Cerezo Osaka is a Japanese professional football club based in Osaka. The club currently plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club’s name Cerezo (Spanish for cherry tree) is also the flower of the city of Osaka.[1] The official hometowns for the club are Osaka and Sakai.
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| Full name | Cerezo Osaka |
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| Nickname(s) | Sakura (cherry blossoms) |
| Founded | 1957 (as Yanmar Diesel SC) |
| Ground | Yanmar Stadium Nagai Kincho Stadium |
| Capacity | 47,853 (Yanmar) 18,007 (Kincho) |
| Owner | Yanmar |
| Chairman | Hiroaki Morishima |
| Manager | Levir Culpi |
| League | J1 League |
| 2020 | J1 League, 4th of 18 |
| Website | Club website |
Honours
- Japan Soccer League
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- Winners (4): 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980
- JSL Cup
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- Winners (3): 1973 (shared), 1983, 1984
- Emperor’s Cup
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- Winners (3): 1968, 1970, 1974
- Japan Football League
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- Winners (1): 1994 (as the company team)
- J.League Cup
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- Winners (1): 2017
- Emperor’s Cup
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- Winners (1): 2017
- Runners-up (3): 1994, 2001, 2003
- Japanese Super Cup
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- Winners (1): 2018
- Suruga Bank Championship
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- Runners-up (1): 2018
Team Roster
| 2021 Team Roster (Updated 15-03-2021) |
| Manager : Levir Culpi |
| Kim Jin Hyeon (Goalkeeper) |
| Ryusei Haruna (Goalkeeper) |
| Ryoga Shimonaka (Goalkeeper) |
| Kenya Matsui (Goalkeeper) |
| Ryosuke Shindo |
| Tiago |
| Yusuke Maruhashi |
| Ayumu Seko |
| Naoto Arai |
| Koji Toriumi |
| Yuta Koike |
| Ryuya Nishio |
| Dankler |
| Riki Harakawa |
| Naoyuki Fujita |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake |
| Tatsuhiro Sakamoto |
| Jun Nishikawa |
| Hirotaka Tameda |
| Hiroaki Okuno |
| Taishi Matsumoto |
| Adam Taggart |
| Tıshiyuki Takagi |
| Yoshito Okubo |
| Riki Matsuda |
| Motohiko Nakajima |
| Matsuki Kato |
| Shota Fujio |
| Yuta Toykawa |
| Hiroto Yamada |
| Ryuji Sawakami |