Why is YANMAR
involved in football?

从日本没有职业联赛开始，YANMAR就开始涉足足球，那只是一项小运动。

我们之所以喜欢这项运动，是因为足球代表着一种面向组织的方法和全球影响力，这对于公司的发展至关重要。

足球是一种面向组织的运动，在比赛中，每个球员都必须根据团队战术制定决策，以速度和时机移动球，并且经理，教练和队长必须表现出统一的领导才能，并培养团队士气。我们认为，赢得足球比赛所需的条件与公司发展所需的条件之间存在一些共同点，因此，我们已将这项运动的许多方面纳入公司的活动。

足球在全球也具有吸引力，YANMAR是第一支将海外球员带到日本的足球队。的确，早在1960年代，我们就促进了巴西和日本参与者（员工）的交流，以此来培养我们组织的全球性。

如今，随着我们在全球发展业务，我们对Cerezo Osaka的赞助帮助我们赢得了全球客户的信任。

Establishment and Growth of Cerezo Osaka

大阪足球俱乐部是当今大阪Cerezo的前身。切雷佐（Cerezo）的球队名称源自西班牙语中的“樱花”一词，其花朵象征大阪市。

Over the years, Cerezo Osaka’s roster has included many players who have represented Japan at international level. Among these are many players who started their careers at Cerezo Osaka, as well as those who came through the Cerezo academy. Players to pass through Cerezo in recent years include Shinji Kagawa (now at PAOK in Greece) who joined the club aged 17, and Takumi Minamino (now at Liverpool in England), making Cerezo Osaka a club that is renowned for producing world-class players.

During the 2017 season, Cerezo took its first two major titles, winning the YBC Levain Cup as well as the Emperor's Cup. In 2018, former Japan international and one-club-man Hiroaki Morishima was elected president of Cerezo’s operating company (Cerezo Osaka Co., ltd.). Morishima spent his entire playing career with Yanmar Diesel Soccer Club/Cerezo Osaka, earning him the nickname “Mr. Cerezo”.
The number 8 shirt worn by Morishima throughout his playing career carries a special honor, and is nowadays shouldered by key players who are indispensable to the team.