Minebea Mitsumi FC

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Minebea Mitsumi FC
ミネベアミツミFC
Full nameMinebea Mitsumi Football Club
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964) as Honda Lock SC
StadiumMiyazaki Ikime no Mori Ivy Stadium
Miyazaki
Capacity11,000
OwnerMinebeaMitsumi, Inc.
ManagerYosuke Miyaji
LeagueJapan Football League
202314th of 15
WebsiteClub website

Minebea Mitsumi FC (ミネベアミツミFC, Minebea Mitsumi Efu Shī), formerly Honda Lock SC (ホンダロックSC, Honda Rokku Esu Shī) are a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Miyazaki, the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture. They play in the Japan Football League, Japanese 4th tier of league football. Their team colour is blue.

History[edit]

Former logo of Honda Lock SC

The club was founded in 1964 by the factory workers of Honda Lock Manufacturing Co., an affiliate company of Honda Motor. They were promoted to the Kyushu Regional League in 1997 and acquired official backing from the company in 1999. They won the Kyushu Regional League in 2004 and were accepted by the Japan Football League following the Regional League promotion series.

They spent two years in the JFL but were relegated to the Kyūshū Regional League for the 2007 season after they lost to F.C. Gifu in the promotion/relegation play-offs.

Honda Lock returned to the JFL in 2009 after placing third in the 2008 Regional League promotion series.

Honda Lock SC changed its name to Minebea Mitsumi FC ahead of 2023 season, with Japanese Multinational corporation and a major producer of machinery components and electronics devices MinebeaMitsumi, taking over the club. The deal was completed on 27 January 2023.[1] Regarding Honda Lock SC, Honda Lock Co. Ltd. a shareholder and MinebeaMitsumi Co. Ltd. entered into a share transfer agreement for the acquisition of shares of Honda Lock became a subsidiary.

Changes in club name[edit]

  • Honda Lock SC : 1964–2022
  • Minebea Mitsumi FC : 2023–present

Stadiums[edit]

Ikimenomori Sports Park

League & cup record[edit]

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League Emperor's
Cup
Season Division Tier Teams Pos. P W (PK) D L (PK) F A GD Pts
As Honda Lock SC
2003 KSL 4 12 6th 22 8 (2) - 9 (3) 40 44 -4 31 Did not qualify
2004 4 10 1st 18 14 (2) - 1 (1) 52 16 36 47 3rd round
2005 JFL 3 16 15th 30 3 6 21 38 79 -41 15 4th round
2006 18 18th 34 5 7 22 39 86 -47 22 Did not qualify
2007 KSL 4 11 2nd 20 17 - 2 (1) 76 19 57 52 3rd round
2008 10 3rd 18 14 (2) - 2 62 14 48 46 3rd round
2009 JFL 3 18 13th 34 9 13 12 34 38 -4 40 3rd round
2010 18 13th 34 10 12 12 36 39 -3 42 2nd round
2011 18 8th 33 12 11 10 47 45 2 52 2nd round
2012 17 16th 32 7 7 18 28 56 -28 28 Did not qualify
2013 18 18th 34 6 11 17 25 47 -22 29
2014 4 14 10th 26 7 6 13 31 52 -21 27 2nd round
2015 16 9th 30 11 7 12 31 37 -6 40 Did not qualify
2016 16 3rd 30 17 8 5 46 23 23 59 1st round
2017 16 8th 30 9 7 14 36 46 -10 34 Did not qualify
2018 16 14th 30 6 11 13 29 52 -23 29
2019 16 6th 30 10 11 9 41 39 2 41 2nd round
2020 16 12th 15 5 4 6 19 25 -6 19 Did not qualify
2021 17 16th 32 6 9 17 26 48 -22 27 2nd round
2022 16 10th 30 10 6 14 33 33 0 36 2nd round
As Minebea Mitsumi FC
2023 JFL 4 15 12th 28 8 7 13 35 44 -9 31 Did not qualify
2024 16 TBD 30
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained

Current squad[edit]

As of 12 March 2023.[2] 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 Takuya Yuzawa
2 DF Japan JPN Takuma Nakajima
3 DF Japan JPN Naoki Ono
4 DF Japan JPN Junji Yamamichi
5 DF Japan JPN Takeru Suzuki
6 MF Japan JPN Shota Makino
7 MF Japan JPN Tatsuya Sugita
8 MF Japan JPN Yamato Tanaka
9 FW Japan JPN Mizuki Owaki
10 FW Japan JPN Tomoki Hino
11 FW Japan JPN Taisuke Tose
13 MF Japan JPN Daichi Takahara (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Japan JPN Kodai Nagayoshi
15 DF Japan JPN Takahiro Uchiyama
17 MF Japan JPN Tomoki Kihashi
18 MF Japan JPN Kairi Harayama
19 MF Japan JPN Ryoga Noda
20 DF Japan JPN Ken Takahashi
21 GK Japan JPN Kanshiro Amamoto
22 DF Japan JPN Tomoki Okawa
23 MF Japan JPN Toranosuke Takagi
24 MF Japan JPN Fumiya Kai
25 FW Japan JPN Komei Maki
27 DF Japan JPN Mao Igarashi

Coaching Staff[edit]

For the 2023 season.

Position Name
Manager Japan Yosuke Miyaji
Assistant Managers Japan Tsuneyuki Ueda
Japan Kenichi Nakayama
Japan Naoya Oyama

Managerial history[edit]

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Hisashi Hiroike  Japan 1 February 2009 31 January 2011
Ryuichi Ikeda  Japan 1 February 2011 12 September 2011
Norita Ochiai  Japan 13 September 2011 22 September 2011
Kazunori Jo  Japan 23 September 2011 31 January 2013
Masashi Kawashima  Japan 1 January 2013 31 December 2013
Ittetsu Idogawa  Japan 1 February 2014 31 January 2016
Kenji Taniguchi  Japan 1 February 2016 31 January 2019
Shinya Shirakawa  Japan 1 February 2019 10 June 2020
Yōsuke Miyaji  Japan 11 June 2020 Current

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Soccer team changed their name | MinebeaMitsumi Group in Europe". www.minebeamitsumi.eu. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  2. ^ "プレイヤー・スタッフ".

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