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Tochigi City FC
栃木シティFC
Full nameTochigi City Football Club
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947) as Hitachi Tochigi Soccer Club
GroundCity Football Station
Tochigi, Tochigi
Capacity5,129
ChairmanJapan Takashi Ōkuri
ManagerJapan Naoki Imaya
LeagueJapan Football League
2023Kantō Soccer League Div.1, 2nd of 10
Promoted via JRCL, 1st of 4 (champions)
Websitehttps://tochigi-city.com/

Tochigi City Football Club (栃木シティフットボールクラブ, Tochigi Shiti Futtobōrukurabu), commonly known as Tochigi City FC (栃木シティFC, Tochigi Shiti Efushi) is a Japanese football club based in Tochigi Prefecture. The club plays in the fourth-tier Japan Football League from 2024, after promotion from the Kantō Soccer League Div. 1 in 2023.

History

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The club was formed in 1947 as Hitachi Tochigi Soccer Club, the works team of the local Hitachi, Ltd. affiliate.

After finishing as a runners-up in the local Kanto Soccer League in 2009 season, they were promoted to the 2010 Japan Football League through the All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series. Prior to their first season in JFL, the club has dropped Hitachi prefix in its name and changed the reference to sport from "soccer" to "football" following general Japanese trend. From the 2019 season, the club has adopted the new name as Tochigi City FC.[1][2]

In 2023, Tochigi City secure promotion to JFL after defeat Tsukuba FC 4–0 in final day of 2023 Japanese Regional Football Champions League, Champions of Japanese Regional Football Champions League for the first time in history due to finish 2nd place in Kanto Soccer League and return to fourth tier after six years absence since change name from Tochigi Uva.

On 24 September 2024, Tochigi City announcement officially granted J3 License club after approve from J. League Board of Directors.[3]

Origin name

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In 2002 it adopted the moniker Uva (meaning "grape" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish), after the vineyards of its home area, southern Tochigi Prefecture.[citation needed]

League and cup record

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League Emperor's
Cup
Shakaijin Cup
Season Div. Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts
Tochigi Uva
2010 JFL 18 15th 34 7 10 17 41 75 -34 31 1st round Ineligible
2011 17 10th 33 12 9 12 40 43 -3 45 2nd round
2012 17 17th 32 4 10 18 36 70 -34 22 Prefectural qualify round
2013 18 17th 34 9 3 22 34 64 -32 30 2nd round
2014 14 13th 26 4 7 15 16 37 -21 19 1st round
2015 16 16th 30 5 4 21 29 61 -32 19 1st round
2016 16 15th 30 5 1 24 34 77 -43 16 1st round
2017 16 16th 30 5 9 16 22 56 -34 24 2nd round
2018 KSL 10 1st 18 17 1 0 55 14 36 52 Prefectural qualify round Did not play
Tochigi City FC
2019 KSL 10 3rd 18 9 5 4 30 15 15 32 1st round 2nd round
2020 10 1st 9 7 2 0 25 6 19 23 1st round Cancelled
2021 12 4th 22 14 2 6 45 26 19 46 2nd round
2022 10 1st 18 11 4 3 33 14 19 37 Prefectural qualify round Quarter final
2023 10 2nd 18 11 3 4 54 24 30 36 2nd round 1st round
2024 JFL 16 TBD 30 2nd round Ineligible
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained

Honours

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Tochigi City FC Honours
Honour No. Years
Tochigi Prefecture Division 1 10 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1999, 2002
Tochigi Prefecture 2nd Division A 2 1989, 1990
Tochigi Prefecture Division 2 1 1991
Kantō Soccer League 3 2018, 2020, 2022
Japanese Regional Football Champions League 1 2023

Current squad

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As of 3 April 2024.[4]

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 Japan JPN Yoshinobu Harada
2 DF Brazil BRA Carlos Eduardo
3 DF Japan JPN Shuto Masuda
4 DF Japan JPN Rempei Uchida
5 DF Japan JPN Ryo Okuda
6 DF Japan JPN Taiga Nishiyama
7 DF Japan JPN Ryuga Suzuki
8 MF Japan JPN Takahiro Noda
9 FW Japan JPN Yuki Yamamura
10 MF Japan JPN Yuki Okaniwa
11 MF Japan JPN Genta Omotehara
13 MF Japan JPN Takashi Oshima
14 MF Japan JPN Genya Sekino
15 DF Japan JPN Yoshiki Sato
16 MF Japan JPN Sho Toriumi
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Japan JPN Takumi Fujiwara
18 FW Japan JPN Toshiaki Shishido
21 GK Japan JPN Kanta Tanaka
22 MF Japan JPN Hiroto Suzuki
23 FW Japan JPN Atsushi Yoshida
26 MF Japan JPN Shun Utsugi
27 FW Japan JPN Kazuya Niwa
28 MF Brazil BRA Pedro Henrique (on loan from Fujieda MYFC)
29 GK Japan JPN Azusa Takayama
31 GK Japan JPN Peter Kwame Aizawa
32 MF Japan JPN Riku Tosa
40 FW Japan JPN Kunitomo Suzuki
41 FW Japan JPN Ryohei Yamazaki
77 FW Japan JPN Paulo Junichi Tanaka
99 FW Japan JPN Masahide Hiraoka

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Japan JPN Akira Yoshida (at Tochigi City U-25)

Club staff

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Position Staff[5]
Manager Japan Naoki Imaya
Defense coach Japan Takuma Tsuda
Offense coach Japan Atsushi Izawa
Goalkeeper coach Japan Yuki Takita
Strengthening coach Japan Nobuaki Sekimura
Analyst Japan Daito Kai
Japan Kazuki Yokoyama
Chief trainer Japan Arihiro Koizumi
Trainer Japan Kosuke Inoue
Competent/Kitman Japan Masateru Hata
Side affair and interpreter Japan Naoki Iwahashi
Reinforcement affairs Japan Takumi Abe

References

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  1. ^ mainichi.jp
  2. ^ sankei.com
  3. ^ "2025シーズン J3クラブライセンス交付のお知らせ" (Press release). 栃木シティFC. 2024-09-25. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  4. ^ "Tochigi City FC". Tochigi City FC. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Club staff 2024". jfl.or.jp. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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