Yokohama Flugels, Yokohama Marinos Merge - New team, Yokohama F/Marinos, Born from Merger - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETOKYO-29 October 1998 All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA) ,today announced that ANA Sports Co., Ltd. and Nissan Football Club Co., Ltd. would merge on 1 February, 1999. The new company will be called Yokohama Marinos Co., Ltd. According to the merger, the Yokohama Flugels and the Yokohama Marinos, both J-League teams, will join under the name Yokohama F/Marinos. The new team will begin competing from the 1999 season.ends |