Tochigi City FC

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 was formed in 1947 as Hitachi Tochigi Soccer Club, the works team of the local Hitachi, Ltd. affiliate. In 2002 it adopted the moniker Uva (meaning "grape" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish), after the vineyards of its home area, southern Tochigi Prefecture.

Not to be confused with Tochigi SC.
Tochigi City FC
栃木シティFC
Full nameTochigi City Football Club
Founded1947 (1947) as Hitachi Tochigi Soccer Club
2002 (2002) as Tochigi Uva
2019 (2019) as Tochigi City FC
GroundCity Football Station
Tochigi, Tochigi
Capacity5,129
Manager Naoki Imaya
LeagueKantō Soccer League
20221st of 10 (champions)
WebsiteClub website

History

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]

Current squad

As of July 28, 2022.[3]

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 Yoshinobu Harada
2 DF  JPN Hiroki Tanaka
3 DF  JPN Shuto Masuda
4 DF  JPN Rempei Uchida
5 DF  JPN Takahiro Oshima
6 MF  JPN Ichiro Suzuki
7 FW  JPN Ryuga Suzuki
8 MF  JPN Kohei Kudo
9 FW  JPN Yuki Yamamura
10 MF  JPN Yuki Okaniwa
11 FW  KOR Jo Yeong-cheol
13 FW  JPN Yuto Murosaki
14 MF  JPN Takafumi Shimizu
15 DF  JPN Yoshiki Sato
16 MF  JPN Takahiro Noda
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  JPN Sho Abe
18 FW  JPN Mikuni Furuya
19 MF  JPN Hiroto Shirakawa
20 MF  JPN Ren Akazawa
21 GK  JPN Shoa Onishi
22 DF  JPN Koyo Matsuura
23 FW  JPN Atsushi Yoshida
24 MF  JPN Sho Toriumi
25 FW  JPN Akira Toshima (on loan from Matsumoto Yamaga)
26 FW  JPN Masaru Ushihara
27 MF  JPN Teru Ando
28 FW  JPN Genta Omotehara
29 GK  JPN Naoki Goto (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)
32 MF  AUS Joe Caletti
33 DF  JPN Takumi Abe

References
  1. mainichi.jp
  2. sankei.com
  3. "Tochigi City FC". Tochigi City FC. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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