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Mizushima F.C.
三菱水島
Full nameMitsubishi Motors Mizushima Football Club
Nickname(s)Red Adamant
Founded1946; 78 years ago (1946)
GroundOkayama Kasaoka Athletic Stadium
Kasaoka, Okayama
Capacity5,000
OwnerMitsubishi Motors
ManagerShinya Suga
LeagueChugoku Soccer League

Mitsubishi Mizushima F.C. (三菱水島FC, Mitsubishi Mizushima Efu Shī) are a Japanese football club based in Kurashiki, Okayama. They play in the Chūgoku Soccer League.

History

The club was founded in 1946 to provide recreational activities in the war-torn Mizushima area of Kurashiki city. They joined the Okayama Prefecture League in 1965 and were promoted to the Chūgoku Regional League in 1979 for the first time.[1]

They were relegated to the Prefecture League in 1982 and stayed there for 8 years. After re-entering the Chūgoku League, they won 5 championships before being promoted to the JFL in 2005.

In recent years they have adopted the moniker "Red Adamant" (after their parent company Mitsubishi Motors and its former flagship football club, now known as Urawa Red Diamonds), with an aim to eventually join J. League and be a star club in their own right. A potential obstacle to this will be the newly promoted Fagiano Okayama, with whom they have had to share Momotaro Athletic Stadium in Okayama City for recent JFL fixtures.

In 2008 they finished dead last of 18, but were spared the drop due to the promotion of Okayama, Kataller Toyama and Tochigi SC.

In November 2009, the club announced they would withdraw from the JFL after the end of the 2009 season because of the lack of the financial resources to operate in the league. After their membership application was refused by the Chugoku Regional League, they decided to compete in the Okayama Prefectural League Division 1 in 2010.

In November 2016 they rebounded by winning the Shakaijin Cup.

Current squad

As of November 20, 2017.[2]

League record

Season League GP Pts W D L Position
2005 Japan Football
League
30 8 2 2 26 16th
2006 34 27 7 6 21 17th
2007 34 35 11 2 21 15th
2008 34 16 3 7 24 18th
2009 34 18 4 6 24 18th
2010 Okayama Prefectural League 12 34 11 1 0 1st
2011 Chugoku Soccer
League
18 37 12 1 5 4th
2012 18 26 7 5 6 5th
2013 18 17 4 5 9 7th
2014 18 33 10 3 5 3rd
2015 18 40 13 1 4 3rd
2016 18 32 10 2 6 3rd
2017 18 46 15 1 2 1st

Honours

References