Nankatsu SC

Nankatsu Sports Club (南葛スポーツクラブ, Nankatsu Supōtsukurabu), commonly known as Nankatsu SC (南葛SC, Nankatsu Esu Shī) are a Japanese football club based in Katsushika, Tokyo. They play in the Kantō Soccer League.[1] As the club aims for a future qualification to the J.League, they currently hold the J.League 100 Year Plan status.

Nankatsu SC
南葛SC
Full nameNankatsu Sports Club
Founded1983 (1983) as Tokiwa Club
2012 (2012) as Katsushika Vitoard
2013 (2013) as Nankatsu SC
Ground
Okudo Sports Center Park
Katsushika, Tokyo
OwnerNankatsu Co., Ltd.
ChairmanYōichi Takahashi
ManagerKazuya Mori
LeagueKanto Soccer League Div.1
2022 (Div. 1)7th of 10
WebsiteClub website

History

The club's origin dates from 1983. In that era, the club mainly centered attention on Tokiwa Junior High School alumni who wanted to play for the club, inserting a certain influence on the club, which ended up naming themselves as Tokiwa Club. The club joined the Tokyo Adult Soccer League, and was promoted to its 2nd Division in 1994. The club repeatedly switched between the second and third division, as the club couldn't gain consistency in a higher-level league. In 2011, the Katsushika Ward Football Federation established the NPO International Football Promotion Association, which is an organization under the Federation for clubs aiming to join the J.League. The then named Tokiwa Club became an affiliate.

The club was renamed in 2012, becoming Katsushika Vitoard (葛飾ヴィトアード). In 2013, the club welcomed Yōichi Takahashi as the new president, renaming the club as Nankatsu SC, in allusion to his (Yōichi Takahashi's) globally famous manga and anime Captain Tsubasa, which attracted the attention of many young people in Japan, which culminated in an increasing rise of interest about football in the nation. They established an U-12 team for elementary school students in 2013, and an U-15 team for junior high school students on 2015. From 2015 to 2017, they signed partnerships with Nankatsu SC Fukuoka, SC Sagamihara, and CE Sabadell FC.[2]

In January 2019, Nankatsu SC Co. Ltd was established to operate the first-team, transferring the team's management. In the following year, they were approved as a member of the J.League 100 Year Plan, alongside Vonds Ichihara, FC Osaka, Veertien Mie and Iwaki FC.[3]

On 14 July 2021, Valuence Holdings acquired 33,5% of the Nankatsu SC Co. Ltd. shares (the other 66.5% remained owned by Yōichi Takahashi). In addition, Shinsuke Sakimoto, then Valuence Holdings CEO, became Nankatsu SC Co. Ltd. president. In the same year (2021), Nankatsu SC, who were then a newly promoted team from the Tokyo Metropolitan League, making at the time its regional debut, were promoted from the Kanto Soccer League 2nd division, finishing as 2021 runners-up.

In the 2022 season, they played in the Kanto Soccer League 1st division, successfully avoiding relegation, despite being threatened by it several times during the league season. Nankatsu made their debut at the Shakaijin Cup on 2022. Their first match on the competition was a win against FC Tokushima by 1–0, after a tap-in goal by Deivisson gave them the win. Their second match was the debut's opposite, as this time they lost the match by 1-0 against Veroskronos Tsuno, early exiting the tournament at the Round of 16.

Current squad

As of 21 August 2023.[4]

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 Hirotsugu Nakabayashi
3 DF Brazil BRA Deivisson
4 DF Japan JPN Ryu Yuwon
5 DF Japan JPN Masaya Kajitsuka
6 DF Japan JPN Kohei Mihara
7 MF Japan JPN Kunimitsu Sekiguchi (captain)
8 MF Japan JPN Junichi Inamoto
9 FW Japan JPN Shohei Okada
11 MF Japan JPN Jumpei Kusukami
13 MF Japan JPN Yuto Mizuno
14 MF Japan JPN Kai Nomura
15 MF Japan JPN Yasuyuki Konno
16 DF Japan JPN Hiroto Arai
17 MF Japan JPN Tatsuya Sasaki
18 FW Japan JPN Shosuke Moriyama (vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Japan JPN Shungo Tamashiro (vice-captain)
20 FW Japan JPN Ryuta Sasaki
22 FW Japan JPN Rei Okuhara
23 MF Japan JPN Yosei Morinaga
24 DF Japan JPN Ibuki Kato
26 MF Japan JPN Daichi Akiyama
27 DF Japan JPN Fumiya Yokosuka
29 DF Japan JPN Takumi Shimohira
31 GK Japan JPN Masamichi Iiyoshi
32 FW Japan JPN Yu Hasegawa (vice-captain)
33 FW Japan JPN Akito Kawamoto
37 GK Japan JPN Keita Toyama
44 MF Japan JPN Shota Aizawa
52 DF Japan JPN Kakeru Kumagawa
88 FW Japan JPN Genki Omae

