Iwaki FC

Iwaki FC
いわきＦＣ
Full name Iwaki FC
Founded 2012
Ground Iwaki Green Field, Iwaki, Fukushima
Capacity 5,600
Chairman Satoshi Okura
Manager Yuzo Tamura
League Fukushima Prefectural Football League (Div. 1)
2016 Champions

Iwaki FC (いわきＦＣ, Iwaki FC) is a football (soccer) club based in Iwaki, a city of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. They play in the highest division of Fukushima Prefectural Football League, which is the 6th level of Japanese football pyramid.

History

Iwaki FC was founded in 2012, before getting official recognition in 2013 with the creation of their omonymous corporation.[1][2] Name of Iwaki FC got more attention when Under Armour decided to join the club and support it to climb the Japanese football pyramid from the bottom.[3] There's a big vision behind the club, with the will of "making Iwaki the central football-city in Tohoku".[4] In fact, a new training field opened in November 2016 and the club-house was just launched in May 2017: two central structures to rise to the top of Japanese football.[5][6]

Plus, results are pushing Iwaki FC, which has won several categories in Fukushima Prefectural Football League, coming to first division: the next target is Tohoku Soccer League, while the club has even achieved their first win at National Club Team Football Championship Tournament (winning the final 9-0).[7] Iwaki FC also debuted at Emperor's Cup in 2017 edition. After defeating Norbritz Hokkaido in the first round, they surprisingly overcame Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo for 5-2 after extra-time.[8] They lost against Shimizu S-Pulse in the Third Round, but it was still a surprising run.

Current squad

As of October 3, 2017.[9] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Japan GK Masaya Ono
2 Japan MF Kakeru Kikuchi
3 Japan DF Koki Yamashita
4 Japan DF Eito Furuyama
5 Japan MF Naoki Itakura
6 Japan MF Shunsuke Hirasawa
7 Japan FW Shin Katayama (captain)
8 Japan MF Reiji Arai
9 Japan FW Shota Kikuchi
10 Japan FW Masahide Hiraoka
11 Japan FW Kohei Takayanagi
13 Japan MF Kaishu Yamazaki
14 Japan DF Kihiro Nitta
15 Korea MF Kim De-seng
16 Japan MF Taiga Takahashi
No. Position Player
17 Japan DF Kodai Enomono
18 Japan MF Futo Ihara
19 Japan FW Keisuke Onose
21 Japan GK Daiki Sakata
22 Japan DF Riku Igarashi
23 Japan FW Tomoki Yoshida
24 Japan MF Yuto Iiboshi
25 Japan MF Tsubasa Hisanaga
28 Japan MF Hirofumi Ueda
29 Brazil FW Lucas Macedo
30 Brazil DF Wellington Oliveira
31 Japan GK Akihiro Horie
32 Japan MF Kakeru Kumagawa
41 Japan GK Kakeru Matsuoka

League record

SeasonLeagueGPPtsWDLPosition
2013 Fukushima Prefectural
Football League (Div. 3, West)		 10185322nd
2014 8103143rd
2015 Fukushima Prefectural Football League (Div. 3) 103010001st
2016 Fukushima Prefectural Football League (Div. 2) 103010001st

Honours

National Club Team Football Championship Tournament
  • Champions (1) : 2016

References

  1. ↑ "一般社団法人いわきスポーツクラブ　いわきFC代表　向山　聖也　さん - 福島県ホームページ". www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp.
  2. ↑ "元蘭代表ハウストラ氏が福島県2部で監督就任。現役時代は広島に在籍".
  3. ↑ "ドーム、「いわきFC」を運営する会社「株式会社いわきスポーツクラブ」を設立". www.facebook.com.
  4. ↑ "「サッカーを通じて、いわき市を東北一の都市にする」いわきFC発足!!第1期メンバー募集開始 - ゲキサカ". ゲキサカ.
  5. ↑ "「いわきＦＣパーク」開所　国内初の商業施設複合型クラブハウス".
  6. ↑ "「いわきＦＣフィールド」オープン　地域活性化の一翼に期待".
  7. ↑ "第23回全国クラブチームサッカー選手権大会".
  8. ↑ "注目急上昇！Ｊ１撃破「いわきＦＣ」　凱旋の勇姿に熱い視線".
  9. ↑ "いわきFC OfficialSite". いわきFC OfficialSite.
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