# Tsukuba FC

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.

## 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. In 2000s, even U-12 and U-15 squad were created and Tsukuba FC have the goal of reaching professional football in 2020. 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. Tsukuba FC's main sponsor is Joyful Honda, a hardware store unrelated to Honda Motor Company.

## Current squad

    As of 23 August 2023.
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 | 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 | Ibaraki Prefectural League (Div. 1) | 7 | 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 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 5th | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 27 |
| 2017 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 2nd | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 26 | 41 |
| 2018 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 7th | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 37 | -5 | 22 |
| 2019 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 7th | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 21 |
| 2020 † | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 10th | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 3 |
| 2021 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 8th | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 32 | -2 | 25 |
| 2022 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 5th | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 22 |
| 2023 †† | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 5th | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 24 |
| 2024 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 3rd | 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
* †† 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.