was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League. It was one of the founding clubs in the league when it was created in 1989. The club was disbanded in 1999.
Founding The Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies team was a new team created specifically for the new Japan Women’s Football League competition, mostly using the best players from the previous Shimizudaihachi SC team, which had been dominant in the Shizuoka League, winning 7 consecutive titles between 1980 and 1986, but which was unable to afford to participate in the new completion. The players chosen to move to the new team were forward Etsuko Handa, midfielders Chiaki Yamada and Futaba Kioka, and defender Sayuri Yamaguchi.
Along with these veteran players, the team chose a number of younger players, and also imported a foreign player - a practice which was common in men’s teams of the era, but unusual until that point in Japan’s domestic women’s competitions.
The foreign players signed to the team at its creation in 1989 were forward Chou Tai-ying, a Taiwanese player who had been playing professionally in Germany, and led the scoring for the club in the 1989 season with 12 goals.
The Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Lovely Ladies won the inaugural Nadeshiko League in 1989.
Honors
Domestic competitions Nadeshiko.League Division 1 Champions (1) : 1989 Runners-up (4) : 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Empress's Cup All-Japan Women's Football Tournament Champions (1) : 1991 Runners-up (2) : 1989, 1990
Results SeasonDomestic LeagueNational CupLeague CupLeague NoteLeagueLevelPlaceTms. 1989 JLSL 1 1st 6 Runners-up - 1990 2nd 6 Runners-up - 1991 2nd 10 Champion - 1992 2nd 10 Semi-finals - 1993 2nd 10 2nd Stage - 1st Stage : 1st / 2nd Stage : 4th 1994 L 4th 10 Quarter-finals - 1st Stage : 6th / 2nd Stage : 3rd 1995 3rd 10 Quarter-finals - 1st Stage : 3rd / 2nd Stage : 7th 1996 4th 10 Semi-finals 3rd 1st Stage : 5th / 2nd Stage : 5th 1997 4th 10 Semi-finals Group League 1st Stage : 4th / 2nd Stage : 4th 1998 3rd 10 Semi-finals Group League 1st Stage : 5th / 2nd Stage : 2nd / Moved to Regional League 1999 Tokai 2 Quarter-finals - Dissolved
Transition of team name Shimizu FC Women : 1986 - 1988 Shimizu FC Ladies : 1989 Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies : 1990 - 1999
Former players
Anneli Andelén Kristin Bengtsson Cindy Daws Nathalie Geeris Futaba Kioka Keri Sanchez Chou Tai-ying
References
External links
Japanese women's club teams