Shonan Bellmare
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| Full name | Shonan Bellmare | ||
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| Founded | 1968 | ||
| Ground | Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Hiratsuka, Kanagawa | ||
| Capacity | 18,500 | ||
| Chairman | Kiyoshi Makabe | ||
| Manager | Cho Kwi-jea | ||
| League | J2 League | ||
| Website | http://www.bellmare.co.jp/ | ||
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Shonan Bellmare (湘南ベルマーレ, Shōnan Berumāre) is a Japanese professional association football club currently playing in J2 League. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium. Shonan refers to a coastal area along Sagami Bay that includes Hiratsuka. Bellmare is a portmanteau of the Italian words bello and mare, meaning "beautiful sea".
History
The club was founded in 1968.[1]
- 1968-1974 Towa Real Estate SC
- 1975-1993 Fujita Industries SC
- 1994-1999 Bellmare Hiratsuka
- 2000-present Shonan Bellmare
League title
- Japan Soccer League Division 1 : 3
- 1977, 1979, 1981
- Japan Soccer League Division 2 : 1
- 1991/92
- Japan Football League Division 1 : 1
- 1993
League position
- 2011 : J2 League - 14th
- 2012 : J2 League - 2nd
- 2013 : J1 League - 16th
- 2014 : J2 League - 1st
- 2015 : J1 League - 8th
- 2016 : J1 League - 17th
- 2017 : J2 League - 1st
- 2018 : J1 League - 13th
- 2019 : J1 League - 16th
- 2020 : J1 League - 18th
Former position
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Notable achievement
The team has some notable achievements.
In 2010, Frode Johnsen made three goals in one game against Shimizu S-Pulse.[2]
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Shonan Bellmare". Soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- ↑ WorldFootball.net, "3 Goals in one game"; retrieved 2012-7-5.
Other websites
Media related to Shonan Bellmare at Wikimedia Commons
- Shonan Bellmare website (in Japanese)
- J.League Club Guide Archived 2013-01-31 at the Wayback Machine