JEF United Ichihara Chiba
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JEF United Ichihara Chiba ジェフユナイテッド市原・千葉 |
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Full name | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | JEF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Founded | 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ground | Ichihara Rinkai Studium Fukuda Denshi Arena |
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Capacity | 16,933 19,781 |
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Chairman | Takahiro Yodogawa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Amar Osim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | J. League Division 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 11th Place | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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JEF United Ichihara Chiba (ジェフユナイテッド市原・千葉 Jefu Yunaiteddo Ichihara Chiba?) is a football (soccer) club that plays in J. League. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric- and United, represents the unity of the team and its home town. The club is also known as JEF United Chiba (ジェフユナイテッド千葉 Jefu Yunaiteddo Chiba?) or JEF Chiba (ジェフ千葉 Jefu Chiba?).
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[edit] History
The team began as the company team, Furukawa Electric Soccer Club in 1946. Since its inception, the team has always played in the top league in Japan and is the only team to do so. As the company team, it won the Japan Soccer League twice, the Emperor's Cup four times and the JSL League Cup three times. Furukawa alson won the 1986/87 Asia Club Championship, the top club honor in Asia.
In 1991, it merged with the JR East's company team to become East Japan JR Furukawa Football Club and rebranded itself as JEF United Ichihara upon the J. League's founding in 1993. The team initially built itself around the former Germany national football team player Pierre Littbarski.
From 1998 to 2000, the team struggled to stay in the J1 league and it began a series of efforts to be a competitive team. Since the hiring of Ivica Osim in 2003, JEF United has contended for the league title each year despite limited resources and struggling attendance.
On July 16, 2006, Osim left the team to take over the coach of the Japan national team and was succeeded by Amar Osim, his son and assistant coach.[1]
[edit] Stadiums
It had played its home matches at Ichihara Seaside Stadium, but has since moved to the larger, more conveniently located Fukuda Denshi Arena, which opened in Chiba during the 2005 season. The club had initially practiced at Urayasu, Chiba planning to base itself in Narashino, Chiba before opposition by those living around Akitsu Stadium forced it to be based in Ichihara. Since 2000, training has been held at Footpark Anesaki in Ichihara.
[edit] J-League Division 1 record
- 1993 - 8th
- 1994 - 9th
- 1995 - 5th
- 1996 - 9th
- 1997 - 13th
- 1998 - 16th
- 1999 - 13th
- 2000 - 14th
- 2001 - 3rd
- 2002 - 7th
- 2003 - 3rd
- 2004 - 4th
- 2005 - 4th
- 2006 - 11th
[edit] Titles
[edit] Furukawa Electric FC
- Japan Soccer League: (2) 1976, 1985
- JSL Cup: (3) 1977, 1982, 1986/1987
- Emperor's Cup: (4) 1960, 1961, 1964, 1976
- Asian Club Championship: (1) 1986/1987
[edit] JEF United Ichihara / JEF United Ichihara Chiba
- J. League Cup: (2) 2005, 2006
[edit] Current players
As of November 25, 2006
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[edit] Notable former players
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[edit] Managers
- 2006-present Amar Osim
- 2003-2006 Ivica Osim
- 2002 Jozef Vengloš
- 2000-2001 Zdenko Verdenik
- 1999-2000 Nicolae Zamfir
- 1999 Gert Engels
- 1997-1998 Jan Versleijen
- 1996 Yasuhiko Okudera
- 1994-1995 Eijyun Kiyokumo
- 1992-1994 Yoshikazu Nagai
[edit] External links
Japan Professional Football League J.LEAGUE clubs, seasons, and tournaments |
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J.LEAGUE Division 1 (J1) | |
Kashima | Omiya | Urawa | Chiba | Kashiwa | F.C. Tokyo | Kawasaki | Yokohama F. Marinos | |
Yokohama F.C. | Kofu | Niigata | Shimizu | Iwata | Nagoya | Gamba Osaka | Kobe | Hiroshima | Oita | |
J.LEAGUE Division 2 (J2) | |
Sapporo | Sendai | Yamagata | Mito | Kusatsu | Tokyo Verdy 1969 Shonan | Kyoto | Cerezo Osaka | Tokushima | Ehime | Fukuoka | Tosu |
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Abolished Club | |
Yokohama Flügels | |
J.LEAGUE Seasons | |
1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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Other J.LEAGUE Tournaments/Cups | |
Yamazaki Nabisco Cup | Xerox Super Cup | Promotion/Relegation Series | JOMO All-Stars Soccer Emperor's Cup | A3 Champions Cup | Suntory Championship | Sanwa Bank Cup |