Fukushima United FC

Fukushima United FC (福島ユナイテッドFC, Fukushima Yunaiteddo Efushī) is a Japanese football club from Fukushima City, the capital of Fukushima Prefecture. They currently play in the J3 League, Japan's third tier of professional football.

Fukushima United FC
福島ユナイテッドFC

Full name	Fukushima United Football Club
Founded	April 2002; 21 years ago (April 2002) (as Fukushima Dream Junkers) February 2008; 15 years ago (February 2008) (as Fukushima United)
Stadium	Toho Stadium Fukushima, Fukushima
Capacity	21,000
Chairman	Hayato Suzuki
Manager	Mitsumasa Yoda
League	J3 League
2022	J3 League, 11th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in 2006, by the merger of FC Pelada Fukushima and Junkers. From the 2008 season, the club has adopted the new name as "Fukushima United FC". They played in the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system in 2013. Starting in 2014, they were promoted to the newly formed, J3 League.

On 28 October 2022, Fukushima United acquired the J2 license, meaning that from the 2022 season, they can now be promoted to the J2 League if the club finishes the league season either on 1st or 2nd place.

League and cup record

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

League														Emperor's Cup	Shakaijin Cup
Season	Division	Tier	Teams	Pos.	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Attendance/G
2011	Tohoku Soccer League (Div.1)	4	7	1st	12	11	0	1	53	6	47	33		2nd round	1st round
2012			7	1st	12	11	0	1	61	6	55	33		4th round	Runner's up
2013	JFL	3	18	14th	34	8	10	16	35	42	-7	34	1,027	2nd round	Not eligible
2014	J3		12	7th	33	9	9	15	30	38	-8	36	1,321	1st round
2015			13	7th	36	13	10	13	42	48	-6	49	1,289	1st round
2016			16	14th	30	7	9	14	35	44	-9	30	1,678	2nd round
2017			17	10th	32	13	4	15	39	43	-4	43	1,485	Did not qualify
2018			17	12th	32	9	13	10	36	43	-7	40	1,576
2019			18	11th	34	13	4	17	45	53	-8	43	1,645
2020 †			18	13th	34	11	6	17	46	55	-9	39	582
2021 †			15	5th	28	13	6	9	41	32	9	45	876
2022			18	11th	34	11	9	14	37	45	-8	42	1,465	2nd round
2023			20	TBD	38									2nd round

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

• Tohoku Soccer League Division 1
  • Champions (2): 2011, 2012

Current squad

As of 8 September 2023.^[1]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 Taku Kamikawa 3 DF   JPN Makoto Kawanishi 4 DF   JPN Kazuki Dohana 5 MF   JPN Hiroshi Omori 7 DF   JPN Kosuke Tanaka 8 MF   JPN Hiroshi Yoshinaga 9 FW   JPN Ryuji Sawakami (on loan from Cerezo Osaka) 10 MF   JPN Kota Mori 11 DF   JPN Hiroto Yukie 13 MF   JPN Tomohiko Miyazaki 14 MF   JPN Hayate Mukai 16 GK   JPN Akira Fantini 17 FW   JPN Yuta Nobe 18 FW   JPN Seiji Tsutsumi 19 FW   JPN Naoto Miki 20 FW   JPN Kanta Jojo

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK   JPN Satoshi Osugi 22 GK   JPN Kaito Yamamoto 24 DF   JPN Takuto Hono 25 FW   JPN Shoki Nagano 27 DF   JPN Satoru Nozue 28 DF   JPN Naoki Suzu 29 DF   JPN Rinshiro Kojima ^Type 2 30 MF   JPN Naoya Seita 35 MF   JPN Keita Shiba 38 MF   JPN Kento Awano 39 FW   JPN Ryo Shiohama 40 FW   JPN Hiroki Higuchi 41 MF   JPN Uheiji Uehata 44 DF   JPN Shun Obu 50 FW   JPN Shota Kobayashi 55 DF   JPN Toru Shibata (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)

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 — GK   JPN Jun Anzai (at Fukui United)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   JPN Hiroto Yagi (at Fukui United)

Coaching staff

For the 2023 season.

Position	Name
Manager	Mitsumasa Yoda
Assistant manager	Noriaki Sanenobu Daisuke Seki
First-team coach	Kazuto Ishido
Goalkeeper coach	Kenji Tanaka
Competent	Kenta Kuyama

Managerial history

Manager	Nationality	Tenure
		Start	Finish
Satoshi Tezuka	Japan	1 January 2010	31 January 2012
Yū Tokisaki	Japan	1 February 2012	31 January 2014
Keisuke Kurihara	Japan	1 February 2014	31 January 2017
Kazuaki Tasaka	Japan	1 February 2017	31 January 2019
Takeo Matsuda	Japan	1 February 2019	31 January 2021
Yū Tokisaki	Japan	1 February 2021	31 January 2022
Toshihiro Hattori	Japan	1 February 2022	Current

Kit evolution

Home kit - 1st
2008 - 2009	2010	2011 - 2012	2013	2014
2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
2020	2021	2022	2023 -

Away kit - 2nd
2008 - 2009	2010	2011 - 2012	2013	2014
2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
2020	2021	2022	2023 -

References

1. "Players". Fukushima United FC Official Team Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 April 2022.

External links

• Official website