Kashima Antlers

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The Template:Nihongo are a professional football club based in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan. 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Since the J.League's creation and introduction of professional Japanese football in 1993, Kashima have proven themselves to be by far Japan's most successful football club in terms of trophies won, having won the J1 League title a record 8 times, the J.League Cup a record 6 times, the Emperor's Cup 5 times and the Japanese Super Cup a record 6 times for an unprecedented nineteen major domestic titles.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Continentally, Kashima became Asian champions when they won the AFC Champions League in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The club also won the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship on 2 occasions in 2012 and 2013.

Internationally, Kashima has made two appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup where in the 2016 edition, the club qualified as the host of the tournament.<ref name="hosts">Template:Cite web</ref> Kashima notably became the only club to qualify from the first round until the final where they would go on to lose to 2015–16 UEFA Champions League winners, Real Madrid 4–2 after extra time with Gaku Shibasaki scoring both goals for Kashima.<ref name="match report">Template:Cite web</ref>

Kashima are also one of only two clubs to have competed in Japan's top flight football every year since it was professionalized (the other being Yokohama F. Marinos, who has been playing in the top flight since 1982).

Namesake

The name 'Antlers' is derived from the city of Kashima (Template:Langx).<ref name="jsoccer-history">Template:Cite web</ref>

The club crest not only resembles deer antlers but it also reflects the image of a 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.

In fact, Kashima Shrine, one of the most famous shrines in Japan and located in close proximity to the club headquarters, has kept and raised deer for more than 1,300 years as a spiritual symbol.

History

File:Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo 2011.jpg
Leonardo Araújo played for Kashima from 1994 to 1996.

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 impact, going down in 1985/86,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> returning in 1986/87 and going down again in 1988/89.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its last standing in the JSL was 2nd in the Second Division for 1991/92.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In October 1991, Kashima Antlers FC Co., Ltd. was established with investment from 43 companies (at the time) from 5 local governments.

After the formation of the fully professional J.League, Sumitomo, like all other clubs, stripped the corporate brand from the club's name and reformed as the Kashima Antlers in April 1992. Kashima was essentially promoted to the new top flight, as many JSL First Division clubs decided to relegate themselves being unprepared for professionalism. (Of the original 10Template:Efn J.League founding member clubs, Kashima and Shimizu S-Pulse were newly promoted. Ironically, Kashima had defeated a forerunner 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 introduction of professional Japanese football in 1993, Kashima have consistently been amongst the strongest clubs in the country, holding several distinctions and records. Led by former Brazil national team star and Japan national team coach Zico in the club's formative years, Kashima were the first club to win a J.League stage, claiming the 1st stage of the inaugural season in 1993. This laid a platform for continuous greatness and long after the Kashima icon had departed, in 2000 Kashima became the first J.League 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 recent times, by clinching the 2007 J.League title they became the first and only club in Japan to have won ten domestic titles in the professional era. In 2008 they became the first and only club to successfully defend the J.League title on two occasions. In 2009 they became the first and only club to win three consecutive 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 unmatched record of major domestic titles in the professional era to seventeen.

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Kashima Antlers celebrate after winning the 2018 AFC Champions League at the Azadi Stadium vs Persepolis

To this day, Kashima has maintained strong ties with the football community 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 coaching policy resulting in only three non-Brazilian foreign players and predominantly Brazilian managers signing for Kashima since the inception of the J.League.

The population of Kashima city is a mere 60,000 and for that reason club has also adopted the surrounding cities of Itako, Kamisu, Namegata and Hokota as its official hometowns, all in Ibaraki Prefecture. The combined 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 capacity of 40,000.

During the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, Kashima became the first Asian club to reach the FIFA Club World Cup final and notably became the only club to qualify from the first round until the final following a 3–0 victory over South American winners, Atlético Nacional.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the final, after a 2–2 draw against European champions Real Madrid after 90 minutes, they were beaten 4–2 after extra time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

International affiliation

In 2017, Kashima established a base in New York where the club main objective is to investigate and apply advanced cases from the digital domain of the Major League Soccer while there are also opportunities to gather information in terms of player management and competition factors. Another reason comes in the form of establishing relationships to learn international strategy directly from the likes of FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich. The relationship building hasn't solely been with European clubs, and for the past two years regular meetings have been held at the head offices of MLS in order to deepen ties with the league and its clubs.

