Tsukuba FC

Tsukuba FC (つくばFC, Tsukuba Efushi) is a football (soccer) club based in Tsukuba, which is located in Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Kantō Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

This article is about the men's football club based in Japan. For the women's team, see Tsukuba FC Ladies.
Tsukuba FC
つくばFC
Full nameJoyful Honda Tsukuba FC
Founded1993 (1993)
GroundTsukuba Wellness Park
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
ChairmanShinnosuke Ishikawa
ManagerHideharu Soejima
LeagueKantō Soccer League Div. 1
20225th of 10

History

Tied to University of Tsukuba, the club was initially founded in 1993 as a women's football club. Shortly after that, a men's version of the club was launched.[1] In 2000s, even U-12 and U-15 squad were created and Tsukuba FC have the goal of reaching professional football in 2020.[2] In 2014, the club reached Kanto Soccer League, winning immediately 2nd Division and now trying to reach Japan Football League. Their plans revealed the will to build a stadium for 30,000 people in the near future.[3] Tsukuba FC's main sponsor is Joyful Honda, a hardware store akin to The Home Depot or Lowe's in the United States and unrelated to Honda Motor Company.

Current squad
As of 23 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 Ryo Mizuno
2 DF Japan JPN Makoto Tokutake
3 DF Japan JPN Koichi Komazaki
5 MF Japan JPN Takumu Kimoto
6 MF Japan JPN Yuki Fukazawa
7 MF Japan JPN Kazuma Kuwata
8 MF Japan JPN Ryunosuke Suzuki
9 DF Japan JPN Shunsuke Yamazaki
10 MF Japan JPN Masato Sugaya
11 FW Japan JPN Hideaki Miyamoto
13 FW Japan JPN Junnosuke Okazaki
14 DF Japan JPN Shun Aoki
16 MF Japan JPN Taisei Masuda
17 DF Japan JPN Seiya Kumagai
18 DF Japan JPN Shuhei Takizawa
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Japan JPN Shuta Kotaka
21 GK Japan JPN Keita Minuma
23 MF Japan JPN Yukihiro Kawashima
24 MF Japan JPN Kohei Kori
25 DF Japan JPN Ryuya Nakazato
26 FW Japan JPN Chisato Suda
27 FW Japan JPN Yuya Gunji
28 DF Japan JPN Eiji Koakutsu
29 MF Japan JPN Kazuma Suzuki
30 FW Japan JPN Tatsunosuke Onzuka
31 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Komuro
33 FW Japan JPN Mizaki Kawashima
34 DF Japan JPN Ryusei Yagoshi
36 GK Japan JPN Daiki Akutsu

League record
SeasonLeagueGPPtsWDLPosition
2012 Ibaraki Prefectural
League (Div. 1)		 14196174th
2013 143411122nd
2014 Kantō Soccer League (Div. 2) 184113231st
2015 Kantō Soccer
League (Div. 1)		 183113323rd
2016 18278375th
2017 184113232nd
2018 18226487th
2019 18215677th
2020 18310810th
2021 222574118th
2022 18226485th

References
  1. "ご挨拶" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-08-02.
  2. "クラブヴィジョン2020" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-10-17.
  3. "つくば市、陸上競技場を3万人規模に". 28 December 2013.
  4. "ジョイフル本田つくばFC". Retrieved 14 October 2022.
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