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JEF United Ichihara, prior to their match against Verdy Kawasaki (1992-09-23)
In 1991 Japanese company football teams JR East and Furukawa Electric merged to form "Higashi Nihon JR Furukawa Soccer Club", subsequently renamed JEF United Ichihara (ジェフユナイテッド市原) for the debut of the Japanese J.League. Sega were the first major sponsor of JEF United, and were first seen during the first ever J.League tournament, the 1992 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup[1] between September and November 1992. The first full J.League season would take place the following year, and has been an annual event ever since.
During the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, the team continued to play in its blue-and-white stripes Higashi Nihon JR Furukawa colours, with the teams' now iconic yellow and green kit debuting in 1993. Sega sponsored the team until the end of the 1996 season, with JEF United finishing in the middle of the league table each year.
While Sega has not partnered with JEF United since, Sammy would sponsor the team in the 2005 season, after its merger with Sega to form Sega-Sammy Holdings.
Kits
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Merchandise
J.League Official Trading Cards
J.League Gold Card '93-'94 (Jリーグガム ゴールドカード'93-'94)
#005 Regent Junji Michel (front)
#005 Regent Junji Michel (back)
#046 Kazuo Echigo (front)
#085 Masano Sasaki (front)
#085 Masano Sasaki (back)
1994
#136: Kenichi Shimokawa (front)
#136: Kenichi Shimokawa (back)
#139: Michel Miyazawa (front)
#139: Michel Miyazawa (back)
#140: Sandro Chaves de Assis Rosa (front)
#140: Sandro Chaves de Assis Rosa (back)
#141: Atsuhiko Ejiri (front)
#141: Atsuhiko Ejiri (back)
#144: Toru Yoshida (front)
#144: Toru Yoshida (back)
#145: Kazuo Echigo (front)
#145: Kazuo Echigo (back)
#149: Pavel Rehak (front)
J.Cards '95
#272: Atsuhiko Ejiri (front)
#272: Atsuhiko Ejiri (back)
J.Cards '96
#016: Kenichi Shimokawa (front)
#016: Kenichi Shimokawa (back)
#022: Tadahiro Akiba (front)
#022: Tadahiro Akiba (back)
#281: Kazuhiro Suzuki (front)
#281: Kazuhiro Suzuki (back)
#286: Tadahiro Akiba (front)
#286: Tadahiro Akiba (back)
Premium J.Cards '96/'97
#070: The Ironman Eisuke Nakanishi (front)
#070: The Ironman Eisuke Nakanishi (back)
Kodak cards
Match Day cards (マッチデーカード)
Starting in 2005, JEF United offered collectable cards for those who attended matches. In 2011 the team was celebrating its 20th anniversary, with its first four cards of the season paying homage to the first four seasons.
Soccer Cards (サッカーカード) (Calbee)
1992~1993
#18: Yoshikazu Goto (front)
#18: Yoshikazu Goto (back)
#49: Yuji Sakakura (front)
#49: Yuji Sakakura (back)
#84: Kazuo Echigo (front)
#92: Eisuke Nakanishi (front)
#92: Eisuke Nakanishi (back)
#107: Yoshio Kato (front)
1993
#125: František Myslivěcek (front)
#125: František Myslivěcek (back)
#134: Atsuhiko Ejiri (front)
#134: Atsuhiko Ejiri (back)
#142: Kazuo Echigo (front)
#142: Kazuo Echigo (back)
#151: Pavel Řehák (front)
#168: Masaaki Kanno (front)
#168: Masaaki Kanno (back)
#196: Michael Miyazawa (front)
#196: Michael Miyazawa (back)
#205: Yuji Sakakura (front)
#205: Yuji Sakakura (back)
#214: František Myslivěcek (front)
#214: František Myslivěcek (back)
#223: Yoshikazu Gotoh (front)
#223: Yoshikazu Gotoh (back)
#232: Atsuhiko Ejiri (front)
#232: Atsuhiko Ejiri (back)
#241: Kazuo Echigo (front)
#241: Kazuo Echigo (back)
#250: Pavel Řehák (front)
#258: Kenichi Shimokawa (front)
#258: Kenichi Shimokawa (back)
#259: Masano Sasaki (front)
#259: Masano Sasaki (back)
#271: Hiroshi Miyazawa (front)
#271: Hiroshi Miyazawa (back)
#279: Masanaga Kageyama (front)
#279: Masanaga Kageyama (back)
#287: Michael Miyazawa (front)
#287: Michael Miyazawa (back)
#294: Eisuke Nakanishi (front)
#294: Eisuke Nakanishi (back)
#310: Masano Sasaki (front)
#310: Masano Sasaki (back)
#310: Masano Sasaki (misprint) (front)
#310: Masano Sasaki (misprint)
#336: Masanori Kizawa (front)
#336: Masanori Kizawa (back)
#389: Yasuhiko Niimura (front)
#389: Yasuhiko Niimura (back)
1994
#13: Michael Miyazawa (front)
#13: Michael Miyazawa (back)
#14: František Myslivěcek (front)
#14: František Myslivěcek (back)
#15: Kenichi Shimokawa (front)
#15: Kenichi Shimokawa (back)
#16: Pierre Littbarski (front)
#16: Pierre Littbarski (back)
#17: Frank Ordenew (front)
#17: Frank Ordenew (back)
#18: Eisuke Nakanishi (front)
#18: Eisuke Nakanishi (back)
#103: Kazuya Igarashi (front)
#103: Kazuya Igarashi (back)
#104: Masanaga Kageyama (front)
#104: Masanaga Kageyama (back)
#105: Yuji Sakakura (front)
#105: Yuji Sakakura (back)
#106: Toru Yoshida (front)
#106: Toru Yoshida (back)
#107: Mikio Manaka (front)
#107: Mikio Manaka (back)
#196: Kenichi Shimokawa (front)
#196: Kenichi Shimokawa (back)
#199: Pavel Řehák (front)
1995
#147: Goran Vasilijevic (front)
#147: Goran Vasilijevic (back)
1996
#44: Nenad Maslovar (front)
#44: Nenad Maslovar (back)
#60: Tadahiro Akiba (front)
#60: Tadahiro Akiba (back)
#61: Kazuhiro Suzuki (front)
#61: Kazuhiro Suzuki (back)
#103: Mikio Manaka (front)
#103: Mikio Manaka (back)
#155: Kenichi Shimokawa (front)
#155: Kenichi Shimokawa (back)
#195: Takayuki Chano (front)
#195: Takayuki Chano (back)
#227: Kenichi Shimokawa (front)
#227: Kenichi Shimokawa (back)
J.League '93 Full Matches (VHS)
Miscellaneous
References