Kit and colours

Season(s) Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
1993 Mizuno

(J.League)

Ennerre

(Emperor's Cup)

none
1994
1995
1996 Tostem
1997 Umbro
1998 NR (Ennerre)
1999
2000
2001
2002 Nike
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011 Lixil
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Kit evolution

Home stadium

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Kashima Soccer Stadium

Kashima Soccer Stadium has been the home ground of Kashima since 26 March 1993. The Kashima Soccer Museum, opened in 2004 is set for wide-scale renewal, while the Wellness Plaza, established in 2006, is also in line for similar improvements, including the installation of a public bath. There is a real awareness of furthering stadium use on non-matchdays to ensure Kashima Stadium is a hub for the local region. On the other hand, the importance of Kashima Stadium as a sacred football ground will also increase. The stadium has been selected as a host venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, meaning it will international competition for the first time since the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Ahead of that, the stadium will also host the Ibaraki National Sports Festival this year, at which athletes will gather from all over the country.

In 2008 a 500-metre LED wraparound advertising board, the longest in Asia, was installed at the front of the second tier. In 2017, the latest large electronic screens were added to both the north and south stands as part of the commitment to improving the viewing environment for visitors.

Current squad

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Out on loan

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Club officials

Role<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Name
Technical advisor Template:Flagicon Zico
Manager Template:Flagicon Toru Oniki
Assistant manager Template:Flagicon Masaki Chugo
Coaches Template:Flagicon Atsushi Yanagisawa
Template:Flagicon Makoto Tanaka
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Hitoshi Sogahata
Technical staff Template:Flagicon Suguru Arie
Template:Flagicon Tomofumi Kuriyama
Physical coach Template:Flagicon Ryosuke Ito
Conditioning coach Template:Flagicon Hiroyuki Furuta
Physiotherapists Template:Flagicon Yoshihiko Nakagawa
Template:Flagicon Atsushi Inaba
Athletic trainers Template:Flagicon Toshihiro Hashimoto
Template:Flagicon Kenichi Nakata
Template:Flagicon Tsukasa Ohashi
Interpreters Template:Flagicon Kenta Kasai
Template:Flagicon Kentaro Seki
Template:Flagicon Masaya Kawakubo
Template:Flagicon Kim Young-ha
Competent Template:Flagicon Yuji Takada
Side affairs Template:Flagicon Keisuke Okawa
Template:Flagicon Shinpei Okiji
Dietitian Template:Flagicon Aya Ishibashi
Team doctors Template:Flagicon Hiroshi Jonouchi
Template:Flagicon Jun Seki
Template:Flagicon Ryo Matsunaga
Template:Flagicon Takashi Sando
Template:Flagicon Tomoo Ishii
Template:Flagicon Toshiaki Nagamine
Template:Flagicon Hiroshi Kimura

Honours

As both Sumitomo Metal FC (1947–1991) and Kashima Antlers (1991–present)

Kashima Antlers honours
Honour No. Years
J1 League 8 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016
Japan Soccer League Division 2 2 1984, 1986–87
Emperor's Cup 5 1997, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2016
J.League Cup 6 1997, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2015
Japanese Super Cup 6 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2017
All Japan Senior Football Championship 1 1973
AFC Champions League Elite 1 2018
J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship 2 2012, 2013
A3 Champions Cup 1 2003

Personnel awards

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2018 AFC Champions League champions

World Cup players

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

Olympic players

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

Manager history

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Masakatsu Miyamoto Template:Flagu January 1992 June 1994
Edu Template:Flagu June 1994 December 1995
João Carlos Template:Flagu January 1996 July 1998
Takashi Sekizuka (interim) Template:Flagu July 1998
Zé Mário Template:Flagu July 1998 August 1999
Takashi Sekizuka (interim) Template:Flagu August 1999
Zico (interim) Template:Flagu 20 August 1999 31 December 1999
Toninho Cerezo Template:Flagu 1 January 2000 30 December 2005
Paulo Autuori Template:Flagu 31 December 2005 29 November 2006
Oswaldo de Oliveira Template:Flagu 1 January 2007 31 December 2011
Jorginho Template:Flagu 1 January 2012 31 December 2012
Toninho Cerezo Template:Flagu 1 January 2013 22 July 2015
Masatada Ishii Template:Flagu 23 July 2015 31 May 2017
Go Oiwa Template:Flagu 31 May 2017 1 January 2020
Antônio Carlos Zago Template:Flagu 2 January 2020 3 April 2021
Naoki Soma (interim) Template:Flagu 7 April 2021 5 December 2021<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
René Weiler Template:Flagu 10 December 2021 7 August 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Daiki Iwamasa Template:Flagu 8 August 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 4 December 2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Ranko Popović Template:Flagu 21 December 2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 6 October 2024<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Masaki Chugo Template:Flagu 9 October 2024<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 8 December 2024
Toru Oniki Template:Flagu 12 December 2024<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Present

