Tochigi City Football Club (栃木シティフットボールクラブ, ''Tochigi Shiti Futtobōrukurabu''), commonly known as Tochigi City FC (栃木シティFC, ''Tochigi Shiti Efushi'') is a Japanese football club based in

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. The club currently play in Kanto Soccer League part of

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, the fifth tier of football league.

History

The club was formed in 1947 as ''Hitachi Tochigi Soccer Club'', the

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of the local

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affiliate. After finishing as a runners-up in the local Kanto Soccer League in 2009 season, they were promoted to the

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through the

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. Prior to their first season in JFL, the club has dropped ''Hitachi'' prefix in its name and changed the reference to sport from "soccer" to "football" following general Japanese trend. From the 2019 season, the club has adopted the new name as "Tochigi City FC".

Origin name

In 2002 it adopted the moniker Uva (meaning "grape" in

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and

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), after the vineyards of its home area, southern Tochigi Prefecture.

Current squad

''As of July 28, 2022''.

References

External links

* (in Japanese) * *
Tochigi Uva FC U-15 U-12 Football School
Football clubs in Japan Association football clubs established in 1947 Sports teams in Tochigi Prefecture 1947 establishments in Japan Japan Football League clubs {{Japan-footyclub-stub