is a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

in Hirono, Fukushima and Naraha, Fukushima,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It was one of the home stadium of

club TEPCO Mareeze. 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 Yas ...

game between Montedio Yamagata and Shonan Bellmare on April 16, 2005. J-Village complex became the front line base for the nuclear accidents and it is back in normal use as the sports facilities now. In 2022, the J. League authorized

Iwaki FC is a football (soccer) club based in Iwaki, Fukushima, Iwaki, a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The club will play in J2 League from 2023 season, which is the 2nd level in the Japanese football pyramid. History Founder Club Iwaki FC wa ...

to use the stadium as its home ground in preparation for their promotion to

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. The third-tier nationwide league is a relatively recent development in Japanese football with a first attempt ...

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Sports venues in Fukushima Prefecture Football venues in Japan Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster Hirono, Fukushima Naraha, Fukushima Sports venues completed in 1993 1993 establishments in Japan Iwaki FC Fukushima United FC {{Japan-stadium-stub

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