Suzuka Point Getters

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Suzuka Point Getters
鈴鹿ポイントゲッターズ
Suzuka Point Getters emblem.png
Full nameSuzuka Point Getters
Founded1980; 41 years ago (1980)
GroundSuzuka Sports Garden
Suzuka, Mie
Capacity12,500 (3,330 seated)
ChairmanRyuji Yamaoka
ManagerMilagros Martínez
LeagueJapan Football League
2020Japan Football League, 5th
WebsiteClub website
Away colours
Current season

Suzuka Point Getters (鈴鹿ポイントゲッターズ, Suzuka Pointo Getta-zu) is a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture. They play in Japan Football League.

History[]

The club was originally established in Nabari, Mie in 1980 under the name Mie Club, and it became a member of Mie Football Association to join the Mie prefectural league in 1982. The club went up to the top division in 1991 and remained there until 2005, when local organisers kicked off the idea of developing a larger and more ambitious football team.

The region to the southwest of Nagoya has been traditionally very populous but still undeveloped from a football perspective despite a number of successes by local high school football. In mid- 2005, a group of local businessmen, football fans and coaches from Mie Prefecture, who were eager to put together a team to represent the area, approached Bunji Kimura, an ex-football manager of Kyoto Sanga F.C. and Yokohama Flügels. Kimura was convinced to accept the position of the president and technical director of a club that was then going by the name of "W.S.C. Nabari Admiral". Kimura plunged in and began a very ambitious project to transform the team from a bunch of amateur kickers in a tiny town to a much more competitive and tightly-run organisation representing the aspirations of the entire prefecture.

At Kimura's insistence, the team in February 2006 took the name "MIE FC Rampole", taking its name from the famous Japanese mystery novel writer Rampo Edogawa, who was born in Mie Prefecture. The part "ole" of the name is supposedly a Spanish word "Olé" used to cheer and applaud (cf. Consadole Sapporo). Following the name change the club launched its official website on 22 February. Kimura quickly began drawing upon his network of J.League contacts to bring in more experienced coaches and organisers, and by the end of his first season in charge the club advanced to the second division of the Tōkai Regional League.

Whereas its progress on the pitch has stalled temporarily, with third-place finishes in both 2007 and 2008, the club has been focusing most of its attention on the organisational goals. An independent corporation was established in 2006, fulfilling one of the requirements of J. League Associate Membership, and in 2008 the team merged with nearby , thereby absorbing a youth program that can help to meet another key requirement. Following the merger, the team announced on 1 September 2008 that it changed its name to "F.C. Suzuka Rampole", and moved its home playing ground from to Suzuka Sports Garden from 2009 season. The club carried out the move since 1) Suzuka is the city world-famous for the F1 circuit located outside town, and 2) its population base and location, squarely in the middle of Mie Prefecture's main population centres is considered to be ideal.

On January 28, 2016, the team announced an immediate change of the team name to Suzuka Unlimited FC(鈴鹿アンリミテッドFC).[1]

With the appointment of coach Milagros Martínez from the 2019 season, the club was the first and to date only in any of Japan's national level divisions to have a female leading the club.

On February 1, 2020, the club announced that it would change its name to Suzuka Point Getters (鈴鹿ポイントゲッターズ).[2] Their logo and attire were updated to reflect Suzuka's status as home of the Suzuka Circuit.

Current squad[]

As of 18 June 2021.[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN
2 DF Japan JPN
3 DF Japan JPN (captain)
4 MF Japan JPN Koji Hashimoto
6 MF Japan JPN
7 FW Brazil BRA Efrain Rintaro
8 MF Japan JPN
9 FW Japan JPN
10 MF Japan JPN Atsuki Wada
11 FW Japan JPN Junki Endo
13 MF Japan JPN Shota Hasunuma
14 FW Japan JPN
15 FW Japan JPN
16 MF Japan JPN Shota Saito
17 DF Japan JPN Koyo Sato
18 MF Japan JPN
19 MF Japan JPN Shota Tamura
20 DF Japan JPN Toshiki Nakamura
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Japan JPN
22 DF Japan JPN
23 GK Japan JPN
24 FW Japan JPN Yuma Kawamori
25 MF Japan JPN Daiki Deoka
26 DF Japan JPN
27 MF Japan JPN
29 MF Japan JPN Kodai Sakamoto
30 GK Japan JPN
31 GK Japan JPN
32 MF Japan JPN Ryuto Kito
33 FW Japan JPN Jin Hiratsuka
34 DF Japan JPN Ryota Noguchi
35 DF Japan JPN
36 MF Japan JPN
37 DF South Korea KOR
39 DF Japan JPN Akihiro Sakata

Managerial history[]

Manager Nationality Tenure
Bunji Kimura  Japan 2007–2010
 Japan 2010
Narita Takaki  Japan 2011–2018
Milagros Martinez Dominguez  Spain 2018-

Team Record[]

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League Emperor's Cup Shakaijin Cup
Season Division Tier Pos. GP W D L F A GD Pts
2005 Mie Prefectural League
(Div. 1)		 6 3rd 13 8 3 2 41 11 30 26 Did not qualify Did not qualify
2006 2nd 14 10 2 2 33 6 27 32
2007 Tōkai Adult Soccer League
(Div. 2)		 5 3rd 14 7 3 4 24 13 11 24
2008 3rd 14 7 4 3 21 13 8 25
2009 1st 14 10 4 0 43 10 33 34 1st Round
2010 Tōkai Adult Soccer League
(Div. 1)		 4 4th 16 7 6 3 24 15 9 27 Did not qualify
2011 2nd 14 7 2 5 22 21 -1 23 2nd Round
2012 1st 14 9 4 1 28 15 13 31 2nd Round
2013 6th 14 6 2 6 22 24 -2 20 Did not qualify
2014 5 1st 14 11 0 3 33 15 18 33
2015 2nd 14 10 1 3 32 14 18 31
2016 2nd 14 10 2 2 38 17 21 32 2nd Round Runners-up
2017 1st 14 11 1 2 35 11 24 34 1st Round Winners
2018 1st 14 12 1 1 37 6 31 37 1st Round 2nd Round
2019 JFL 4 12th 30 9 9 12 40 44 –4 36 Did not qualify
2020 5th 15 6 3 6 23 19 4 21 1st Round
Key

Last updated: 29 November 2020

  • Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games Played; W = Games won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals Difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Source: J.League Data Site


Honours[]

  • Tōkai League Division 2
    • 2009
  • Tōkai Soccer League Division 1
    • 2012, 2014, 2017 2018
  • Shakaijin Cup
    • 2017

References[]

  1. ^ 新チーム名決定のお知らせ January 28, 2016 (Japanese)
  2. ^ 新チーム名「鈴鹿ポイントゲッターズ」決定のお知らせ January 20, 2020 (Japanese)
  3. ^ "鈴鹿ポイントゲッターズ>選手・スタッフ一覧".

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