Team Data: Roasso Kumamoto

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Kumamoto "KK Wing" Stadium

Seats 18,500

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Management Corporation: Althlete Club Kumamoto Co., Ltd.
Established: 21 December, 2004
President: Hirofumi Maeda
Investors: ----
Address: 3-5 3-Chome Tsuyoshigun, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 862-0911
Hometown Area: Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture
Home Stadium: Kumamoto "KK Wing" Stadium (capacity: 18.500)
Joined J. League: 2008

Roasso-kun

The Roasso mascot was selected even before the team emerged in its current form. Horse-breeding is a fairly common industry in Kumamoto, with many of the country's best racing horses produced in the area. In the past the team has not really done much to "promote" its mascot, but since being accepted as an official J.League team, it has given Roasso-kun a makeover which should please the kiddies. Hi-ho Roasso!

Team Roster

2008 Schedule

Historical Results

Preseason Forecast


Rosso Kumamoto is a relatively new team, at least under its current name. Not that the team is lacking in history; on the contrary, Kumamoto has been a hotbed of football for many years, and has a magnificent home stadium that frequently draws crowds numbering in excess of ten thousand. Until 2004, the team was known as "Alouette Kumamoto", and played in uniforms that seemed to be modeled on those of Les Bleus. However, after one unsuccessful stint in the JFL, Kumamoto was relegated to the Kyushu regional league in 2003, and after another discouraging season in 2004, decided to make major changes and begin the quest for a J.League spot in earnest.

Beginning in 2005, the team established a new, independent corporation named Rosso Kumamoto. If one considers their strong corporate backing and beautiful home stadium, they should have no trouble meeting the criteria for J.League promotion once they achieve the necessary results out on the pitch. The team's first step towards succeess in that area was to hire former Kashiwa Reysol boss Tomoyoshi Ikeya as their head coach. Ikeya was not particularly successful in the J.League, but he does have good coaching and organizational abilities, and equally important, has strong contacts with J.League teams and players. Coach Ikeya brought with him veteran defender Shin Asahina, who had played under Ikeya at Cerezo Osaka and was nearing the end of his career. He also picked up two players from the Reysol youth squad who had reached "graduation" age but were not in line for promotion to the Reysol reserves. Rosso probably has more players with J.League experience than any other club in the tournament, and they bolstered the squad further with the signing of striker Daisuke Yoneyama, from Cerezo Osaka.

These investments in personnel paid off, and in just one year, the team again won promotion to the JFL -- its second stint in the nationwide amateur league. Although they failed to produce the sort of performance down on the pitch in 2006 that would gain them promotion to the J1, Rosso laid the groundwork for a solid J.League bid, during this first year, by finding financial backers and promoting hometown support. The team earned "associate member" status in late 2006, and immediately set out to make the jump to the J.League by signing a number of aging but still talented former J.Leaguers, including one-time national team defender Kenichi Uemura and former FC Tokyo veteran Tetsuhiro Kina. In 2007, Rosso charged out of the gate and never looked back, clinching a top-three spot with more than a month to spare and ensuring that the name of Rosso Kumamoto would be added to the J.League ranks. . . . . errrr . . . well not exactly.

As it turned out, somebody had already secured the copyrights to the name "Rosso", and the team was forced to select another in order to register its trademark as a J.League team. This was a bit of a problem since "Rosso" had been selected by the local fans, and enjoyed extremely strong support (one Kumamoto fan club even suggested that the club should release the name of whoever owned the "Rosso" copyright, so fans could pay them a visit and "persuade" them to turn it over to the team). In the end, the club decided to add an "A" in the middle to make "Roasso" -- a nonsense word, but one which provides a gratuitous plug for the area's top tourist attraction, the Mt. Aso volcanic national park. And so it was that the J.League welcomed "Roasso Kumamoto" as a new J2 team in 2008.


