Fukuyama City FC

Fukuyama City FC (福山シティFC, Fukuyama Shiti Efu Shi) are a Japanese football club based in the eastern part of Hiroshima, centered on the city of Fukuyama.[1] They play in the Chūgoku Soccer League, which part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

Fukuyama City FC
福山シティFC
Full nameFukuyama City FC
Founded2017 (2017) as Fukuyama City SCC
2019 (2019) as Fukuyama City FC
ChairmanYoshihiro Okamoto
ManagerNobuhiro Ueno
LeagueChūgoku Soccer League
20231st of 10 (champions)
WebsiteClub website

History

Founded on 2017 as Fukuyama SCC (Fukuyama Sports Community Club), the club started their journey on the lower levels of Hiroshima Prefectural Leagues system.[2] Despite playing in the 5th tier of prefectural league football, on 2018, after winning the Hiroshima Prefectural Adult Final Tournament, they got instantly promoted to the 2nd division of the prefecture for the 2019 season.[3][4]

On 2019, the team changed its name into Fukuyama City FC. The club won back-to-back promotions with high-scoring matches, alongside an unbeaten streak that started on their foundation, on 2017, only being broken on 2022.[5][6] The club quickly established themselves as one of the quickest-developed clubs in Japanese football, jumping from the Prefectural League 5th Division to the Chugoku Soccer League in a five-season span. They played in the 2020 Emperor's Cup, where they won four matches to arrive at the quarter-finals. Uncommon feat for a young club (4-years old at the time), they successfully managed to win against teams of the 4th and 5th tier of Japanese football while being a Prefectural League club. They were only stopped by Blaublitz Akita, to whom they lost by 3–1 in a tough match.[7]

In 2022, Fukuyama City won the Chugoku Soccer League in their debut at Regional League level, qualifying them for the 2022 Regional Champions League. They finished second in their group but were eliminated from the tournament. If they had won or finished runners up in the tournament they would have been directly promoted to the 2023 Japan Football League. Promotion to the JFL would have helped to potentially fulfill their goal of joining the J3 League by 2024.[8]

League and Cup record
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
LeagueEmperor's
Cup
SeasonDivisionTierPos.PWDLFAGDPts
As Fukuyama City SCC
2017 Eastern Hiroshima Prefectural League 81st99004233927–
2018 1st1111006716633Lost in the preliminaries
As Fukuyama City FC
2019 Hiroshima Prefectural League 2nd Div. 7 1st111100107510233Lost in the preliminaries
2020 Hiroshima Prefectural League 1st Div. 61st55004104115Quarter-finals
2021 1st660054054182nd round
2022 Chugoku Soccer League 51st181521601050472nd round
2023 1st181800696630Did not qualify
2024 TBD182nd 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 = Goal difference; Pts = Points won

Honours
Fukuyama City honours
HonourNo.Years
Eastern Hiroshima Prefectural League 2 2017, 2018
Hiroshima Prefectural League 2nd Division 1 2019
Hiroshima Prefectural League 1st Division 1 2020
All Hiroshima Soccer Championship 3 2020, 2021, 2022
Chūgoku Soccer League 2 2022, 2023

Current squad
As of 30 April 2024 [9]

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 Daiki Kikuchi
2 DF  JPN Kazuki Ninomiya
3 DF  JPN Ryota Tokunaga
4 MF  JPN Yosuke Toji
5 DF  JPN Kota Nishihara
6 DF  JPN Kengo Takata
7 MF  JPN Atsushi Fujii
8 MF  JPN Yusuke Tsukada
9 FW  JPN Kei Takahashi
10 MF  JPN Wataru Sumida
11 MF  JPN Hiroki Takahashi
14 FW  JPN Naoto Toji
15 DF  JPN Ryotaro Hiramatsu
16 DF  JPN Wataru Kuromiya
17 MF  JPN Kumpei Kakuta
18 MF  JPN Ryoga Masuda (on loan from FC Imabari)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  JPN Shun Taguchi
21 GK  JPN Kotaro Miyazaki
22 MF  JPN Soto Yokoo
23 FW  JPN Yusuke Yoshii
25 MF  JPN Ryu Natori
26 MF  JPN Tomoya Nohama
27 DF  JPN Hibiki Nishio (on loan from Gainare Tottori)
28 MF  JPN Kento Wakamiya
29 FW  JPN Ryuichi Okubo
30 MF  JPN Kenta Sawada
31 GK  JPN Kaname Murata
33 MF  JPN Rikito Sugiura
36 MF  JPN Makoto Mimura
41 GK  JPN Kaito Inishi
47 MF  JPN Taiki Takaki

Coaching staff
Position Name
Manager Ryota Mori
Assistant manager Hwang Choi
Hakuto Miyashita
Goalkeeper coach Hiroki Tsuda
Trainer Daiki Tonoshiro
Strength & Conditioning coach Yuki Kodama
Equipment manager and Kit man Tomoya Takeishi
Sports nutritionist Hiroe Uehara

References
  1. "CLUB". fukuyama-city.com. Fukuyama City FC. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. "福山シティクラブとは？". fukuyama-scc.jp (in Japanese). Fukuyama SCC. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. "2017 results". fukuyama-scc.jp (in Japanese). Fukuyama SCC. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  4. "2018 results". fukuyama-scc.jp (in Japanese). Fukuyama SCC. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  5. "SOCCER". fukuyama-scc.jp (in Japanese). FukuyamaSCC. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  6. "福山シティ、Ｊ昇格へ着々　11日ホーム最終戦　中国リーグで首位堅持". chugoku-np.co.jp (in Japanese). Chugoku NP. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  7. "ブラウブリッツ秋田 3-1 福山シティＦＣ". jfa.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  8. "福山シティＦＣ（３年連続３回目）". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  9. "SEASON 2024". fukuyama-city.com. Fukuyama City FC. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
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