Vonds Ichihara (''VONDS市原'') is a Japanese

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club based in Ichihara,

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. The club plays in the first division of

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, which is part of the

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History

Founded in 1967, the club was tied with

Furukawa Electric is a Japanese electric and electronics equipment company. The company was founded by Furukawa Ichibei in 1884 in Yokohama when a copper-smelting facility and a wire manufacturing factory were established. Furukawa was a Japanese businessman wh ...

Company. In 1986, they had a moment of glory by winning the 22nd

Shakaijin Cup The , officially called the All Japan Adults Football Tournament, is a football (soccer) cup competition in Japan. It is run by the Japan Football Association. As it only involves non-league teams (teams not affiliated to either J.League or the ...

. After changing the name in 2008 to ''SAI Ichihara Football Club'', it was again renamed in 2011, to ''Vonds Ichihara Football Club''. The name "Vonds" came from the word "bond" in

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, changing though the initial letter to "V", which is a link to victory. The club is aiming to become a

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member and reaching professional football from there, as former parent club

JEF United Ichihara Chiba , full name and also known as , is a Japanese professional football club that plays in the J2 League. On 1 February 2005, the club changed its name from ''JEF United Ichihara'' to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as ...

is no longer considered to represent Ichihara.

Changes in club name

*1967–2008: Furukawa Electric Chiba SC *2008–2010: SAI Ichihara Football Club *2011–present: Vonds Ichihara Football Club

League record

;Key

Honours

* All Japan Shakaijin Cup Winners (1): 1987 *

Champions (2): 2017, 2019 *Chiba Prefecture Adult Soccer League Division 1 Champions (1) 2012

Current squad

''Updated to 14 October 2022''.http://vonds.net/players/

References

External links

Official siteOfficial Facebook pageOfficial Twitter accountOfficial blog
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