Rosso Kumamoto
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| Rosso Kumamoto ロッソ熊本 |
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| Full name | Rosso Kumamoto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Rosso | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Suizenji Stadium Kumamoto City |
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| Capacity | 15,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Japan Football League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rosso Kumamoto (ロッソ熊本 Rosso Kumamoto?) are a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Kumamoto, the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture. They play in the Japan Football League. Their team colour is red. Rosso means red in Italian.
[edit] History
The club was founded as Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) Kumamoto Soccer Club in 1969. The club was promoted to the Kyushu Regional League in 1983.
When the NTT was privatised in 1985, the club was renamed as NTT Kyushu Soccer Club. The club changed thier name again to NTT West Kumamoto Soccer Club in 1999 when NTT was divided into NTT West and NTT East.
The club was promoted to the JFL in 2001 and finised 8th. In 2002, NTT relinquished the ownership of the club and community-oriented Alouette Kumamoto was born. Alouette is a french word meaning skylark, the symbol bird of Kumamoto Prefecture. The club finished 17th that season and was relegated to the Kyushu League.
In 2005, the club name changed again to Rosso Kumamoto and won the Kyushu League. After finishing 3rd in the Regional League play-off tournament, the club was promoted to the JFL.
The team was given clearance by the JFA to advance to the J League Division 2 upon winning a championship in the JFL. However, they finished 5th in 2006 and failed to gain a promotion.
[edit] Results in JFL
2001: 8th
2002: 17th
2003: (Kyushu Regional League 5th)
2004: (Kyushu Regional League 4th)
2005: (Kyushu Regional League Champions)
2006: 5th
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Official Website
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