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Tochigi SC
栃木SC
Tochigi SC logo.svg
Full name Tochigi Soccer Club
Founded 1953; 71 years ago (1953)
Stadium Kanseki Stadium Tochigi
Stadium
capacity
25,244
Manager Yu Tokisaki
League J2 League
2022 J2 League, 17th of 22

Tochigi Soccer Club (栃木サッカークラブ, Tochigi Sakkākurabu), commonly referred to as Tochigi SC (栃木SC, Tochigi Esushi) is a Japanese football club based in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. They currently play in the J2 League, Japan's second tier of professional football.

History

Teachers in Tochigi Prefecture founded the club in 1953. They were initially called Tochigi Teachers' Soccer Club (栃木教員サッカー部 Tochigi Kyōin Sakkā Bu). They started to welcome players with other professions in 1994 and renamed themselves as Tochigi Soccer Club. In 1999, Tochigi won the Kanto Regional League and were promoted to the Japan Football League after finishing runners-up in the Regional League play-off. In March 2005, they announced that they would set up a task force to give a serious consideration to turn professional and try to gain J.League status.

In January 2007 they achieved J.League Associate Membership status and in the 2008 season they secured qualification for promotion to professional status on November 16; on December 1 promotion was made official by J.League and Tochigi had competed in J2 from 2009. In 2015 Tochigi finished bottom and were relegated for the first time to J3, the third and lowest professional level in the league system. After two seasons, they returned to J2 as runners-up in 2017.

League and cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J.League Cup Emperor's
Cup
Season Div. Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G
2007 JFL 18 8th 34 14 10 10 43 29 14 52 4,457 3rd round
2008 18 2nd 34 18 9 7 65 37 28 63 5,048 4th round
2009 J2 18 17th 51 8 13 30 38 77 -39 37 4,706 2nd round
2010 19 10th 36 14 8 14 46 42 4 50 4,157 3rd round
2011 20 10th 38 15 11 12 44 39 5 56 4,939 3rd round
2012 22 11th 42 17 9 16 50 49 4 60 3,850 2nd round
2013 22 9th 42 17 12 13 61 55 6 63 4,922 3rd round
2014 22 12th 42 15 10 17 52 58 -6 55 5,294 2nd round
2015 22 22nd 42 7 14 21 39 64 -25 35 5,167 1st round
2016 J3 16 2nd 30 17 8 5 38 20 18 59 4,917 Did not qualify
2017 17 2nd 32 16 12 4 44 24 20 60 5,147 Did not qualify
2018 J2 22 17th 42 13 11 18 38 48 -10 50 5,657 2nd round
2019 22 20th 42 8 16 18 33 53 -20 40 5,148 3rd round
2020 22 10th 42 15 13 14 41 39 2 58 2,522 Did not qualify
2021 22 14th 42 10 15 17 37 51 -14 45 3,861 3rd round
2022 22 17th 42 11 16 15 32 40 -8 49 4,429 Round of 16
2023 22 19th 42 10 14 18 39 47 -8 44 5,834 Round of 16
2024 20 TBA 38 1st round TBC
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 league home attendance
  • 2020 & 2021 seasons attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site
Tochigi SC honours
Honour No. Years
Tochigi Prefecture Division 1 10 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998
Kanto 1 1999

Players

Current squad

As of 16 February 2024.

No. Position Player
1 Japan GK Shuhei Kawata
2 Japan DF Wataru Hiramatsu
3 Japan DF Hayato Kurosaki
4 Japan MF Sho Sato
5 Japan DF Naoki Otani
6 Japan MF Sho Omori
7 Japan MF Ryotaro Ishida
9 Nigeria FW Origbaajo Ismaila
10 Japan MF Toshiki Mori
14 Japan MF Kodai Dohi (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
15 Japan MF Koya Okuda
17 Japan MF Takumi Fujitani
18 Japan MF Rensuke Kawana
19 Japan FW Koki Oshima
20 Japan DF Shintaro Ide
21 South Korea GK Kim Min-jun
No. Position Player
22 Japan MF Taichi Aoshima
23 Japan MF Hayato Fukushima (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
24 Japan MF Kosuke Kambe
27 Japan GK Kenta Tanno
29 Japan FW Kisho Yano
30 Japan DF Kenta Fukumori
31 Japan GK Keitaro Nakajima (on loan from Júbilo Iwata)
32 Japan FW Ko Miyazaki
33 Brazil DF Rafael Costa
38 Japan FW Sora Kobori
40 Japan DF Shuya Takashima
41 Japan MF Park Yong-ji
42 Japan FW Harumi Minamino
44 Japan MF Rui Ageishi
47 Japan MF Haruto Yoshino DSP

Out on loan

No. Position Player
Japan GK Yuya Aoshima (at JEF United Chiba)
No. Position Player
Japan FW Yuji Senuma (at SC Sagamihara)

Coaching staff

For the 2023 season.

Position Name
Head coach Japan Yu Tokisaki
Assistant head coach Japan Masahiro Ohashi
Japan Minoru Takenaka
Head goalkeeper coach Japan Akihiro Watanabe
Analyst Japan Shogo Manabe
Chief trainer Japan Yuta Matsumoto
Trainer Japan Tetsuya Furuta
Japan Atsuya Kaneko
Interpreter Japan Bruno Hideo Watanabe
Side affairs Japan Tatsuya Sakakibara
Japan Yusuke Kenjo

Managerial history

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Kōichi Hashiratani  Japan January 1, 2007 December 31, 2008
Hiroshi Matsuda  Japan February 1, 2009 September 13, 2013
Ikuo Matsumoto  Japan September 13, 2013 November 25, 2013
Yūji Sakakura  Japan February 1, 2014 July 20, 2015
Yasuharu Kurata  Japan July 22, 2015 December 31, 2015
Yūji Yokoyama  Japan January 1, 2016 December 31, 2018
Kazuaki Tasaka  Japan February 1, 2019 January 31, 2022
Yū Tokisaki  Japan February 1, 2022 Current

Kit evolution

The team's colour is yellow.

Home kits – 1st
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Away kits – 2nd
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -

See also

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