Coaching Staff

As of 7 March 2023.[5]
Position Staff
ManagerJapan Kazuya Mori
Assistant managerJapan Kenji Takagi
Japan Kohata Shuji
Goalkeeper coachJapan Kiyomitsu Kobari
Assistant coachJapan Shinya Takiguchi
TrainerJapan Satoru Ueno
Japan Keito Kurosawa
Interpreter/Assistant CoachJapan Masayuki Nagane
Athletic TrainerJapan Keisuke Fujita
General ManagerJapan Yoshihiro Iwamoto
Assistant General ManagerJapan Ryo Hatada

League record

SeasonLeagueGPPtsWDLPosition
2004 Tokyo Metropolitan League (3rd Div.) 1193089th
2005 10279012nd
2006 10289101st
2007 Tokyo Metropolitan League (2nd Div.) 11613711th
2008 Tokyo Metropolitan League (3rd Div.) 10227122nd
2009 11196145th
2010 10186043rd
2011 10165144th
2012 10185324th
2013 11289112nd
2014 11279022nd
2015 113311001st
2016 Tokyo Metropolitan League (2nd Div.) 13289132nd
2017 133411111st
2018 Tokyo Metropolitan League (1st Div.) 154013111st
2019 15226457th
2020 7165111st
2021 Kanto Soccer League (2nd Div.) 183610622nd
2022 Kanto Soccer League (1st Div.) 18194777th
2023 00000TBD

Honours

Nankatsu SC WINGS

The club has also a women's football section, under the name Nankatsu SC WINGS. It was founded on 2014. They started from Tokyo Metropolitan Women Football League's 5th division, but got three back-to-back promotions, then making their 1st division debut early on 2018. Earning promotion from the Metropolitan League, they entered the Kanto Soccer League on 2021, playing on the 2nd division. Another back-to-back promotion saw them jumping to the 1st division, starting from the 2022 season.[6]

Nankatsu SC WINGS current squad

As of 20 September 2022 [7]

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 Sumika Takahashi
2 DF Japan JPN Kana Kitakubo
3 DF Japan JPN Kaho Tsutsumi
4 DF Japan JPN Nodoka Hitomi
5 DF Japan JPN Miwa Okawara
6 MF Japan JPN Rima Takizawa
7 MF Japan JPN Kasumi Ishikura
8 MF Japan JPN Towa Kanno
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Japan JPN Erika Hirose
11 FW Japan JPN Rina Miyazaki
13 MF Japan JPN Naona Nakagai
14 MF Japan JPN Mami Takahara
17 DF Japan JPN Sachie Sato
18 FW Japan JPN Yuka Ogiwara
19 MF Japan JPN Kaori Yamazaki
21 GK Japan JPN Motoko Fujisawa

References

  1. "KSL - 関東サッカーリーグ - 南葛SC". www.kanto-sl.jp. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. "南葛SCは葛飾からJリーグを目指して活動しています。". nankatsu-sc.com (in Japanese). Nankatsu SC. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  3. "Jリーグ百年構想クラブ 審査結果について". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  4. "TOP TEAM". nankatsu-sc.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  5. Nankatsu Players/Staff - "TOP TEAM {{{!}}} TOPチーム". nankatsu-sc.com (in Japanese). Nankatsu SC. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  6. "2022年度 第28回関東女子サッカーリーグ 2部 9/17結果更新!次回9/25". juniorsoccer-news.com (in Japanese). 17 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  7. "WINGS {{{!}}} ウイングス". nankatsu-sc.com (in Japanese). Nankatsu SC. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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