Happy New Year

If the season were to begin today, this would be your Kashiwa Reysol squad

大谷　秀和　MF Hidekazu Otani
大津　祐樹　MF Yuki Otsu
川浪　吾郎　GK Goro Kawanami
北嶋　秀朗　FW Hideaki Kitajima
桐畑　和繁　GK Kazuhiga Kirihata
工藤　壮人　FW Masato Kudo
古賀　正紘　DF Masahiro Koga
酒井　宏樹　DF Hiroki Sakai
菅野　孝憲　GK Takenori Sugeno
仙石　廉　　MF Ren Sengoku
田中　順也　FW Junya Tanaka
武富　孝介　MF Masuka Taketomi
パク・ドンヒョク DF Park Don Hyuk
茨田　陽生　MF Akimi Harada
林　陵平　FW Ryohei Hayashi
橋本　和　　DF Wataru Hashimoto
比嘉　厚平　MF Kohei Higa
山崎　正登　MF Masato Yamazaki
レアンドロ・ドミンゲス　FW/MF Leandro Dominguez
渡部　博文 DF Hirofumi Watanabe
アルセウ　MF Alceu
小林　祐三　DF Yuzo Kobayashi
藏川　洋平　DF Yohei Kurokawa
栗澤　僚一　MF Ryoichi Kurisawa
澤　昌克　FW Masakatsu Sawa
菅沼　実　MF Minoru Suganuma
村上　佑介　DF Yusuke Murakami

So 27 players are official......Kurisawa comes in on a full transfer from FC Tokyo and Alceu is renewed for 1 more year after a tragic 2009 and a disastrous 2008. Most of the core is back from the 2009 team with Franca being the only major holdout.

As expected, Kota Sugiyama went back to Shimizu S Pulse to probably sit on the bench.

Popo meanwhile is a new member of the increasingly old Vissel Kobe.