Kugisaki moved to Honda Lock

Yasuomi Kugisaki, who not got a contract for the upcoming season, moved to JFL-side Honda Lock from his home-area Miyazaki.

Yasu had his most succesfull season last year, when he played 16 games, where he replaced Takanori Nakajima on the left wingback position. Kugisaki made one assist against Yokohama FC.
Yasu began his professional career at Avispa in 2004, but was always just a benchwarmer or not even in the squad for the games most of the time.
In 5 Avispa-years, he made 27 games.

All the best from SUPER Avispa! to your upcoming challenges Yasu!

2010 uniforms!

Last week, Avispa presented their new uniforms for 2010!

I think the new uniforms look really cool and Mizuno created another masterpieces for the japanese footballworld!
I really like the away-shirt, which looked cool in 2009, but even looking better now!

Miyazaki camp schedule

The club announced the trainings schedule for Miyazaki camp 2010 today!
Like alot of J.League teams, we will go to Miyazaki, southern Kyushu from February 15th to the 23rd to practice there for a week. Here is the schedule:

15 - Practice
16 - Practice
17 - Game vs. ???
18 - Practice
19 - Game vs. Honda FC
20 - Practice
21 - Game vs. FC Gifu
22 - Practice
23 - Game vs. V-Varen Nagasaki

2 big games for the start!

The J.League announced the two first games for every team in 2010.
We will face two big horses of the league in these two games. Our season will start with a home-game aginst Ventforet Kofu and on the 2nd gameday, we will travel to the cold north to face Consadole Sapporo.

Pray for 2010!

On sunday, the team went to Hakozaki shrine in Higashi, to pray for a luck and a successfull season.

Avispa presentation 2010

Yesterday, Avispa presented the new signings for 2010 at the season-presentation. Defenders Yosuke Miyaji, Son Jung-Ryung, Kenta Hiraishi, midfielders Genki Nagasato, Kosuke Nakamachi, Toshiya Sueyoshi and foward Masato Yoshihara are the new team-members for 2010.

The club also presented the backnumbers for the new season:

1 - Ryuichi Kamiyama
2 - Kazuki Yamaguchi
3 - Tatsunori Yamagata
4 - Shu Abe
5 - Makoto Tanaka
6 - Daiki Niwa
7 - Kiyokazu Kudo
8 - Jun Suzuki
9 - Yutaka Takahashi
10 - Hisashi Jogo
11 - Yusuke Tanaka
12 - SUPPORTERS
13 - Tomokazu Nagira
14 - Genki Nagasato
15 - Kosuke Nakamachi
16 - Hideya Okamoto
17 - Takanori Nakajima
18 - Masato Yoshihara
19 - Tetsuya Okubo
20 - Yosuke Miyaji
21 - Kyohei Oyama
22 - Toshiya Sueyoshi
23 - Yuji Rokutan
24 - Kenta Hiraishi
25 - Eita Kasagawa
26 - Son Jung-Ryung

New Players

Ex-Pro Ogami new GK-Coach

Ex-Avispa Fukuoka goalkeeper Tomoaki Ogami will train Ryuichi Kamiyama, Yuji Rokutan and Eita Kasagawa in 2010. Ogami played for Avispa from 2002 to 2004 and played 38 games. Ogami will join Avispa from his J1-side homeclub Jubilo Iwata, where he played 136 games from 1994-2001 and worked as a Goalkeeper-coach since 2005. 2008 and 2009, he trained Jubilo's pro team.

Yoshida move to Machida

Motohiro Yoshida will play for JFL-side Zelvia Machida FC from Tokyo in 2010. Yoshida joined Avispa in 2008 from Cerezo Osaka. He fighted with Ryuichi Kamiyama about the 1st choice goalie in 2008. He made 20 games, Kamiyama 22. In 2009, he became the number 1 after Kamiyama injured badly in the pre-season. Yoshida made all games till round 36. At the 36 round, he crashed with Makoto Tanaka and suffered a head injury and was replaced by Yuji Rokutan, who never played a pro-game before. Yoshida just played a single Emperor's Cup-game after his injury.

Thanks Moto and all the best!

Daiki will stay...completely!

Captain Daiki Niwa transfered from J1-side Gamba Osaka to Avispa Fukuoka. The Osaka-born came to Avispa in 2008, after a successless loan-time at Omiya Ardija. Niwa improved himself at his time here, so he became a full member of the starting 11 and the captain of the team at the age of 23.

7 players renewed

7 Players renewed their contracts in the last weeks for season 2010.

• Yuji Rokutan
• Makoto Tanaka
• Takanori Nakajima
• Jun Suzuki
• Yusuke Tanaka
• Yutaka Takahashi
• Tetsuya Okubo