"Workers" in 2008

Here is a list, who made the most minutes on the pitch for Avispa last season.
Place. Name - Minutes - (Games)

1. Okubo - 3370 - (41)
2. Yamagata - 3163 - (40)
3. Nakamura - 2933 - (38)
4. Kudo - 2619 - (34)
5. Talay - 2548 - (37)
6. Hisanaga - 2457 - (34)
7. Nagira - 2351 - (27)
8. Nunobe - 2243 - (32)
9. Tanaka - 2231 - (39)
10. Nagano - 2217 - (27)
11. Nakajima - 2147 - (29)
12. Kamiyama - 1980 - (22)
13. Yoshida - 1800 - (20)
14. Miyamoto - 1768 - (24)
15. Jogo - 1701 - (27)
16. Havenaar - 1492 - (26)
17. Suzuki - 1010 - (18)
18. Kurobe - 919 - (23)
19. Niwa - 754 - (9)
20. Nakaharai - 727 - (22)
21. Rudan - 371 - (6)
22. Oyama - 17 - (2)
- Rokutan - 0 - (0)
- Honda - 0 - (0)
- Kugisaki - 0 - (0)
- Miyaji - 0 - (0)

Not in list:
Joel Griffiths

Training at the Samurai road

Avispa will held an one week-training camp at Shimabara-City in Nagasaki prefecture.
The team will go to Shimabara from 25th january to 31st january.
The training will held at Shibama Citys track and field place.

The city is famous for his Samurai Road (in the picture) and his castle.
Shimabara is also known as the city of carps.

10 with new contracts

10 Players will renew their contract to stay at Avispa

• Tatsunori Hisanaga
• Motohiro Yoshida
• Satoshi Nagano
• Tomokazu Nagira
• Jun Suzuki
• Kyohei Oyama
• Toru Miyamoto
• Hisashi Jogo
• Yuji Rokutan
• Yasuomi Kugisaki
  

Jun train at Getafe...Ole!

Avispa annouced today that U-20 international Jun Suzuki will practice with the B-squad of spanish side Getafe FC from Primera Division.
Suzuki will stay in Spain for a month from 29th december to 31st january.
The 19 year-old played 18 games in 2008 and scored one goal on the last day against Shonan Bellmare.
12 times he played out of the starting eleven.

Oyama join the U-20 for Qatar

Forward Kyohei Oyama will be one of the upcoming stars who represent Japan at the U-20 international friendly tournament in Qatar.
Japan will go to Qatar on 6th january.

SCHEDULE:
11.1 / Japan vs. Tunisia
13.1 / Japan vs. UAE
15.1 / Japan vs. Serbia

Oyama just played 2 games in 2008 with 17 minutes on the pitch ...
Japanese U-20 missed the quali for FIFA U-20 WC in Egypt 2009 after a 0:3-lost to South Korea in AFC Youth Championship 2008

Merry Christmas!

SUPER Avispa! wish all fans of Avispa, readers, J-Blog mades
and all other ones a
VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

An offer for Takahashi

After Mike Havenaar is leaving us for Yokohama F-Marinos,
Avispa made an offer for Roasso Kumamotos topscorer Yutaka Takahashi (FW).
Takahashi scored 19 goals in 42 games for Roasso and finished 2nd place at the overall topscorers behind Sanfrecces Hisato Sato.
The 28-year old from Tokyo already played for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Omiya Ardija, JEF United Chiba. In 2006 he moved to Kumamoto and in 2007 he joined the J2 with them.

FC Tokyo wants Hokuto

FC Tokyo wants to make an offer for Hokuto Nakamura.
The capital club wants to find a good partner for their forward and Hokutos old friend Sota Hirayama.
Hokuto and Hirayama were classmates at Kunimi High School in Nagasaki for a few years.
Hokuto and Hirayama played together for Japans U-23 also.

U-18 Kasagawa join A-squad

Avispas U-18 Goalkeeper Eita Kasagawa will join the A-squad in 2009.
Hasegawa was born on 25th october 1990 in Fukuoka.
He already played for Avispas U-15.
GK coach Takayuki Fujikawa icluded him into the practice of the A-squad and he impressed, so Avispa decited to give him a pro-contract for season 2009.

(picture from www.hakatanomori.com)

All Avispa Goals in 2008