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Revision as of 15:47, 30 December 2009

For the record label, see Avispa.

Avispa Fukuoka
アビスパ福岡
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Full nameAvispa Fukuoka
Nickname(s)Avi, Hachi(Bee, in Japanese)
Founded1982 (moved in Fukuoka 1995)
GroundLevel-5 stadium
Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
Capacity22,563
ChairmanJapan Koh Tsuzuku
ManagerJapan Yoshiyuki Shinoda
LeagueJ. League Division 2
200911th Place

Avispa Fukuoka (アビスパ福岡, Abisupa Fukuoka) is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hakata, Fukuoka. "Avispa" means "wasp" in Spanish.

History

In Fujieda

The club was founded as Chūō Bōhan F.C. in 1982 by the workers of security company Chuo Bohan in Fujieda, Shizuoka. They were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1991. They participated in the newly founded former Japan Football League Division 2 in 1992 and were promoted to Division 1 in 1993. They changed their name to Chūō Bōhan F.C. Fujieda Blux with intention to be a J. League member. However, with difficulties to have a stadium that met J. League requirements, and with local competition from Júbilo Iwata and Shimizu S-Pulse, the football fan base in Shizuoka prefecture was already considered saturated. As a result, in 1994 they decided to move to Fukuoka where the community was eager to have a J. League club. They adopted new name Fukuoka Blux and became a J. League associate member. [1]

Note: Amateur club Chūō Bōhan F.C. was active in Fujieda until 2006.

1995 (JFL)

The first season in Fukuoka saw them win the JFL championship with help from Argentine Hugo Maradona and they were promoted to J. League.

1996 - 1998 (J. League)

They decided to change their name to Avispa Fukuoka to avoid a potential trademark dispute with men's clothier Brooks Brothers. The club acquired experienced players such as former Japanese international Satoshi Tsunami and defender Hideaki Mori but they finished lowly 15th in the 1996 season. They finished bottom of the league two seasons in a row from 1997 to 1998. At the end of the 1998 season, Avispa were involved in the play-offs but they narrowly escaped a relegation. Around this time, forward Yoshiteru Yamashita and midfielder Chikara Fujimoto were chosen for the Japanese national team.

Note: No team was relegated from J. League until 1998. With a view to the foundation of J. League Division 2 in 1999, the relegation/promotion play-offs were held in 1998 for the first time.

1999 - 2001 (J1)

In 1999, they again reinforced the squad by acquiring experienced players such as former internationals Nobuyuki Kojima and Yasutoshi Miura as well as Yugoslavian Nenad Maslovar. They won a fierce relegation battle and eventually stayed up. In 2000, Argentine David Bisconti and Romanian Pavel Badea were transferred to Fukuoka and they finished club record 6th in the second stage. In 2001, the club acquired former Korean international Noh Jung-Yoon and Yoshika Matsubara but they finished 15th and were relegated to J2.

2002 - 2005 (J2)

In 2002, they kept experienced players and released younger players such as Daisuke Nakaharai and Yoshiteru Yamashita but they finished 8th out of 10. In 2002, with new manager Hiroshi Matsuda, they decided to recruit and nurture young players who graduated from local high schools instead of acquiring experienced footballers from other clubs. They initially struggled but came back well and finished 4th. In 2004, they finished 3rd and qualified for the play-offs but Kashiwa Reysol dashed their promotion hope by beating them home and away (the scoreline was both 2-0). In 2005, they finished 2nd and gained an automatic promotion to J1. Avispa players Hokuto Nakamura and Tomokazu Nagira represented Japan for the 2005 World Youth Championship in Holland.

2006 (J1)

They had been involved in a relegation battle from the beginning of the season. They finished 16th and were relegated to J2 after the promotion/relegation play-offs against Vissel Kobe, which they tied twice, 0-0 in Kobe, then 1-1 at their home game. Like many J2 teams this has led to financial issues. The Daily Yomiuri reported that in 2006 Avispa needed 535 million yen in loans from the local prefectural and municipal governments.

2007 - 2008 (J2)

With relegation came another new manager, the former German international Pierre Littbarski. "Litti" arrived from the Australian A-League, bringing with him several experienced players such as Mark Rudan, Joel Griffiths and Ufuk Talay, but he was unable to steer Avispa to any notable success. Having finished 7th in 2007, an inability to compete near the top of the league led to Littbarski's sacking in mid-2008. He was replaced by former Avispa player Yoshiyuki Shinoda.

