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Tochigi SC

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Tochigi SC
栃木SC
Full nameTochigi Soccer Club
Founded1953; 71 years ago (1953)
StadiumKanseki Stadium Tochigi
Capacity25,244
PresidentDaisuke Hashimoto [1]
ManagerShinji Kobayashi
LeagueJ2 League
2023J2 League, 19th of 22
Websitetochigisc.jp
Current season

Tochigi Soccer Club (栃木サッカークラブ, Tochigi Sakkākurabu),[2] commonly referred to as Tochigi SC (栃木SC, Tochigi Esushi) is a Japanese football club based in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. They set to play in the J3 League after relegation from J2 in 2024, Japan's third tier of professional football.

History

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Teachers in Tochigi Prefecture founded the club in 1953. They were initially called Tochigi Teachers' Soccer Club (栃木教員サッカー部 Tochigi Kyōin Sakkā Bu). They started to welcome players with other professions in 1994 and renamed themselves as Tochigi Soccer Club. In 1999, Tochigi won the Kanto Regional League and were promoted to the Japan Football League after finishing runners-up in the Regional League play-off. In March 2005, they announced that they would set up a task force to give a serious consideration to turn professional and try to gain J.League status.

In January 2007, they achieved J.League Associate Membership status and in the 2008 season they secured qualification for promotion to professional status on 16 November 2007. On 1 December 2007, promotion was made official by J.League and Tochigi had competed in J2 from 2009.

In 2015 Tochigi finished bottom and were relegated for the first time to J3, the third and lowest professional level in the league system. After two seasons, they returned to J2 as runners-up in 2017.

On 27 October 2024, Tochigi officially relegated to J3 League for second time after defeat from Shimizu S-Pulse 0-1 at home and ending seven years stint in second tier with two games left.

League and cup record

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J.League Cup Emperor's
Cup
Season Div. Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G
2007 JFL 18 8th 34 14 10 10 43 29 14 52 4,457 — 3rd round
2008 18 2nd 34 18 9 7 65 37 28 63 5,048 4th round
2009 J2 18 17th 51 8 13 30 38 77 -39 37 4,706 2nd round
2010 19 10th 36 14 8 14 46 42 4 50 4,157 3rd round
2011 20 10th 38 15 11 12 44 39 5 56 4,939 3rd round
2012 22 11th 42 17 9 16 50 49 4 60 3,850 2nd round
2013 22 9th 42 17 12 13 61 55 6 63 4,922 3rd round
2014 22 12th 42 15 10 17 52 58 -6 55 5,294 2nd round
2015 22 22nd 42 7 14 21 39 64 -25 35 5,167 1st round
2016 J3 16 2nd 30 17 8 5 38 20 18 59 4,917 Did not qualify
2017 17 2nd 32 16 12 4 44 24 20 60 5,147 Did not qualify
2018 J2 22 17th 42 13 11 18 38 48 -10 50 5,657 2nd round
2019 22 20th 42 8 16 18 33 53 -20 40 5,148 3rd round
2020 † 22 10th 42 15 13 14 41 39 2 58 2,522 Did not qualify
2021 † 22 14th 42 10 15 17 37 51 -14 45 3,861 3rd round
2022 22 17th 42 11 16 15 32 40 -8 49 4,429 Round of 16
2023 22 19th 42 10 14 18 39 47 -8 44 5,834 Round of 16
2024 20 18th 38 7 13 18 33 57 -24 34 6,238 1st round 2nd round
2025 J3 20 TBA 38
Key
  • 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 = Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
  • † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site
Tochigi SC honours
Honour No. Years
Tochigi Prefecture Division 1 10 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998
Kanto 1 1999

Players

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Current squad

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As of 9 August 2024[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Shuhei Kawata
2 DF Japan JPN Wataru Hiramatsu
3 DF Japan JPN Hayato Kurosaki
4 MF Japan JPN Sho Sato
5 DF Japan JPN Naoki Otani
6 MF Japan JPN Sho Omori
7 MF Japan JPN Ryotaro Ishida
9 FW Nigeria NGA Origbaajo Ismaila
10 MF Japan JPN Toshiki Mori
13 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Saka
14 MF Japan JPN Kodai Dohi (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
15 MF Japan JPN Koya Okuda
16 MF Japan JPN Rio Hyon (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)
17 MF Japan JPN Takumi Fujitani
18 MF Japan JPN Rensuke Kawana
19 FW Japan JPN Koki Oshima
20 DF Japan JPN Shintaro Ide
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK South Korea KOR Kim Min-jun
22 MF Japan JPN Taichi Aoshima
23 MF Japan JPN Hayato Fukushima (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
24 MF Japan JPN Kosuke Kambe
27 GK Japan JPN Kenta Tanno
29 FW Japan JPN Kisho Yano
30 DF Japan JPN Kenta Fukumori
32 FW Japan JPN Ko Miyazaki
33 DF Brazil BRA Rafael Costa
38 FW Japan JPN Sora Kobori
40 DF Japan JPN Shuya Takashima
41 MF Japan JPN Park Yong-ji
42 FW Japan JPN Harumi Minamino
44 MF Japan JPN Rui Ageishi
45 FW Japan JPN Ota Yamamoto (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
47 MF Japan JPN Haruto Yoshino DSP

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Japan JPN Yuya Aoshima (at JEF United Chiba)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Japan JPN Yuji Senuma (at SC Sagamihara)

Coaching staff

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Position Name
Manager Japan Shinji Kobayashi
Assistant Manager Japan Hiroaki Nagashima
First-team coach Japan Takumi Motohashi
Goalkeeper coach Japan Tomoaki Ogami
Analyst Japan Shogo Manabe
Physical coach Japan Hirofumi Sakamoto
Chief trainer Japan Yuta Matsumoto
Trainer Japan Takahiro Watanabe
Japan Atsuya Kaneko
Interpreter Japan Bruno Hideo Owada
Chief manager Japan Tatsuya Sakakibara
Japan Yusuke Kenjo
Chief doctor Japan Mitsugi Shimoda
Doctor Japan Hitoshi Akutsu
Japan Kei Ajisaka
Japan Taro Kuramochi
Japan Makoto Kuroda
Japan Atsuto Hoshikawa
Japan Yuichiro Yano
Japan Yusuke Eda
Japan Makoto Oe

Managerial history

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Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Kōichi Hashiratani  Japan January 1, 2007 December 31, 2008
Hiroshi Matsuda  Japan February 1, 2009 September 13, 2013
Ikuo Matsumoto  Japan September 13, 2013 November 25, 2013
Yūji Sakakura  Japan February 1, 2014 July 20, 2015
Yasuharu Kurata  Japan July 22, 2015 December 31, 2015
Yūji Yokoyama  Japan January 1, 2016 December 31, 2018
Kazuaki Tasaka  Japan February 1, 2019 January 31, 2022
Yū Tokisaki  Japan February 1, 2022 January 31, 2024
Makoto Tanaka  Japan February 1, 2024 May 14, 2024
Shinji Kobayashi  Japan May 15, 2024 current

Kit evolution

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The team's colour is yellow.

Home kits – 1st
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 -
Away kits – 2nd
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 -

References

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  1. ^ "Club president". www.jleague.jp. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  2. ^ クラブ情報 [Club profile] (in Japanese). Tochigi SC. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "トップチーム｜栃木サッカークラブ公式サイト【栃木Sc】".
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