Kochi United SC

Kōchi United SC
高知ユナイテッドスポーツクラブ
Full name	Kōchi United Sports Club
Founded	2016
Ground	Kochi Haruno Sports Ground (Kōchi Haruno Athletics Stadium); Haruno, Kōchi
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Shigekazu Takemasa
Manager	Akihiro Nishimura
League	Japan Football League
2020	Japan Football League, 14th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Kōchi United Sports Club, (高知ユナイテッドスポーツクラブ, Kōchi United SC) is a football club based in Kōchi, the capital city of Kōchi Prefecture in Japan. They played in the Shikoku Soccer League, one of the Japanese Regional Leagues from 2016–2019, winning it three times in a row from 2017–19. In 2019 they finished 2nd in the Japanese Regional Football League Competition, earning promotion to the Japan Football League from the 2020 season.

History

On February 1st 2016, two established Shikoku League clubs; Igosso Kōchi FC (アイゴッソ高知FC) and Kōchi U Torastar FC (高知UトラスターFC) merged to form one club, whose aim was to be the first team from Kōchi Prefecture to play in the J. League. After officially changing the management company's name to Kōchi United Sports Club Ltd., Kochi United SC took Igosso Kōchi FC's place in the Shikoku League. For the many players at Kōchi U Torastar FC unable to join Kochi United SC, and wanting to continue playing as amateurs in the Shikoku League, Kochi Sports Club Ltd. and Kochi University established KUFC Nangoku on March 1st 2016, and this new club took Kōchi U Torastar FC's place in the Shikoku League. The club badge depicts the ceremonial Keshō-mawashi (化粧廻し) of a Tosa Fighting Dog on the outside, with the dark red colors of Igosso Kochi FC and the green of Kōchi U Torastar inside it and an image of a leaping bonito or skipjack tuna drawn in the center (a popular fish in Kochi prefecture). The club's home shirt also reflects the colors of the amalgamated teams from which Kochi United SC was formed.

As Igosso Kōchi FC

Postwar-1966: Kōchi Agricultural High School O.B. Club (高知農業高校OBクラブ).

1966-1996: Nangoku Soccer Club (Shikoku League Champions:1980).

1996-1999: Himawari Milk Nangoku F.C. (ひまわり牛乳南国FC).

1999-2014: Nangoku Kōchi F.C. (Shikoku League Champions: 2001, 2002. 2003, 2004, 2005).

2014-2016: Igosso Kōchi.

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As Kōchi U Torastar FC

1998-2000: Transistor (トランジェスター).

2000-2006: Torastar (トラスター).

2006-2008: Beiling Torastar (北陵トラスター).

2008-2013: Nankoku Torastar (南国トラスターFC).

2013-2016: Kōchi U Torastar FC (Shikoku League Champions: 2014)

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2016 season

In their inaugural 2016 season they finished runners up in the Shikoku League (W12-D1-L1) to FC Imabari (FC今治) . They also qualified for the All Japan Senior Football Championship (全国社会人サッカー選手権大会 Zenkoku Shakaijin Sakkā Senshuken Taikai), but lost 4–3 in the first round to eventual winners Mitsubishi Mizushima FC (三菱水島 FC). In addition, they represented Kōchi in the Emperor's Cup (天皇杯 Tennōhai) breaking Kochi University's 13 year streak, but lost 2–1 in the first round proper to V-Varen Nagasaki (V・ファーレン長崎) of the J2 League having taken a shock lead with a Kota Sugawara penalty. Takuya Kobayashi was the top goalscorer with 17 goals in all competitions.

2017 season

In the 2017 season they won the Shikoku League with a W12-D2-L0 record, thus qualifying for the Japanese Regional Football League Competition (全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ Zenkoku Chiiki Sakkā Championzu Līgu). They were drawn in Group B for the tournament alongside Amitie SC Kyoto (now Ococias Kyoto AC おこしやす京都AC), FC TIAMO Hirakata (FCティアモ枚方) of the Kansai Soccer League, and Mitsubishi Mizushima FC of the Chūgoku Soccer League. They lost 1–0 against Kansai Champions Amitie SC Kyoto in their first match, but won their second game 2–1 against FC TIAMO Hirakata. In their final match they thrashed Mitsubishi Mizushima (6 times Chugoku League champions) 5–2, but it wasn't enough to win the group or qualify for the final stage as best runners up. Still, it was a fine overall performance in their first appearance in the tournament. In the Emperor's Cup they represented Kochi again, but went out in the first round proper for the second consecutive season, losing 2–1 to Verspah Oita (ヴェルスパ大分) of the Japan Football League, after leading with a Tsubasa Yokotake goal. In the All Japan Senior Football Championship first round, they led at half time but ended up losing 3–1 to Vonds Ichihara (VONDS市原). The top scorer for the season was Kota Sugawara with 23 goals in all competitions.

