Tochigi SC

Tochigi Soccer Club (栃木サッカークラブ, Tochigi Sakkākurabu),[1] commonly referred to as Tochigi SC (栃木SC, Tochigi Esushi) is a Japanese football club based in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. They currently play in the J2 League, Japan's second tier of professional football.

Tochigi SC
栃木SC
Full nameTochigi Soccer Club
Founded1953 (1953)
StadiumKanseki Stadium Tochigi
Capacity25,244
ManagerYu Tokisaki
LeagueJ2 League
2022J2 League, 17th of 22
WebsiteClub website

History

Teachers in Tochigi Prefecture founded the club in 1953. They were initially called 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.

In 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 from 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.

League and cup record
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
LeagueEmperor's
Cup
SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.PWDLFAGDPtsAttendance/G
2007 JFL188th34141010432914524,4573rd round
2008182nd341897653728635,0484th round
2009 J21817th51813303877-39374,7062nd round
2010 1910th361481446424504,1573rd round
2011 2010th3815111244395564,9393rd round
2012 2211th421791650494603,8502nd round
2013 229th4217121361556634,9223rd round
2014 2212th421510175258-6555,2942nd round
2015 2222nd42714213964-25355,1671st round
2016 J3162nd301785382018594,917Did not qualify
2017 172nd3216124442420605,147Did not qualify
2018 J22217th421311183848-10505,6572nd round
2019 2220th42816183353-20405,1483rd round
2020 † 2210th4215131441392582,522Did not qualify
2021 † 2214th421015173751-14453,8613rd round
2022 2217th421116153240-8494,429Round of 16
2023 22TBA42Round of 16
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
  • Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
  • † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site

Players

Current squad

As of 8 September 2023.[2][3] 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 Shuhei Kawata
3 DF Japan JPN Hayato Kurosaki
4 MF Japan JPN Sho Sato
5 DF Japan JPN Naoki Otani
6 MF Japan JPN Sho Omori
7 MF Japan JPN Yuki Nishiya (captain)
8 MF Japan JPN Yojiro Takahagi
10 MF Japan JPN Toshiki Mori
11 MF Brazil BRA Juninho
13 MF Japan JPN Keita Ueda (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
15 DF Japan JPN Ryohei Okazaki
16 DF Japan JPN Wataru Hiramatsu
17 MF Japan JPN Ren Yamamoto
19 FW Japan JPN Koki Oshima
21 DF Japan JPN Tomoyasu Yoshida
22 DF Japan JPN Kenya Onodera
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Japan JPN Hayato Fukushima (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
24 MF Japan JPN Kosuke Kambe
25 GK Japan JPN Yuya Aoshima
29 FW Japan JPN Kisho Yano
30 DF Japan JPN Kenta Fukumori (on loan from Oita Trinita)
31 MF Japan JPN Ryotaro Ishida (on loan from Nagoya Grampus)
32 FW Japan JPN Ko Miyazaki
33 DF Brazil BRA Rafael Costa
37 MF Japan JPN Ryo Nemoto (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
38 FW Japan JPN Sora Kobori
39 FW Brazil BRA Leandro Pereira
40 DF Japan JPN Shuya Takashima
41 GK Japan JPN Kazuki Fujita (on loan from Albirex Niigata)
45 MF Japan JPN Kojiro Yasuda (on loan from FC Tokyo)
48 GK Japan JPN Naruki Kumakura Type 2
99 FW Nigeria NGA Origbaajo Ismaila (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)

Out on loan

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 Yukuto Omoya (at Reilac Shiga)
9 FW Japan JPN Yuji Senuma (at SC Sagamihara)
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW Japan JPN Masato Igarashi (at Reilac Shiga)

Coaching staff

For the 2023 season.[4]

PositionName
Head coachJapan Yu Tokisaki
Assistant head coachJapan Masahiro Ohashi
Japan Minoru Takenaka
Head goalkeeper coachJapan Akihiro Watanabe
AnalystJapan Shogo Manabe
Chief trainerJapan Yuta Matsumoto
TrainerJapan Tetsuya Furuta
Japan Atsuya Kaneko
InterpreterJapan Bruno Hideo Watanabe
Side affairsJapan Tatsuya Sakakibara
Japan Yusuke Kenjo

Managerial history
ManagerNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Kōichi Hashiratani JapanJanuary 1, 2007December 31, 2008
Hiroshi Matsuda JapanFebruary 1, 2009September 13, 2013
Ikuo Matsumoto JapanSeptember 13, 2013November 25, 2013
Yūji Sakakura JapanFebruary 1, 2014July 20, 2015
Yasuharu Kurata JapanJuly 22, 2015December 31, 2015
Yūji Yokoyama JapanJanuary 1, 2016December 31, 2018
Kazuaki Tasaka JapanFebruary 1, 2019January 31, 2022
Yū Tokisaki JapanFebruary 1, 2022Current

Kit evolution

The team's colour is yellow.

Home kits – 1st
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Away kits – 2nd
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
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References
  1. クラブ情報 [Club profile] (in Japanese). Tochigi SC. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  2. "2023シーズン 背番号のお知らせ". Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  3. "トップチーム｜栃木サッカークラブ公式サイト【栃木Sc】".
  4. "2023シーズン トップチームスタッフ体制のお知らせ". tochigisc.jp. Tochigi SC. January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2023.


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