Full Name: JEF United Ichihara Chiba City: Ichihara Founded: 1946 Stadium: Ichihara Seaside Stadium (16,933) Colors: Blue, Yellow Previous: Furukawa Electric Soccer Club (1946-91), East Japan JR Furukawa Football Club (1991-92), JEF United Ichihara (1992-2005)
Description: Founded as Furukawa Electric Soccer Club. Merged with the team of Japan Railways East in 1991. JEF stands for Japan railways East and Furukawa. Ichihara and Chiba are both cities within Chiba province. The only team to have always played in the top division of Japanese soccer. Some home matches are played at the Fukuda Denshi Arena (18,500).
Trophy Room: * Japan Soccer League (1976, 86) * Emperor's Cup (1960, 61, 64, 76) * League Cup (1977, 82, 86, 2005, 06) * Asian Champions Cup/League (1987)
Sports map specialist Bill Turianski contributes an article to Albion Road roughly once a month, bringing us something from his collection of sports maps.
Full Name: JEF United Ichihara Chiba
