Official 2023 Nadeshiko Japan Thread [R] - なでしこジャパン（英語スレッド）

QF of Conti Cup

Liverpool vs. West Ham
Fuka Nagano vs. Risa Shimizu and Honoka Hayashi

Tottenham vs. Chelsea
Mana Iwabuchi

 

Past and present Actonians players.

L to R
Ebine Chihiro
Kannou Natsumi
?
?
Shimizu Anna



So the 2 other girls, exActonians. Could they be Ono Minori and Wada Naoka? From this October 2020 video.

 

You didn't mean how does it work to sponsor a player did you? from my previous reply.
Maybe you meant how it work with the sponsorship?

From what I can gather. In their base/clubhouse, where they have their squad names on the wall, the sponsored player will have the sponsor name next to her name, also on the match day program. I'll find out for sure when I actually go to a game. Unfortunately the few occasions I have intended to go it's been either extremely cold, extremely wet or extremely both cold and wet. The old bones don't enjoy that these days

 

Nadeshiko League player movement (additions)


Division 1


★ Bunnys Gunma FC White Star ★

out
Sato Ami #11 - Retire

in
Kawagoe Akira - Diavorosso Hiroshima


★ Ehime FC Ladies ★

out
Yoshimi Miki #21gk - Marconi Stallions FC (Aus)


Division 2

★ Shizuoka SSU Bonita ★

out
Koizumi Rena #7 - Retire

in
Amma Honoka - Iwata Higashi High School
Hattori Kanon - Iwata Higashi High School
Ishida Kozakura - Okayama Sakuyo High School
Komizu Nana - Hokkaido Bunkyo University High School
Kita Nanako - Tokoha University Tachibana High School


★ Norddea Hokkaido ★

out
Ozeki Miyu #27 - Retire
Matsuyama Satoshi #5 - Retire
Gyoda Rui #2 - Retire

in
Onuma Suzuho - Sapporo University Vista
Enoki Shizuka - Asahikawa Business High School Girls soccer club

★ Tsukuba FC Ladies ★

in
Murakami Nao - Niigata University of Health and Welfare


★ Okayama Yunogo Belle ★

in
Uchida Yoshimi - Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina


★ Via Materasu Miyazaki ★

out
Sato Minori #24 - Miyazaki International University
Sato Misuki #28 - Miyazaki International University

in
Tameyasu Mizuki gk - Bunny's Gunma FC White Star
Mao Miyamoto - Izumi Techno FC


★ FC Fujizakura Yamanashi ★

in
Suga Momoka - Yamato Sylphid
Suda Kurumi - Yamato Sylphid
Kamura Nanami - Sendai University
Nagaki Mariko - Speranza Osaka
Tokuda Yuka - Diavorosso Hiroshima
Tajiri Saki - Mukogawa Women's University


Full updated D1 and D2 lists.....Maybe
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CalWdHidZKkvGe2GvlSQtWYBxe9TBfzk/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iGh2juJ2WcjZumLK2_tDvjivk-PhD5vD/view?usp=sharing


The few announced squads....





Thoughts, opinions, musings, predictions or hopes, on the 2023 season.
Division 1

1st and 2nd
Top spot is between Harima and Setagaya. Setagaya know this so they signed Shinbori Kanami to try to disrupt the Harima attack.

3rd to 6th
Iga are building for 2024/25 with so many changes, could drop to 4th or 5th this year.

Nagoya could be interesting. Of the summer WE to Nadeshiko signings, Tachibana Rei (Chifure) was most impressive. Looking forward to a strong midfield with Sinjyo Mai and Tachibana Rei feeding Yamada Niina.
So maybe 3rd spot for Nagoya.

Ehime with new goalkeepers should greatly improve to 5th or 6th at least, I feel.

Orca should be in this group too with 3 more Bunnygirls joining them

7th to 11th in any order
Speranza, Shizuoka, Nittaidai, Nippatsu and Yamato Sylphid

12th
Bunnys . Big changes there too. Losing both Unai Sara and Sekiguchi Mayu must be a big blow, and now the announcement of Sato Ami retiring.

Division 2

1st to 3rd
Between these 3 maybe, Viama, JFA, Belle.

4th to 6th in any order
Fujizakura, Tsukuba, Anclas.

7th to 9th in any order
Kibi, Diavarosso, Veertien.

10th
Norddea I don't like to see any of these teams end their season here but.....

Now if all 22 teams can go out each match day and score 2 or 3 goals, we would have a lot of interesting, entertaining, close battles

If you try to download the 2 divisions transfer lists and the links don't work, Let me know. I don't use Google drive much so not sure if I got the setting correct for sharing.

 

I was kind of hoping you or another member here might sponsor Ebine Chihiro I don't want her to be left out.

 

Man C game highlight:

Yui-chan doesn't appear in it at all. Man C relies on FW's strength too much. Yes, Hemp, Shaw and others are really good, but I feel tired to watch their games somehow. They mostly play individually; few combination plays. I feel they don't need Hasegawa so much.
I don't know if she enjoys her play.
In that sense Risa-chan might be rather satisfied with her play even if she is in a weaker team because she is definitely one of the key players in West Ham.

