Kagoshima United FC

Kagoshima United
鹿児島ユナイテッド
Full name Kagoshima United FC
Nickname(s) Yokanise Eleven
よかにせイレブン
Founded 2014 (2014)
Ground Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium
Kagoshima, Kagoshima
Capacity 19,934
Chairman Tsuyoshi Tokushige, Kenichiro Yuwaki (co-owners)
Manager Yasutoshi Miura　
League J3 League
2017 4th
Website Club website

Kagoshima United FC (鹿児島ユナイテッドFC, Kagoshima Yunaiteddo FC) is a football club in Japan that was formed from the merger of the old Volca Kagoshima and FC Kagoshima clubs, both have been playing in Kyushu Soccer League before the merger. The top team currently play in Japan Football League, and their secondary team play in Kyushu Soccer League.

History

Volca Kagoshima had been playing in Kyushu Soccer League since 1973 and advanced to the Regional League promotion series five times, but never succeeded to promote to the upper tier, Japan Football League, known as the Japan Soccer League until the 1980s. Osumi NIFS United FC (the former club name of FC Kagoshima), originally affiliated with the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya in nearby Kanoya, have promoted to Kyushu Soccer League as early as 2004, but both Volca and NIFS have been seeking the way to promote to JFL separately.

The idea of a merged team of Volca and FC Kagoshima had been discussed by the Kagoshima Prefectural Football Association as early as 2012, but failed to reach an agreement then. Although Volca and FC Kagoshima had applied for J. League Associate Membership separately, both sides restarted their talk about the merger, then finally agreed with merging their teams to aim promotion to the J. League, in response of the advisory by the J. League organization. As both clubs had advanced to the final round of Regional League promotion series in 2013, the merged team earned the promotion to 2014 Japan Football League.

In November 2015, after concluding in promotion zone in 2015, they receive a J. League license to participate to J3.[1]

Name and crest

The club crest has the illustrations of Sakurajima and Kagoshima Bay, both symbolize Kagoshima Prefecture, on its background design, with red color, which represents Volca, and light blue color, represents FC Kagoshima.

Record

Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Emperor's Cup
2014 JFL 18 2 1,825 2nd Round
2015 JFL 18 4 2,624 1st Round
2016 J3 16 5 3,665 1st Round
2017 J3 17 4 3,508 2nd Round
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Current squad

As of January 30, 2018.[2]

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 Tetsuya Yamaoka
3 Japan DF Isao Taniguchi
4 Japan DF Kyohei Kuroki
5 Japan DF Ryo Hiraide
6 Japan DF Shuto Tanaka
7 Japan MF Akira Akao
8 Japan MF Yuki Nagahata
9 Brazil FW Alex
10 Japan MF Masaki Sakamoto
11 Japan MF Junki Goryo
13 South Korea GK Ahn Joon-soo
14 Japan MF Kenta Nishioka
15 Japan DF Noritaka Fujisawa
16 Japan FW Yuma Kawamori
No. Position Player
17 Japan MF Yusei Nakahara
18 Japan FW Junya Nodake
19 Brazil FW Thiago Quirino
21 Japan GK Kazusa Iwasaki
22 Japan DF Kosuke Yoshii
23 Japan DF Katsunari Mizumoto
24 Japan MF Toshihiro Matsushita
25 Japan MF Shota Kadono
26 Japan DF Soichi Tanaka
27 Japan DF Shinji Tominari
30 Japan FW Yusei Kayanuma
33 Japan MF Yutaka Tanoue
38 Japan MF Shuto Nakahara

References

  1. ↑ "Kagoshima United to join J3". J. League. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "トップチーム". Kagoshima United FC. Retrieved January 30, 2018.


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