# FC Tiamo Hirakata

FC TIAMO Hirakata (FCティアモ枚方, Efu Shī Tiamo Hirakata) is a football (soccer) club based in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture in Japan. They currently play in the Japan Football League, Japanese fourth tier of football league.

## History

Founded in 2004 by the will of three former Gamba Osaka players - Junichi Inamoto, Ryuji Bando and Toru Araiba -, the club was initially named FC Ibanina, a name came up with the merge of the three players' name. Then in 2006 the club was renamed FC TIAMO: ti amo stays for Italian "I love you". Araiba actually remained the only one managing the new-born club, adding the suffix Hirakata only in 2015. The club won several promotions along the years and now hopes to reach Japan Football League and possibly J3 League before 2019.
In 2020 season, TIAMO Hirakata won the regional championship for the first time ever in their history and won promotion to the Japan Football League for the 2021 season.
The club will play their 3rd consecutive season in the Japan Football League on 2023.

## League & cup record

| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| Season | Division | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| 2014 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 2) | 1st | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 25 | | Did not qualify | |
| 2015 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 8th | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 36 | -24 | 3 | | Did not qualify | |
| 2016 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 2) | 1st | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 30 | | Did not qualify | |
| 2017 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 2nd | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 26 | | Did not qualify | Semi-final |
| 2018 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 4th | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 21 | | Did not qualify | 1st round |
| 2019 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 2nd | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 17 | 23 | 33 | | Did not qualify | Champions |
| 2020 | Kansai Soccer League (Div. 1) | 1st | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 13 | | 2nd round | Not eligible |
| 2021 | JFL | 8th | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 48 | 300 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2022 | JFL | 13th | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 50 | -10 | 32 | 584 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2023 | JFL | 12th | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 42 | -10 | 34 | 419 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2024 | JFL | 3rd | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 45 | 4 | 50 | 658 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2025 | JFL | TBD | 30 | | | | | | | | | | Not eligible |

### 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

## Honours

FC Tiamo Hirakata :
| Honour | No. | Years |
| Kansai Soccer League Div. 2 | 2 | 2014, 2016 |
| Shakaijin Cup | 1 | 2019 |
| Kansai Soccer League Div. 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Japanese Regional Football Champions League | 1 | 2020 |

## Players
### Current squad

As of 1 July 2024.
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 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Willian |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Travis Takahashi |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Tatsuya Uchida |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Ren Shibamoto |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Naoki Hara |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Emeka Basil |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Toshiki Onozawa |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Itsuki Miyazaki |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Shinji Yamano |
| 16 | DF | JPN | Hayato Abe |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Reo Takeshita |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Takuma Goto |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Yuto Tsumura |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Riku Koyanagi |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Rintaro Tomizawa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Felipe Bessa |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Rikiya Yamada |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Shuto Kawai |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Takuto Hirao |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Kengo Kotani |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Ryuki Yamaguchi |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Riku Okuno |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Yudai Kubo |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Areki Watabe |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Taisei Ishii (on loan from Shonan Bellmare) |
| 37 | DF | JPN | Sukai Numata |
| 40 | MF | JPN | Yudai Nakata (on loan from Thespa Gunma) |
| 41 | GK | KOR | Park Kwang-gyu |
| — | GK | JPN | Raihei Kurokawa (on loan from Ehime FC) |
| — | FW | THA | Thanakrit Laorkhai (on loan from BG Pathum United F.C.) |
| — | FW | THA | Thitipat Ek-arunpong (on loan from BG Pathum United F.C.) |

### Out on loan

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 |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Malick Fofana (at FC Osaka) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Himan Morimoto (at Reilac Shiga) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | JPN | Kei Ikoma (at Nara Club) |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Takahiro Futagawa |
| Head coach | Ben Cahn |
| Assistant coach | So Higuchi |
| Goalkeeper coach | Hiroyuki Takeda |
| Chief trainer | Katsuaki Shibutani |

## Managerial history

| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | Tenure |
| Manager | Nationality | Start | Finish |
| Takuya Yamamoto | Japan | 1 February 2017 | 31 January 2019 |
| Shigeki Tsujimoto | Japan | 1 February 2019 | 31 January 2020 |
| Yoshizumi Ogawa | Japan | 1 February 2020 | 31 January 2023 |
| Takahiro Futagawa | Japan | 1 February 2023 | present |