Vonds Ichihara

Vonds Ichihara
VONDS市原
Full name	Vonds Ichihara Football Club
Founded	2011; 11 years ago
Ground	Ichihara Seaside Stadium; Ichihara, Chiba
Capacity	14,051
Chairman	VONDS Co., Ltd. Ichihara
Manager	Zdravko Zemunović
League	Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Vonds Ichihara (VONDS市原) is a Japanese football club based in Ichihara, Chiba. The club plays in the first division of Kantō Soccer League.

History[]

Founded in 1967, the club was tied with Furukawa Electric Company. In 1986, they had a moment of glory by winning the 22nd Shakaijin Cup.

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 English, changing though the initial letter to "V", which is a link to victory. The club is aiming to become a Japan Football League member and reaching professional football from there, as former parent club JEF United Ichihara Chiba is no longer considered to represent Ichihara.^[1]

Club denomination[]

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

Current squad[]

Updated to 22 November 2017.^[2] 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	JPN
3	DF	JPN	Koya Saito
4	DF	JPN	Tetsuya Koishi
5	DF	JPN	Masatoshi Aki
6	MF	JPN
8	MF	GHA	Michael Tawiah
9	FW	JPN	Satoru Kashiwase
10	MF	JPN	Yusuke Tanahashi
11	MF	JPN	Hayato Mine
13	DF	JPN	Keisuke Hoshino
15	MF	JPN	Tsubasa Nihei