Team Results for 2008-Present

YearRankPtsWDLGFGAG.Dif


Roasso Kumamoto -- Team Roster for 2008


NamePos.Birth Date
Birthplace
Height (cm)
Matches
Weight (kg)
Goals
1 Satoshi YOSHIDA ** GK 10-Feb-1990 18275
Kumamoto (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
2 Makoto ODA ** MF 28-Apr-1989 18266
Kumamoto (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
3 Kazuya KAWABATADF 22-Oct-1981 17470
Hokkaido (J1/J2) 0/2 (J1/J2) 0/0
4 Yusuke SUZUKIDF 19-May-1982 17572
Kumamoto (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
5 Takeshi YAMAGUCHIMF 10-Jun-1979 17468
Kumamoto (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
6 Tadayo FUKUODF 06-May-1984 17877
Hyogo (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
7 Yasunobu MATSUOKA MF 02-May-1986 16860
Osaka (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
8 Tetsuhiro KINAMF 10-Dec-1976 17874
Okinawa (J1/J2) 112/50 (J1/J2) 1/0
9 Yoshio KITAGAWAFW 21-Aug-1978 17676
Kyoto (J1/J2) 0/86 (J1/J2) 0/13
10 Kiyoshi SAITOMF 11-Oct-1982 16860
Miyagi (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
11 Yutaka TAKAHASHIFW 29-Sep-1980 17470
Tokyo (J1/J2) 76/41 (J1/J2) 12/10
13 Tamon MACHIDAFW 14-Feb-1982 18165
Saitama (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
14 Kenichi KAWANOMF 15-Sep-1982 17163
Mie (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
15 Atsushi ICHIMURADF 18-Nov-1984 17868
Hokkaido (J1/J2) 0/39 (J1/J2) 0/1
16 Daisuke YANODF 26-Oct-1984 18165
Kumamoto (J1/J2) 0/23 (J1/J2) 0/1
17 Masahiko KUMAGAIMF 23-Nov-1975 17870
Kanagawa (J1/J2) 1/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
18 Satoshi NAKAYAMA ** FW 07-Nov-1981 18279
Miyazaki (J1/J2) 100/0 (J1/J2) 10/0
19 Kenichi UEMURADF 22-Apr-1974 18074
Kumamoto (J1/J2) 246/39 (J1/J2) 23/0
20 Mitsuhiro SEKIMF 08-May-1982 17266
Tokyo (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
21 Hiroki KOBAYASHIGK 24-May-1977 18585
Shizuoka (J1/J2) 0/82 (J1/J2) 0/0
22 Kosuke YOSHIIMF 19-Mar-1986 17365
Kagoshima (J1/J2) 0/7 (J1/J2) 0/0
23 Koji ARIMURADF 25-Aug-1976 17873
Fukuoka (J1/J2) 76/112 (J1/J2) 0/7
24 CHA Ji Ho ** DF 23-Mar-1983 17068
Korea Republic (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
25 Masaaki NISHIMORIMF 12-Mar-1985 16860
Kumamoto (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
26 Shohei YAMAMOTOMF 29-Aug-1982 17365
Kyoto (J1/J2) 0/27(J1/J2) 0/0
27 Daishiro MIYAZAKIMF 21-Apr-1983 17465
Kumamoto (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
28 Yusuke SATODF 06-Mar-1982 18375
Kumamoto (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
29 Yosuke KOBAYASHIFW 06-May-1983 17366
Tokyo (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
30 Yuichi YAMAUCHIFW 26-Oct-1984 16560
Kumamoto (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
31 Yoichi FUTORIGK 03-Aug-1982 18675
Chiba (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0
33 Tomoaki KOMORIDAMF 10-Jul-1981 18678
Kumamoto (J1/J2) 50/60 (J1/J2) 0/4
41 Koji INADA ** GK 19-Jun-1985 18782
Osaka (J1/J2) 0/0 (J1/J2) 0/0

