is a football (soccer) club based in

Tsukuba is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 244,528 in 108,669 households and a population density of 862 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 20.3%. The total ar ...

, which is located in

Ibaraki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...

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. They play in the

Kantō Soccer League , abbreviated as KSL, is a Japanese football league covering the Kantō region, the prefectures of Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, l ...

, which is 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 ...

History

Tied to

University of Tsukuba is a public university, public research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Ibaraki, Japan. It is a top 10 Designated National University, and was ranked Type A by the Japanese government as part of the Top Global University Pro ...

, 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. In 2000s, even U-12 and U-15 squad were created and Tsukuba FC have the goal of reaching professional football in 2020. In 2014, the club reached Kanto Soccer League, winning immediately 2nd Division and now trying to reach

Japan Football League The also known as simply the JFL is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, positioned beneath the three divisions of the J.League. The league features fully professional teams that hold J.League associate membership am ...

. Their plans revealed the will to build a stadium for 30,000 people in the near future. Tsukuba FC's main sponsor is Joyful Honda, a hardware store akin to

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in the

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and unrelated to

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Current squad

League record

References

External links

Official Site

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{{Japanese Club Football, group=clubs Football clubs in Japan Sports clubs and teams in Ibaraki Prefecture Tsukuba, Ibaraki Association football clubs established in 1993 1993 establishments in Japan