FC Ganju Iwate

FC Ganju Iwate (FCガンジュ岩手, FC Ganju Iwate) is a football (soccer) club based in Hachimantai, a city of Iwate Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Tohoku Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues. The name of the club refers to Mount Iwate, symbol of their prefecture due to this volcano and also present on the club's logo.

FC Ganju Iwate
FCガンジュ岩手
Full nameFC Ganju Iwate
Nickname(s)Ganju
Founded2006
GroundIwate Morioka Stadium
Capacity30,000
ChairmanKentaro Ihara
LeagueTohoku Soccer League
20227th of 12

History

Founded in 2006, the club was a separated entity from Grulla Morioka (still in the Iwate Prefecture, but in Morioka).[1] Shinichi Muto was fundamental to start club's history with the proper amount of experience and he was hired as player-manager for 2006 and 2007. The creation of another club in the Prefecture - Unsommet Iwate Hachimantai - didn't stop FC Ganju Iwate from climbing Japanese football's pyramid: they won several promotion in Iwate Prefectural Football, even going unbeaten for whole four seasons.

Unfortunately, then bigger clubs - like Grulla, ReinMeer Aomori FC and Vanraure Hachinohe - risked to block their growth. After these clubs went up to Japan Football League, FC Ganju Iwate won the Tohoku Soccer League in 2014 and 2015. Still, the club wasn't able to reach JFL because they didn't perform in 2014 and 2015 Japanese Regional Football League Competition, being eliminated in the group stage. They featured just once in Emperor's Cup, losing against Saitama SC in the first round of 2007 edition.

As for 2017 season, their aim remains to reach Japan Football League.

League record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
SeasonLeagueTierPos.GPWDLFAGDPts
2007 Iwate Prefecture (Div. 4) 91st10100030
2008 Iwate Prefecture (Div. 3) 81st10100030
2009 Iwate Prefecture (Div. 2) 71st1091028
2010 Iwate Prefecture (Div. 1) 61st10100030
2011 Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2) 52nd1090127
2012 Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2, North) 1st14130139
2013 Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 1) 53rd18131467175040
2014 1st181620129512450
2015 1st181521107119647
2016 3rd1895448311732
2017 8th1850133158-2715
2018 2nd18113471294236
2019 6th186394256-1421
2020 4th94141617-113
2021 3rd8413107313
2022 7th1683532171527
2023 TBA16
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; Pts = Points gained

Honours

Tohoku Soccer League
  • Champions (2) : 2014, 2015
  • Champions
    • Iwate Prefecture (Div. 4) 2007
    • Iwate Prefecture (Div. 3) 2008
    • Iwate Prefecture (Div. 2) 2009
    • Iwate Prefecture (Div. 1) 2010
    • Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2, North) 2012

Current squad

As of 13 September 2022.[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Yuya Yoshida
2 DF Japan JPN Tomoya Terada
3 DF Japan JPN Junya Hashimoto
4 DF Japan JPN Tadayoshi Hiranaka
5 MF Japan JPN Genki Yokobori
6 DF Japan JPN Itsuki Nishiyama
7 MF Japan JPN Tetsuya Nakanishi
8 FW Japan JPN Shimon Sato
9 MF Japan JPN Yu Mita
10 FW Japan JPN Shimma Kumagai
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Japan JPN Yoshiki Makino
13 MF Japan JPN Tomoya Sato
14 MF Japan JPN Daiji Matoba
16 MF Japan JPN Yuya Yamamoto
17 FW Japan JPN Shinnosuke Fujiwara
18 FW Japan JPN Yuta Wada
19 MF Japan JPN Yugo Fujita
20 MF Japan JPN Yuki Jahana
22 DF Japan JPN Shu Ouchi
32 FW Japan JPN Monji Kumagai

References

  1. "盛岡タイムス Web News". Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  2. "PLAYER - FC GANJU IWATE" (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 August 2023.
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