**Newcomers to the team in 2008


Match Schedule for 2008

DateTime Home.VisitorVenue
8 Mar (Sat)14:00 Ehime FCvsRoasso KumamotoEhime "Ningineer" Stadium
15 Mar (Sat)15:00 Roasso KumamotovsThespa Kusatsu Kumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
23 Mar (Sun)13:00 Roasso KumamotovsShonan BellmareKumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
30 Mar (Sun)13:00 Sagan TosuvsRoasso KumamotoTosu Stadium
6 Apr (Sun)13:00 Roasso KumamotovsMontedio YamagataKumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
13 Apr (Sun)13:00 Mito HollyhockvsRoasso KumamotoKasamatsu Stadium
20 Apr (Sun)13:00 Cerezo Osaka vsRoasso KumamotoNagai Stadium
26 Apr (Sat)15:00 Roasso KumamotovsSanfrecce Hiroshima Kumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
29 Apr (Tue)14:00 Roasso KumamotovsVentforet KofuKumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
3 May (Sat)13:00 Yokohama FC vsRoasso KumamotoMitsuzawa Stadium
6 May (Tue)13:00 Avispa Fukuoka vsRoasso KumamotoHakata-no-mori Stadium
11 May (Sun)16:00 Roasso KumamotovsFC Gifu Kumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
18 May (Sun)14:00 Tokushima Vortis vsRoasso KumamotoNaruto (P-Sweat) Stadium
21 May (Wed)19:00 Roasso KumamotovsVegalta SendaiKumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
25 May (Sun)13:00 Montedio YamagatavsRoasso KumamotoYamagata Stadium
30 May (Fri)19:00 Thespa Kusatsu vsRoasso KumamotoGumma Stadium
8 Jun (Sun)13:00 Roasso KumamotovsAvispa Fukuoka Suizenji Stadium
11 Jun (Wed)19:00 FC Gifu vsRoasso KumamotoNagaragawa Stadium
21 Jun (Sat)15:00 Roasso KumamotovsSagan TosuKumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
25 Jun (Wed)19:00 Vegalta SendaivsRoasso KumamotoSendai (Yurtec) Stadium
28 Jun (Sat)16:00 Roasso KumamotovsCerezo Osaka Kumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
6 Jul (Sun)18:00 Sanfrecce Hiroshima vsRoasso KumamotoHiroshima "Big Arch"
9 Jul (Wed)19:00 Roasso KumamotovsMito HollyhockKumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
13 Jul (Sun)18:30 Ventforet KofuvsRoasso KumamotoKose Stadium
19 Jul (Sat)18:00 Roasso KumamotovsEhime FCKumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
27 Jul (Sun)19:00 Shonan BellmarevsRoasso KumamotoHiratsuka Stadium
1 Aug (Fri)19:00 Roasso KumamotovsTokushima Vortis Kumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
9 Aug (Sat)TBARoasso KumamotovsYokohama FC Kumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
16 Aug (Sat)TBAAvispa Fukuoka vsRoasso KumamotoHakata-no-mori Stadium
23 Aug (Sat)TBARoasso KumamotovsCerezo OsakaTBA
30 Aug (Sat)TBAVentforet KofuvsRoasso KumamotoKose Stadium
7 Sep (Sun)TBARoasso KumamotovsMito HollyhockKumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
13 Sep (Sat)TBARoasso KumamotovsVegalta SendaiKumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
20 Sep (Sat)TBASagan TosuvsRoasso KumamotoTosu Stadium
23 Sep (Tue)TBARoasso KumamotovsYokohama FC Kumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
28 Sep (Sun)TBAThespa Kusatsu vsRoasso KumamotoGumma Stadium
5 Oct (Sun)TBARoasso KumamotovsTokushima Vortis Kumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium
18 Oct (Sat)TBAShonan BellmarevsRoasso KumamotoHiratsuka Stadium
26 Oct (Sun)TBARoasso KumamotovsFC Gifu Suizenji Stadium
8 Nov (Sat)TBAEhime FCvsRoasso KumamotoEhime "Ningineer" Stadium
23 Nov (Sun)TBAMontedio YamagatavsRoasso KumamotoYamagata Stadium
30 Nov (Sun)TBARoasso KumamotovsSanfrecce Hiroshima Kumamoto (KK Wing) Stadium



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