FC Tokushima

{{Short description|Japanese football club}}

{{Distinguish|Tokushima Vortis}}

{{Infobox football club

|clubname = FC Tokushima
FC徳島

|fullname = FC Tokushima

|nickname =

|founded = {{start date and age|2003|df=yes}} as Celeste FC
{{start date and age|2016|df=yes}} as FC Tokushima Celeste
{{start date and age|2018|df=yes}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.topics.or.jp/articles/-/757764|title=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|date=25 August 2022|access-date=17 October 2022|language=ja}}

|chairman =

|manager = Toshiaki Haji

|league = Shikoku Soccer League

|season = 2024

|current = 2024 Japanese Regional Leagues#Shikoku

|position = 1st of 8 (champions)

|website = fctokushima2016.com

}}

{{nihongo|FC Tokushima|FC徳島|Efu Shi Tokushima}} are a Japanese football club based in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima.{{cite web|url=https://fctokushima2016.com/club/|title=クラブ|website=fctokushima2016.com|publisher=FC Tokushima|access-date=17 October 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.n-tokushima.jp/FCTOKUSHIMA|title=FC徳島試合結果|access-date=17 October 2022|website=n-tokushima.jp|language=ja}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.jfa.jp/match/regional_league_2019/schedule_result/|title=全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2019|website=jfa.jp|publisher=Japan Football Association|access-date=17 October 2022|language=ja}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.jfa.jp/match/regional_league_2021/schedule_result/|title=全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2021|website=jfa.jp|publisher=Japan Football Association|access-date=17 October 2022|language=ja}} It is, to date, their highest placement in the competition so far, as they failed to reach such heights in their next attempts.{{cite web|url=https://www.topics.or.jp/articles/-/762904|title=FC徳島 2年ぶり制覇 サッカー 四国リーグ|access-date=17 October 2022|website=topics.or.jp|language=ja}}

Current squad

{{Updated|30 April 2024.}} {{cite web|url=https://fctokushima2016.com/team/|title=選手/スタッフ|access-date=17 October 2022|language=ja|publisher=FC Tokushima|website=fctokushima2016.com}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=JPN|pos=GK|name=Yosuke Kikuyama}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Shunsaku Akizuki}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Kimiaki Nishikawa}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Nao Yamamoto}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Daiki Deoka}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Kodai Himeda}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Junya Takabatake}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Ren Kubota}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Yuta Taniyama|other=on loan from Roasso Kumamoto}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Kokoro Minamino}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Wataru Kato}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Yuya Kaneko}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Keigo Maeno}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Motoyoshi Toshiyasu}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Sho Hayasaka}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Ryuto Enomoto}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=JPN|pos=GK|name=Yun Jang-yeon}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Tsubasa Misao}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Koki Komatsu}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Kai Nomura}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Keiya Yamahara}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Yuki Konagaya}}

{{Fs player|no=31|nat=JPN|pos=GK|name=Ryusei Asaoka}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Masahiro Ishikawa}}

{{Fs player|no=44|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Kuraba Kondo}}

{{Fs end}}

Coaching staff

class="wikitable"
Position

!Staff

Manager{{flagicon|JPN}} Toshiaki Haji
General manager{{flagicon|JPN}} Kihiro Nitta
Goalkeeper coach{{flagicon|JPN}} Fumiya Nagai
Trainer{{flagicon|JPN}} Takahiro Nomura
Staff manager{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryuwa Nakagawa
Side staff{{flagicon|JPN}} Kosuke Inai

League and Cup record

class="wikitable"

|bgcolor=gold|Champions

|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up

|bgcolor=ff6600|Third place

|bgcolor=palegreen|Promoted

|bgcolor=pink|Relegated

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan="11"|League !! rowspan="2" |Emperor's
Cup

SeasonDivisionPos.PWDLFAGDPts
colspan="12"|Celeste
2007

|rowspan="6"|Tokushima Pref. League

7th114342725215rowspan="9"|–
2008

|9th

103071836 |
189
2009

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

116322315821
2010

|5th

104331836 |
1815
2011

|4th

118211836 |
1820{{efn|name=DDP|6 points were deducted by the Shikoku FA}}
2012

|bgcolor=gold|1st

11101041122931
2013Shikoku Soccer League

|bgcolor=pink|8th

1420121870 |
526
2014

|rowspan="2"|Tokushima Pref. League

8th113261522 |
711
2015

|bgcolor=gold|1st

1110014393430
colspan="12"|FC Tokushima Celeste
2016

|rowspan="2"|Shikoku Soccer League

|5th

144191245 |
33131st round
2017

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

14941411328311st round
colspan="12"|FC Tokushima
2018

|rowspan="8"|Shikoku Soccer League

|bgcolor="silver"|2nd

141031551144331st round
2019

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

141202491138361st round
2020

|bgcolor=gold|1st

770029326213rd round
2021

|colspan="9"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

1st round
2022

|bgcolor=gold|1st

14131066856371st round
2023

|bgcolor=gold|1st

141130701159362nd round
2024

|bgcolor=gold|1st

141301731459391st round
2025

|TBA

14TBA

{{notelist}}

;Key

{{smalldiv|1=

  • 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

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+FC Tokushima honours

!scope=col|Honour !!scope=col|No. !!scope=col|Years

!scope=row|Tokushima Prefectural League 2nd Division

|align="center"|1

|2006

scope=row|Tokushima Prefectural League 1st Division

|align="center"|2

|2012, 2015

scope=row|Shikoku Prefectural Leagues Final Tournament

|align="center"|2

|2012, 2015

scope=row|Tokushima Prefectural Football Championship

|align="center"|9

|2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020,
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

scope=row|Shikoku Soccer League

|align="center"|3

|2020, 2022, 2023, 2024

References

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