Tsukuba FC

This article is about the men's football club based in Japan. For the women's team, see Tsukuba FC Ladies.

Tsukuba FC (つくばFC, Tsukuba Efushi) 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.

Tsukuba FC
つくばFC

Full name	Joyful Honda Tsukuba FC
Founded	1993; 32 years ago (1993)
Ground	Tsukuba Wellness Park Tsukuba, Ibaraki
Chairman	Shinnosuke Ishikawa
Manager	Hideharu Soejima
League	Kantō Soccer League Div. 1
2022	5th of 10
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 unrelated to Honda Motor Company.

Current squad

As of 23 August 2023.^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Ryo Mizuno 2 DF  JPN Makoto Tokutake 3 DF  JPN Koichi Komazaki 5 MF  JPN Takumu Kimoto 6 MF  JPN Yuki Fukazawa 7 MF  JPN Kazuma Kuwata 8 MF  JPN Ryunosuke Suzuki 9 DF  JPN Shunsuke Yamazaki 10 MF  JPN Masato Sugaya 11 FW  JPN Hideaki Miyamoto 13 FW  JPN Junnosuke Okazaki 14 DF  JPN Shun Aoki 16 MF  JPN Taisei Masuda 17 DF  JPN Seiya Kumagai 18 DF  JPN Shuhei Takizawa

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  JPN Shuta Kotaka 21 GK  JPN Keita Minuma 23 MF  JPN Yukihiro Kawashima 24 MF  JPN Kohei Kori 25 DF  JPN Ryuya Nakazato 26 FW  JPN Chisato Suda 27 FW  JPN Yuya Gunji 28 DF  JPN Eiji Koakutsu 29 MF  JPN Kazuma Suzuki 30 FW  JPN Tatsunosuke Onzuka 31 DF  JPN Keisuke Komuro 33 FW  JPN Mizaki Kawashima 34 DF  JPN Ryusei Yagoshi 36 GK  JPN Daiki Akutsu

League record

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

Season	League	Tier	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
2012	Ibaraki Prefectural League (Div. 1)	7	4th	14	6	1	7				19
2013			2nd	14	11	1	2				34
2014	Kantō Soccer League (Div. 2)	6	1st	18	13	2	3	55	21	34	41
2015	Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1)	5	3rd	18	11	3	4	45	27	18	36
2016			5th	18	8	3	7	37	34	3	27
2017			2nd	18	13	2	3	43	17	26	41
2018			7th	18	6	4	8	32	37	-5	22
2019			7th	18	5	6	7	18	27	-9	21
2020 †			10th	18	1	0	8	8	23	-15	3
2021 [5]			8th	22	7	4	11	30	32	-2	25
2022			5th	18	6	4	8	19	28	-9	22
2023 ††			5th	18	7	4	7	25	30	-5	24
2024			3rd	18	8	5	5	27	26	1	29
2025			10th	18	2	3	13	26	38	-12	9
2026	Kantō Soccer League (Div. 2)	6	TBD	18

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
• † 2020 no relegation due to COVID-19
• ††^[6] Tsukuba FC was given a penalty of minus one point for issuing five or more warnings and sending offs in the 7th match week of the previous round.