2009 (J2)

The departure of Littbarski coincided with the departure of the club's Australian players, who were largely replaced with youngsters from a number of Kyushu-based universities. After a reasonable start, Avispa's form has tailed off sharply, with a recent five-game losing streak including 6-0 and 5-0 thrashings away at Ventforet Kofu and Mito Hollyhock respectively. The club are currently in the lower half of the J2 table with promotion hopes dashed for another year.

Current players

As of [[August 29], 2009 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Ryuichi Kamiyama
3 DF Japan JPN Tatsunori Yamagata
4 DF Japan JPN Makoto Tanaka
5 DF Japan JPN Satoshi Nagano
7 MF Japan JPN Kiyokazu Kudo
8 MF Japan JPN Jun Suzuki
9 FW Japan JPN Teruaki Kurobe
10 MF Japan JPN Hisashi Jogo
11 FW Japan JPN Yusuke Tanaka
13 DF Japan JPN Tomokazu Nagira
14 MF Japan JPN Daisuke Nakaharai
15 FW Brazil BRA Alex
16 MF Japan JPN Tatsunori Hisanaga
17 DF Japan JPN Takanori Nakajima
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Japan JPN Yutaka Takahashi
19 FW Japan JPN Tetsuya Okubo
20 MF Japan JPN Yuji Miyahara
21 FW Japan JPN Kyohei Oyama
22 GK Japan JPN Motohiro Yoshida
23 GK Japan JPN Yuji Rokutan
24 FW Japan JPN Yasuomi Kugisaki
25 GK Japan JPN Eita Kasagawa
26 FW Japan JPN Hideya Okamoto
27 DF Japan JPN Daiki Niwa
28 DF Japan JPN Kazuki Yamaguchi
29 FW Japan JPN Kensuke Nagai
30 DF Japan JPN Yosuke Miyaji
31 MF Japan JPN Shu Abe

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Japan JPN Toru Miyamoto (to Tochigi S.C.)

For recent transfers, see List of Japanese football transfers winter 2009-10.

Season by season results and managers

This table only shows the results after the club moved to Fukuoka. (Played as Fukuoka Blux in 1995 and as Avispa Fukuoka from 1996)

Year League Played Point Win Draw Loss Place Manager General Manager
1995 JFL (former) 30 72 24 - 6 Champions ArgentinaJorge Olguín JapanYoshio Kikukawa
1996 J 30 29 9 2(*1) 19 15th JapanHidehiko Shimizu
1997 J・1st 16 9 3 - 13 17th ArgentinaCarlos Pachame
J・2nd 16 10 3 1(*2) 12 15th
1998 J・1st 17 7 2 1(*2) 14 18th JapanTakaji Mori
J・2nd 17 14 4 1(*3) 12 15th
1999 J1・1st 15 16 4 2(*3) 9 11th JapanYoshio Kikukawa
J1・2nd 15 12 3 2(*4) 10 15th
2000 J1・1st 15 15 3 3(*3) 9 14th ArgentinaNestor Omar Piccoli JapanYoshio Kikukawa
J1.2nd 15 22 6 3(*5) 6 5th
2001 J1・1st 15 14 4 1(*3) 10 12th
J1・2nd 15 13 3 3(*5) 9 15th
2002 J2 44 42 10 12 22 8th JapanMasataka Imai (Week 1-21)
JapanTatsuya Mochizuki (Week 22-24, caretaker)
JapanShigekazu Nakamura (Week 25-44)
2003 44 71 21 8 15 4th JapanHiroshi Matsuda
2004 44 76 23 7 14 3rd
2005 44 78 21 15 8 2nd
2006 J1 34 27 5 12 17 16th JapanHiroshi Matsuda (Week 1-12)
JapanRyoichi Kawakatsu (Week 13-34)
2007 J2 48 73 22 7 19 7th GermanyPierre Littbarski
2008 42 58 15 13 14 8th GermanyPierre Littbarski(Week 1-25)
JapanYoshiyuki Shinoda(Week 26-45)
2009 51 65 17 14 20 11th JapanYoshiyuki Shinoda
  • Note:
    • (*1)=1 PK loss (1 point)
    • (*2)=1 PK win (1 point)
    • (*3)=1 Golden Goal win (2 points)
    • (*4)=1 Golden Goal win and 1 draw (total 3 points)
    • (*5)=1 Golden Goal win and 2 draws (total 4 points)

Former players

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