is a football (soccer) club based in
Kakogawa, which is located in
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, ...
in Japan. They play in the
Kansai Soccer League, which is part of
Japanese Regional Leagues
are a group of parallel association football leagues in Japan that are organized on the regional basis. They form the fifth tier of the Japanese association football league system below the nationwide Japan Football League.
Overview
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History
Founded as Hyogo Teacher Kicking Group in 1976, it became a club in 1987 renamed Central Kobe. In 2005, the club had a new rebranding, being named ''Banditonce Kakogawa'', from the mix of
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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words ''Banditos'' (Spanish for "bandits") and ''Once'' (Spanish for "eleven"). In 2008 the club moved from
Kobe
Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, w ...
to the actual venue,
Kakogawa.
Konigs-Krone had been a sponsor for the team, but in the end they withdrew from financial support.
They played from a long time in first division of
Kansai Soccer League, which they won five times; in 2007 they actually won Regional Leagues, but they didn't have the license to get promoted to
Japan Football League
The also known as simply the JFL is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, positioned beneath the three divisions of the J.League. The league features fully professional teams that hold J.League associate membership amo ...
. They also featured eight times in
Emperor's Cup
, commonly known as or also Japan FA Cup is a Japanese football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football match in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J.League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, ...
, reaching the 4th round in
2006.
League record
;Key
Honours
*
Kansai Soccer League
Champions (5): 1982,
2005
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,
2006,
2007
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,
2008
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Current squad
References
External links
Official Site
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Football clubs in Japan
Sports teams in Hyōgo Prefecture
Association football clubs established in 1976
1976 establishments in Japan