Tokushima Vortis

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Tokushima Vortis 徳島ヴォルティス
Full name	Tokushima Vortis
Nickname(s)
Founded	1955
Ground	Naruto Athletic Stadium Naruto, Tokushima
Capacity	20,000
Chairman	Koji Takamoto
Manager	Shinji Tanaka (2005 - )
League	J. League Div.2
2006	13th Place
Home colours 　 Away colours

Tokushima Vortis (徳島ヴォルティス, Tokushima Vorutisu^?) is a Japanese professional football (soccer) club, currently playing in the J-league Division 2. The team is located in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture. Their home stadium is Naruto Athletic Stadium, in Naruto, Tokushima.

The name "Vortis" is a combination of Italian "Vortice" (whirlpool), with the initials of Tosa Province, Iyo Province, and Sanuki Province.

Contents 1 History 2 Team Record 2.1 J.League 2.2 Other domestic competitions 2.2.1 Emperor's Cup 2.2.2 J. League Cup 3 Honours 4 Current players 5 Managers 6 External link

[edit] History

Founded in 1955 as Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Soccer Club, VORTIS joined the J-League in 2005.

[edit] Team Record

[edit] J.League

Season	League	Place	GP	Pts	Win	Draw	Lose	Average Crowd
2005	J2	9 / 12	44	52	12	16	16	4,366
2006	J2	13 / 13	48	35	8	11	29	3,477
2007	J2

[edit] Other domestic competitions

[edit] Emperor's Cup Season Result 2005 4th Round 2006 4th Round 2007

[edit] J. League Cup Season Result 2005 Didn't qualify 2006 Didn't qualify 2007

[edit] Honours

• Japan Football League: 2

2003, 2004

• Shikoku Soccer League: 1

1989

[edit] Current players

As of February 9, 2007

No. Position Player 1 GK Atsushi Yamaguchi 2 DF Jungo Kono 3 DF Yuji Ishikawa 4 DF Yukihiro Aoba 5 MF Noriaki Tsutsui 6 MF Shogo Nishikawa 7 MF Andre 8 MF Da Silva 9 FW Yasutaka Kobayashi 10 FW Cleberson 11 MF Koji Kataoka 13 MF Kim Sang-Woo 14 MF Yuki Ishida 15 DF Yuki Fuji

No. Position Player 16 MF Yuta Hikichi 17 DF Daiki Niwa 18 FW Toshiaki Haji 19 MF Ryunosuke Okamoto 20 DF Kensaku Omori 21 GK Torashi Shimazu 22 GK Taiji Furuta 23 DF Ryosuke Amo 24 MF Takuto Koyama 25 FW Yasuaki Oshima 26 FW Takashi Sasano 27 DF Yushi Ito 28 MF Kenji Takahashi 29 MF Kazuyuki Mugita 30 GK Masahito Suzuki

[edit] Managers

Manager	Nat.	Tenure
Kunio Yamade	Japan	1988-1992
Hajime Ishii	Japan	1993-1995
Edinho	Brazil	1996-1998
Shinji Tanaka	Japan	1999-2006
Yutaka Azuma	Japan	2006
Masataka Imai	Japan	2007-

[edit] External link

• (Japanese) Tokushima Vortis Official Web Site

J. League Seasons v • d • e
1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
2007 J. League Division 1 (J1)
Kashima Antlers | Omiya Ardija | Urawa Reds | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | Kashiwa Reysol F.C. Tokyo | Kawasaki Frontale | Yokohama F. Marinos | Yokohama F.C. | Ventforet Kofu Albirex Niigata | Shimizu S-Pulse | Júbilo Iwata | Nagoya Grampus Eight | Gamba Osaka Vissel Kobe | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Oita Trinita
2007 J. League Division 2 (J2)
Consadole Sapporo | Vegalta Sendai | Montedio Yamagata | Mito HollyHock | Thespa Kusatsu Tokyo Verdy 1969 | Shonan Bellmare | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | Cerezo Osaka | Tokushima Vortis Ehime F.C. | Avispa Fukuoka | Sagan Tosu
Defunct Club
Yokohama Flügels
Other Domestic Competitions
Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | Super Cup | Promotion/Relegation Series | JOMO All-Star Soccer
International Competitions
AFC Champions League | A3 Champions Cup
Defunct Competitions
Suntory Championship | Sanwa Bank Cup
J. League Awards
Player of the Year | Top Scorer | Young Player of the Year | Team of the Year | Manager of the Year
See Also
Japanese football league system | J. League records | J. League contracts Japanese football champions | Notable J. League players