Tochigi SC

Tochigi Soccer Club (栃木サッカークラブ),[1] commonly referred to as Tochigi SC are a football club based in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. They will play in the J2 League. The team's colour is yellow.

Full nameTochigi Soccer Club
Founded1953 (1953)
GroundTochigi Green Stadium
Utsunomiya, Tochigi
Capacity18,025
ManagerKazuaki Tasaka
LeagueJ2 League
2019J2 League, 20th
WebsiteClub website

History

Teachers in Tochigi Prefecture founded the club in 1953. They were initially called self-explanatory Tochigi Teachers' Soccer Club (栃木教員サッカー部 Tochigi Kyōin Sakkā Bu). They started to welcome players with other professions in 1994 and renamed themselves as Tochigi Soccer Club. In 1999, Tochigi won the Kanto Regional League and were promoted to the Japan Football League after finishing runners-up in the Regional League play-off. In March 2005, they announced that they would set up a task force to give a serious consideration to turn professional and try to gain J.League status.

On January 2007 they achieved J.League Associate Membership status and in the 2008 season they secured qualification for promotion to professional status on November 16; on December 1 promotion was made official by J.League and Tochigi had competed in J2 since 2009. In 2015 Tochigi finished bottom and were relegated for the first time to J3, the third and lowest professional level in the league system. After two seasons, they returned to J2 as runners-up in 2017.

Record as J.League member
Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Emperor's Cup
2009J218174,7062nd Round
2010J219104,1573rd Round
2011J220104,9393rd Round
2012J222113,8502nd Round
2013J22294,9223rd Round
2014J222125,2942nd Round
2015J222225,1671st Round
2016J31624,917Did not qualify
2017J31725,147Did not qualify
2018J222175,6572nd Round
2019J222205,1483rd Round
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance
  • Source: J. League Data Site

Current squad

As of 12 January 2020.[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 GK Khuhei Kawata
2 DF Ryuji Ito
4 DF Ryota Takasugi
5 MF Yudai Iwama
6 MF Kazuki Segawa
7 DF Kazunori Kan
8 MF Takahiro Akimoto
9 FW Sergio Escudero
11 MF Tasuku Hiraoka
13 MF Woo Sang-ho
14 MF Yuki Nishiya
15 DF Yushi Mizobuchi
16 FW Shota Sakaki
18 MF Toshiki Mori
No. Position Player
19 FW Koki Oshima
20 FW Han Yong-thae
21 MF Junya Osaki
22 GK Hitoshi Shiota
24 MF Tatsuya Wada
25 MF Sho Sato
28 DF Hayato Nukui
29 FW Kisho Yano
30 DF Masaya Tashiro
31 GK Ono Cholhwan
32 MF Shuga Arai
33 DF Hayato Kurosaki
34 FW Kotaro Arima

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
DF Kotaro Fujiwara (at Kagoshima United)

References
  1. クラブ情報 [Club profile] (in Japanese). Tochigi SC. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. http://www.tochigisc.jp/info/11337


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