2018 season

Emperor's Cup

Regional Rounds:

Kochi Prefectual Football Championship Quarter-Final v Showa Club (昭和ｸﾗﾌﾞ): W 6–0.

Kochi Prefectual Football Championship Semi-Final v Rossorise KFC (ロッサライズKFC): W 5–1.

Kochi Prefectual Football Championship Final v KUFC Nangoku (KUFC南国): W 3–0.

Main Draw:

First Round Proper v Mitsubishi Mizushima FC: W 2-0 (Taguchi, Hirata). Attendance: 621.

Second Round Proper v Albirex Niigata (アルビレックス新潟): D 0-0 (L 5-3 pens). Venue: Denka Big Swan Stadium. Attendance: 2241.

All Japan Senior Football Championship

Kochi Prefecture Play-Off v Rossorise KFC:W 4–0.

Shikoku Playoff Tournament First Round v Koyo Sealing Techno (光洋シーリングテクノ):W 9–0.

Shikoku Playoff Semi-Final v Tadotsu FC (多度津FC): W 5–0.

First Round Proper v Suzuka Unlimited FC (鈴鹿アンリミテッドFC): L 0–3.

Shikoku Soccer League

1. v Koyo Sealing Techno: W 6–0.

2. v Llamas Kochi FC (llamas高知FC): W 8–0.

3. v Niisho Club (新商クラブ): W 3–0.

4. v R.Velho Takamatsu (アルヴェリオ高松): W 0–8.

5. v Tadotsu FC: W 8–0.

6. v KUFC Nangoku: W 3–1.

7. v FC Tokushima (FC徳島): L 1–0.

8. v Koyo Sealing Techno: W 0–8.

9. v Llamas Kochi FC: W 0–6.

10. v R.Velho Takamatsu: W 10–0.

11. v Tadotsu FC: W 1–5.

12. v KUFC Nangoku: W 0–1.

13. v FC Tokushima: D 3–3. (Attendance: 600+).

14. v Niisho Club: W 0-11.

Japanese Regional Football League Competition

1. Group A: v Blancdieu Hirosaki FC: L 2–3.

2. Group A: v Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth: L 0–3.

3. Group A: v FC Kariya L 1–2.

2019 season

Emperor's Cup

Kochi Prefectual Football Championship Semi-Final v Llamas Kochi FC: W 5–0. (Hiroki Maehara becomes Kochi United SC's all-time leading cup goal-scorer)

Kochi Prefectual Football Championship Final v KUFC Nangoku: W 3-2 (AET).

First Round Proper v MD Nagasaki (MD長崎): W 0-1 (Murakami). Attendance: 462.

Second Round Proper v V.Varen Nagasaki: L 1-2 (AET) (Nishimura). Attendance: 1498.

All Japan Senior Football Championship

Kochi Prefecture Play-Off v KUFC Nangoku: W 5-0 (Hiroki Maehara scores record equaling 49th goal for the club).

Shikoku Playoff Tournament First Round v Hisaeda FC (久枝FC): W 9–0.

Shikoku Playoff Semi-Final v FC Tokushima: L 1–2.

Shikoku Soccer League

1. v Koyo Sealing Techno: W 11-0 (Attendance 1000+).

2. v Niisho Club: W 10–0.

3. v Llamas Kochi FC: W 4–0.

4. v R.Velho Takamatsu: W 0–9.

5. v Tadotsu FC: W 7–0.

6. v KUFC Nangoku: W 4-0 (Ryo Taguchi becomes the club's all-time top league goal scorer with his 36th Shikoku League goal).

7. v FC Tokushima: W 1–2.

8. v Niisho Club: W 0-7 (Ryo Taguchi equals the all-time goal scoring record with his 49th strike in all competitions for Kochi United SC).

9. v Koyo Sealing Techno: W 0-14 (Hiroki Maehara becomes Kochi United's all-time leading goalscorer and the first player to score 50 goals for the club).

10. v Llamas Kochi FC: W 0–6.

11. v R.Velho Takamatsu: W 5–0.

12. v Tadotsu FC: W 2–7.

13. v KUFC Nangoku: W 1–2.

