The team, originally called Yanmar Diesel, started in 1957 as the company team of Yanmar and was an original founder of the now-disbanded Japan Soccer League. With four Japanese league titles to its credit, it was a mainstay of the JSL First Division until 1990 when it was first relegated, and joined the former Japan Football League in 1992.<\/P>
In 1993, the club incorporated as Osaka Football Club Ltd., and adopted the name Cerezo after a public contest.[2] In 1994, they won the JFL championship and was promoted to the J1 League in 1995. This also coincided with a run to the finals of the Emperor's Cup, which they lost to Bellmare Hiratsuka.<\/P>
Cerezo has relegated from J1 to J2 three times, but are currently playing in the J1 league. The team had an impressive third place finish in the 2017 season.<\/P>
On November 4, 2017 they won the J.League YBC Levain Cup, the first major title for Cerezo Osaka. The final match was against Kawasaki Frontale.<\/P>
On January 1, 2018, Cerezo Osaka won the Emperor's Cup, securing their second major title. The final match was against Yokohama F. Marinos.<\/P>","B5C54F059EE3A9A4DCB95465432A8D14":"Yanmar Stadium Nagai","E6554F2C3B7E97A2":"1","078F3C827B475FC4":"436","2C2DB8E0A27DDF86":"","91FE8FA7C5C430DAAFC7BD28FB26F7CC":"","A529E53C559174F81441CD95517400BB":"1975-7-7","C606677BC35A1B73EF2C1314AB427615":"Japan","3B9127F7BC829326":"1","AEA806C1427039FE44581DB525FB9B7BD0F0E6F183CA457B":"1957","6AA767C80F13E5B78D99D4E49AE0DBEF":"2-2-19 Nagaihigashi, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka 558-0004","A78F9074B5AF8132E0B45C9330387DBD":"79","55C75D25959437F15B2401A05EABB58A":"Akio Kogiku","90579B4DEA63C3E4":"Cerezo Osaka","71917274BAF6F295":"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Osaka+Nagai+Stadium&sll=33.586291,130.460823&sspn=0.005148,0.01133&ie=UTF8&ll=34.614297,135.518342&spn=0.005086,0.01133&t=h&z=17&iwloc=A","FAEF47752E34E7B4424428922BB6E983":"47,853","B53FD9094B6C7706961F3AE3F07FA51E":"0","4ECD1B5E2820C55A130549CA8EF1E5D7":"Japan","187F8138BE7BCBEE":"27.73","8F753504205D2106738DB725C9C678FB":"","891E8ED23A68FBCE79DAB5425E7817DA":"2021-8-26","983F4D11FB6C2C3B732A80DC5C377379":"Cerezo Osaka","63C820864FB855F7":"http:\/\/www.cerezo.co.jp\/","12CF5F874EE8072F":"Akio Kogiku","F27550BB3729EA0167FE884B8ADBF4F0":"","FD4444EF21B7675091CBC3D627A340D9":"","4ED7E9E8DBD22FFE":"2015565","09138E45C3AF9F63D172519924158A69":"Yanmar Osaka Soccer Club
Japan Soccer League
Winners (4): 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980
JSL Cup
Winners (3): 1973 (shared), 1983, 1984
Emperor's Cup
Winners (3): 1968, 1970, 1974
Cerezo Osaka
Japan Football League
Winners (1): 1994 (as the company team)
J.League Cup
Winners (1): 2017
Emperor's Cup
Winners (1): 2017
Runners-up (3): 1994, 2001, 2003
Japanese Super Cup
Winners (1): 2018","41128DAD6401C79B":"","e_index":2};