# Vonds Ichihara

Vonds Ichihara (VONDS市原) is a Japanese football club based in Ichihara, Chiba. The club plays in the first division of the Kantō Soccer League, which is part of the Japanese Regional Leagues.

## History

Founded in 1967, the club was tied with Furukawa Electric Company. In 1986, they had a moment of glory by winning the 22nd Shakaijin Cup.
After changing the name in 2008 to SAI Ichihara Football Club, it was again renamed in 2011 to Vonds Ichihara Football Club. The name "Vonds" came from the word "bond" in English, changing though the initial letter to "V", which is a link to victory. The club is aiming to become a Japan Football League member and reaching professional football from there, as former parent club JEF United Ichihara Chiba is no longer considered to represent Ichihara.

## Stadium

Most of the club matches are played Ichihara Seaside Stadium (currently known as ZA Oripri Stadium due sponsorship) which has a capacity of 14,048.

## Changes in club name

* 1967–2008: Furukawa Electric Chiba SC
* 2008–2010: SAI Ichihara Football Club
* 2011–present: Vonds Ichihara Football Club

## League record

| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| Season | League | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| 2011 | Chiba Prefectural League (Div. 1) | 4th | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 16 | 26 | Did not qualify | |
| 2012 | Chiba Prefectural League (Div. 1) | 1st | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 13 | 37 | 36 | Did not qualify | |
| 2013 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 2) | 2nd | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 20 | 25 | 36 | Did not qualify | Round of 16 |
| 2014 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 3rd | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 30 | Did not qualify | 3rd |
| 2015 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 2nd | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 38 | Did not qualify | 1st round |
| 2016 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 2nd | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 26 | 36 | 1st round | Round of 16 |
| 2017 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 1st | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 26 | 42 | Did not qualify | 3rd |
| 2018 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 2nd | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 20 | 28 | 38 | 2nd round | Round of 16 |
| 2019 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 1st | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 28 | 41 | Did not qualify | Round of 16 |
| 2020 † | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 4th | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 2nd round | ‡ |
| 2021 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 3rd | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 15 | 25 | 45 | Did not qualify | ‡ |
| 2022 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 4th | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 29 | Did not qualify | Round of 16 |
| 2023 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 1st | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 22 | 46 | Did not qualify | Round of 32 |
| 2024 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 1st | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 20 | 46 | Did not qualify | Round of 32 |
| 2025 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | TBA | 18 | | | | | | | | | TBA |

### Key

* Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points gained
* † Number of games played reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
* ‡ Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

## Honours

Vonds Ichihara honours :
| Honour | No. | Years |
| All Japan Shakaijin Cup | 1 | 1987 |
| Chiba Prefecture Adult Soccer League Division 1 | 1 | 2012 |
| Chiba Prefectural Football Championship | 3 | 2016, 2018, 2020 |
| KSL Ichihara Cup | 1 | 2016 |
| Kantō Soccer League | 4 | 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024 |

## Current squad

Updated to 14 February 2025.
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 | Teruki Origuchi |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Tomoki Fujisaki |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Yoshida |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Hiroto Nakazawa |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Kodai Watanabe |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Tomoki Taniguchi |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Shohei Kiyohara |
| 8 | DF | JPN | Yuji Kato |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Toshiyasu Motoyoshi |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Daiki Numa |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Ryuichi Ichiki |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Kazuki Arinaga |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Kazuki Kijima |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Taisuke Mizuno |
| 16 | FW | JPN | Taro Katsuura |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Rikiya Yoshida |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Haruto Sakuraba |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Jo Hashimoto |
| 20 | DF | JPN | Kenta Goto |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Masaki Imagawa |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Hayato Nishinoue |
| 23 | FW | JPN | Junya Goto |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Jonosuke Kiriishi |
| 27 | GK | JPN | Yuya Gunji |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Chihiro Otomo |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Sota Tanakaa |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Eiji Suto |
| 36 | FW | JPN | Ritsuki Uemoto |