Kamatamare Sanuki
カマタマーレ讃岐
Full nameKamatamare Sanuki
Founded1956 (1956)
GroundPikara Stadium,
Marugame, Kagawa
Capacity30,099
ChairmanNobuhiro Kawamura
ManagerAtsushi Yoneyama
LeagueJ3 League
2023J3 League, 16th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Kamatamare Sanuki (カマタマーレ讃岐、Kamatamāre Sanuki) is a football club based in Takamatsu, the capital city of Kagawa Prefecture of Japan. They currently play in the J3 League, the Japanese third tier of professional football.

The first part of their name was coined by combining the Japanese word Kamatama (a type of udon noodle bowl) and the Italian Mare ("Sea"). The second part is what Kagawa Prefecture used to be called.

Their name, as well as their crest, that features a kamatama udon bowl, gained a significant interest and recognition, as the club instantly became one of the most-known non-league sides in Japan when their new name and crest was announced in October 2005.

History

The club was founded in 1956 as Takasho OB (Old Boys) Soccer Club (高商OBサッカークラブ) by the former students of Takamatsu Commercial High School's soccer club. Since renaming themselves Kagawa Shiun Football Club (香川紫雲フットボールクラブ) in 1991, they have been the leading football club in Kagawa, winning the Shikoku League Championship twice. The club's name changed again in 2000 to Sun Life (サンライフ) Football Club, when a consumer loan company Sun Life signed a sponsorship deal that continued until the end of the 2004 season.

In October 2005, after briefly being called Takamatsu Football Club, the club officially announced their intention to rise to J. League status and changed their name to Kamatamare Sanuki. In 2010 they won the non-league treble by winning the Shikoku League, the Shakaijin Cup and the Regional League Promotion Series, and by virtue of the latter they were at last promoted to the Japan Football League.

They entered the J. League ahead of the season 2014, after finishing as runners-up in the Japan Football League in the previous season, having won the J2–J3 promotion/relegation playoff against Gainare Tottori, which Kamatamare leading 2–1 on aggregate score.

In 2018, After five years stint at J2, Kamatamare Sanuki relegation to J3 League from 2019 for the first time in history after worst performance in second tier and finished bottom place. Since their relegation in 2019, the club won't back to second tier.

On 26 September 2023, Kamatamare Sanuki was declared to have met the requirements to obtain a license up to J1 League level.[1]

League record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
LeagueEmperor's
Cup		Shakaijin
Cup
SeasonDivisionTierPosPWDLFAGDPtsAttendance/G
Takasho OB
1977 Shikoku
League		 6th144283254-2210
1978 8th1412111848-304
1979 Kagawa
Pref. League		 1st?????
1980 1st?????
1981 Shikoku
League		5th147162631-515
1982 8th144121926713
1983 2nd16101545321321
1984 2nd146533330317
1985 6th145182648-2211
1986 7th143291525-108
1987 8th1412111253-414
1988 7th145091642-2610
1989 6th145271543-2812
1990 6th143381531-169
Kagawa Shiun
1991 Shikoku
League		2nd14101342152721
1992 3rd1482449163318
1993 2nd14110353183522
1994 1st13111146123423
1995 2nd1493242172530
1996 2nd14101341192231
1997 1st1493247242330
1998 3rd146442117422
1999 42nd1491441251628
Sun Life FC
2000 Shikoku
League		44th148153532325
2001 3rd1473445252024
2002 2nd1410043328530
2003 6th144192836-813
2004 3rd148062926324
Takamatsu Football Club
2005 Shikoku
League		44th146443124722
Kamatamare Sanuki
2006 Shikoku
League		41st14121145123337
2007 2nd14121168145437
2008 1st1413106245840
2009 2nd141202561046362nd round
2010 1st14122053548382nd roundWinners
2011 JFL311th33117153949-10403,0252nd roundNot eligible
2012 4th321589492920532,3443rd round
2013 2nd342158492623683,1252nd round
2014 J2
League		221st42712233471-37333,3172nd round
2015 16th421215153033-3513,6582nd round
2016 19th421013194362-19433,6862nd round
2017 19th42814204161-20383,8052nd round
2018 22nd42710252872-44313,0732nd round
2019 J3 League314th34109153349-19392,1122nd round
2020 † 16th34710173352-1931869Did not qualify
2021 † 15th2849152041-21211,4751st round
2022 17th3469192749-22271,805Did not qualify
2023 16th381111162945-16442,0622nd round
2024 TBD38
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
  • † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Note: The 1994 season saw one game cancelled due to the disqualification of Alex SC who fielded ineligible players. The 2011 season saw one game cancelled as Sony Sendai could not play a full schedule due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami barring regular use of facilities.

