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
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club based in
Tochigi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,943,886 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,408 Square kilometre, km2 (2,474 Square mile, sq mi). Tochigi ...
. The club currently play in
Kanto Soccer League
Kantō (Japanese)
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In Japan
Kantō may refer to:
*Kantō Plain
*Kantō region
*Kantō-kai, organized crime group
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part of
Japanese Regional Leagues
are a group of parallel association football leagues in Japan that are organized on the regional basis. They form the fifth tier of the Japanese association football league system below the nationwide Japan Football League.
Overview
Japan is ...
, the fifth tier of football league.
History
The club was formed in 1947 as ''Hitachi Tochigi Soccer Club'', the
works team
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Association footb ...
of the local
Hitachi, Ltd.
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affiliate.
After finishing as a runners-up in the
local Kanto Soccer League in 2009 season, they were promoted to the
2010 Japan Football League
The was the twelfth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.
Overview
At the end of the 2009 season, three new clubs were promoted from the Japanese Regional Leagues by virtue of their final pl ...
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".
Origin name
In 2002 it adopted the moniker Uva (meaning "grape" in
Italian
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,
Portuguese
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and
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), after the vineyards of its home area, southern Tochigi Prefecture.
Current squad
''As of July 28, 2022''.
References
External links
* (in Japanese)
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Tochigi Uva FC U-15 U-12 Football School
Football clubs in Japan
Association football clubs established in 1947
Sports teams in Tochigi Prefecture
1947 establishments in Japan
Japan Football League clubs
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