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Tokushima Vortis-- Preseason Summary
Tokushima Vortis turnned in a solid performance in their first season as a professional club, but since then it has been downhill all the way. With their next-door neighbours Ehime FC joining the J2 in 2006, we thought that the rivalry might stir up even greater intensity and competitiveness on the island of Shikoku, but all it really accomplished was to make Vortis the second-best team in the region.
Unfortunately, Vortis are still a relatively thin and inexperienced team. Whereas Ehime have done a good job of slowly making the transition from JFL to J2-quality players, Vortis seems to be just snapping up scraps by hiring any and all players that arent good enough to attract attention from any other professional team. Although Vegalta made more roster changes than just about any other team except Yokohama FC, the only player of any real note is former Verdy midfielder Jun Tamano, who rejoins the team permanently after spending a one-year loan stint here in 2006.
The one thing you can say about Vortis is that they have an ideal team name and symbol -- the famous whirlpools of Naruto which form every day as the tide surges in and out of the inland sea, through the straits just offshore from Tokushima. Like these whirlpools, Vortis seems to be spiralling down and down. Each new team added to the J.League just allows Vortis to find a new level of pusillanimity. The team is the very epitome of its symbol -- the whirlpool.
It sucks.
2007 Finish: 13th Place
2008 Forecast: 14th-15th Place
Roster Changes
IN |
| Pos. | Name | Former Team | Status |
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| Mgr | Naohiko Minobe | Kyoto Sanga | New coach |
| FW | Cleberson | Uniao Sao Joao | One-yr rental |
| FW | Kota Sugawara | Kokushikan U. | New signing |
| FW | Hiroyuki Hayashi | Avispa Fukuoka | Full transfer |
| FW | Hidehiro Okamoto | Vortis Amateur | New signing |
| FW | Taketo Shiokawa | Yokohama Marinos | Rental->full transfer |
| MF | Da Silva | Madreira | One-yr rental |
| MF | Andre | Cerezo Osaka | One-yr rental |
| MF | Jun Koizumi | Kanoya PE U. | New signing |
| MF | Kenichiro Meta | Kyoto Sanga | Full transfer |
| MF | Jun Tamano | Yokohama FC | Full transfer |
| DF | Naoya Shibamura | Avispa Fukuoka | Full transfer |
| DF | Yasunari Fujita | Tokyo Verdy | Full transfer |
| DF | Kazuma Irifune | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Full transfer |
| DF | Shogo Nishikawa | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Rental extended |
| GK | Yasutaka Honma | Vortis Amateur | New signing |
OUT |
| Pos. | Name | New Team | Status |
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| Mgr | Masataka Imai | | Fired |
| FW | Yasutaka Kobayashi | Fagiano Okayama | Full transfer |
| FW | Taro Hasegawa | ->Ventforet ->Yokohama FC | Rental ends |
| MF | Kim Seo-Woo | --- | Released |
| MF | Shingo Kumabayashi | ->Vegalta ->YokohamaFC | Rental ends |
| MF | Ryunosuke Okamoto | Kamatamare Sanuki | Full transfer |
| MF | Noriaki Tsutsui | --- | Retired |
| DF | Kensaku Omori | --- | Retired |
| DF | Yukihiro Aoba | --- | Retired |
| DF | Ryosuke Amo | --- | Released |
| DF | Yuki Fuji | New Wave Kitakyushu | Full transfer |
| GK | Atsushi Yamaguchi | Banditonce Kobe | Full transfer |
| GK | Masato Suzuki | Cerezo Osaka | Rental ends |
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