Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara

Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara (ノジマステラ神奈川相模原) is a Japanese women's professional football club which plays in the WE League. Its hometown is Sagamihara, Kanagawa.

Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
ノジマステラ神奈川相模原

Full name	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
Nickname(s)	Stella
Founded	2012
Ground	Sagamihara Gion Stadium
Capacity	11,808
Head coach	Masaaki Kanno
League	WE League
Website	http://stellakanagawa.nojima.co.jp

History

In the 2016 season, Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara finished the first place in the 2016 L. League Division 2 and clinched the promotion to the Division 1 for the first time in the team history.^[1]

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
2021–2022	X-girl	Television Kanagawa (TVK)	Epos Card
2022–2023
2023–2024

Mascot

Lady Momo (Momo-chan)

• Birthday: March 3rd
• Hobbies: Supporting Stella's games!!
• Special Skill: Quickly peel banana skins
• Favorite food: Banana.
• Specialty dish: Sweets made with banana.

Players

Current squad

As of 13 May 2023.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Fubuki Kuno 2 DF  JPN Yuka Hirano 3 DF  JPN Minami Ishida 4 DF  JPN Miyuka Hatanaka 5 DF  JPN Risako Oga 6 MF  JPN Arisa Matsubara 7 MF  JPN Hikari Hirata 9 FW  JPN Arisa Minamino 10 MF  JPN Ami Sugita 14 MF  JPN Hina Inoue 15 DF  JPN Mako Kudo 16 GK  JPN Nagisa Ikejiri

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  JPN Sora Fukuzumi 19 MF  JPN Chihiro Ishida 20 FW  JPN Manaka Matsumoto 21 MF  JPN Riko Shimoyama 22 DF  JPN Juri Ito 23 FW  JPN Haruka Hamada 24 MF  JPN Mahiro Nishigori 25 FW  JPN Rinko Ushikubo 26 DF  JPN Ami Dekimura 27 MF  JPN Kana Fujiwara 28 FW  JPN Chinari Sasai 29 FW  JPN Hana Saito 30 FW  JPN Megu Hamada

Club staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Masaaki Kanno
Assistant head coach	Kei Ezawa
Goalkeeper Coach	Tomoya Ikeda
Chief trainer	Ichiro Kumagai
Trainer	Toru Mizoguchi
Competent	Ayana Maehara
Academy director and Director of Avenir	Aiko Fujimaki
Director Due	Kohei Midorikawa
Academy Goalkeeper Coach	Mami Isogami
Due Manager	Yuho Tomoe
Avenile Manager	Takuma Ito

Honours

Domestic

• Nadeshiko League Division 2
  • Champions (1): 2016
• Empress's Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2017

Season-by-season record

Seasons of Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara

Season	Domestic League				Empress's Cup	Nadeshiko League Cup / WE League Cup
	League	Level	Position	Tms.
2012	Kanagawa Div.3	6	Champions	Third round	—
2013	Challenge League	2	4th	16	First round	—
2014			3rd	16	Third round	—
2015	Nadeshiko League Div.2		2nd	10	Third round	—
2016			Champions	10	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals / Div.2
2017	Nadeshiko League Div.1	1	8th	10	Runners-up	Group stage
2018			3rd	10	Quarter-finals	Group stage
2019			7th	10	Quarter-finals	Group stage
2020			8th	10	Quarter-finals	Cancelled
2021–22	WE League		10th	11	Fourth round	—
2022–23			9th	11	Quarter-finals	Group stage
2023–24			TBD	12	TBD	TBD

Transition of team name

• Nojima Stella Kanagawa: 2012–2013
• Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara: 2014–present

See also

• Japan Football Association (JFA)
• 2022–23 in Japanese football
• List of women's football clubs in Japan