Azul Claro Numazu

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Azul Claro Numazu
アスルクラロ沼津
Azul Claro Numazu Crest
Full nameFootball Club Azul Claro Numazu
Founded1990; 31 years ago (1990) (as Numazu Arsenal SC)
GroundShizuoka Ashitaka Athletic Stadium
Numazu, Shizuoka
Capacity10,000
Managing
Organisation		Azul Claro Suruga Corporation (NPO)
ChairmanHiroyoshi Yamamoto
ManagerMasataka Imai
LeagueJ3 League
202012th
WebsiteClub website
Away colours

Azul Claro Numazu (アスルクラロ沼津, Asuru Kuraro Numazu) is a Japanese professional football team based in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture. They earned promotion to play at the nationwide third-tier J3 League starting in 2017.

History[]

Azul Claro Numazu was established in 1977 as Numazu Arsenal and slowly progressed through the tiers of Shizuoka prefectural leagues. In 2006 the club began the process of transformation into a professional organization with the ultimate goal of joining the J.League. The same year the club adopted its current name, Azul Claro (Meaning "light blue" in Portuguese and Spanish).

In 2012 Azul Claro won promotion to Tōkai Adult Soccer League and quickly progressed through its ranks, spending only a season in each of its divisions. Though they have finished only fourth in 2013 Tōkai League, they were considered as serious contenders for admission to the newly created J3 League. On September 17, 2013, the club has been granted the J. League Associate Membership and passed all stages of licensing and inspection by the league. However, they were only the 3rd choice club for the only Regional League spot in J3 so eventually, they had to give way to Grulla Morioka. The club has won the promotion anyway though—they were selected by the Japan Football League board as one of the teams to play in the 2014 season.

After a 3rd-place finish in the 2016 season, they've been welcomed to play professional football from 2017 and onward, as they'll be the 14th original club in the J3 League.[1]

Kit history[]

Home, away, and third kits.

  • Home
2017
2018
2019
  • Away
2017
2018
2019

Colour, sponsors and manufacturers[]

Season(s) Main Shirt Sponsor Collarbone Sponsor Additional Sponsor(s) Kit Manufacturer
2013 SURUGA bank – – – – NNH – Germany Puma
2014 USUi MEIDEN 雄大
2015 USUi SURUGA Bank – MEIDEN
2016 MEIDEN –
2017
2018 Kawata Construction (Left) Kawata Construction (Right)
2019
2020 MEIDEN (Left) MEIDEN (Right) Kawata Construction

League & cup record[]

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League Emperor's
Cup
Season Division Tier Place GP W L D F A GD Pts
2004 Shizuoka Prefectural
League (Div. 2)		 8 4th
2005 1st
2006 Shizuoka Prefectural
League (Div. 1)		 7 9th
2007 11th
2008 8th
2009 2nd
2010[2] 3rd 11 6 3 2 27 18 9 21
2011[3] 2nd 11 9 0 2 50 23 27 27
2012 Tokai Football
League (Div. 2)		 6 2nd 14 8 2 4 22 15 7 26
2013 Tokai Football
League (Div. 1)		 5 4th 14 8 1 5 20 21 –1 25
2014 JFL 4 8th 26 8 8 10 26 35 –9 32
2015 5th 30 16 6 8 36 28 8 54
2016 3rd 30 18 5 7 47 24 23 59
2017 J3 3 3rd 32 16 11 5 60 27 33 59 3rd round
2018 4th 32 14 10 8 40 29 11 52
2019 12th 34 11 6 17 35 43 –8 39
2020 12th 34 12 5 17 36 40 –4 41 Did not qualify
2021 - 30
Key

  • Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games Played; W = Games won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals Difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Source: J.League Data Site

Current squad[]

As of 15 July 2021.[4] 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 Masataka Nomura
2 DF Japan JPN Tomoki Fujisaki
3 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Anzai (On loan from Tokyo Verdy)
4 DF Japan JPN Akira Osako
5 DF Japan JPN Kosuke Goto
6 MF Japan JPN Ryoma Kita
7 MF Japan JPN Kosei Uryu
8 MF Japan JPN Kenshiro Suzuki
9 FW Japan JPN Yusuke Imamura
10 FW Japan JPN Ryo Watanabe
11 MF Japan JPN Kazuki Someya
13 GK Japan JPN Ryusuke Otomo (On loan from Montedio Yamagata)
14 MF Japan JPN Kotaro Tokunaga
15 MF Japan JPN Takuya Sugai
16 FW Japan JPN Kota Suzuki
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 GK Japan JPN Shunichiro Nishikawa
19 FW Japan JPN Ryusei Ito
20 MF Japan JPN Naoki Sato
21 MF Japan JPN Yuma Mori
22 DF Japan JPN Masayuki Tokutake
23 DF Japan JPN Haruto Kawamae
24 DF Japan JPN Yuki Fukai
25 MF Japan JPN Teruyoshi Ito
26 DF Japan JPN Terukazu Shinozaki
27 FW Malaysia MAS Hadi Fayyadh (On loan from Fagiano Okayama)
28 DF Japan JPN Koki Inoue
29 FW Japan JPN Taiga Sugimoto
31 MF Japan JPN Kazuki Kijima
33 MF Japan JPN Junya Takahashi (On loan from Montedio Yamagata)
38 DF Japan JPN Takumi Hama

Managers[]

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Kazuhito Mochizuki JapanJapan 1 February 2014 31 January 2015
Ken Yoshida JapanJapan 1 February 2015 31 January 2020
Masataka Imai JapanJapan 1 February 2020

References[]

  1. ^ "Azul Claro Numazu join J3：en". J. LEAGUE.JP JAPAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ "2010 data source". rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ "2011 data source". rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ "選手 | アスルクラロ沼津 アスルクラロスルガ株式会社". アスルクラロ沼津　アスルクラロスルガ株式会社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 February 2021.

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