Iwaki FC

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Iwaki FC
いわきFC
Iwaki FC emblem.png
Full nameIwaki FC
Founded2012; 9 years ago (2012)
GroundIwaki Green Field, Iwaki, Fukushima
Capacity5,600
ChairmanSatoshi Okura
ManagerYuzo Tamura
LeagueJapan Football League
20207th
WebsiteClub website
Away colours

Iwaki FC (いわきFC, Iwaki FC) is a football (soccer) club based in Iwaki, a city of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. The club currently play in Japan Football League, which is the 4th level of Japanese football pyramid.

History[]

Iwaki FC was founded in 2012, before getting official recognition in 2013 with the creation of their homonymous corporation.[1][2] Name of Iwaki FC got more attention when Under Armour decided to join the club and support it to climb the Japanese football pyramid from the bottom.[3] There's a big vision behind the club, with the will of "making Iwaki the central football-city in Tohoku".[4] In fact, a new training field opened in November 2016 and the club-house was just launched in May 2017: two central structures to rise to the top of Japanese football.[5][6]

Plus, results are pushing Iwaki FC, which has won several categories in Fukushima Prefectural Football League, coming to first division: the next target is Tohoku Soccer League, while the club has even achieved their first win at National Club Team Football Championship Tournament (winning the final 9–0).[7] Iwaki FC also debuted at Emperor's Cup in 2017 edition. After defeating Norbritz Hokkaido in the first round, they surprisingly overcame Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo for 5–2 after extra-time.[8] They lost against Shimizu S-Pulse in the Third Round, but it was still a surprising run.

In 2019 season, Iwaki FC earned promotion to JFL 2020 for the first time in history after two seasons in Tohoku Soccer League competition, the club winning All Japan Regional Promotion Series 1st rank as result the team has crowned champions.

League and cup record[]

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League League
Cup		 Emperor's
Cup		 Shakaijin
Cup
Season Division Tier Teams Position GP W D L Pts
2013 Fukushima Prefectural
Football League (Div. 3, West)		 10 6 2nd 10 5 3 2 18 -
2014 5 3rd 8 3 1 4 10 -
2015 Fukushima Prefectural
Football League (Div. 3)		 9 6 1st 10 10 0 0 30 -
2016 Fukushima Prefectural
Football League (Div. 2)		 8 6 1st 10 10 0 0 30 - Did not qualify Quarter final
2017 Fukushima Prefectural
Football League (Div. 1)		 7 6 1st 10 10 0 0 30 - 3rd round 2nd round
2018 Tohoku Soccer
League Div. 2 South		 6 10 1st 18 18 0 0 54 - 1st round 3rd
2019 Tohoku Soccer
League Div. 1		 5 10 1st 18 15 3 0 48 - 1st round 3rd
2020 Japan Football
League 		4 16 7th 15 6 3 6 21 - 2nd round
2021 17 32 -

Honours[]

National Club Team Football Championship Tournament
  • Champions (1st) : 2016
All Japan Regional Promotion Series
  • Champions (1st) : 2019
Shakaijin Cup
  • Bronze Medal place (3rd) : 2018, 2019

Current squad[]

As of 19 July 2021.[9] 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 Timothy Shiraoka
2 MF Japan JPN Riku Saga
3 DF Japan JPN Ryushiro Tanaka
4 DF Japan JPN Yudai Okuda (On loan from Tokushima Vortis)
5 DF Japan JPN Ryo Odajima
6 MF Japan JPN Eiji Miyamoto
7 FW Chile CHI Byron Vásquez
8 DF Japan JPN Masaru Hidaka
9 FW Japan JPN
10 FW Japan JPN Masahide Hiraoka
11 FW Japan JPN Koji Takizawa
14 MF Japan JPN Daiki Yamaguchi
15 MF North Korea PRK Kim De-seng
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Japan JPN Genya Sekino
17 MF Japan JPN Kaina Tanimura
18 FW Japan JPN Shu Yoshizawa
19 FW Japan JPN Hiroto Iwabuchi
20 DF Japan JPN Jo Kurosawa
21 GK Japan JPN Daiki Sakata
22 DF Japan JPN Tetsuya Yonezawa
24 MF Japan JPN Yuto Yamashita
26 DF Japan JPN Daigo Masuzaki
27 GK Japan JPN Kotaro Iba
30 DF Japan JPN Wataru Kuromiya
34 FW Japan JPN Daigo Furukawa
35 DF Japan JPN Genki Egawa

References[]

  1. ^ "一般社団法人いわきスポーツクラブ　いわきFC代表　向山　聖也　さん – 福島県ホームページ". www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp.
  2. ^ "元蘭代表ハウストラ氏が福島県2部で監督就任。現役時代は広島に在籍".
  3. ^ "ドーム、「いわきFC」を運営する会社「株式会社いわきスポーツクラブ」を設立". www.facebook.com.
  4. ^ "「サッカーを通じて、いわき市を東北一の都市にする」いわきFC発足!!第1期メンバー募集開始 – ゲキサカ". ゲキサカ.
  5. ^ "「いわきＦＣパーク」開所　国内初の商業施設複合型クラブハウス".
  6. ^ "「いわきＦＣフィールド」オープン　地域活性化の一翼に期待".
  7. ^ "第23回全国クラブチームサッカー選手権大会".
  8. ^ "注目急上昇！Ｊ１撃破「いわきＦＣ」　凱旋の勇姿に熱い視線".
  9. ^ "いわきFC OfficialSite". いわきFC OfficialSite.

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