FC Suzuka Rampole
| Nickname(s) | Rampole |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 |
| Ground | Suzuka Sports Garden Suzuka, Mie |
| Capacity | 12,500 |
| Chairman |
 Narita Takaki
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| Manager |
Narita Takaki (2011 – ) |
| League | Tōkai Regional Div. 1 |
| 2015 | 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
| Location |
Misono Chō1669, Suzuka, Mie, Japan |
|---|---|
| Owner | Suzuka City |
| Operator | Suzuka City |
| Capacity | 12,000 (3,300 seated) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | N/A |
| Opened | 1992 |
| Construction cost | N/A |
| Architect | N/A |
| Tenants | |
| F.C. Suzuka Rampole (Tōkai League Division I) (2009–present) | |
Suzuka Unlimited FC (鈴鹿アンリミテッドFC Suzuka Anrimiteddo Efushī?) is a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture. They play in Tōkai Regional League Division 1.
The club was originally established in Nabari, Mie in 1980 under the name Mie Club, and it became a member of Mie Football Association to join the Mie prefectural league in 1982. The club went up to the top division in 1991 and remained there until 2005, when local organisers kicked off the idea of developing a larger and more ambitious football team.
The region to the southwest of Nagoya has been traditionally very populous but still undeveloped from a football perspective despite a number of successes by local high school football. In mid- 2005, a group of local businessmen, football fans and coaches from Mie Prefecture, who were eager to put together a team to represent the area, approached Bunji Kimura, an ex-football manager of Kyoto Sanga F.C. and Yokohama Flügels. Kimura was convinced to accept the position of the president and technical director of a club that was then going by the name of "W.S.C. Nabari Admiral". Kimura plunged in and began a very ambitious project to transform the team from a bunch of amateur kickers in a tiny town to a much more competitive and tightly-run organisation representing the aspirations of the entire prefecture.
At Kimura's insistence, the team in February 2006 took the name "MIE FC Rampole", taking its name from the famous Japanese mystery novel writer Rampo Edogawa, who was born in Mie Prefecture. The part "ole" of the name is supposedly a Spanish word "Olé" used to cheer and applaud (cf. Consadole Sapporo). Following the name change the club launched its official website on 22 February. Kimura quickly began drawing upon his network of J.League contacts to bring in more experienced coaches and organisers, and by the end of his first season in charge the club advanced to the second division of the Tōkai Regional League.
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