Tochigi City FC
Full name | Tochigi City Football Club | ||
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Founded | 1947 2002 as Tochigi Uva 2019 as Tochigi City FC | as Hitachi Tochigi Soccer Club ||
Ground | City Football Station Tochigi, Tochigi | ||
Capacity | 5,129 | ||
Chairman | Takashi Ōkuri | ||
Manager | Naoki Imaya | ||
League | Kantō Soccer League | ||
2022 | 1st of 10 (champions) | ||
Website | https://tochigi-city.com/ | ||
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Tochigi City Football Club (栃木シティフットボールクラブ, Tochigi Shiti Futtobōrukurabu), commonly known as Tochigi City FC (栃木シティFC, Tochigi Shiti Efushi) is a Japanese football club based in Tochigi Prefecture. The club currently play in Kanto Soccer League part of Japanese Regional Leagues, the fifth tier of football league.
History
The club was formed in 1947 as Hitachi Tochigi Soccer Club, the works team of the local Hitachi, Ltd. affiliate.
After finishing as a runners-up in the local Kanto Soccer League in 2009 season, they were promoted to the 2010 Japan Football League through the All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series. Prior to their first season in JFL, the club has dropped Hitachi prefix in its name and changed the reference to sport from "soccer" to "football" following general Japanese trend. From the 2019 season, the club has adopted the new name as "Tochigi City FC".[1][2]
Origin name
In 2002 it adopted the moniker Uva (meaning "grape" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish), after the vineyards of its home area, southern Tochigi Prefecture.
Current squad
As of 23 August 2023.[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
- ^ mainichi.jp
- ^ sankei.com
- ^ "Tochigi City FC". Tochigi City FC. Retrieved 14 February 2022.