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Mito HollyHock
水戸ホーリーホック
Mito HollyHock logo.svg
Full name Football Club Mito HollyHock Ibaraki
Nickname(s) HollyHock, FC Mito, Mitochan
Founded 1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Stadium K's denki Stadium Mito
Mito, Ibaraki
Stadium
capacity		 12,000
Chairman Kunio Numata
Manager Naoki Mori
League J2 League
2022 J2 League, 13rd of 22

Mito HollyHock (水戸ホーリーホック, Mito Hōrīhokku) is a Japanese professional football (soccer) club located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. The team currently playing in the J2 League, Japanese second tier of professional football.

Name origin

Its nickname "HollyHock" derives from the family crest of the Tokugawa clan who governed from Mito in the Edo period.

History

The club was founded in 1990 as Prima Aseno FC by the factory workers of Prima Ham (a food company) in Tsuchiura. It changed its name to Prima Ham FC Tsuchiura and gained promotion to the Japan Football League after finishing as runner-up in the 1996 Regional League play-off. It merged with FC Mito (founded in 1994) and re-branded itself as Mito HollyHock before the start of the 1997 season when Prima Ham decided to discontinue its financial support to the club.

Mito's application to play in the inaugural 1999 season of J. League Division 2 was initially turned down due to financial unstability, and low home attendance at their stadium. However, after finishing 3rd in the Japan Football League in 1999, and having an increasing stadium attendance, the club was invited into the J. League in 2000.

Mito HollyHock also fields teams in e-sports and in Ice Hockey (Ibaraki Prefectural League).

League and cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J. League
Cup		 Emperor's
Cup
Season Div. Teams Pos. P W (OTW / PKW) D L (OTL / PKL) F A GD Pts Attendance/G
1997 Old JFL 16 16th 30 3 (1) - 26 24 69 -45 10 Not eligible 2nd round
1998 16 14th 30 7 (1) - 22 37 69 -32 23 3rd round
1999 New JFL 9 3rd 24 13 (3) 0 8 (0) 48 32 16 45 891 3rd round
2000 J2 10 9th 40 9 (6) 4 19 (2) 37 61 -24 43 2,021 1st round 3rd round
2001 12 11th 44 5 (3) 4 26 (6) 41 93 -52 25 1,559 1st round 3rd round
2002 12 10th 44 11 7 26 45 73 -28 40 2,739 Not eligible 3rd round
2003 12 7th 44 15 11 18 37 41 -4 56 3,085 3rd round
2004 12 9th 44 6 19 19 33 60 -27 37 3,773 4th round
2005 12 10th 44 13 13 18 41 57 -16 52 3,334 4th round
2006 13 10th 48 14 9 25 48 69 -21 51 3,017 3rd round
2007 13 12th 48 8 10 30 32 70 -38 34 2,415 4th round
2008 15 11th 42 13 8 21 52 70 -18 47 3,044 4th round
2009 18 8th 51 21 10 20 70 79 -9 73 2,673 2nd round
2010 19 16th 36 8 14 14 29 45 -16 38 3,608 3rd round
2011 20 17th 38 11 9 18 40 49 -9 42 3,349 4th round
2012 22 13th 42 15 11 16 47 49 -2 56 3,973 3rd round
2013 22 15th 42 14 13 15 50 58 -8 55 4,630 3rd round
2014 22 15th 42 12 14 16 46 46 0 50 4,734 3rd round
2015 22 19th 42 10 16 16 40 47 -7 46 4,816 4th round
2016 22 13th 42 10 18 14 45 49 -4 48 5,365 2nd round
2017 22 14th 42 14 12 16 45 48 -3 54 4,931 2nd round
2018 22 10th 42 16 9 17 48 46 2 57 4,938 3rd round
2019 22 7th 42 19 13 10 56 37 19 70 6,087 3rd round
2020 † 22 9th 42 16 10 16 68 62 6 58 2,018 Did not qualify
2021 † 22 10th 42 16 11 15 59 50 9 59 2,696 2nd round
2022 22 13th 42 14 12 16 47 46 -1 54 3,140 2nd round
2023 22 17th 42 11 14 17 49 66 -17 47 3,726 3rd round
2024 20 15th 38 11 11 16 39 51 -12 44 4,406 First round 3rd round
2025 20 TBA 38 TBD TBD
Key
*Pos. = Position in league; P = 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

Mito HollyHock honours
Honour No. Years
Kantō Soccer League 1 1995
Shakaijin Cup 1 1995

Current squad

As of 26 July 2024.

