J-Lease FC

J-Lease FC (ジェイリースFC, Jei Rīsu Efu Shī) are a Japanese football club based in Oita City, capital of Oita Prefecture. They currently play in the Kyushu Soccer League, which part of Japanese Regional Leagues. Their main colors, reflected on their crest are blue, white and black.

J-Lease FC
ジェイリースFC
Full nameJ-LEASE Football Club
FoundedApril 2018 (April 2018)
GroundShowa Denko Soccer Rugby Field (A and B)
Capacity2,000
OwnerJ-Lease Co., Ltd.
ManagerTakuma Nagayoshi[1]
LeagueKyushu Soccer League
20224th of 11
WebsiteClub website

History

Founded on April 2018, the club quickly won back-to-back promotions alongside league titles from the 3rd to the 1st division of the Oita Prefecture between 2018 and 2020.

In 2021, the club won their first regional-level trophy, after a 4–3 win against Liberty FC gave them the Kyushu Football Championship title. The club would have qualified to the Shakaijin Cup with this win, if the 2021 competition was not cancelled because of COVID-19 extended measures.[2] The club recorded a 3rd place in its Kyushu Soccer League's debut season, only finishing behind Okinawa SV and Veroskronos Tsuno. It is to date their best performance at the league so far, even though just one season was played after it.

In 2022, the club participated in the Oita Prefecture Soccer Championship, which serves as a qualifying tournament for the Emperor's Cup. The club won their matches from the Round of 16 to the semi-finals against SOL FC, Nakatsu FC, and Nippon Bunri University ASC. Onto the final match against Verspah Oita, in which the winner qualified to the Emperor's Cup, COVID-19 struck the team. with multiples players confirmed to be tested positive. The issue did not allow the final to be taking place in the due date. J-Lease thoroughly decided to forfeit the match, giving the Oita Prefecture slot of the competition to their opponent.[3]

In the same year, J-Lease qualified for the first time to the Shakaijin Cup, a cup tournament for teams in any league below the Japan Football League (JFL) that also serves as an alternative way to play in JFL's promotion series. The club qualified via the Kyushu Football Championship, which was a single match against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki. They won the match by 4–0.[4] At their Shakaijin Cup debut, they faced eventual semi-finalists of the Shakaijin Cup, Briobecca Urayasu, who went to join the Japan Football League in the same season. J-Lease lost the match by 2–0, leaving the competition early at the 1st Round.

Ending their season, the club earned a 4th place finish at the Kyushu Soccer League, having at one point won six matches in a row. In only two seasons at Kyushu's elite league, the club have been inside the League's Top 4 in both. Despite not earning a trophy at any competition, the club had high placements in Kyushu competitions and a decent performance against a JFL-tier club in an official competition during the season.

Current squad
As of 23 August 2023.[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Kotaro Higashino
3 DF Japan JPN Kodai Fujii
5 DF Japan JPN Takuto Honda
6 MF Japan JPN Yuya Watanabe
7 MF Japan JPN Rei Matsumoto
8 FW Japan JPN Junki Endo
9 FW Japan JPN Kazuki Ganaha
10 DF Japan JPN Ryusuke Hayashida
11 MF Japan JPN Kota Ogino
13 MF Japan JPN Keita Kamie
14 MF Japan JPN Kohei Imayoshi
15 MF Japan JPN Takuma Nagayoshi
16 DF Japan JPN Kosuke Fukumoto
17 DF Japan JPN Koyo Sato
19 FW Japan JPN Takuma Sonoda
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Japan JPN Koki Ifuku
21 GK Japan JPN Daiki Kato
22 DF Japan JPN Naoya Matsumoto
23 GK Japan JPN Kazusa Iwasaki
24 FW Japan JPN Yu Kijima
25 MF Japan JPN Atsuki Wada
26 FW Japan JPN Kohe Saho
27 MF Japan JPN Koki Kotegawa
28 FW Nigeria NGA Samuel Abiodun Saanumi
30 MF Japan JPN Kohei Hattanda
31 GK Japan JPN Kota Oshima
33 GK Japan JPN Yuitaro Yasuda
38 FW Japan JPN Yujiro Miyachi
44 MF Japan JPN Yosuke Yuzawa

Club record

Overall record
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
SeasonLeaguePositionPWDLFAGDPtsECShakaijinRCL
2018Oita Prefectural
League (Div.3)		1st 98101101125Did not qualifyDid not playDid not qualify
2019Oita Prefectural
League (Div.2)		1st 1010001221030
2020Oita Prefectural
League (Div.1)		1st 108111321125Was not held
2021Kyushu Soccer League3rd 18130538191939
20224th 201325451728411st Round
2023TBD 200000000TBDTBDTBD
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained

Shakaijin Cup record
15 October 2022 2022 SC; 1st Round Briobecca Urayasu 2−0J-Lease FCShibushi
13:00
  • Ikawa 34'
  • Kato 51'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)		 Stadium: Shibushi Shiokaze Park A
Attendance: 100
Referee: Masaaki Hiratsuka

Honours
  • League:
    • Oita Prefecture Soccer League 1st Division (1): 2020
    • Oita Prefecture Soccer League 2nd Division (1): 2019
    • Oita Prefecture Soccer League 3rd Division (1): 2018
  • Cup:
    • Kyushu Football Championship (2): 2021, 2022
    • Oita Prefecture Soccer Tournament (1): 2020
    • Oita FA President's Cup Championship (1): 2018

References
  1. "永芳卓磨監督兼選手に聞くジェイリースFC『ぜひ試合に足を運んでほしい。』". footystats.org (in Japanese). Footy Stats. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. "2021 SCHEDULE". j-lease-fc.com (in Japanese). J-Lease. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  3. "2022年大分県サッカー選手権大会決勝戦辞退のお知らせとお詫び". note.com/jleasefc (in Japanese). J-Lease FC. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  4. "第58回 全国社会人サッカー選手権大会出場決定". note.com/jleasefc (in Japanese). J-Lease FC. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  5. "TEAM". j-lease-fc.com (in Japanese). J-Lease FC. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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