Kashima
Antlers FC is a J. League team. The team name Antlers is taken from antler.
Founded in 1947 as Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. in Osaka city. It moved
to Kashima, Ibaraki in 1975 and joined J. League on 1991. Its home towns are
Kashima, Ibaraki, Itako, Ibaraki, Hasaki, Ibaraki and Kamisu, Ibaraki. It
plays at Kashima Stadium.
Under Brazilian Zico, the once-national team captain , Kashima won the J.
League 1st stage championship in 1993. In 2000, it won all three of the J.
League, Nabisco Cup, and Emperor's Cup becoming the first team since the
start of J. League to do so.
Titles
1993 - J. League 1st stage championship
1996 - J. League championship
1997 - J. League 1st stage championship, Nabisco Cup, Tenno Cup
1998 - J. League 2nd stage championship, J. League championship
2000 - J. League 2nd stage championship, J. League championship, Nabisco Cup,
Emperor's Cup
2001 - J. League 2nd stage championship, J. League championship
2002 - Nabisco Cup
2003 - A3 Mazda Champion's Cup
Current Stars
Takayuki Suzuki
Former Players
Alcindo Sartori
Bebeto
Bismarck
Leonardo
Milton Da Cruz (played 1984 Summer Olympics)
Atsushi Yanagisawa
Zico |
