Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies
セレッソ大阪ヤンマーレディース
Full nameCerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies
Nickname(s)Cerezo
Founded2005 (2005)
GroundYodoko Sakura Stadium
Capacity24,481
ChairmanHiroaki Morishima
ManagerNobuhito Toriizuka
LeagueWE League
(from 2023–24 season)
2022Nadeshiko League Div.1, 4th of 12 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies (セレッソ大阪ヤンマーレディース, Seresso Ōsaka Yanmā Redīsu) is a women's football club based in Sakai and Osaka, Osaka. The team currently plays in the WE League, the top division of women's football in Japan.

History

Cerezo Osaka, which has been playing in the J.League since 1995, established a women's class at its school in 2005 to strengthen women's football, and formed a women's team as Cerezo Osaka Ladies U-15 in 2010. The team later changed its name to Cerezo Osaka Ladies in 2012. The following year, the team entered the Japan Women's Soccer League, adopting the name of its hometown, Sakai, as well as Osaka, and changing its name to Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies.

In 2021, Japan's first professional women's soccer league, the WE League, was established, but Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies avoided participating due to the fact that most of their players were students. However, with many promising players deciding to move on, they made preparations to join, and on September 14, 2022, they were approved to join the WE League for the 2023-24 season.

On February 24, 2023, Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies announced that the team would change its name to Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies after Yanmar acquired the naming rights.

Club staff

Position Name
ManagerJapan Nobuhito Toriizuka
CoachJapan Ayumi Hasegawa
Goalkeeper CoachJapan Daiji Kakii

Squad

Current squad

As of 9 December 2023.[1]

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 Erika Fukunaga
2 DF Japan JPN Hina Morinaka
3 DF Japan JPN Hiromi Yoneda
4 DF Japan JPN Riko Tsutsui
5 MF Japan JPN Miki Maegawa
6 MF Japan JPN Nao Matsumoto
7 DF Japan JPN Yuri Ogikubo
8 FW Japan JPN Tomoko Tanaka
9 MF Japan JPN Warai Yoshizumi
10 MF Japan JPN Shinomi Koyama
11 FW Japan JPN Miyu Yakata
13 MF Japan JPN Miyuka Momono
14 MF Japan JPN Serika Takawa
15 MF Japan JPN Rui Furusawa
16 MF Japan JPN Fuu Nakanishi
17 DF Japan JPN Rina Nakatani
18 MF Japan JPN Hikari Miyamoto
19 MF Japan JPN Yukina Shikai
20 FW Japan JPN Kotono Tamazakura
21 GK Japan JPN Rina Yamashita
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Japan JPN Uno Shiragaki
23 DF Japan JPN Mahiro Asayama
24 DF Japan JPN Nodoka Fujiwara
25 FW Indonesia IDN Zahra Muzdalifah
26 MF Japan JPN Shuka Kitahara
27 GK Japan JPN Maho Nishinaka
28 MF Japan JPN Reina Wakisaka (Captain)
29 FW Japan JPN Asaki Wada
36 FW Japan JPN Yuka Kurimoto

Season-by-season record

Season Domestic League Empress's Cup Nadeshiko League Cup / WE League Cup
LeagueLevelPlaceTeams
2010 Kansai Div. 2 (B) 4 5th 6 DNQ —
2011 Kansai Div. 2 (A) 2nd 8
2012 Kansai Div. 1 3 3rd 10
2013 Challenge 2 3rd
16
1st Stage
2014 14th
16
 DNQ
2015
Challenge (West)
3
 1st
6
2016
Nadeshiko Div. 2
2
 3rd
10
2nd Stage
 Semi-finals
2017 2nd
10
 3rd Stage
Winner / Div. 2
2018 Nadeshiko Div. 1 1 10th
10
Group Stage
2019 Nadeshiko Div. 2 2 2nd
10
Winner / Div. 2
2020
Nadeshiko Div. 1
1
4th
10
Quarter-finals
 —
2021
2
 3rd
12
Semi-finals
2022 4th
12
 Third Round
2023–24 WE League
1
TBD
12
TBD
TBD

Transition of team name

  • Cerezo Osaka Ladies: (2010–2012)
  • Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies: (2013–2023)
  • Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies: (1 April 2023 – 31 January 2025)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Player" (in Japanese). Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
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