Blaublitz Akita

Blaublitz Akita (ブラウブリッツ秋田, Burauburittsu Akita) (formerly TDK S.C.) are a Japanese association football team based in Akita, Akita. In 2014 they entered the J3 League after previously playing in the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese association football league system. Due to the club's former ownership by TDK, most of players are the employees of TDK's Akita factory.

Blaublitz Akita
ブラウブリッツ秋田
Full nameBlaublitz Akita
Nickname(s)Blaublitz
Founded1965
GroundSoyu Stadium
Akita, Akita
Capacity20,125
ChairmanKosuke Iwase
ManagerKen Yoshida
LeagueJ3 League
20198th
WebsiteClub website

History
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The club was founded in 1965. They were promoted to the Tohoku Regional League in 1982. They played in the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1985 and 1986.

In 2006, they won the Tohoku Regional League championship for the fifth straight year. They were automatically promoted to the Japan Football League after they won the National Regional League Playoffs.

The team has announced that it would separate from its parent company and join the J. League if the club's final yearly standing should ever allow promotion.

In May, 2009, TDK announced that the football club will become independent for the 2010 season and be based around Akita. Later in 2010 the club's name was changed to "Blaublitz Akita". Blau and Blitz mean blue and lightning in German respectively.

The club entered the J3 League for the 2014 season. The club finished 8th in each of its first two years in the professional competition. In the 2017 season, their fourth, they won the title, however due to their lacking a license to play upper-tier football, they were not promoted, becoming the first professional third-tier champion not to be promoted.

Current squad

As of 28 June 2020.[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 GK Yasuhiro Watanabe
2 DF Kenshiro Tanioku
3 DF Junya Suzuki
4 DF Mizuki Aiba
5 DF Kaito Chida
6 MF Yuji Wakasa
7 MF Kyohei Maeyama
8 MF Taira Shige
9 FW Ryota Nakamura
10 MF Yuta Shimozawa
11 MF Ken Hisatomi
13 FW Yohei Hayashi
14 FW Yosuke Mikami
15 MF Nao Eguchi
No. Position Player
16 FW Naoki Inoue
17 DF Han Ho-gang
18 FW Kenji Kitawaki
20 MF Takuma Aoshima
21 GK Yudai Tanaka
22 MF Masaki Okino
23 GK Daiki Koike
24 DF Naoyuki Yamada (captain)
25 MF Keisuke Ono
29 FW Keita Saito
30 GK Yuki Yasuda
31 DF Yudai Tanaka
39 DF Shoma Kamata
50 DF Kenichi Kaga

Honours

Record
Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Emperor's Cup
2007 JFL 18 13 983 Fourth round
2008 JFL 18 13 951 First round
2009 JFL 18 10 741 First round
2010 JFL 18 8 1,256 Second round
2011 JFL 18 14 1,274 Second round
2012 JFL 17 13 1,136 Second round
2013 JFL 18 8 1,768 Second round
2014 J3 12 8 1,773 Second round
2015 J3 13 8 1,998 Second round
2016 J3 16 4 2,425 Second round
2017 J3 17 1 2,364 First round
2018 J3 17 8 2,839 First round
2019 J3 18 8 1,576 First round
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Managers
Name Nation Tenure
Tsutomu Komatsu Japan1999–2007
Kazuo Sasaki Japan2008–2009
Hirotoshi Yokoyama Japan2010–2011
Yuji Yokoyama Japan2012
George Yonashiro Brazil /  Japan2013–2014
Shuichi Mase Japan2015–2016
Koichi Sugiyama Japan2017 – July 2018
Shuichi Mase JapanJuly 2018 – 2019
Ken Yoshida Japan2020-

Support

Blaublitz Akita's main active supporters' group is called the Blue tasu Akita.[2]

Stadium and facilities

Former facilities

References
  1. "選手・スタッフ紹介 – ブラウブリッツ秋田". blaublitz.jp.
  2. "BLUE+ AKITA Network". Retrieved 29 September 2018.


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