is a Japanese
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
academy from
Kitakanbara,
Niigata. Its main football team is currently playing in the
Hokushinetsu Football League
is a soocer league based in five prefectures in the Hokushinetsu region, which comprises Hokuriku and Shin'etsu in Japan. They are ( Nagano, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, and Fukui). It is a league of club teams registered in Class 1. Its nam ...
's 1st Division and has played in the
Emperor's Cup
, commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese annual football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formatio ...
in the past.
The football academy has produced a number of J.League players, coaches and other staff members across Japan. As of the 2022 season, 54 of the 58 J.League members have at least one player or staff member who are JSC former alumni. The college claims themselves as the only football vocational school in Japan.
The academy (or college) has different teams across men's and women's football. As of 2023, the JSC-affiliated teams are:
*Men's teams:
**Japan Soccer College FC – Hokushin'etsu Football League Division 1 (5th tier)
**CUPS Seiro (College of Upward Players in Soccer Seiro) – Hokushin'etsu Football League Division 2 (6th tier)
**Niigata JSC – Niigata Prefecture Football League Division 1 (7th tier)
*Women's teams:
**Japan Soccer College Ladies – Hokushin'etsu Women's Football League Division 1 (4th tier)
Current squads
Japan Soccer College FC
CUPS Seiro
References
External links
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Football clubs in Japan
Association football clubs established in 2002
Sports clubs and teams in Niigata Prefecture
2002 establishments in Japan
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