Shonan Bellmare is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium. Shonan refers to a coastal area along Sagami Bay that includes Hiratsuka. Bellmare is a portmanteau of the Italian words bello and mare, meaning “beautiful sea”.
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| Full name | Shonan Bellmare |
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| Founded | 1968 |
| Ground | Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Hiratsuka, Kanagawa |
| Capacity | 15,380 |
| Chairman | Kiyoshi Makabe |
| Manager | Bin Ukishima |
| League | J1 League |
| 2020 | J1 League, 18th of 18 |
| Website | Club website |
Honours
- As Towa / Fujita
- All Japan Vase: 1971
- Japan Soccer League: 1977, 1979, 1981
- JSL Cup: 1973
- Emperor’s Cup: 1977, 1979
- Japan Soccer League Division 2: 1991–92
- (old) Japan Football League Division 1: 1993
- As Bellmare Hiratsuka / Shonan Bellmare
- Emperor’s Cup: 1994
- Asian Cup Winners’ Cup: 1995
- J.League Cup: 2018
- J.League Division 2: 2014, 2017
Team Roster
| 2021 Team Roster (Updated 18-03-2021) |
| Manager : Bin Ukishima |
| Kosei Tani (Goalkeeper) |
| Daiki Hotta (Goalkeeper) |
| Daiki Tomii (Goalkeeper) |
| Kotaro Tachikawa (Goalkeeper) |
| Hirokazu Ishihara |
| Koki Tachi |
| Shota Kobayashi |
| Takuya Okamoto |
| Tsukasa Umesaki |
| Kazunari Ono |
| Wellington |
| Naoki Yamada |
| Tarik Elyounoussi |
| Naoki Ishihara |
| Akimi Barada |
| Shuto Yamamoto |
| Yuki Ohashi |
| Sho Hiramatsu |
| Shunya Mori |
| Shintaro Nago |
| Kazuki Oiwa |
| Shun Nakamura |
| Taiga Hata |
| Masaki Ikeda |
| Taiyo Hiraoka |
| Hidetoshi Miyuki |
| Sosuke Shibata |
| Shuto Machino |
| Kodai Minoda |
| Naoki Hara |
| Taisei Ishii |
| Ryo Nemoto |
| Welinton Júnior |
| Riuler |
| Ryo Takahashi |