Azul Claro Numazu

Azul Claro Numazu was established in 1977 as Numazu Arsenal and slowly progressed through the tiers of Shizuoka prefectural leagues. In 2006 the club began the process of transformation into a professional organization with the ultimate goal of joining the J.League. The same year the club adopted its current name, Azul Claro (Meaning "light blue" in Portuguese and Spanish).

In 2012 Azul Claro won promotion to Tōkai Adult Soccer League and quickly progressed through its ranks, spending only a season in each of its divisions. Though they have finished only fourth in 2013 Tōkai League, they were considered as serious contenders for admission to the newly created J3 League. On September 17, 2013, the club has been granted the J. League Associate Membership and passed all stages of licensing and inspection by the league. However, they were only the 3rd choice club for the only Regional League spot in J3 so eventually, they had to give way to Grulla Morioka. The club has won the promotion anyway though—they were selected by the Japan Football League board as one of the teams to play in the 2014 season.

After a 3rd-place finish in the 2016 season, they've been welcomed to play professional football from 2017 and onward, as they'll be the 14th original club in the J3 League.[1]

Kit history

Home, away, and third kits.

• Home

2017	2018	2019

• Away

	2017	2018	2019

Colour, sponsors and manufacturers

Season(s)	Main Shirt Sponsor	Collarbone Sponsor		Additional Sponsor(s)				Kit Manufacturer
2013	SURUGA bank	–	–	–	–	NNH	–	Puma
2014				USUi		MEIDEN	雄大
2015	USUi			SURUGA Bank		–	MEIDEN
2016						MEIDEN	–
2017
2018		Kawata Construction (Left)	Kawata Construction (Right)
2019
2020		MEIDEN (Left)	MEIDEN (Right)			Kawata Construction

As of 28 June 2020.[2][3] 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  PRK Park Seung-ri 2 DF  JPN Tomoki Fujisaki 3 DF  JPN Tatsuya Anzai 4 DF  JPN Akira Osako 5 FW  JPN Shusuke Sakamoto 6 MF  JPN Kenshiro Suzuki 7 MF  JPN Tomoki Taniguchi 8 MF  JPN Makoto Fukoin 9 FW  JPN Naoki Tanaka 10 MF  JPN Kazuki Someya 11 MF  JPN Koki Maezawa 13 GK  JPN Yuya Nagasawa 14 FW  JPN Yuki Nakayama 15 MF  JPN Takuya Sugai 16 FW  JPN Kota Suzuki

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  JPN Eiichiro Ozaki 20 MF  JPN Naoki Sato 21 MF  JPN Yuma Mori 22 DF  JPN Masayuki Tokutake 23 DF  JPN Kosuke Goto 24 DF  JPN Yuki Fukai 25 MF  JPN Teruyoshi Ito 26 MF  JPN Seiji Shindo 28 DF  JPN Koki Inoue 29 FW  JPN Yusuke Imamura 32 GK  JPN Ryusuke Otomo 34 MF  JPN Kotaro Tokunaga 35 FW  JPN Ryo Watanabe 38 DF  JPN Takumi Hama - FW  MAS Hadi Fayyadh (on loan from Fagiano Okayama)

• Official Site (in Japanese)