, in the central area of Kawasaki.
History
Founded in 1955 as Fujitsu soccer club. The club was one of many city clubs that comprised the Japan Soccer League, including Yomiuri Shimbun (later Tokyo Verdy 1969), Toshiba (later Consadole Sapporo) and NKK (now defunct). Fujitsu's club became professional in 1997, and changed its name - "Frontale" means "front" in Italian. The club joined the second division of the J. League in 1999, and became the champion of the division. But in the next season, it sank to the bottom of division one, and was relegated. In 2004, they were champions of J2 and won promotion to J1 for the second time.
Competitions Records
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Players
Current Squad
As of December 13, 2007
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| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 18 |
 |
MF |
Satoshi Hida |
| 19 |
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MF |
Yusuke Mori |
| 20 |
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MF |
Yuji Yabu |
| 21 |
|
GK |
Takashi Aizawa |
| 22 |
|
GK |
Yuki Uekusa |
| 23 |
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FW |
Satoshi Kukino |
| 24 |
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MF |
Masahiro Ohashi |
| 25 |
|
MF |
Tatsuya Suzuki |
| 26 |
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MF |
Kazuhiro Murakami |
| 27 |
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FW |
Ken Tokura |
| 28 |
|
GK |
Rikihiro Sugiyama |
| 29 |
|
MF |
Hiroyuki Taniguchi |
| 30 |
|
MF |
Yuji Kimura |
| 33 |
|
DF |
Jun Sonoda |
| 34 |
|
MF |
Kyohei Sugiura |
| 35 |
|
MF |
Yūsuke Tasaka |
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2008 Season transfers
- In
| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Yusuke Igawa (Transferred from Gamba Osaka) |
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DF |
Tomonobu Yokoyama (Transferred from Waseda University) |
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FW |
Hulk (End of loan from Tokyo Verdy 1969) |
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|
DF |
Yuki Yoshida (Promoted from youth team) |
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|
MF |
Kosuke Kikuchi (Transferred from Komazawa University) |
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- Out
Notable Players
- Japan
- Brazil
China
- Shen Xiang Fu (in Fujitsu era)
Panama
Paraguay
Managers
League history
- Japan Soccer League : 1972 - 1991 (as Fujitsu)
- Japan Football League (former) : 1993 - 1998 (as Fujitsu : 1992 - 1995; Fujitsu Kawasaki : 1996; Kawasaki Frontale : 1997 - 1998)
- Division 2 (J. League Div.2) : 1999
- Division 1 (J. League Div.1) : 2000
- Division 2 (J. League Div.2) : 2001 - 2004
- Division 1 (J. League Div.1) : 2005 - present
External links
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