is a
football
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stadium
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in
Hirono, Fukushima
is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an official registered population of 4,755 in 2,267 households,[Naraha, Fukushima
is a Towns of Japan, town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an official registered population of 6,465 in 3,182 households, and a population density of 65 persons per km2, although the current actual resident population is si ...](_blank)
,
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
.
It was one of the home stadium of
football
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club
TEPCO Mareeze
was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League. It was a founding member of the league in 2000. The club was disbanded after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster; primary sponsor TEPCO
is a Japanese elec ...
. It was used
J2 League
The or simply J2 is the second division of the and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It (along with the rest of the J.League) is currently sponsored by Meiji Yasud ...
game between
Montedio Yamagata
is a Japanese people, Japanese professional association football club based in Tendo, Yamagata. The club currently playing in J2 League, the Japanese second tier of professional football.
Name origin
Montedio is a coined word combining the I ...
and
Shonan Bellmare
is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Hiratsuk ...
on April 16, 2005.
In 2022, the J. League authorized
Iwaki FC
is a football (soccer) club based in Iwaki, a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The club competes in the J2 League, the second tier of Japanese football league system.
History Founder Club
Iwaki FC was founded in 2012, before getting ...
to use the stadium as its home ground in preparation for their promotion to
J2 League
The or simply J2 is the second division of the and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It (along with the rest of the J.League) is currently sponsored by Meiji Yasud ...
as
champions of J3 League
or simply J3 is the third division of . It was established in 2013 as the third-tier professional association football league in Japan under the organization of J.League. The league is known as the for sponsorship reasons.
The third-tier nation ...
.
See also
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J-Village Station
References
External links
Official site
Sports venues in Fukushima Prefecture
Football venues in Japan
Hirono, Fukushima
Naraha, Fukushima
Sports venues completed in 1993
1993 establishments in Japan
Iwaki FC
Fukushima United FC
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