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Nakano Esperanza

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Nakano Esperanza
中野エスペランサ
Full nameFootball Club Nakano Esperanza
Founded16 August 1971; 53 years ago (1971-08-16) [1]
As Nakano Football Club
GroundNakano-shi Multipurpose Soccer Field
Nakano, Nagano
Capacity480
ChairmanYutaka Sakai
ManagerYutaka Sakai
LeagueNagano Prefectural League (Div. 1)
20222nd of 8

Nakano Esperanza (中野エスペランサ, Nakano Esuperansa) is a football (soccer) club based in Nakano, which is located in Nagano Prefecture in Japan. As of 2022, it plays in the Nagano Prefectural League 1st Division.

History

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Nakano Football Club was founded in 1971: this name lasted for 29 years, before changing it again to Nagano Esperanza FC in 2001. The current denomination - Football Club Nakano Esperanza - came only in 2007, with the Spanish "Esperanza" standing for "hope" in English. The club's first logo also features Common kestrel, a type of bird that can be easily seen on Nagano Prefecture. They reached the second division of Hokushinetsu Football League in 2015, and got relegated on 2018, back to the first division of the Nakano Prefectural League. The club still hope to be in professional football on a long-term program.

On 16 August 2022, the club's 51st anniversary. Nakano Esperanza unveiled its new logo. The crest was produced and designed by Millions Co. Ltd. The rose represents the flower of Nakano City. Red-coloured, it's designed to match the club's color. The designers' intention was to make the logo simple and timeless, under the era of modern and simple logos commonly replacing older, and more detailed ones. [2]

Past Logos

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used until 15 August 2022
Nakano Esperanza old logo

League record

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season League Pos. P W D L Pts
2008 Nagano Prefectural
League (Div. 1)
4th 9 4 2 3 14
2009 3rd 9 5 3 1 18
2010 3rd 9 7 0 2 21
2011 2nd 9 6 2 1 20
2012 6th 9 3 0 6 9
2013 1st 9 9 0 0 27
2014 1st 10 9 0 1 27
2015 Hokushinetsu Football
League (Div. 2)
4th 14 4 4 6 16
2016 3rd 14 8 1 5 25
2017 4th 14 7 1 6 22
2018 7th 14 3 2 9 11
2019 Nagano Prefectural
League (Div. 1)
2nd 10 5 2 3 17
2020 2nd 5 4 0 1 12
2021 5th 7 3 0 4 9
2022 2nd 7 5 0 2 15

Current squad

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As of 8 October 2022.[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 Kairu Yamazaki
2 DF Japan JPN Yuki Tatuno
4 DF Japan JPN Takahiro Ato
5 DF Japan JPN Takuya Tanaka
6 DF Japan JPN Masaaki Yamagishi
7 MF Japan JPN Hiroki Kabaya
8 MF Japan JPN Tsukasa Maruyama
9 FW Japan JPN Daiki Sato
10 FW Japan JPN Takuya Tokutake
11 MF Japan JPN Takuma Wada
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Japan JPN Natsuki Takekoshi
16 MF Japan JPN Yasutaka Yoshiura
18 GK Japan JPN Kei Takizawa
19 MF Japan JPN Ryo Ito
20 DF Japan JPN Yukimi Kishida
21 DF Japan JPN Masaki Kohara
22 FW Japan JPN Yuki Tondokoro
23 GK Japan JPN Shinji Hirose
24 DF Japan JPN Yuki Takahashi (captain)
26 FW Japan JPN Kaito Azegami

References

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  1. ^ "クラブエンブレムを一新しました". www.instagram.com/nakanoesperanza1971/. Nakano Esperanza. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ "クラブ情報". nakano-esperanza.com (in Japanese). Nakano Esperanza. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ "メンバーズ 2022" (in Japanese). Nakano Esperanza. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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