Zweigen Kanazawa

Zweigen Kanazawa
ツエーゲン金沢

Full name	Zweigen Kanazawa
Nickname(s)	Zweigen
Founded	1956 (as Kanazawa Soccer Club) 2006 (as Zweigen Kanazawa)
Ground	Ishikawa Kanazawa Stadium (Seibu Ryokuchi Kōen) Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Capacity	20,261
Chairman	Hiroshi Yonezawa
Manager	Masaaki Yanagishita
League	J2 League
2021	J2 League, 17th of 22
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Zweigen Kanazawa (ツエーゲン金沢 Tsuēgen Kanazawa) is a Japanese football club based in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. They play in the 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 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 established in order to apply to the J-League associate membership.

On January 7, 2011 the team applied for J-League associate membership.^[1]

On 16 November 2014, Zweigen became the inaugural J3 League champions, and having gained a licence to compete in J. League Division 2 will participate in Japanese club football's second tier for the 2015 season.

Name and symbolism[]

The name "Zweigen" is a portmanteau of the German zwei, for the number 2, and gen, to advance. In Kanazawa dialect, the phrase tsuyoi noda! (We're strong!) became tsuee gen! by double entendre. In German, the word Zweigen means branches (dative—nominative: Zweige), and owing to this, a fleur-de-lis is a key part of the club's crest.

Stadium[]

The home stadium is Ishikawa Kanazawa Stadium. The capacity is 20,261. The stadium was built 1974.

League & cup record[]

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

League														Emperor's Cup
Season	Div.	Tier	Teams	Pos.	GP	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Attendance/G
2010	JFL	3	18	9th	34	13	9	12	46	41	5	48	1,548	2nd round
2011			18	7th	33	13	8	12	49	40	9	47	2,504	2nd round
2012			17	14th	32	8	12	12	33	41	-8	36	2,313	1st round
2013			18	7th	34	14	8	12	60	48	12	50	2,063	3rd round
2014	J3	3	12	1st	33	23	6	4	56	20	36	75	3,440	2nd round
2015	J2	2	22	12th	42	12	18	12	46	43	3	54	4,910	2nd round
2016			22	21st	42	8	15	19	36	60	-24	39	4,179	2nd round
2017			22	17th	42	13	10	19	49	67	-18	49	4,397	3rd round
2018			22	13th	42	14	13	15	52	48	4	55	4,528	3rd round
2019			22	11th	42	15	16	11	58	46	12	61	5,209	3rd round
2020 †			22	18th	42	12	13	17	57	67	-10	49	1,866	Did not qualify
2021 †			22	17th	42	10	11	21	39	60	-21	41	2,533	2nd round

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
• Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
• † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
• Source: J.League Data Site

Honours[]

• J3 League
  • Champions: 2014

Current squad[]

As of February 4, 2022.^[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 Yuto Shirai 2 DF  JPN Yuto Nagamine 3 DF  JPN 4 DF  JPN Daisuke Matsumoto (on loan from Sagan Tosu) 5 DF  JPN Riku Matsuda 6 MF  JPN Hiroya Matsumoto (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 8 MF  JPN Keita Fujimura 9 FW  JPN Shion Niwa 10 MF  JPN Shintaro Shimada 11 FW  JPN Kyohei Sugiura 13 MF  JPN Ryuhei Oishi 14 FW  JPN Dai Tsukamoto (on loan from Gamba Osaka) 16 DF  JPN Shunya Mori 17 MF  JPN Sho Hiramatsu (on loan from Shonan Bellmare) 18 MF  JPN Kazuya Onohara

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  JPN Yohei Toyoda 20 FW  JPN Masamichi Hayashi 22 MF  JPN Shogo Rikiyasu 24 DF  JPN Seiya Kitakura 25 DF  JPN Takayuki Takayasu 26 MF  JPN Naoki Suto (on loan from Kashima Antlers) 27 DF  JPN Tomonobu Hiroi (captain) 30 FW  JPN Hayato Otani 31 GK  JPN 33 FW  JPN Rikito Sugiura 34 DF  JPN 36 GK  JPN Motoaki Miura 38 DF  JPN Gaku Inaba 39 DF  JPN Honoya Shoji

Out on loan[]

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  JPN Ryo Ishii (at Suzuka Point Getters) — MF  JPN Ryo Kubota (at FC Gifu) — MF  JPN Raisei Shimazu (at FC TIAMO Hirakata) — MF  JPN (at ) — MF  JPN Megumu Nishida (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki)

Manager history[]

Manager	Nationality	From	To
Nobuhiro Ueno	Japan	1 February 2009	31 January 2012
Hitoshi Morishita	Japan	1 February 2012	31 January 2017
Masaaki Yanagishita	Japan	1 February 2017	Current

Kit evolution[]

FP 1st
2006 - 2007	2008 - 2010	2011	2012	2013
2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
2019	2019 SUMMER	2020	2021 -

FP 2nd
2008 - 2010	2011	2012 - 2013	2014	2015
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
2021 -

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Japanese)