Tochigi SC

Tochigi Soccer Club (栃木サッカークラブ),[1] commonly referred to as Tochigi SC are a football club based in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. They will play in the J2 League. The team's colour is yellow.

Tochigi SC
栃木サッカークラブ
Full nameTochigi Soccer Club
Founded1953 (1953)
GroundTochigi Green Stadium
Kanseki Stadium Tochigi
Capacity18,025
ManagerKazuaki Tasaka
LeagueJ2 League
2020J2 League, 10th
WebsiteClub website

History

Teachers in Tochigi Prefecture founded the club in 1953. They were initially called self-explanatory Tochigi Teachers' Soccer Club (栃木教員サッカー部 Tochigi Kyōin Sakkā Bu). They started to welcome players with other professions in 1994 and renamed themselves as Tochigi Soccer Club. In 1999, Tochigi won the Kanto Regional League and were promoted to the Japan Football League after finishing runners-up in the Regional League play-off. In March 2005, they announced that they would set up a task force to give a serious consideration to turn professional and try to gain J.League status.

On January 2007 they achieved J.League Associate Membership status and in the 2008 season they secured qualification for promotion to professional status on November 16; on December 1 promotion was made official by J.League and Tochigi had competed in J2 since 2009. In 2015 Tochigi finished bottom and were relegated for the first time to J3, the third and lowest professional level in the league system. After two seasons, they returned to J2 as runners-up in 2017.

Record as J.League member
Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Emperor's Cup
2009J218174,7062nd Round
2010J219104,1573rd Round
2011J220104,9393rd Round
2012J222113,8502nd Round
2013J22294,9223rd Round
2014J222125,2942nd Round
2015J222225,1671st Round
2016J31624,917Did not qualify
2017J31725,147Did not qualify
2018J222175,6572nd Round
2019J222205,1483rd Round
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance
  • Source: J. League Data Site

Current squad

As of December 2020.[2] 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 Shuhei Kawata
2 DF  JPN Ryuji Ito
4 DF  JPN Ryota Takasugi
5 MF  JPN Yudai Iwama
6 DF  JPN Kazuki Segawa
7 DF  JPN Kazunori Kan
8 MF  JPN Takahiro Akimoto
9 FW  JPN Sergio Escudero
11 MF  JPN Tasuku Hiraoka
14 MF  JPN Yuki Nishiya
15 DF  JPN Yushi Mizobuchi
16 FW  JPN Shota Sakaki
17 MF  JPN Ren Yamamoto
18 MF  JPN Toshiki Mori
19 FW  JPN Koki Oshima
20 FW  PRK Han Yong-thae
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  JPN Junya Osaki
22 GK  JPN Hitoshi Shiota
23 DF  JPN Yasutaka Yanagi
24 MF  JPN Tatsuya Wada
25 MF  JPN Sho Sato
28 DF  JPN Hayato Nukui
29 FW  JPN Kisho Yano
30 DF  JPN Masaya Tashiro
31 GK  JPN Ono Cholhwan
32 MF  JPN Shuga Arai
33 DF  JPN Hayato Kurosaki
34 FW  JPN Kotaro Arima
35 DF  JPN Ryoya Ikeniwa
37 MF  JPN Tatsumi Sotome
40 DF  JPN Keita Ide
50 GK  JPN Powell Obinna Obi (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  JPN Kotaro Fujiwara (at Kagoshima United)

References
  1. クラブ情報 [Club profile] (in Japanese). Tochigi SC. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. http://www.tochigisc.jp/info/11337


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