FC Tokushima

FC Tokushima
FC徳島
Full name	FC Tokushima
Founded	2003; 21 years ago as Celeste FC; 2016; 8 years ago as FC Tokushima Celeste; 2018; 6 years ago as FC Tokushima
Ground	Yokota Kamizakura Sports Ground; Tokushima Football Field; Pocarisweat Stadium; Tokushima Sports Village; (Tokushima)
Capacity	200 (Yokota KSG); 13,000 (Tokushima FF); 5,600 (Pocarisweat ST); 2,200 (Tokushima SV)
Owner	Fortua Co., Ltd.
Manager	Toshiaki Haji
League	Shikoku Soccer League
2024	1st of 8 (champions)
Website	fctokushima2016.com
	Current season

FC Tokushima (FC徳島, Efu Shi Tokushima) are a Japanese football club based in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima.^[2] They currently play in the Shikoku Soccer League, which part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

History

The club was founded on 2003 as Celeste FC. It didn't take long for the club to gain promotion to the Tokushima Prefectural League 1st division, this occurred in 2006. Since then, the club never went back to the 2nd division. On 2012, after winning the Tokushima Prefectural League, FC Tokushima qualified to the Shikoku Prefectural League Final Tournament, facing the other 3 prefectural championships winners of Ehime, Kochi, and Kagawa, as the four prefectures comprises the Shikoku region. The club won the tournament, therefore, getting promoted to the Shikoku Soccer League.

In 2013, their unsuccessful debut at the regional league level, led the club to get relegated back to the Tokushima Prefectural League. As quick it took to get relegated, they got promoted back to the Shikoku League for the 2016 season. From 2016 onwards, the club never again got relegated, and won qualification to the Emperor's Cup as Tokushima representatives every year since then.^[3]

The club had two previous opportunities to play in the Regional Champions League, a tournament that can potentially give an opportunity for Regional League clubs to get promoted to the Japan Football League. Debuting at the competition in 2019, the club finished as the second-bottom club in an overall ranking, as they lost all the three matches in which they played on the first stage.^[4]

FC Tokushima won the 2020 Shikoku Soccer League, giving them the right to participate for their second time in the competition. However, the 2020 season of the Regional Champions League was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, then, delaying their second appearance at the competition, which would happen on the 2021.

In this 2021 edition, they qualified from the first stage, going through unbeaten after three matches, winning two matches and drawing the other game. However, in the second and final stage of the competition, they finished as the bottom-placed team of the group, losing all three matches, ending up as the competition's 4th-placed team.^[5] It is, to date, their highest placement in the competition so far, as they failed to reach such heights in their next attempts.^[6]

Current squad

As of 30 April 2024. ^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Yosuke Kikuyama
3	DF	JPN	Shunsaku Akizuki
4	DF	JPN	Kimiaki Nishikawa
6	MF	JPN	Nao Yamamoto
7	MF	JPN	Daiki Deoka
8	MF	JPN	Kodai Himeda
9	DF	JPN	Junya Takabatake
10	MF	JPN	Ren Kubota
11	MF	JPN	Yuta Taniyama (on loan from Roasso Kumamoto)
14	MF	JPN	Kokoro Minamino
15	MF	JPN	Wataru Kato
16	DF	JPN	Yuya Kaneko
17	DF	JPN	Keigo Maeno


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	JPN	Motoyoshi Toshiyasu
19	MF	JPN	Sho Hayasaka
20	MF	JPN	Ryuto Enomoto
21	GK	JPN	Yun Jang-yeon
22	FW	JPN	Tsubasa Misao
24	MF	JPN	Koki Komatsu
26	FW	JPN	Kai Nomura
27	DF	JPN	Keiya Yamahara
29	DF	JPN	Yuki Konagaya
31	GK	JPN	Ryusei Asaoka
33	DF	JPN	Masahiro Ishikawa
44	MF	JPN	Kuraba Kondo

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Toshiaki Haji
General manager	Kihiro Nitta
Goalkeeper coach	Fumiya Nagai
Trainer	Takahiro Nomura
Staff manager	Ryuwa Nakagawa
Side staff	Kosuke Inai

League and Cup record

Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Promoted	Relegated

League											Emperor's Cup
Season	Division	Pos.	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Emperor's Cup
Celeste
2007	Tokushima Pref. League	7th	11	4	3	4	27	25	2	15	–
2008		9th	10	3	0	7	18	36	-18	9
2009		2nd	11	6	3	2	23	15	8	21
2010		5th	10	4	3	3	18	36	-18	15
2011		4th	11	8	2	1	18	36	-18	20^[a]
2012		1st	11	10	1	0	41	12	29	31
2013	Shikoku Soccer League	8th	14	2	0	12	18	70	-52	6
2014	Tokushima Pref. League	8th	11	3	2	6	15	22	-7	11
2015	Tokushima Pref. League	1st	11	10	0	1	43	9	34	30
FC Tokushima Celeste
2016	Shikoku Soccer League	5th	14	4	1	9	12	45	-33	13	1st round
2017	Shikoku Soccer League	2nd	14	9	4	1	41	13	28	31	1st round
FC Tokushima
2018	Shikoku Soccer League	2nd	14	10	3	1	55	11	44	33	1st round
2019		2nd	14	12	0	2	49	11	38	36	1st round
2020		1st	7	7	0	0	29	3	26	21	3rd round
2021		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic									1st round
2022		1st	14	13	1	0	66	8	56	37	1st round
2023		1st	14	11	3	0	70	11	59	36	2nd round
2024		1st	14	13	0	1	73	14	59	39	1st round
2025		TBA	14								TBA

^ 6 points were deducted by the Shikoku FA

Key

Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points won

Honours

FC Tokushima honours
Honour	No.	Years
Tokushima Prefectural League 2nd Division	1	2006
Tokushima Prefectural League 1st Division	2	2012, 2015
Shikoku Prefectural Leagues Final Tournament	2	2012, 2015
Tokushima Prefectural Football Championship	9	2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Shikoku Soccer League	3	2020, 2022, 2023, 2024

References

^ "FC徳島がJリーグ参入見据え株式会社設立体制整え経営安定化図る" (in Japanese). 25 August 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ "クラブ". fctokushima2016.com. FC Tokushima. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ "FC徳島試合結果". n-tokushima.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2019". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2021". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ "FC徳島 2年ぶり制覇サッカー四国リーグ". topics.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ "選手/スタッフ". fctokushima2016.com (in Japanese). FC Tokushima. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

External links

Official Website

[DDP-8] 6 points were deducted by the Shikoku FA

[1] "FC徳島がJリーグ参入見据え株式会社設立体制整え経営安定化図る" (in Japanese). 25 August 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[2] "クラブ". fctokushima2016.com. FC Tokushima. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[3] "FC徳島試合結果". n-tokushima.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[4] "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2019". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[5] "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2021". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[6] "FC徳島 2年ぶり制覇サッカー四国リーグ". topics.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[7] "選手/スタッフ". fctokushima2016.com (in Japanese). FC Tokushima. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

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