Size: Default Title

Condition: 9/10 Superb. A name written on the wash / care label inside the garment

Size: Adult’s Large

Chest Measurement: 39-41 Inches / 99-103 CM

Manufacturer: Mizuno

Colour: White, green & blue trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 1994

Player: N/A

Patches: N/A

Official Mizuno Bellmare Hiratsuka football training shirt from the 1994 season.

Condition of this vintage football jersey is 9/10 - Superb. A name written on the wash / care label inside the garment (see photos).

In 1993, they adopted new name Shonan Bellmare. Their application to the J.League Associate membership was accepted. They played in the former Japan Football League Division 1 and won the league championship. After Hiratsuka City Council committed to finance the refurbishment of the Hiratsuka Stadium to meet the J.League requirements, J.League accepted the club.

The club was forced to change their name to Bellmare Hiratsuka because J.League required the participants to designate only one city or town as their hometown and include its name in the club names at that time. The club initially struggled to cope with the J.League opponents and finished 11th out of 12 in the first stage of the 1994 season. However, they came back in the second stage and finished 2nd.

With this momentum, the club won the 1994–1995 Emperor's Cup. This title qualified Bellmare for the 1996 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, which they won by beating Iraq's Al Talaba in the final. Hidetoshi Nakata joined the team in 1995 and they also successfully recruited Brazilian-born Wagner Lopes and influential Korean international Hong Myung-bo. This is arguably the most successful period of the club.

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