Tochigi SC

Tochigi SC
栃木サッカークラブ

Full name	Tochigi Soccer Club
Founded	1953 (1953)
Stadium	Kanseki Stadium Tochigi
Capacity	25,244
Manager	Yu Tokisaki
League	J2 League
2023	J2 League, 19th of 22
Website	http://www.tochigisc.jp/
Home colours Away colours

Tochigi Soccer Club (栃木サッカークラブ), commonly referred to as Tochigi SC are a football club based in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. They currently play in the J2 League.

History

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

League													Emperor's Cup
Season	Div.	Teams	Pos.	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Attendance/G
2007	JFL	18	8th	34	14	10	10	43	29	14	52	4,457	3rd round
2008		18	2nd	34	18	9	7	65	37	28	63	5,048	4th round
2009	J2	18	17th	51	8	13	30	38	77	-39	37	4,706	2nd round
2010		19	10th	36	14	8	14	46	42	4	50	4,157	3rd round
2011		20	10th	38	15	11	12	44	39	5	56	4,939	3rd round
2012		22	11th	42	17	9	16	50	49	4	60	3,850	2nd round
2013		22	9th	42	17	12	13	61	55	6	63	4,922	3rd round
2014		22	12th	42	15	10	17	52	58	-6	55	5,294	2nd round
2015		22	22nd	42	7	14	21	39	64	-25	35	5,167	1st round
2016	J3	16	2nd	30	17	8	5	38	20	18	59	4,917	Did not qualify
2017		17	2nd	32	16	12	4	44	24	20	60	5,147	Did not qualify
2018	J2	22	17th	42	13	11	18	38	48	-10	50	5,657	2nd round
2019		22	20th	42	8	16	18	33	53	-20	40	5,148	3rd round
2020 †		22	10th	42	15	13	14	41	39	2	58	2,522	Did not qualify
2021 †		22	14th	42	10	15	17	37	51	-14	45	3,861	3rd round
2022		22	17th	42	11	16	15	32	40	-8	49	4,429	Round of 16
2023		22	TBA	42

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

Current squad

As of September 2, 2022. 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	JPN	Shuhei Kawata
2	DF	JPN	Yukuto Omoya
3	DF	JPN	Hayato Kurosaki
4	MF	JPN	Sho Sato
7	MF	JPN	Yuki Nishiya (captain)
8	MF	JPN	Yojiro Takahagi (on loan from FC Tokyo)
9	FW	JPN	Yuji Senuma
10	MF	JPN	Toshiki Mori
11	MF	BRA	Juninho
13	MF	JPN	Rimu Matsuoka
14	MF	JPN	Teppei Yachida (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)
15	DF	JPN	Naoki Otani
16	DF	ESP	Carlos Gutiérrez
17	MF	JPN	Ren Yamamoto
18	MF	JPN	Sho Omori
19	FW	JPN	Koki Oshima

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	JPN	Keita Ueda (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
24	MF	JPN	Kosuke Kambe
25	GK	JPN	Yuya Aoshima
27	FW	JPN	Masato Igarashi
28	DF	JPN	Tomoyasu Yoshida
29	FW	JPN	Kisho Yano
30	DF	JPN	Kenta Fukumori (on loan from Oita Trinita)
32	FW	JPN	Ko Miyazaki
33	MF	JPN	Ryota Isomura
35	DF	JPN	Kaito Suzuki (on loan from Júbilo Iwata)
37	MF	JPN	Ryo Nemoto (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
38	FW	JPN	Sora Kobori
40	DF	JPN	Keita Ide
41	GK	JPN	Kazuki Fujita (on loan from Albirex Niigata)
44	MF	JPN	Rui Ageishi Type 2
45	DF	JPN	Wataru Hiramatsu DSP

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
22	DF	JPN	Kenya Onodera (at Kagoshima United)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Yu Tokisaki
Assistant head coach	Kazushige Watanuki Junro Hamashima
Head goalkeeper coach	Seiichi Saito
Physical coach	Shinobu Kikuchi
Chief trainer	Yuta Matsumoto
Trainer	Yujiro Sakae Atsuya Kaneko Takumi Murakami
Interpreter	Bruno Hideo Watanabe
Competent	Shinsuke Hitomi
Side affairs	Tatsuya Sakakibara

Managerial history

Manager	Nationality	Tenure
		Start	Finish
Kōichi Hashiratani	Japan	January 1, 2007	December 31, 2008
Hiroshi Matsuda	Japan	February 1, 2009	September 13, 2013
Ikuo Matsumoto	Japan	September 13, 2013	November 25, 2013
Yūji Sakakura	Japan	February 1, 2014	July 20, 2015
Yasuharu Kurata	Japan	July 22, 2015	December 31, 2015
Yūji Yokoyama	Japan	January 1, 2016	December 31, 2018
Kazuaki Tasaka	Japan	February 1, 2019	January 31, 2022
Yū Tokisaki	Japan	February 1, 2022	Current

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 -

Away kits – 2nd
2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
2018	2019	2020	2021	2022 -

External links

• Official Website (in Japanese)