Shonan Bellmare
Shonan Bell Mare (Japanese湘南 ベルマーレ, Shonan berumāre, after the Shonan area and from Italian bella mare = " beautiful sea " ) is a Japanese professional football club based in the port city of Hiratsuka in Kanagawa Prefecture. After a very successful period end of the 1970s, the club now plays in the second division of the country, the J. League Division 2
History
The club was founded as the works team of the real estate company of the same name already in 1968 under the name Towa Fudosan Soccer- bu, English Towa Real Estate Development Soccer Club, in Tochigi Prefecture, a spin-off from the Zenekon KK Fujita - gumi. Having it under one large industrial networks ( keiretsu ) became more popular in the 60s and 70s, to adorn themselves with a high-class football club, located Fujita - gumi committed, now Kōgyō Fujita, now with Towa. The football team was renamed to the 1975 season in Fujita Kōgyō Soccer- bu (English Fujita Industries Soccer Club ).
It was followed by the most successful phase in the history of the club, with two gained Doubles league and Emperor's Cup in 1977 and 1979 and a third championship in 1981. Yet, while in the direct competitors like Mitsubishi (now Urawa Red Diamonds ), Yanmar Diesel ( Cerezo Osaka) or Furukawa was ( JEF United Ichihara Chiba ) continue to invest heavily, Fujita fell back into the athletic midfield, but was able to hold up to 1990 in the Japan Soccer League ( JSL ).
The reluctance of management was also evident in the establishment of the J. League 1992: although sporty qualified Fujita renounced first to participate in the professional league and reported for including newly created Japan Football League ( JFL ). Only when the club a year later it was clear as the first master of the JFL, he decided to join the J. League. To this was added as the founding members of a new name: Bell Mare Hiratsuka. The word Bell Mare, is inspired by the Italian bella mare ( for " beautiful sea " ), made the connection to the hometown Hiratsuka, which is in Shonan, one of the most popular tourist areas of the main island of Honshu.
What followed was a renewed success phase: 1994 you won again in the Emperor's Cup and would have a hair of the final championship reached (at the end was missing only one victory to win the second round ), in the following season was assured by the final against the Iraqi club Al Talaba the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and thus the first international title. Then began a period of decline in which many conservative management to blame the talent to invest rather than sold in such. For example, Hidetoshi Nakata, perhaps the most important Japanese players of the late nineties, transferred recklessly to the Italian AC Perugia, was that without providing for equivalent replacement. 1999 it rose from a severed Table.
As a result of the descent to Fujita pulled completely back from the club, which then crashed into a major financial crisis. Only the commitment of the former stars Nakata, whose Internet company stepped in as a sponsor, could prevent bankruptcy. A fundamental reorganization had a recent name change resulted, this time in Shonan Bellmare to secure the support of the entire region. Nevertheless, Bell Mare has not yet found a way back on track and has slipped into mediocrity of the second division.
In its present form the team in 1999 as a public limited company ( KK) Shonan Bell Mare was founded.
Rivalry
Historically Shonan part of the former province of Sagami, while among Yokohama and Kawasaki to the province of Musashi. As a result, there is a local rivalry with local associations Yokohama F. Marinos and Kawasaki Frontale.
Other rivalries you talk with Cerezo Osaka, Urawa Red Diamonds and Jubilo Iwata.
Squad
Current players
As of March 18, 2012
Statistics
Notable players
- Brazil Amaral
- Japan Hidetoshi Nakata
- Japan Teruyuki Moniwa