# Saruta Kōgyō S.C.

Saruta Kogyo Soccer Club (猿田興業サッカー部, Saruta Kogyo Soccer Club) is a Japanese football club based in Akita, the capital city of Akita Prefecture. They play in the Tohoku Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues. Their team colour is blue and they won the Emperor's Cup Akita Prefectural title for two consecutive seasons.

## History

The club based in Akita, Akita, was founded in 1970. They won the Akita Prefecture League in 2011 and 2013. The team finished first place in the Tohoku Soccer League Division 2 North twice.

## Company profile

Saruta Kogyo Co., Ltd. is a company that specializes in firefighting disaster prevention equipments, paper manufacturing material, recycling, wooden pallets and real estate.

## Current squad

    As of 23 August 2023.
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 | Kenta Ito |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Yo Kinouchi |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Toshiki Funaki |
| 6 | FW | JPN | Takahiro Meguro |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Riku Inoue |
| 8 | FW | JPN | Ayu Saito |
| 9 | DF | JPN | Yuki Ishii |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Obu Horii |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Tomoaki Kanaya |
| 12 | GK | JPN | Taito Nagai |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Tomohiro Igarashi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Takuto Kumagai |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Yuya Sato |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Gakuto Futagi |
| 18 | DF | JPN | Kazunari Sugawara |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Ryo Shimomura |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Tomokazu Saito |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Yotsuya |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Takuya Hayashi |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Taiyo Meguro |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Ryuga Ono |

## League record

| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| Season | League | League Position | GP | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| 2006 | Akita Prefecture A1 | 2nd | | | | | | | | | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | Tohoku D2N | 5th | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 19 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2008 | Tohoku D2N | 8th | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 9 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2009 | Akita Prefecture A1 | 3rd | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 19 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2010 | Akita Prefecture A1 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 10 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2011 | Akita Prefecture A1 | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 36 | 17 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | Akita Prefecture A1 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 6 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2013 | Akita Prefecture A1 | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 50 | 19 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2014 | Tohoku D2 North | 2nd | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 15 | 44 | 42 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | Tohoku D2 North | 1st | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 27 | 39 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2016 | Tohoku 1 | 9th | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 19 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2017 | Tohoku D2 North | 2nd | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 35 | 36 | 39 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2018 | Tohoku D2 North | 1st | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 13 | 75 | 47 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2019 | Tohoku 1 | 9th | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 14 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2020 | Tohoku 1 | 10th | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 34 | −29 | 2 | 1st round | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | Tohoku 1 | 11th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 4 | 1st round | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | Tohoku 1 | 11th | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 73 | -58 | 4 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2023 | Tohoku D2 North | 6th | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 18 | 30 | 24 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | Tohoku D2 North | 5th | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 26 | 1st round | Did not qualify |
| 2025 | Tohoku D2 North | TBD | | | | | | | | | TBA | Did not qualify |

## Honours

Saruta Kōgyō S.C. honours :
| Honour | No. | Years |
| Akita Prefecture Soccer League | 2 | 2011, 2013 |
| Tohoku Soccer League Division 2 North | 2 | 2015, 2018 |
| Emperor's Cup Akita Prefecture Preliminary | 3 | 2020, 2021, 2024 |

## Tohoku Soccer League records
### 2007 Tohoku D2 North

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### 2008 Tohoku D2 North

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### 2014 Tohoku D2 North

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### 2015 Tohoku D2 North

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### 2016 Tohoku Soccer League

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### 2017 Tohoku D2 North

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### 2018 Tohoku D2 North

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### 2019 Tohoku Soccer League

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### 2020 Tohoku Soccer League

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## Akita derby

The Akita derby is a commonly occurring football fixture in Japan. The game takes place between the teams in Akita Prefecture; Blaublitz Akita, Saruta Kogyo, Akita FC Cambiare, TDK Shinwakai, Hokuto Bank SC, Akita University Medical FC and so on.

## Venues

* Soyu Stadium
* Akigin Stadium
* Akita Prefectural Central Park Athletic Stadium
* Akita Prefectural Central Park Playing Field
* Nikaho Green Field
* Nishime Country Park Soccer Field
* Mizubayashi Athletic Stadium
* Space Project Dream Field
* Akita Prefecture Football Centre
* Fuji University
* Tono Athletic Stadium
* Azuma Sports Park
* Oshu Fureai Park
* Hirosaki Sports Park
* Towada Takamoriyama Playing Field
* Onagawa Sports Park
* Iwaki Green Field
* Iwagin Stadium
* Taga Stadium
* Iwaki FC Field
* Shichigahama Soccer Stadium
* Iwate Sports Park Playing Field
* Seihoku Park Ishinomaki