Honours

Championship winners
Honour No. Years
Shikoku Soccer League 5 1994, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2010
Shakaijin Cup 1 2010
Regional League Promotion Series 1 2010

Current squad

As of 8 September 2023.[2][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 Yusuke Imamura
2 DF Japan JPN Takumi Narasaka (on loan from Machida Zelvia)
3 DF Japan JPN Kei Munechika
4 MF Japan JPN Shunji Takemura
5 DF Japan JPN Takumi Komatsu
6 MF Japan JPN Hayato Hasegawa
7 MF Japan JPN Nao Eguchi
8 MF Japan JPN Yuto Mori
9 FW Japan JPN Naoki Takahashi
10 FW Japan JPN Ikki Kawasaki
11 MF Japan JPN Gentaro Yoshida
13 GK Japan JPN Takuya Takahashi
14 MF Japan JPN Takashi Kanai
15 MF Japan JPN Kazuki Iwamoto
16 DF Japan JPN Yudai Okuda
17 MF Japan JPN Takuma Goto
18 FW Japan JPN Himan Morimoto
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Japan JPN Kaima Akahoshi (on loan from Tiamo Hirakata)
20 DF Japan JPN Taiyo Shimokawa
21 DF Japan JPN Kanta Usui
22 FW Japan JPN Ryohei Torigai
23 FW Japan JPN Soshi Iwagishi
24 DF Japan JPN Soichiro Fukaminato (on loan from Machida Zelvia)
25 FW Japan JPN Eugene Fukui
26 FW Japan JPN Shoya Koyama
27 MF Japan JPN Taiyo Namazuta
29 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Tao
30 DF Japan JPN Keitaro Iyori
31 DF Japan JPN Tomoya Takeshita
32 GK Japan JPN Kaisei Matsubara
33 DF Japan JPN Isamu Yamamoto Type 2
35 FW Japan JPN Niina Tominaga (on loan from Vissel Kobe)
48 MF Japan JPN Shota Kawanishi (on loan from Kataller Toyama)

Coaching Staff

For the 2023 season.[4]

Position Name
Manager Japan Atsushi Yoneyama
Assistant manager Japan Keita Ishiharada
Japan Ryohei Saito
Goalkeeper coach Japan Kenta Shimizu
Physical coach Japan Bansaku Igarashi
Chief trainer Japan Michiru Soeda
Trainer Japan Naoki Hara
Manager Japan Shotaro Nonaka

Managerial history

ManagerNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Masashi Hachuda Japan1 February 200831 January 2010
Makoto Kitano Japan1 February 201031 January 2019
Kenichi Uemura Japan1 February 201931 January 2020
Kazuhito Mochizuki Japan1 February 202031 January 2021
Nobuyuki Uenoyama Japan1 February 202131 March 2021
Toshihiro Nishimura Japan1 April 202111 April 2021
Zdravko Zemunović Serbia12 April 202131 January 2022
Toshihiro Nishimura Japan1 February 202231 January 2023
Atsushi Yoneyama Japan1 February 2023present

Kit evolution

FP 1st
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
FP 2nd
2011 - 2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -

In pop culture

The Kamatamare players made cameo appearances in the 2006 film "UDON" directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro.

References

  1. ↑ "[カマタマーレ讃岐 OfficialSite] J1クラブライセンス交付のお知らせ". カマタマーレ讃岐 OfficialSite (in Japanese). 26 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "【グッズ】背番号&選手ネーム表記決定と販売開始のお知らせ ※12月28日(水)時点". kamatamare.jp. Kamatamare Sanuki. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "選手[ Team ]".
  4. ↑ "【トップチーム】2023シーズン トップチーム スタッフ体制 決定のお知らせ". kamatamare.jp (in Japanese). Kamatamare Sanuki. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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