Tochigi SC

Tochigi SC
栃木SC

Full name	Tochigi Soccer Club
Founded	1953;70 years ago (1953)
Stadium	Kanseki Stadium Tochigi
Capacity	25,244
Manager	Yu Tokisaki
League	J2 League
2022	J2 League, 17th of 22
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Tochigi Soccer Club (栃木サッカークラブ, Tochigi Sakkākurabu), ^[1] 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													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									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

Players

Current squad

As of 8 September 2023. ^{[2] [3]} 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 Shuhei Kawata 3 DF   JPN Hayato Kurosaki 4 MF   JPN Sho Sato 5 DF   JPN Naoki Otani 6 MF   JPN Sho Omori 7 MF   JPN Yuki Nishiya (captain) 8 MF   JPN Yojiro Takahagi 10 MF   JPN Toshiki Mori 11 MF   BRA Juninho 13 MF   JPN Keita Ueda (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) 15 DF   JPN Ryohei Okazaki 16 DF   JPN Wataru Hiramatsu 17 MF   JPN Ren Yamamoto 19 FW   JPN Koki Oshima 21 DF   JPN Tomoyasu Yoshida 22 DF   JPN Kenya Onodera

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF   JPN Hayato Fukushima (on loan from Shonan Bellmare) 24 MF   JPN Kosuke Kambe 25 GK   JPN Yuya Aoshima 29 FW   JPN Kisho Yano 30 DF   JPN Kenta Fukumori (on loan from Oita Trinita) 31 MF   JPN Ryotaro Ishida (on loan from Nagoya Grampus) 32 FW   JPN Ko Miyazaki 33 DF   BRA Rafael Costa 37 MF   JPN Ryo Nemoto (on loan from Shonan Bellmare) 38 FW   JPN Sora Kobori 39 FW   BRA Leandro Pereira 40 DF   JPN Shuya Takashima 41 GK   JPN Kazuki Fujita (on loan from Albirex Niigata) 45 MF   JPN Kojiro Yasuda (on loan from FC Tokyo) 48 GK   JPN Naruki Kumakura Type 2 99 FW   NGA Origbaajo Ismaila (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)

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 2 DF   JPN Yukuto Omoya (at Reilac Shiga) 9 FW   JPN Yuji Senuma (at SC Sagamihara)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW   JPN Masato Igarashi (at Reilac Shiga)

Coaching staff

For the 2023 season. ^[4]

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

References

1. クラブ情報 [Club profile] (in Japanese). Tochigi SC. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
2. "2023シーズン 背番号のお知らせ" . Retrieved January 9, 2023.
3. "トップチーム｜栃木サッカークラブ公式サイト【栃木Sc】".
4. "2023シーズン トップチームスタッフ体制のお知らせ". tochigisc.jp. Tochigi SC. January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2023.

External links

• Official Website (in Japanese)