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	J-LEAGUE TEAM LINKS
	KASHIMA ANTLERS http://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers By far the most successful team, having won the league title five times. After clinching the 2007 J. League title they became the first team in Japan to have won 10 domestic titles. One of only six teams to have competed in Japan's top flight of football every year since its inception in 1993.
	URAWA REDS http://www.urawa-reds.co.jp/ This club boasts the highest average crowds for eight of the J-League's fifteen season history. In 2002 the club moved to the newly built Saitama Stadium. Hometown is the city of Saitama in Saitama Prefecture.
	JEF UNITED ICHIHARA http://www.so-net.ne.jp/JEFUNITED/ JEF are one of only six teams to have competed in Japan's top flight of football every year since its inception in 1993.
	KASHIWA REYSOL http://www.reysol.co.jp/ Home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo. The name Reysol comes from the Spanish words rey ('king') and sol ('sun') and reflect the fact that the team had originally been a company team of Hitachi in the Japan Soccer League.
	F.C.TOKYO http://www.fctokyo.co.jp/ Formed in 1935 as Tokyo Gas FC. Won the JFL and joined J2, winning promotion in their first season and made J1 in 2000. The team is one of only three in the J. League to be simply called Football Club without an extended name - the others are Ehime and Yokohama. The club also has no mascot character.
	KAWASAKI FRONTALE http://www.frontale.co.jp/ The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.
	YOKOHAMA FC http://www.yokohamafc.com/ The club was formed in 1999 by a fans conglomerate, following the demise and merger of Yokohama Flügels with Yokohama Marinos the previous year (the F in Yokohama F Marinos is in memory of Flügels - until 1999 there was no F in Yokohama Marinos). In 2007, Yokohama F.C. played its first, and so far only season in the top flight of Japanese football in only its ninth year of existence.
	OMIYA ARDIJA http://www.ardija.co.jp/ Its "hometown", as designated by the league, is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Reds. Omiya currently compete in the J1 and have done since 2005, after promotion from J2 in 2004 as the second placed team. Their matches against Urawa Reds are known as the "Saitama Derby".
	VENTFORET KOFU http://www.ventforet.co.jp/ From Kofu - the capital city of Yamanashi. The word "Ventforet" is coined combining two French words Vent ("Wind") and Forêt ("Forest").
	YOKOHAMA F.MARINOS http://www.so-net.ne.jp/f-marinos/ Having won the J.League title three times and finished second twice, the team is one of the most successful in terms of league success. The team is based in Yokohama and was founded as the company team of Nissan Motors. Until 1999 they were known as Yokohama Marinos - the F being added when they merged with Yokohama Flügels in that year.
	ALBIREX NIIGATA http://www.albirex.co.jp/ Despite the club's relative youth, only joining the J.League in 1999, Albirex are one of Japan's best supported teams. In 2005 Albirex were the first ever club in Japan to record an average attendance of over 40,000.
	SHIMIZU S-PULSE http://www.s-pulse.co.jp/ Given the club's youth when compared to many of their J1 peers, S-Pulse have had a relatively large impact on Japanese football. They have won all three domestic cup competitions at least once and have also won the Asian Cup Winners Cup.
	JUBILO IWATA http://www.jubilo-iwata.co.jp/ The team name Júbilo means 'exultation' in Portuguese. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium.
	NAGOYA GRAMPUS EIGHT http://www.so-net.ne.jp/grampus/ The team is based in Nagoya and was founded as the company team of Toyota Motor Corp. in 1939.
	GAMBA OSAKA http://www.gamba-osaka.net/ Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo '70 Stadium. One of only six teams to have competed in Japan's top flight of football every year since its inception in 1993.
	VISSEL KOBE http://www.vissel-kobe.co.jp/ The home stadium is called Home's Stadium, in Hyogo-ku, though some home matches are played at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium. They finished 3rd in J2 in the 2006 season and returned to J1 after beating Avispa Fukuoka in the promotion/relegation play-offs.
	SANFRECCE HIROSHIMA http://www.sanfrecce.co.jp/ Based in Hiroshima (of course). they play home games at Hiroshima Big Arch and Hiroshima Perfectural Stadium.
	OITA TRINITA http://www.oita-trinita.co.jp/ The youngest team currently playing in J1, the team started as Oita Trinity in 1994 and advanced through the Oita Prefectural League, Kyushu League and finished as the runner-up in the 1996 National League.