Tsukuba FC (つくばFC, Tsukuba Football Club) is a football (soccer) club based in Tsukuba, which is located in Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Kantō Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

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Tsukuba FC
つくばFC

Full name	Joyful Honda Tsukuba FC
Founded	1993
Ground	Tsukuba Wellness Park Tsukuba, Ibaraki
Chairman	Shinnosuke Ishikawa
Manager	Masahisa Hirota
League	Kantō Soccer League
2021	8th
Home colours Away colours

History

Tied to University of Tsukuba, the club was initially founded in 1993 as a women's football club. Shortly after that, a men's version of the club was launched.[1] In 2000s, even U-12 and U-15 squad were created and Tsukuba FC have the goal of reaching professional football in 2020.[2] In 2014, the club reached Kanto Soccer League, winning immediately 2nd Division and now trying to reach Japan Football League. Their plans revealed the will to build a stadium for 30,000 people in the near future.[3] Tsukuba FC's main sponsor is Joyful Honda, a hardware store akin to The Home Depot or Lowe's in the United States and unrelated to Honda Motor Company.

Current squad

Updated to 14 October 2022.[4]

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 Takashi Nishio 2 DF  JPN Makoto Tokutake 3 DF  JPN Koichi Komazaki 4 DF  JPN Shozaburo Sato 5 MF  JPN Takumu Kimoto 6 DF  JPN Yuki Fukazawa 7 FW  JPN Koki Hiyaoka 8 MF  JPN Keitaro Obata 9 MF  JPN Takaichi Yamashita 10 MF  JPN Masato Sugaya 11 FW  JPN Hideaki Miyamoto 13 FW  JPN Obiora Ishibashi 14 MF  JPN Shun Aoki 15 DF  JPN Takahiro Hidaka 16 MF  JPN Taisei Masuda

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  JPN Seiya Kumagai 19 MF  JPN Shuta Kotaka 21 GK  JPN Ryo Mizuno 22 DF  JPN Kazuma Onimaru 23 MF  JPN Yusei Ito 24 MF  JPN Kohei Kori 25 MF  JPN Kazuma Kawata 26 FW  JPN Chisato Suda 27 FW  JPN Yuya Gunji 29 MF  JPN Kazuma Suzuki 30 FW  JPN Tatsunosuke Onzuka 33 MF  JPN Shoto Unno 34 MF  JPN Ryunosuke Suzuki 36 GK  JPN Daiki Akutsu

League record

References

External links

• Official Site (in Japanese)
• Official Facebook Page
• Official Twitter Account