14. v FC Tokushima: W 4-0 (Attendance: 1100).

Japanese Regional Football League Competition

Group C: v Blancdieu Hirosaki: W 2–1.

Group C: v SRC Hiroshima: W 7–0.

Group C: v Ococias Kyoto AC: L 0–2.

Final Round: v Iwaki FC: L 3–0.

Final Round: v Fukui United FC: W 3–1.

Final Round: v Ococias Kyoto: W 3–1.

2020 season

Japan Football League

1. v Tokyo Musashino City FC H: D 1-1 (Shimodo). (First ever match in JFL).

2. v Nara Club A: D 1-1 (Nagao).

3. v Matsue City FC A: L 2-1 (Shimodo).

4. v FC Maruyasu Okazaki H: L 0-2

5. v Iwaki FC A: L 4-3 (Hirata, Nagao, Izumi).

6. v Honda Lock SC H: L 0-1.

7. v Suzuka Point Getters H: D 2-2 (Akahoshi, Fujisaki).

8. v Sony Sendai FC A: L 1-3 (Tsuboi).

9. v Verspah Oita H: L 0-1.

10. v Honda F.C. A: W 0-1 (Akahoshi). (First JFL win).

11. v Tegevajaro Miyazaki H: L 0-2.

12. v MIO Biwako Shiga H: W 3-0 (Yokotake (pen), Akahoshi, Taguchi). (First home JFL win).

13. v FC Osaka A: W 0-2 (Akahoshi 2). (First back-to-back JFL wins).

14. v ReinMeer Aomori H: D 1-1 (Akahoshi).

15. v Veertien Mie A: W 0-1 (Fujisaki).

Emperor's Cup

1. Kochi Prefectual Football Championship Final v Kochi University: W 2-0 (Maeda 2).

2. Second Round Proper: v Takamatsu University: W 2-1 (Akahoshi, Izumi).

3. Third Round Proper: v F.C Tokushima: W 2-0 (Taguchi, Nagao).

4. Fourth Round Proper: v Tsukuba University: L 3-2 AET (Akahoshi 2).

Current squad

Updated to Jan 26 2021.[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	JPN	Sotaro Maruyama
2	DF	JPN	Daiki Sakanoue
3	DF	JPN	Shota Fujisaki
4	MF	JPN	Kaito Hosoyama
5	MF	BRA	Lucas Daubermann
6	MF	JPN	Sho Aoki
7	MF	JPN	Daisuke Okada
8	FW	JPN	Yuta Nishimura
9	FW	JPN	Yoshikimi Nagao
10	MF	JPN	Tsubasa Yokotake (captain)
13	DF	JPN	Yuto Tanaka
14	FW	JPN	Tomoki Yoshida
15	FW	JPN	Masaki Shintani


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	JPN	Hiroto Matsubara
17	MF	JPN	Shoma Tanaka
18	FW	JPN	Koki Izumi
19	FW	JPN	Kaima Akahoshi
20	MF	JPN	Ryosuke Nagamatsu
21	DF	JPN	Yoshiharu Fujii
22	GK	JPN	Naotaka Ikegami
23	MF	JPN	Tomoya Seki
24	DF	JPN	Kenichiro Hirata
25	MF	JPN	Junya Kurihara
27	MF	JPN	Kento Nakamasu
29	DF	JPN	Ryusei Shimodo
30	GK	JPN	Seiya Inoue

League and Cup Record

League								Emperor's Cup	AJSFC	CCL	Top Goalscorer (All Competitions)
Season	Division	Position	GP	W	D	L	Pts	Emperor's Cup	AJSFC	CCL	Top Goalscorer (All Competitions)
2016	Shikoku Soccer League	2nd	14	12	1	1	37	1st round	1st round	DNQ	Takuya Kobayashi (17)
2017		1st	14	12	2	0	38	1st round	1st round	Group Stages	Kota Sugawara (23)
2018		1st	14	12	1	1	37	2nd Round	1st round	Group Stages	Kazuki Nakabayashi / Ryo Taguchi (16)
2019		1st	14	14	0	0	42	2nd Round	DNQ	2nd	Ryo Taguchi (19)
2020	JFL	14th	15	4	4	7	16	4th Round	-	-	Kaima Akahoshi (9)

Note: AJSFC=All Japan Senior Football Championship. CCL=Chiiki Champions League. DNQ=Did not qualify

