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| Full name | Kashiwa Reysol[1] | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Taiyō-Ō (Sun King) Aurinegro (gold-and-black) | ||
| Short name | REY | ||
| Founded | 1940 as Hitachi S.C. | ||
| Stadium | Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium ("Hitachidai") Kashiwa, Chiba | ||
| Capacity | 15,900 | ||
| Owner | Hitachi | ||
| Chairman | Ryuichiro Takikawa | ||
| Head coach | Masami Ihara | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2023 | J1 League, 17th of 18 | ||
| Website | http://www.reysol.co.jp/english/ | ||
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Kashiwa Reysol (柏レイソル, Kashiwa Reisoru) is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium, also known as "Hitachidai". Reysol is a portmanteau of the Spanish words Rey and Sol, meaning "Sun King". The name alludes to their parent company Hitachi, whose name means "rising sun" in Japanese.
The club was formed in 1940 and was a founding member ("Original Eight"[a]) of the Japan Soccer League (JSL) in 1965. Since the league's inception, they have spent the majority of their existence in the top tier of Japanese football. They have been Japanese League champions twice in 1972 and 2011, and have won three League Cups in 1976, 1999 and 2013, and three Emperor's Cups in 1972, 1975 and 2012.
- ^ "Club guide: Kashiwa Reysol". J.League. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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