 

"Ehime with new goalkeepers...".....all of my whingeing and moaning all of last season about a goalkeeper fit for a circus act who shouldn't be allowed near a football pitch and now we have two fresh faces...I'd like to think the powers that be at Ehime FC Ladies read some of my posts and acted accordingly..(wishful thinking on my part...they obviously didn't)....I'm just happy the club has opted for a completely fresh start in the goalkeeping department...they still need to learn how to play it out from the back safely new goalkeepers or not...I would settle for mid table mediocrity next season after the nightmare that was last season's performance....go on ladies....surprise me...finnish in the top half....make all the 5am starts worth it!

 

"The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) invited Russia and Belarus to take part in the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China, in September and October this year.
The International Olympic Committee indicated Wednesday that it favors officially neutral teams from Russia and its ally Belarus at the 2024 Olympics." (from other thread courtesy of @Pelefan )

https://www.espn.com.au/olympics/st...belarus-invited-asian-games-olympic-qualifier

I have a question for our Japanese friends - what does public opinion in Japan think about the situation in which Samurai Blue or Nadeshiko Japan would be forced by circumstances to play a match against Team Russia or Team Belarus (even if both would play under neutral flag) in the Asian Games tournament?

 

Tomorrow's game:

Empress's Cup final
Beleza vs Inac 15:00

 

I was wondering how this would play out because most Asian countries barring Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and a few others have decent a relationship with Russia.

Regarding your question, to be very blunt I don’t think most people would care. It’s sports at the end of the day. Russia playing football doesn’t really affect the war going on. It may send a diplomatic message that Russia still has friends in Asia but that’s pretty much the truth so there’s not much that can be done. There may be more controversy if we were hosting the qualifiers and we had to play the Russian anthem in stadiums.

 

Live on NHK BS1...(via AQ Stream for some of us)

 

The draw for the WE league cup will take place on February second. Seems we are departing from the East v West system.

【プレスリリース】
2023-24 WEリーグカップ🏆
グループステージ組み合わせ決定オープンドロー(抽選会) 実施のお知らせ🗳️

2月2日(木)18:45より 「WEリーグ公式YouTubeチャンネル」 にてライブ配信決定！🎥

✅https://t.co/oJRjhDaack#Yogibo #WEリーグ #私がサッカーを面白くする

— WEリーグ｜日本女子プロサッカーリーグ (@WE_League_JP) January 27, 2023

 

Who gets your vote for Player of the Match from Wednesday's win over Liverpool? 🌟

🗳️👇 https://t.co/N6EGRtScj3#LIVWHU | @zoskinhealth

— West Ham United Women (@westhamwomen) January 27, 2023

Hayashi still has bad games but she’s definitely improving if her last 3 games are anything to go by. In fact I’d advise everyone to watch the West Ham v Liverpool game if it’s still available on the FA player. Not a high quality match overall but our 3 Japanese players all played well.

 

Miyoshi Akane - ex Shizuoka, ex Actonians

This could be her at another English club...#12

We’re underway here in Milton Keynes, and here’s your Bees starting line up pic.twitter.com/Piq9xLwKnh

— London Bees 🐝 (@LondonBees) November 20, 2022

and...
15 Jan

GOAL!!!
London City U23s 🔵 0 - 1 Bees 🟠

11’ - The Bees get the first goal of the match. London City give the ball away at the back, Ash picks up possession and slots the ball through for Akane to put it home.

— London Bees 🐝 (@LondonBees) January 15, 2023

Full Time
London City U23s 🔵 0 - 5 Bees 🟠

The final whistle blows, and the Bees progress to the second round of the Capital cup with a 5-0 win over London City with goals from Akane, Whinnet, Fisher, and Potter (2)

— London Bees 🐝 (@LondonBees) January 15, 2023

22 Jan

GOAL!!!

Bees 🟠 1 - 0 🔵 Ipswich Town

Bees take the lead. With Town down to 10 with a player in the sin bin, the Bees mount on the pressure. Akane picks up the ball on the left and crosses in for Fisher to prod home from inside the 6 yard box.

— London Bees 🐝 (@LondonBees) January 22, 2023

 

H.T.....Empress's Cup Final

Beleza 1 INAC 0
39 min....Ueki
Not exactly what you would call a thriller so far

 

F.T....Empress's Cup Final

Beleza 4 INAC 0
39 min...Ueki
82 min...Kobayashi
90 min...Fujino
Comprehensive win by Beleza..INAC didn't turn up today

 

That result is somewhat disappointing. I would have expected more from INAC.

 

You list three scorers and indicate four goals as result. Who scored #4?

 

39' 49' Ueki
82' Kobayashi
90' Fujino

attendance: 1 939 (... and to think that 8 years ago more than 20 000 has come to see the final match)

meanwhile...

Maika Hamano scored brace and assisted Janogy with the third (she entered from the bench at the start of 2nd half when result was 0-0). Hammarby won 3-0 with Aland United (Finland)

 

Final match replay

 

Ueki scored in the first half as well as second half

 

Confused...I would be
Above should read
49 min...Ueki