All-time Competitive Record Table

Updated to Nov 2020

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albirex Niigata	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Aso FC	1	1	0	0	12	0	+12
Blancdieu Hirosaki FC	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Fukui United FC	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Hisaeda FC	2	2	0	0	15	0	+15
Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
Honda F.C.	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Honda Lock SC	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
FC Imabari	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Iwaki FC	2	0	0	2	3	7	-4
FC Kariya	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Kochi University	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4
Koyo Sealing Techno Soccer Club	7	7	0	0	67	1	+66
KUFC Nangoku	11	11	0	0	42	7	+35
Llamas Kochi FC	11	11	0	0	61	2	+59
FC Maruyasu Okazaki	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Matsue City FC	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4
MD Nagasaki	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
MIO Biwako Shiga	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Mitsubishi Mizushima FC	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4
Nara Club	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Nakamura Club	2	2	0	0	14	0	+14
Niisho Club	6	6	0	0	48	0	+48
Ococias Kyoto AC	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1
ReinMeer Aomori	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Rossorise KFC	4	4	0	0	26	1	+25
FC RSG	1	1	0	0	10	0	+10
R.Velho Takamatsu	9	9	0	0	56	0	+56
Shinnitte Tsusumikin Oita Soccer Club	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Showa Club	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6
Sony Sendai FC	1	0	1	0	1	3	-2
SRC Hiroshima	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
Suzuka Point Getters	2	0	1	1	2	5	-3
Tadotsu FC	9	8	1	0	55	4	+51
Takamatsu University	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Tegevajaro Miyazaki	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
FC TIAMO Hirakata	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
FC Tokushima	11	6	3	2	35	10	+25
Tokyo Musashino City FC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Tsukuba University	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1
Verspah Oita	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2
Veertien Mie	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Vonds Ichihara	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
V-Varen Nagasaki	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2

All-time Top Ten Record Goalscorers

Updated to Nov 2020

Name	Ranking	Active	League	Cup	Other	Total	Hat-tricks
Hiroki Maehara	1	2016-	37	16	4	57	5
Ryo Taguchi	2	2017-	39	12	2	53	5
Kota Sugawara	3	2016-2018	35	13	1	49	5
Tsubasa Yokotake	4	2016-	20	6	2	28	0
Kazuki Nakabayashi	5	2017-2018	13	11	1	25	1
On Byung-Hoon	6	2016-2018	13	10	0	23	0
Kai Murakami	7	2017-2019	14	7	0	21	0
Takuya Kobayashi	8	2016	9	8	0	17	3
Koki Izumi	9	2018-	11	2	3	16	2
Shuhei Horie	9	2017-2018	11	5	0	16	0

Honours

Shikoku Soccer League: Champions (3)

2017, 2018, 2019

Kochi Prefectural Football Championship: Winners (5)

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Japanese Regional Football League Competition: Runners Up (1)

2019

Records

Record home victory: 11-0 v Rossorise KFC (Emperor's Cup Regional Round, 2017) & v Koyo Sealing Techno (Shikoku Soccer League, 2019).
Record away victory: 0-14 v Koyo Sealing Techno (Shikoku Soccer League 2019).
Record defeat: 0-3 v Matsue City FC (Western Japan Soccer Championship, 2016), 0-3 v Suzuka Unlimited FC (All Japan Senior Cup 1st Round, 2018), 0-3 v Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (Japanese Regional Football League Competition, 2018), 0-3 v Iwaki FC (Japanese Regional Football League Competition, 2019).
Record away league defeat: 3-1 v Sony Sendai FC (JFL 2020).
Record home league defeat: 0-2 v FC Maruyasu Okazaki and v Tegevajaro Miyazaki (JFL 2020).
Longest winning streak (all comps): 13 games (2017–18 and 2019 season).
Longest losing streak (all comps): 4 games (Oct-Nov 2018 and JFL 2020).
Most goals by one player in a game: 4 (Takuya Kobayashi: SSL 2016, Kazuki Nakabayashi: AJSFC 2017, Paulo Sousa: SSL 2018, Ryo Taguchi: SSL 2019, Hiroki Maehara: SSL 2019).
Most career goals for Kochi United SC: 57 (Hiroki Maehara).
Most hat-tricks for Kochi United SC: 5 (Kota Sugawara, Ryo Taguchi, Hiroki Maehara).

References

External links

Official Website (in Japanese)
Official Facebook Page (in Japanese)

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[1] ttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/アイゴッソ高知#歴史

[2] ttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/高知UトラスターFC

[3] ttp://kochi-usc.jp/composition/player/