Tsukuba FC

{{Short description|Japanese football club}}

{{About|the men's football club based in Japan|the women's team|Tsukuba FC Ladies}}

{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Tsukuba FC
つくばFC

| image = image:Tsukuba_FC_banner.png

| fullname = Joyful Honda Tsukuba FC

| nickname =

| founded = {{start date and age|1993|df=yes}}

| ground = Tsukuba Wellness Park
Tsukuba, Ibaraki

| capacity =

| chairman = Shinnosuke Ishikawa

| manager = Hideharu Soejima

| league = Kantō Soccer League Div. 1

| season = 2022

| position = 5th of 10

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{{nihongo|Tsukuba FC|つくばFC|Tsukuba Efushi}} is a football (soccer) club based in Tsukuba, which is located in Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Kantō Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

History

Tied to University of Tsukuba, the club was initially founded in 1993 as a women's football club. Shortly after that, a men's version of the club was launched.{{cite web|url=http://www.tsukuba-fc.com/club/aboutus/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802071404/www.tsukuba-fc.com/club/aboutus/|archive-date=2018-08-02|title=ご挨拶|lang=ja}} In 2000s, even U-12 and U-15 squad were created and Tsukuba FC have the goal of reaching professional football in 2020.{{cite web|url=http://www.tsukuba-fc.com/club/vision/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017150722/www.tsukuba-fc.com/club/vision/|archive-date=2017-10-17|title=クラブヴィジョン2020|lang=ja}} In 2014, the club reached Kanto Soccer League, winning immediately 2nd Division and now trying to reach Japan Football League. Their plans revealed the will to build a stadium for 30,000 people in the near future.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNZO64690220X21C13A2L60000/|title=つくば市、陸上競技場を3万人規模に|date=28 December 2013}} Tsukuba FC's main sponsor is Joyful Honda, a hardware store unrelated to Honda Motor Company.

Current squad

{{updated|23 August 2023.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tsukuba-fc.com/joyfulhonda/player/|title=ジョイフル本田つくばFC|access-date=14 October 2022}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=1|pos=GK|name=Ryo Mizuno}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=2|pos=DF|name=Makoto Tokutake}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=3|pos=DF|name=Koichi Komazaki}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=5|pos=MF|name=Takumu Kimoto}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=6|pos=MF|name=Yuki Fukazawa}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=7|pos=MF|name=Kazuma Kuwata}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=8|pos=MF|name=Ryunosuke Suzuki}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=9|pos=DF|name=Shunsuke Yamazaki}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=10|pos=MF|name=Masato Sugaya}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=11|pos=FW|name=Hideaki Miyamoto}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=13|pos=FW|name=Junnosuke Okazaki}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=14|pos=DF|name=Shun Aoki}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=16|pos=MF|name=Taisei Masuda}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=17|pos=DF|name=Seiya Kumagai}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=18|pos=DF|name=Shuhei Takizawa}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=19|pos=MF|name=Shuta Kotaka}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=21|pos=GK|name=Keita Minuma}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=23|pos=MF|name=Yukihiro Kawashima}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=24|pos=MF|name=Kohei Kori}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=25|pos=DF|name=Ryuya Nakazato}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=26|pos=FW|name=Chisato Suda}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=27|pos=FW|name=Yuya Gunji}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=28|pos=DF|name=Eiji Koakutsu}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=29|pos=MF|name=Kazuma Suzuki}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=30|pos=FW|name=Tatsunosuke Onzuka}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=31|pos=DF|name=Keisuke Komuro}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=33|pos=FW|name=Mizaki Kawashima}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=34|pos=DF|name=Ryusei Yagoshi}}

{{Fs player|nat=JPN|no=36|pos=GK|name=Daiki Akutsu}}

{{Fs end}}

League 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;"

!Season !!League

!Tier!!Position !!P !!W !!D !!L !!F !!A !!GD !!Pts

2012

|rowspan="2"|Ibaraki Prefectural
League (Div. 1)

|rowspan="2"|7

4th1461719
2013

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

14111234
2014

|Kantō Soccer League (Div. 2)

|6

bgcolor="gold"|1st18132355213441
2015

|rowspan="10"|Kantō Soccer
League (Div. 1)

|rowspan="10"|5

bgcolor="ff6600"|3rd18113445271836
2016

|5th

188373734327
2017

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

18132343172641
2018

|7th

186483237 |
522
2019

|7th

185671827 |
921
2020

|10th

18108823 |
153
2021 {{cite web |title=2021 Kanto League table |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/national/japan/regional-leagues/2021/kanto/r61116/tables/ |website=uk.soccerway.com |publisher=soccerway.com |access-date=6 April 2024}}

|8th

2274113032 |
225
2022

|5th

186481928 |
922
2023 ††

|5th

187472530 |
524
2024

|bgcolor="ff6600"|3rd

18

;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 = Goals difference; Pts
  • 2020 no relegation due to COVID-19
  • ††{{cite web |title=Kanto division final table |url=https://www.kanto-sl.jp/ksl2023.html#1s |website=kanto-sl.jp |access-date=6 April 2024}} Tsukuba FC was given a penalty of minus one point for issuing five or more warnings and sending offs in the 7th match week of the previous round.

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References

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