Tsukuba FC

This article is about the men's football club based in Japan. For the women's team, see Tsukuba FC Ladies.
Tsukuba FC
つくばFC
Full nameJoyful Honda Tsukuba FC
Founded1993; 32 years ago (1993)
GroundTsukuba Wellness Park
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
ChairmanShinnosuke Ishikawa
ManagerHideharu Soejima
LeagueKantō Soccer League Div. 1
20225th of 10

Tsukuba FC (つくばFC, Tsukuba Efushi) is a football (soccer) club based in Tsukuba, which is located in Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Kantō Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

History

Tied to University of Tsukuba, the club was initially founded in 1993 as a women's football club. Shortly after that, a men's version of the club was launched.[1] In 2000s, even U-12 and U-15 squad were created and Tsukuba FC have the goal of reaching professional football in 2020.[2] In 2014, the club reached Kanto Soccer League, winning immediately 2nd Division and now trying to reach Japan Football League. Their plans revealed the will to build a stadium for 30,000 people in the near future.[3] Tsukuba FC's main sponsor is Joyful Honda, a hardware store unrelated to Honda Motor Company.

Current squad

As of 23 August 2023.[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Ryo Mizuno
2 DF Japan JPN Makoto Tokutake
3 DF Japan JPN Koichi Komazaki
5 MF Japan JPN Takumu Kimoto
6 MF Japan JPN Yuki Fukazawa
7 MF Japan JPN Kazuma Kuwata
8 MF Japan JPN Ryunosuke Suzuki
9 DF Japan JPN Shunsuke Yamazaki
10 MF Japan JPN Masato Sugaya
11 FW Japan JPN Hideaki Miyamoto
13 FW Japan JPN Junnosuke Okazaki
14 DF Japan JPN Shun Aoki
16 MF Japan JPN Taisei Masuda
17 DF Japan JPN Seiya Kumagai
18 DF Japan JPN Shuhei Takizawa
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Japan JPN Shuta Kotaka
21 GK Japan JPN Keita Minuma
23 MF Japan JPN Yukihiro Kawashima
24 MF Japan JPN Kohei Kori
25 DF Japan JPN Ryuya Nakazato
26 FW Japan JPN Chisato Suda
27 FW Japan JPN Yuya Gunji
28 DF Japan JPN Eiji Koakutsu
29 MF Japan JPN Kazuma Suzuki
30 FW Japan JPN Tatsunosuke Onzuka
31 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Komuro
33 FW Japan JPN Mizaki Kawashima
34 DF Japan JPN Ryusei Yagoshi
36 GK Japan JPN Daiki Akutsu

League record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season League Tier Position P W D L F A GD Pts
2012 Ibaraki Prefectural
League (Div. 1) 		7 4th 14 6 1 7 19
2013 2nd 14 11 1 2 34
2014 Kantō Soccer League (Div. 2) 6 1st 18 13 2 3 55 21 34 41
2015 Kantō Soccer
League (Div. 1) 		5 3rd 18 11 3 4 45 27 18 36
2016 5th 18 8 3 7 37 34 3 27
2017 2nd 18 13 2 3 43 17 26 41
2018 7th 18 6 4 8 32 37 -5 22
2019 7th 18 5 6 7 18 27 -9 21
2020 † 10th 18 1 0 8 8 23 -15 3
2021 [5] 8th 22 7 4 11 30 32 -2 25
2022 5th 18 6 4 8 19 28 -9 22
2023 †† 5th 18 7 4 7 25 30 -5 24
2024 3rd 18
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
  • † 2020 no relegation due to COVID-19
  • ††[6] Tsukuba FC was given a penalty of minus one point for issuing five or more warnings and sending offs in the 7th match week of the previous round.

References

  1. ^ "ご挨拶" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-08-02.
  2. ^ "クラブヴィジョン2020" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-10-17.
  3. ^ "つくば市、陸上競技場を3万人規模に". 28 December 2013.
  4. ^ "ジョイフル本田つくばFC". Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  5. ^ "2021 Kanto League table". uk.soccerway.com. soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Kanto division final table". kanto-sl.jp. Retrieved 6 April 2024.