Record as J.League member

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip J.League Cup Emperor's Cup Super Cup Asia Others
1992 – – – – Semi-finals Quarter-finals – – – – –
1993 J1 10 2nd 14,016 Group stage Runners-up – – – – –
1994 12 3rd 16,812 1st round 1st round – – – – –
1995 14 7th 19,141 – Semi-finals – – – – –
1996 16 1st 15,386 Group stage Quarter-finals – – – – –
1997 17 2nd 16,985 Winner Winner Winner – – – –
1998 18 1st 15,345 Semi-finals Semi-finals Winner CC Quarter-finals – –
1999 16 9th 17,049 Runners-up Round of 16 Winner CWC 3rd place – –
2000 16 1st 17,507 Winner Winner – CC Quarter-finals – –
2001 16 1st 22,425 Semi-finals Quarter-finals Runners-up – – – –
2002 16 4th 21,590 Winner Runners-up Runners-up CC Quarter-finals – –
2003 16 5th 21,204 Runners-up Semi-finals – CL Group stage A3 Winner
2004 16 6th 17,585 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals – – – – –
2005 18 3rd 18,641 Group stage Quarter-finals – – – – –
2006 18 6th 15,433 Runners-up Semi-finals – – – – –
2007 18 1st 16,239 Semi-finals Winner – – – – –
2008 18 1st 19,714 Quarter-finals 5th round Runners-up CL Quarter-finals – –
2009 18 1st 21,617 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Winner CL Round of 16 – –
2010 18 4th 20,966 Quarter-finals Winner Winner CL Round of 16 – –
2011 18 6th 16,156 Winner Round of 16 Runners-up CL Round of 16 – –
2012 18 11th 15,381 Winner Semi-finals – – – Suruga Winner
2013 18 5th 16,419 Quarter-finals Round of 16 – – – Suruga Winner
2014 18 3rd 17,665 Group stage 2nd round – – – – –
2015 18 5th 16,423 Winner 3rd round – CL Group stage – –
2016 18 1st 19,103 Group stage Winner – – – Suruga Runners-up
FIFA Runners-up
2017 18 2nd 20,467 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Winner CL Round of 16 – –
2018 18 3rd 20,547 Semi-finals Semi-finals – CL Winner FIFA 4th place
2019 18 3rd 20,571 Semi-finals Runners-up – CL Quarter-finals – –
2020 † 18 5th 6,466 Group stage Did not qualify – CL Playoff – –
2021 † 20 4th 7,818 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals – – – – –
2022 18 4th 16,161 Play-off stage Semi-finals – – – – –
2023 18 5th 20,834 Quarter-finals 3rd round – – – – –
2024 20 5th 23,027 3rd round Quarter-finals – – – – –
2025 20 TBD 2nd round Quarter-finals – – – – –

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Former players

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International capped players

Slogans

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 –
(Take the Crown 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 –
Year Slogan
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)
Year Slogan
2018 FOOTBALL DREAM こえる
(Surpassing)
2019 FOOTBALL DREAM かわる
(Changing)
2020 FOOTBALL DREAM みせる<ref>2020シーズンスローガン (2020 Season Slogan) Template:Webarchive – Kashima Antlers (January 23, 2020).</ref>
(On Display)
2021 FOOTBALL DREAM しんか
(Evolution)
2022 FOOTBALL DREAM いどむ
(Challenge)
2023 FOOTBALL DREAM ひとつに
(Be the One)
2024 FOOTBALL DREAM かける
(Hang on)
2025 FOOTBALL DREAM ONE

See also

Notes

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References

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