Speranza Osaka

Speranza Osaka (スペランツァ大阪, Superantsu~a Ōsaka) is a women's football team which plays in Japan's Nadeshiko League Division 1. It was founded in 1990 and enter in the L.League (today Nadeshiko League) in the same year. From the 2019 season, the club has adopted the new name as "Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki".^[1]

Speranza Osaka
スペランツァ大阪

Full name	Speranza Osaka
Nickname(s)	Speranza
Founded	1990; 35 years ago (1990)
Ground	Takatsuki Hagitani Soccer Stadium
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Sukesaburo Kitawaki
Manager	Kenji Honnami
League	Nadeshiko League Div.1
2022	Nadeshiko League Div.1 10th of 12
Website	http://www.speranzafc.jp/
Home colours Away colours

Because it was founded by the multinational giant Panasonic, Speranza Osaka works as a kind of women's team of the J.League giants Gamba Osaka.

Squad

Current squad

As of 2 May 2022. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Maya Ono 2 DF  JPN Arisa Takeda 3 DF  JPN Ayako Tsuboi 4 DF  JPN Yumeko Akiba 5 MF  JPN Midori Yoshimura 6 DF  JPN Satoko Hirano 9 MF  JPN Naomi Torao 10 MF  JPN Toshiko Saito 11 MF  JPN Yuki Hazuki 13 FW  JPN Yuko Shimamura 15 FW  JPN Mari Shiotani

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  JPN Saki Takahashi 18 MF  JPN Saki Honda 19 GK  JPN Maho Yamamoto 20 FW  JPN Yu Ishikawa 21 MF  JPN Haruka Yoshioka 22 MF  JPN Misato Takatani 23 MF  JPN Fumika Sakumoto 24 DF  JPN Wakana Kitagawa 25 DF  JPN Momo Hayashi 26 MF  JPN Mio Sakanaka 27 DF  JPN Natsuki Ichino 28 DF  JPN Suzuka Fujino 32 MF  JPN Akane Shun

Honors

Domestic competitions

• Nadeshiko.League Division 1
  • Champions (1) : 1994
• Nadeshiko League Cup
  • Runners-up (1) : 1998

Results

Season	Domestic League				National Cup	League Cup
	League	Level	Place	Tms.
1991	JLSL	1	9th	10	2nd Stage	-
1992			4th	10	Quarter-finals	-
1993			9th	10	Semi-finals	-
1994	L		1st	10	Quarter-finals	-
1995			4th	10	Quarter-finals	-
1996			5th	10	Quarter-finals	4th
1997			6th	10	Quarter-finals	3rd
1998			5th	10	Quarter-finals	Runners-up
1999			5th	8	Semi-finals	Group Stage
2000			5th	9	Semi-finals	-
2001			7th	10	Quarter-finals	-
2002			6th	11	1st Stage	-
2003			6th	13	Quarter-finals	-
2004	L1		7th	8	2nd Stage	-
2005			7th	8	Quarter-finals	-
2006	Nadeshiko Div.1		7th	8	3rd Stage	-
2007	Nadeshiko Div.2	2	4th	8	Quarter-finals	Group Stage
2008			2nd	9	3rd Stage	-
2009	Nadeshiko Div.1	1	8th	8	3rd Stage	-
2010	Challenge (West)	2	1st	6	2nd Stage	-
2011			2nd	6	2nd Stage	-
2012	Nadeshiko	1	8th	10	3rd Stage	Group Stage
2013			10th	10	3rd Stage	Group Stage
2014	Challenge	2	1st	16	2nd Stage	-
2015	Nadeshiko Div.1	1	9th	10	3rd Stage	-
2016			9th	10	2nd Stage	Group Stage
2017	Nadeshiko Div.2	2	10th	10	2nd Stage	Group Stage / Div.2
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

Transition of team name

• Osaka-Takatsuki Ladies SC : 1990
• Matsushita Electric Ladies SC Bambina : 1991 - 1994
• Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina : 1995 - 1999
• Speranza FC Takatsuki : 2000 - 2011
• Speranza FC Osaka-Takatsuki : 2012 – 2015
• Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki : 2016 – 2018
• Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki : 2019 – 2021
• Speranza Osaka : 2022 – Present

References

1. Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki (in Japanese)

External links

• (in Japanese) Speranza Osaka official site
• (in English) Japanese Club Teams