Thespa Kusatsu

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Thespa Kusatsu
ザスパ草津

Full name

Thespa Kusatsu

Nickname(s)

Founded

1995

Ground

Shikishima Stadium

Capacity

10,050

Chairman

Yuichi Mototani

Manager

Shigeharu Ueki (2006 - )

League

J. League Div.2

2006

12th Place





Home colours





Away colours

Thespa Kusatsu (ザスパ草津　zasupa kusatsu) is a professional football (soccer) club based in Gunma Prefecture in Japan. The club plays in J. League division 2.

The club was founded in 1995 in Kusatsu town, one of the most well-known spa resorts in Japan. Its name basically means "The Spa, Kusatsu."

1 History
2 Current players
3 Season by season results and managers
4 Former players
5 External links

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1995 as Liaison Kusatsu Football Club. The players were the students of specialized training college Higashi Nihon Soccer Academy. When the school was closed in 1999 due to financial difficulties, the players decided to stay in Kusatsu and keep the club alive. In 2002, the club was incorporated as K.K. Kusatu Onsen Football Club with a future promotion to J. League in mind and adopted new team name Thespa Kusatsu.

[edit] Current players

As of February 9, 2007

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Seiji Honda
2	DF	Takeshi Terada
3	DF	Kei Omoto
4	DF	Jun Tanaka
5	DF	Chika
6	MF	Nobuhito Toriizuka
7	DF	Sotaro Sada
8	MF	Wataru Yamazaki
9	FW	Yasunori Takada
10	MF	Yoshiki Nakai
11	FW	Ryoji Ujihara
13	FW	Marlon
14	FW	Masami Sato
15	MF	Takeshi Kuwahara
16	DF	Takuya Yamamoto

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Tadahiro Akiba
18	MF	Kazuki Sakurada
19	MF	Ryo Goto
20	FW	Koji Matsuura
21	GK	Satoshi Tokizawa
22	GK	Kazuma Kita
23	DF	Daisuke Fujii
24	MF	Satoshi Yoshioka
25	MF	Daiki Sato
26	DF	Ryota Kobayashi
27	MF	Hitoyoshi Satomi
28	MF	Jin Kanaoya
29	FW	Shota Iwata

[edit] Season by season results and managers

Year	League	Played	Point	Win	Loss	Draw	Place	Manager	General Maanger
1995	Gunma Prefectual Div 4	?	?	?	?	?	Champions	Ratko Stevović	―
1996	Gunma Prefectual Div 3	?	?	?	?	?	Champions		―
1997	Gunma Prefectual Div 2A	?	?	?	?	?	Champions		―
1998	Gunma Prefectual Div 1	?	?	?	?	?	7th	Naoki Kimura	―
1999	Gunma Prefectual Div 2	?	?	?	?	?	?	Naoki Kimura	―
2000	Gunma Prefectual Div 2B	?	?	?	?	?	2nd	Ratko Stevović	―
2001	Gunma Prefectual Div 2B	?	?	?	?	?	Champions	Ratko Stevović	―
2002	Gunma Prefectual Div 1	14	42	14	0	0	Champions	Ryosuke Okuno	Shigeharu Ueki
2003	Kanto Regional Div 2	14	35	11	1	2	Champions	Ryosuke Okuno	Shigeharu Ueki
2004	JFL	30	62	19	6	5	3rd	Shigeharu Ueki	―
2005	J2	44	23	5	31	8	12th	Satoshi Tezuka	―
2006	J2	48	42	9	24	15	12th	Shigeharu Ueki	―