No. Position Player
1 Japan GK Koji Homma
2 Japan DF Koki Gotoda
3 Japan DF Koshi Osaki
4 Japan DF Nao Yamada
5 Japan DF Takumi Kusumoto
6 Japan MF Kenshin Takagishi
7 Japan MF Haruki Arai
8 Japan MF Riku Ochiai (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
9 Japan FW Mizuki Ando
10 Japan MF Ryosuke Maeda
11 Japan FW Yuki Kusano
13 Japan MF Ryusei Nose
14 Japan MF Fumiya Sugiura
15 Japan MF Yuto Nagao
16 Japan DF Tatsuya Tabira
17 Japan DF Shiva Tafari Nagasawa (on loan from Sagan Tosu)
18 Japan DF Yuhi Ono
19 Japan DF Koichi Murata
20 Japan FW Kaito Umeda
21 Japan GK Shuhei Matsubara
No. Position Player
22 Japan FW Seiichiro Kubo
23 Japan MF Hidemasa Koda (on loan from Nagoya Grampus)
24 Japan MF Kiichi Yamazaki
25 Japan GK Daiki Tomii (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
27 Japan DF Sora Okita DSP
30 Japan FW Soki Tokuno
32 Japan MF Asuma Ikari
33 Japan DF Takeshi Ushizawa
35 Japan DF Ryoya Iizumi
37 Japan GK Minato Kamiyama Type 2
38 Japan MF Shunsuke Saito
39 Japan FW Hayata Yamamoto DSP
42 Japan DF Hayata Ishii
45 Japan FW Shimon Teranuma
47 Japan MF Tatsunori Sakurai (on loan from Vissel Kobe)
51 Japan GK Ryusei Haruna
88 Japan DF Kazuma Nagai
96 Japan MF Atsushi Kurokawa (on loan from Machida Zelvia)
99 Japan FW Taika Nakashima (on loan from Consadole Sapporo)

Out on loan

No. Position Player
41 Japan GK Kaiho Nakayama (at FC Gifu)
49 Japan FW Yusei Uchida (at Kochi United)
77 Japan MF Ren Inoue (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
No. Position Player
Japan DF Takaya Kuroishi (at Nagano Parceiro)
Japan DF Hayate Matsuda (at Germany Hannover 96)
Japan MF Yota Tanabe (at Kochi United)

Club officials

Position Name
Manager Japan Naoki Mori
Assistant manager Japan Yoshitaka Yasuda
Japan Daisuke Kimori
Analyst & First-team coach Japan Ryosuke Sato
Development coach Japan Naoki Mori
Goalkeeper coach Japan Takahiro Kono
Analyst Japan Tsukasa Takahashi
Physical coach Japan Yuki Nakamura
Chief trainer Japan Tatsuya Doi
Trainer Japan Takahiro Yamada
Physiotherapist Japan Toru Yaguchi
Equipment manager Japan Shunki Iwata
Japan Yoshifumi Yoshida
Competent Japan Hiromitsu Nonaka

Managerial history

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Gert Engels  Germany 1 July 1990 30 January 1993
Yuji Nakano  Japan 1 January 1992 31 December 1997
Toshiya Miura  Japan 1 February 1998 31 January 1999
Branko Babić  Serbia 1 January 2000 31 December 2000
Hiroshi Kobayashi  Japan 1 February 2001 16. July 2001
Masaaki Kanno  Japan 17 July 2001 31 January 2003
Hideki Maeda  Japan 1 January 2003 31 December 2007
Takashi Kiyama  Japan 1 February 2008 31 January 2011
Tetsuji Hashiratani  Japan 1 February 2011 7 June 2015
Takayuki Nishigaya  Japan 27 June 2015 31 January 2018
Shigetoshi Hasebe  Japan 1 February 2018 31 January 2020
Tadahiro Akiba  Japan 1 February 2020 31 January 2023
Yoshimi Hamasaki  Japan 1 February 2023 4 May 2024
Naoki Mori  Japan 9 May 2024 current

Kit evolution

Home Jersey
2000 - 2002
2003 - 2004
2005
2006 - 2007
2008 - 2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021 -
2022
2023
2024 -
Away Jersey
2000 - 2002
2003 - 2005
2006 - 2007
2008 - 2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 -

Images for kids

  • Hollygoal

    Home side goal seat section

  • Hollyfans

    Home side A seat section, with supporters

  • Kasamatsu Stadium

    Mito vs. Sapporo, 18 November 2006

See also

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