Sony Sendai FC

Sony Sendai FC
ソニー仙台 FC
Full name Sony Sendai Football Club
Founded 1968
Ground Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Capacity 19,694
Manager Japan Masato Ishikawa
League Japan Football League
2016 6th

Sony Sendai FC (ソニー仙台F.C., Sonī Sendai Efu Shī) is a football club based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan that plays in the Japan Football League. The team colour is navy.

History

The club was founded by the workers of Sony's Sendai factory in 1968. They kept a low profile playing mainly in the Miyagi Prefecture League for a long time. However, it changed suddenly in 1993 when they embarked on a challenging task to reach the former Japan Football League within 5 years. They became league champions for 4 consecutive seasons starting from 1994, first in the Prefecture League and the others in the Tōhoku Regional League. They achieved their goal and were promoted to the JFL by winning the 1997 Regional League play-off.

When the J. League Division 2 was formed in 1999, the club decided not to turn professional. They joined the newly organised Japan Football League instead and have been an established JFL side since then.

As a result of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Sony Sendai, with permission from the JFL, did not contest the first half of the 2011 season. They expectedly earned last place on points, but due to Machida Zelvia and Matsumoto Yamaga being promoted to Division 2 and JEF Reserves withdrawing from the competition, they were spared relegation.

In 2015 Sony Sendai won the second stage and earned its first JFL title by defeating first stage champions Vanraure Hachinohe on penalties after a tied two-leg final on aggregate.

Current squad

As of February 23, 2018.[1]

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 Susumu Kaneko
2 Japan DF Yuki Miura
3 Japan DF Kenta Ogihara
4 Japan MF Takahito Seta
5 Japan DF Yusuke Yamada
6 Japan MF Ukyo Tomizawa
7 Japan MF Kyohei Yoshimori
8 Japan MF Shinya Sugai
9 Japan FW Yuta Uchino
10 Japan MF Kazuho Yamasaki
11 Japan FW Wataru Igarashi
13 Japan MF Shinnosuke Morihara
14 Japan FW Shota Suzuki
No. Position Player
15 Japan MF Masahiko Sugita
16 Japan MF Keiji Koizumi
17 Japan FW Motoki Fujiwara
18 Japan MF Yuta Akimoto
19 Japan MF Keisuke Sugawara
20 Japan DF Ryushiro Tanaka
21 Japan GK Yuki Furukawa
22 Japan DF Riku Yoshida
23 Japan DF Takahiro Kaneko
24 Japan DF Masashi Ishibashi
25 Japan FW Soya Tandai
32 Japan GK Yuta Takimoto

Results in JFL

Second-tier JFL

  • 1998: 13th

Third-tier JFL

  • 1999: 5th
  • 2000: 5th
  • 2001: 14th
  • 2002: 4th
  • 2003: 9th
  • 2004: 6th
  • 2005: 8th
  • 2006: 9th
  • 2007: 11th
  • 2008: 9th
  • 2009: 3rd
  • 2010: 14th
  • 2011: 18th
  • 2012: 12th
  • 2013: 9th

Fourth-tier JFL

  • 2014: 5th (overall)
  • 2015: Clausura and Overall Champion
  • 2016: 6th

References

  1. ↑ "ソニー仙台FC". www.sonysendaifc.jp. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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