Yokohama F.C.
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| Yokohama F.C. 横浜FC |
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| Full name | Yokohama F.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Flie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Mitsuzawa Stadium Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama |
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| Capacity | 15,046 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Yasuhiko Okudera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Takuya Takagi (2006 - ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | J. League Division 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Champions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yokohama FC (横浜FC Yokohama Efushī?) are a Japanese football (soccer) club based in the city of Yokohama.
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[edit] History
The club was formed in 1998 following the merger of the city's two J-League clubs, Yokohama Flügels and Yokohama Marinos. The response of fans of the Flügels (which was essentially abolished) to the suggestion that they should start supporting the Marinos was to set up their own club. Despite attempts to get straight entry into the J-League, the Japanese Football Association only permitted the team to enter the Japan Football League. Within two seasons however, the team managed to gain promotion to the J2 Division of the J-League. Once the team remained a mid-table outfit in J2, with an eighth place finish in the 2004 season. In 2006, the team became the champions of J2 and will be promoted to J1.
[edit] Fight for the promotion
Although they falled into a breakdown in 2005, ended with the 11th of 12, they runned upper level on the table throughout the 2006 season. On 26 November, they decided finishing the top spot of the league, finally promoted to division 1(formally promised).
This successful story was so dramatic as to make people somewhat excited in Japan. Yokohama FC are financially extremely poor so that they don't have even their own football ground or a club house. Players did everything by themselves including to carry goal mouths and washing jerseys.
Some of the main players are very veteran stars, such as Kazuyoshi Miura 39, Shoji Jo 31, Motohiro Yamaguchi 37, and Norio Omura 37, those who once played for the National Team and later once labeled "No longer useful".
They lost all pre-season matches even against college students, then also the first official one of the year. After this, they suddenly changed the player-manager to an utterly inexperienced freshman Takuya Takagi 38. At the beggining of the season, almost no one believed them to reach such a consequense.
[edit] Football tactics
First, Takagi put weight on the defence and coached with simple tactics. After he became manager, the team kept clean sheets in 15 consecutive games. This success turned to confidence for young players and became to have more options of attack. As a result, they didn't record any losing streak and won the title.
[edit] Current players
As of November 29, 2006
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[edit] Season by season results and managers
| Season | League | Pld | Pt | W | L | D | F | A | GD | Place | Manager |
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| 1999 | JFL | 24 | 55 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 32 | +25 | Champions |  Pierre Littbarski |
| 2000 | 22 | 61 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 24 | +42 | Champions | ||
| 2001 | J2 | 44 | 43 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 58 | 81 | -23 | 9th |  Yoshikazu Nagai / Yuji Sakakura / Katsuyoshi Shindo |
| 2002 | 44 | 35 | 8 | 25 | 11 | 43 | 81 | -38 | 12th | Katsuyoshi Shindo |
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| 2003 | 44 | 42 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 49 | 88 | -39 | 11th | Pierre Littbarski |
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| 2004 | 44 | 52 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 50 | -8 | 8th | ||
| 2005 | 44 | 45 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 48 | 64 | -16 | 11th | Yusuke Adachi |
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| 2006 | 48 | 93 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 61 | 32 | +29 | Champions | Yusuke Adachi / Takuya Takagi |
[edit] Former players
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[edit] Honors
- Japan Football League
- Champions:2(1999, 2000)
- J. League Division 2
- Champions (2006)
[edit] External link
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Japan Professional Football League J.LEAGUE clubs, seasons, and tournaments |
| J.LEAGUE Division 1 (J1) | |
| Kashima | Omiya | Urawa | Chiba | Kashiwa | F.C. Tokyo | Kawasaki | Yokohama F. Marinos | |
| Yokohama F.C. | Kofu | Niigata | Shimizu | Iwata | Nagoya | Gamba Osaka | Kobe | Hiroshima | Oita | |
| J.LEAGUE Division 2 (J2) | |
| Sapporo | Sendai | Yamagata | Mito | Kusatsu | Tokyo Verdy 1969 Shonan | Kyoto | Cerezo Osaka | Tokushima | Ehime | Fukuoka | Tosu |
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| Abolished Club | |
| Yokohama Flügels | |
| J.LEAGUE Seasons | |
| 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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| Other J.LEAGUE Tournaments/Cups | |
| Yamazaki Nabisco Cup | Xerox Super Cup | Promotion/Relegation Series | JOMO All-Stars Soccer Emperor's Cup | A3 Champions Cup | Suntory Championship | Sanwa Bank Cup |
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