# Brew Kashima

Brew Kashima (ブリュー鹿島, Buryū Kashima) are a Japanese football club based on the city of Kashima, Saga. They play in the Kyushu Soccer League, one of Japan's fifth tier leagues, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

## Names throughout history

* 1991–1996: FC Inax SC
* 1997–2011: Kyushu Inax SC
* 2011–2021: Saga Lixil FC
* 2022–: Brew Kashima ("Brew" in the club's name relates to Sake brewing, a form of commerce prominent in the club's local community. "Kashima" literally means where are they club from.)

## League and Cup record

| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Emperor's Cup |
| Season | Division | Pos. | P | W | PKW | D | PKL | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Emperor's Cup |
| Saga Lixil FC ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Kyushu Soccer League | 9th | 20 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | 13 | 27 | 39 | -12 | 17 | Did not qualify |
| 2018 | Kyushu Soccer League | 7th | 18 | 5 | 2 | – | 3 | 8 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 22 | First round |
| 2019 | Kyushu Soccer League | 3rd | 18 | 9 | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 29 | First round |
| 2020 | Kyushu Soccer League | League season cancelled because of COVID-19 | League season cancelled because of COVID-19 | League season cancelled because of COVID-19 | League season cancelled because of COVID-19 | League season cancelled because of COVID-19 | League season cancelled because of COVID-19 | League season cancelled because of COVID-19 | League season cancelled because of COVID-19 | League season cancelled because of COVID-19 | League season cancelled because of COVID-19 | League season cancelled because of COVID-19 | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | Kyushu Soccer League | 4th | 18 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | 50 | 37 | 13 | 27 | Did not qualify |
| Brew Kashima ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Kyushu Soccer League | 6th | 18 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 10 | 28 | 55 | -27 | 26 | First round |
| 2023 | Kyushu Soccer League | 7th | 18 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 8 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 20 | First round |
| 2024 | Kyushu Soccer League | 4th | 18 | 10 | - | 1 | - | 7 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 31 | Did not qualify |
| 2025 | Kyushu Soccer League | TBA | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | TBA |

### Key

* Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won after 90 minutes; PKW = Games won by penalty shoot-out; D = Games drawn; PKL = Games lost by penalty shoot-out; L = Games lost after 90 minutes; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points won

## Honours

Brew Kashima honours :
| Honour | No. | Years |
| Saga Prefecture League 1st Division | 5 | 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016 |
| Saga Prefecture Football Championship | 11 | 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 |

## Emperor's Cup performance

The club qualified to it 11 times, after winning the aforementioned Saga Prefecture Football Championship, which serves as a prefectural qualification for the Emperor's Cup. At the competition, they failed to progress from the 1st round in all attempts but one.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 23 August 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Kenshiro Maeda |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Higa |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Kaede Migita |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Reo Murata |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Koshin Honda |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Kosuke Yoshimura |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Kei Aramaki |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Daiki Suenaga |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Soru Iwanaga |
| 10 | FW | JPN | Shinichi Kawachi |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Rui Morimoto |
| 12 | DF | JPN | Yu Takada |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Kazuki Higa |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Takumi Sunada |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Yuya Yamaura |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Kaito Arima |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Kento Muranaka |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Yu Hirai |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Naoki Inomata |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Kenta Isaka |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Takemaru Hirakata |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Soma Takebe |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Seiya Nagatomi |