football club
Yokohama FC ( 横浜FC, Yokohama Efushī ) is a japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club presently plays in the J2 League, which is the second tier of football in the country. The golf club was formed by fans of Yokohama Flügels as a protest against Flügels ‘ amalgamation with Yokohama Marinos in 1999, becoming the first gear supporter-owned master sports team in Japan. [ 1 ] Since gaining J.League membership in 2001, Yokohama FC spent a long clock time in the second tier of the japanese football league arrangement. The clubhouse gained forwarding to J.League Division 1 for 2007 season, as champions of J.League Division 2 in 2006, but were immediately relegated the following season. After twelve years in the J2 League, they returned to the crown fledge in the 2020 temper, earning promotion the previous year.
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history [edit ]
graphic timeline of Yokohama football clubs Yokohama FC was formed in 1999 following the amalgamation of Yokohama ‘s two J.League clubs, the Flügels and the Marinos. Flügels supporters felt that their golf club had basically been dissolved rather than merged with, sol rejected the hypnotism that they should start supporting Marinos – who had been their crosstown rivals. rather, with money raised through donations from the general public and an affiliation with endowment management company IMG, the early Flügels supporters founded the Yokohama Fulie Sports Club. [ 2 ] Following the socio model used by FC Barcelona, the Fulie Sports Club created Yokohama FC, the first professional sports team in Japan owned and operated by its supporters. [ 1 ] For its beginning season in 1999, Yokohama FC hired former German national team and World Cup star Pierre Littbarski to be the coach and Yasuhiko Okudera, the first japanese football player to play professionally in Europe, to be the chair. [ 3 ] The club attempted to gain entrance directly into the professional J.League, but the Japan Football Association only permitted entrance to the amateur Japan Football League ( JFL ), at the time the one-third level of the japanese football league system, and ruled that the club would not be eligible for promotion into J.League Division 2 at the end of its first season. so, despite finishing as JFL champion in 1999, Yokohama FC finished as JFL supporter again in 2000 before being promoted to J.League Division 2. [ 4 ] The clubhouse spent the adjacent 6 seasons in J.League Division 2 ahead finish as champions in 2006 and gaining promotion to J.League Division 1. In 2007, precisely the ninth year of its universe, Yokohama FC played its beginning season in the exceed flight of japanese football. After a poor season, the team were consigned to relegation with five games of the season still remaining. Despite their early on relegation, Yokohama FC however decided the final consequence at the opposition end of the board ; by defeating championship contenders Urawa Red Diamonds on the stopping point day of the season, Kashima Antlers secured the J.League Division 1 deed. [ 5 ] In 2018, Yokohama FC narrowly missed out on automatic forwarding by goal difference. The team made it to the J2 promotion final, losing to Tokyo Verdy on an blockage time winner. In 2019, Yokohama finished second gear in J2 and gained automatic forwarding to J1 .
Fight for promotion [edit ]
Although they had a awful temper in 2005, ending 11th out of 12, they were in the top half of board throughout the 2006 season. On 26 November they finished in the circus tent spot of the J2 League, and hence were last promoted to the J. League 1. This success floor was so dramatic as to make people reasonably excited in Japan. Yokohama FC ‘s fiscal situation was thus poor that they did n’t even possess their own football ground or a club theater. Players did everything themselves including carrying the goal posts and washing the new jersey. One of their players, Kazuyoshi Miura, is 54 and a former player, Atsuhiro Miura ( one of their chief players before his 2010 retirement ) was 36 when he final played for the club. These players once played for the Japan national team.
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They lost all pre-season matches, even against college students, then besides the beginning official match of the class. After this, they suddenly changed the player-manager to a freshman with little experience named Takuya Takagi, who was 38. At the begin of the season few expected them to become champions .
Colours [edit ]
As they could not adopt directly Flügels ‘ flannel and blue airstrip given its similarity to that of Marinos, Yokohama FC decided to adopt an all- bluish green kit, after NKK SC, a erstwhile company club which had closed in 1994. NKK SC was based in Kawasaki and played most matches at Todoroki Athletics Stadium, but used Mitsuzawa Stadium on days when the other Kawasaki clubs at the time ( Verdy Kawasaki, Toshiba and Fujitsu ) used it .
current players [edit ]
- As of 31 August 2021[6]
note : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Out on loan [edit ]
notice : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
record as J.League extremity [edit ]
Champions
Runners-up
Third place
Promoted
Relegated
Season
Div.
Teams
Pos.
Attendance/G
J.League
Cup
Emperor’s
Cup
2001
J2
12
9th
3,007
2nd round
4th round
2002
12
12th
3,477
–
3rd round
2003
12
11th
3,743
3rd round
2004
12
8th
4,219
5th round
2005
18
11th
5,938
4th round
2006
13
1st
5,119
3rd round
2007
J1
18
18th
14,039
Group stage
5th round
2008
J2
15
10th
6,793
–
4th round
2009
18
16th
3,535
3rd round
2010
19
6th
5,791
3rd round
2011
20
18th
5,770
2nd round
2012
22
4th
6,039
3rd round
2013
22
11th
6,064
2nd round
2014
22
11th
5,146
2nd round
2015
22
15th
5,113
2nd round
2016
22
8th
4,892
Round of 16
2017
22
10th
5,967
2nd round
2018
22
3rd
6,141
3rd round
2019
22
2nd
7,061
3rd round
2020 †
J1
18
15th
3,559
Group stage
Did not qualify
2021
20
20th
4,511
Group stage
2nd round
- Key
- Pos. = Position in league.
- Attendance/G = Average home league attendance.
- † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.
- Source: J. League Data Site
Managers [edit ]
As of 23 February 2020 .
Honours [edit ]
Affiliated clubs [edit ]
YFCMD – a professional football club based in Hong Kong who were once owned by Yokohama FC. Their new club name stands for Yokohama FC Modic.
References [edit ]
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