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Kōchi United SC
commonly known as Kōchi United SC (高知ユナイテッドSC, ''Kōchi Yunaiteddo Esushi'') is a football club based in Kōchi, the capital city of Kōchi Prefecture in Japan. They currently play in the J3 League for the 2025 season, the third tier of Japanese professional football. after promotion from the JFL in 2024. History Merger into current club On 1 February 2016, two established Shikoku League clubs; Igosso Kochi FC (アイゴッソ高知FC) and Kochi U Torastar FC (高知UトラスターFC) merged to form one club, whose aim was to be the first team from Kōchi Prefecture to play in the J.League. After officially changing the management company's name to Kōchi United Sports Club Ltd., Kochi United SC took Igosso Kōchi FC's place in the Shikoku League. For the many players at Kōchi U Torastar FC unable to join Kochi United SC, and wanting to continue playing as amateurs in the Shikoku League, Kochi Sports Club Ltd. and Kochi University established KUFC Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōchi Haruno Athletic Stadium
Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium (高知県立春野総合運動公園陸上競技場), is a multi-purpose stadium in Haruno, Kōchi, Japan. It is currently used mostly for amateur level football matches. A few J1 League, J2 League and Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese annual football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formatio ... matches has also been played at the stadium. The stadium holds 25,000 people.http://cafe.daum.net/stade Stadium information References Football venues in Japan Athletics (track and field) venues in Japan Rugby union stadiums in Japan Multi-purpose stadiums in Japan Sports venues in Kōchi Prefecture Kōchi, Kōchi Sports venues completed in 1987 1987 establishments in Japan Kochi United SC {{Japan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 100 Year Plan club status, J.League associate membership among its ranks. Relationship and position of J. League and Japan Football League (JFL) According to the official document published in December 2013 when the J3 League was established, the J3 League was the 3rd level of the J.League. The J.League and non-J.League amateur leagues have different hierarchical structures, and the J3 League was ranked on the same level as the JFL. In addition, the JFL itself has the same recognition in the material showing the league composition on the official website. Therefore, the JFL is treated as equal to J3 in theory, but in practice it is considered equivalent to a 4th division. History The Japan Football League started from the 1999 Japan Football League, 1999 seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ococias Kyoto AC
Ococias Kyoto AC (, ''Okoshiyasu Kyōto Eshi'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, that competes in the 2nd division of the Kansai Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues. History The club was founded in 1993. The club split off from the original ''Kyoto Shiko Club'' when it professionalised and became today's Kyoto Sanga FC. The club now appears in Kansai Soccer League, 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 and sixth tier of the Japanese association football league system below the nationwide Japan Football League. Overview .... The club's name was Amitie SC Kyoto until 2017 season. From 2018 season, the club name changed to Ococias Kyoto AC. Club name 200px, former club crest *1994–1999: Kyoiku Kenkyusya SC *2000: FC Kyoken *2001: FC Kyoken Kyoto *2002–2009: FC Kyoto Bamb 1993 *2010: A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kota Sugawara
is a Japanese football player who played for Kochi United SC of the Shikoku Soccer League is the Japanese fifth tier of league football, which is part of the Japanese Regional Leagues. It covers the four prefectures that comprise the island of Shikoku: Kagawa, Tokushima is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located ..., scoring 49 goals in 3 seasons. Club statistics ''Updated to 20 February 2016''. References External links * 1985 births Living people Kokushikan University alumni Association football people from Hokkaido Japanese men's footballers J2 League players Japan Football League players Tokushima Vortis players Iwate Grulla Morioka players Reilac Shiga FC players Zweigen Kanazawa players FC Osaka players Kochi United SC players Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Muroran 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-forward-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J2 League
The or simply J2 is the second division of the and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It (along with the rest of the J.League) is currently sponsored by Meiji Yasuda Life and it is thus officially known as the . Until the 2014 season it was named the J.League Division 2. Second-tier club football has existed in Japan since 1972 during the Japan Soccer League era; however, it was only professionalized during the 1999 season with ten clubs. The league took one relegating club from the top division and nine clubs from the second-tier semi-professional Japan Football League (1992–98), former JFL to create the J2 League. The remaining seven clubs in the Japan Football League, the newly formed Yokohama FC, and one promoting club from the Japanese Regional Leagues, Regional Leagues, formed the nine-club Japan Football League, JFL, then the third tier of Japanese football. The third tier is now represented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V-Varen Nagasaki
is a Japanese association football, football club based in Nagasaki, Capital of Nagasaki Prefecture. They currently play in J2 League, the Japanese second tier professional in football league. History The club was established in 1985 as Ariake SC until the club decided to merge with Kunimi FC in 2004. The merger led the club to adopt the new name V-Varen Nagasaki in 2005, which has been used ever since. V-Varen Nagasaki, since 2006, had been contending for the Japanese Regional Leagues#Ky.C5.ABsh.C5.AB Soccer League, Kyūshū Soccer League championship and thus a place in the Japan Football League, but they only won it in November 2008, as second place in the 2008 All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series, Regional League promotion series. In January 2009, they applied for J. League Associate Membership and their application was accepted at the J. League board meeting in February. In 2012 Japan Football League, 2012, they won the Japan Football League title and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor's Cup
, commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese annual football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J.League, Japan Football League, current JFL (not former JFL) and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League. Before World War II, teams could qualify not only from Japan proper but also from Empire of Japan's colonies such as Korea under Japanese rule, Korea, Taiwan under Japanese rule, Taiwan, and sometimes Manchukuo. The winning club qualifies for the AFC Champions League and the Japanese Super Cup. The tournament's equivalent in women's football is the Empress's Cup. The current holders are Vissel Kobe, having won their second cup in the 2024 Emperor's Cup, 2024 edition, having previously won their first in 2019 Emperor's Cup, 2019. Overview As it is a competition to decide the "best soccer club in Japan", the cup is now open to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsubishi Mizushima FC
are a Japanese football club based in Kurashiki, Okayama. They play in the Chūgoku Soccer League. History The club was founded in 1946 to provide recreational activities in the war-torn Mizushima area of Kurashiki city. They joined the Okayama Prefecture League in 1965 and were promoted to the Chūgoku Regional League in 1979 for the first time. They were relegated to the Prefecture League in 1982 and stayed there for 8 years. After re-entering the Chūgoku League, they won five championships before being promoted to the JFL in 2005. In recent years they have adopted the moniker "Red Adamant" (after their parent company Mitsubishi Motors and its former flagship football club, now known as Urawa Red Diamonds), with an aim to eventually join J. League and be a star club in their own right. A potential obstacle to this will be the newly promoted Fagiano Okayama, with whom they have had to share Momotaro Athletic Stadium in Okayama City for recent JFL fixtures. In 2008 they finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Japan Senior Football Championship
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 Japan Football League), it can be considered an equivalent of the FA Trophy or FA Vase in England. Overview The "Shakaijin", "Shakaijin Cup" or "Zensha" as it is known, was first established in 1965 to determine potential entrants to the Japan Soccer League. The winner and runner-up played off in a promotion and relegation series against the bottom two clubs of the JSL. This continued even after the JSL added a Second Division in 1972. Since 1977, however, there is a system called the " Regional Football Champions League" to promote new league entrants (to the JSL 2nd Division, the former Japan Football League, and the current Japan Football League), thus the "Shakaijin" is now effectively a non-league cup competition. The 1999 edition w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Imabari
FC Imabari (FC今治, ''Efu Shī Imabari'') is a Japanese football club based in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture. They currently play in the J2 League after promotion from J3 League in 2024, Japan's second tier of professional football. History The club was founded in 1976 and were promoted to the Shikoku Football League in 2001. From 2009 to 2011, they were owned by Ehime FC as their reserve team, ''Ehime FC Shimanami''. In 2014, the majority of FC Imabari was bought by former Japan national team coach Takeshi Okada. In February 2016, the club made another step forward towards the J. League, as JFA recognised J.League Hundred Year Vision clubs. In November, they won the Regional Promotion Series and were promoted to the Japan Football League. During their debut season on the JFL, they opened their new stadium and acquired a J3 League license from the 2018 season. In 2019, after finishing on third place at the JFL, FC Imabari were promoted to Japan's professional league syste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zweigen Kanazawa
Zweigen Kanazawa (ツエーゲン金沢, ''Tsuēgen Kanazawa'') is a Japanese football club based in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. They currently play in the J3 League, Japan's third tier of professional league football after being relegated at the end of 2023 J2 League, 2023 of J2 League. History The club was formed in 1956 under the simple name ''Kanazawa Soccer Club'' and adopted its current identity in 2006. The Hokushinetsu region, long sleepy in football terms and whose potential only arose with Albirex Niigata leading the way, provided few opportunities for Kanazawa to rise in Japan's football ranks until the late 2000s. On 19 December 2009 they were promoted to the Japan Football League, JFL after beating FC Kariya at the promotion/relegation playoff with 2–1 aggregate score, following a third-place finish in the 2009 All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series. On December 15, 2010, a new management company called ''Zweigen, Inc.'' was esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Osaka
is a Japanese association football, football club based in Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture. They currently play in J3 League, the third tier of professional football league in the Japanese association football league system, Japanese football league system. History FC Osaka was founded in 1996. 11 years after its foundation, in 2007, the team won the Osaka Prefectural Football League Division 1 for the first time. In 2010, they participated in the All Japan Senior Football Championship, Shakaijin Cup for the first time, losing to Norbritz Hokkaido in the first round). In 2011, they won the 1st Division of the Osaka Prefectural League for the 3rd time in three consecutive years. The club won the Kansai Prefectural Soccer League Final Tournament, and was then promoted to the Kansai Soccer League Division 2. From this year onwards, the club's operating corporation was changed from "Nippon Entertainment Group Co., Ltd." to "R Dash Co., Ltd.". Six years at Regional League level In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
