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FC Ganju Iwate

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FC Ganju Iwate
FCガンジュ岩手
Full nameFC Ganju Iwate
Nickname(s)Ganju
Founded2006
GroundIwate Morioka Stadium
Capacity30,000
ChairmanKentaro Ihara
ManagerTetsuya Nakanishi
LeagueTohoku Soccer League
20245th of 10
Websitefc-ganju.com

FC Ganju Iwate (FCガンジュ岩手, FC Ganju Iwate) is a football (soccer) club based in Hachimantai, a city of Iwate Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Tohoku Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues. The name of the club refers to Mount Iwate, symbol of their prefecture due to this volcano and also present on the club's logo.

History

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Founded in 2006, the club was a separated entity from Grulla Morioka (still in the Iwate Prefecture, but in Morioka).[1] Shinichi Muto was fundamental to start club's history with the proper amount of experience and he was hired as player-manager for 2006 and 2007. The creation of another club in the Prefecture - Unsommet Iwate Hachimantai - didn't stop FC Ganju Iwate from climbing Japanese football's pyramid: they won several promotion in Iwate Prefectural Football, even going unbeaten for whole four seasons.

Unfortunately, then bigger clubs - like Grulla, ReinMeer Aomori FC and Vanraure Hachinohe - risked to block their growth. After these clubs went up to Japan Football League, FC Ganju Iwate won the Tohoku Soccer League in 2014 and 2015. Still, the club wasn't able to reach JFL because they didn't perform in 2014 and 2015 Japanese Regional Football League Competition, being eliminated in the group stage. They featured just once in Emperor's Cup, losing against Saitama SC in the first round of 2007 edition.

As for 2017 season, their aim remains to reach Japan Football League.

League record

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season League Tier Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts
2007 Iwate Prefecture (Div. 4) 9 1st 10 10 0 0 130 0 130 30
2008 Iwate Prefecture (Div. 3) 8 1st 10 10 0 0 100 1 99 30
2009 Iwate Prefecture (Div. 2) 7 1st 10 9 1 0 96 3 93 28
2010 Iwate Prefecture (Div. 1) 6 1st 10 10 0 0 68 2 66 30
2011 Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2) 5 2nd 10 9 0 1 51 5 46 27
2012 Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2, North) 1st 14 13 0 1 88 13 75 39
2013 Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 1) 5 3rd 18 13 1 4 67 17 50 40
2014 1st 18 16 2 0 129 5 124 50
2015 1st 18 15 2 1 107 11 96 47
2016 3rd 18 9 5 4 48 31 17 32
2017 8th 18 5 0 13 31 58 -27 15
2018 2nd 18 11 3 4 71 29 42 36
2019 6th 18 6 3 9 42 56 -14 21
2020 4th 9 4 1 4 16 17 -1 13
2021 3rd 8 4 1 3 10 7 3 13
2022 7th 16 8 3 5 32 17 15 27
2023 7th 18 7 3 8 26 34 -8 24
2024 5th 18 7 4 7 40 39 1 25
2025 TBD 18
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; Pts = Points gained

Honours

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FC Ganju Iwate honours
Honour No. Years
Iwate Prefecture (Div. 4) 1 2007
Iwate Prefecture (Div. 3) 1 2008
Iwate Prefecture (Div. 2) 1 2009
Iwate Prefecture (Div. 1) 1 2010
Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2, North) 1 2012
Tohoku Soccer League 2 2014, 2015

Current squad

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As of 30 April 2024.[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Tomoya Terada
3 DF Japan JPN Junya Hashimoto
4 DF Japan JPN Tadayoshi Hiranaka
5 DF Japan JPN Junya Yamashita
7 MF Japan JPN Tetsuya Nakanishi
8 FW Japan JPN Yamato Kadowaki
9 MF Japan JPN Yu Mita
10 FW Japan JPN Shinma Kumagai
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Japan JPN Daiji Matoba
16 MF Japan JPN Yuya Yamamoto
17 GK Japan JPN Shinnosuke Fujiwara
18 FW Japan JPN Koya Higashi
19 MF Japan JPN Takahiro Yamamoto
25 FW Japan JPN Kaito Katsu
32 FW Japan JPN Monji Kumagai
50 DF Japan JPN Atsushi Wada

References

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  1. ^ "盛岡タイムス Web News". Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  2. ^ "Tohoku Football Federation for Members of Society | FCガンジュ岩手" (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 April 2024.
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