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Tochigi City Football Club (栃木シティフットボールクラブ, Tochigi Shiti Futtobōrukurabu), commonly known as Tochigi City FC (栃木シティFC, Tochigi Shiti Efushi) is a Japanese football club based in Tochigi City, Tochigi Prefecture. The club set to play in the third-tier J3 League from 2025, after promotion from the Japan Football League in 2024.
History
The club was formed in 1947 as Hitachi Tochigi Soccer Club, the works team of the local Hitachi, Ltd. affiliate.
After finishing as a runners-up in the local Kanto Soccer League in 2009 season, they were promoted to the 2010 Japan Football League through the All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series. Prior to their first season in JFL, the club has dropped Hitachi prefix in its name and changed the reference to sport from "soccer" to "football" following general Japanese trend. From the 2019 season, the club has adopted the new name as Tochigi City FC.
= Promotion to JFL
=In 2023, Tochigi City secure promotion to JFL after defeat Tsukuba FC 4–0 in final day of 2023 Japanese Regional Football Champions League, Champions of Japanese Regional Football Champions League for the first time in history due to finish 2nd place in Kanto Soccer League and return to fourth tier after six years absence since change name from Tochigi Uva.
= Promotion to J. League
=On 24 September 2024, Tochigi City announced that it was officially granted a J3 Club License after approval from the J. League Board of Directors.
On 17 November 2024, Tochigi City secured the 2024 Japan Football League championship and promotion to the J3 League for the first time in history after defeating Atletico Suzuka 6-0 in Kanseki Stadium Tochigi in match week 29, their final home match of the season.
Origin name
In 2002, Tochigi was adopted the moniker Uva (meaning "grape" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish), after the vineyards of its home area, southern Tochigi Prefecture.
League and cup record
Key
Honours
Current squad
As of 3 April 2024.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
= Out on loan
=Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Club staff
References
External links
Official website (in Japanese)
Tochigi City FC on Twitter
Tochigi City FC on Facebook
Tochigi Uva FC U-15 U-12 Football School (archived)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar transfer J3 League musim dingin 2019–2020
- Daftar transfer J2 League musim dingin 2018–2019
- Paulo Junichi Tanaka
- Daftar transfer J3 League musim dingin 2018–2019
- Daftar pemain asing J1 League
- Daftar transfer J3 League musim panas 2019
- Daftar transfer J2 League musim dingin 2019–2020
- Piala Kaisar 2007
- Piala Kaisar 2016
- J.League
- Tochigi City FC
- Japan Football League
- 2023 Japanese Regional Football Champions League
- List of football clubs in Japan
- Hisahito Inaba
- Carlos Eduardo (footballer, born 2001)
- Atsushi Nakamura
- List of foreign J.League players
- 2024 Emperor's Cup prefectural qualifiers
- 2023 Japanese Regional Leagues
