Tochigi S.C.

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Tochigi S.C.
栃木S.C.

Full name

Tochigi Soccer Club

Nickname(s)

The Teachers

Founded

1953

Ground

Tochigi Green Stadium
Utsunomiya City, Tochigi

Capacity

16,000

Manager

Takashi Takahashi

League

Japan Football League

2006

7th





Home colours





Away colours

Tochigi S.C. (栃木S.C., Tochigi Esu Shī^?) are a football (soccer) club based in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. They play in the Japan Football League. Their team colour is yellow.

[edit] History

Teachers in Tochigi Prefecture founded the club in 1953. They were initially called self-explanatory Tochigi Teacher's Football Club (栃木教員サッカー部 Tochigi Kyōin Sakkā Bu). They started to welcome players with other professions in 1994 and renamed themselves as Tochigi Soccer Club. In 1999, Tochigi won the Kanto Regional League and were promoted to the Japan Football League after finishing runners-up in the Regional League play-off. In March 2005, they announced that they would set up a task force to give a serious consideraton to turn professional and try to gain J. League status.

[edit] Results in JFL

2000: 11th
2001: 13th
2002: 12th
2003: 8th
2004: 9th
2005: 4th
2006: 7th

[edit] External links

(Japanese) Official Website

Japan Football League Members in 2007 season
ALO's Hokuriku \| Arte Takasaki \| F.C. Gifu \| Honda F.C. \| JEF United Ichihara Chiba (Reserves) \| F.C. Kariya Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima F.C. \| Rosso Kumamoto \| F.C. Ryūkyū Ryutsu Keizai University F.C. \| Sagawa Express S.C. \| Sagawa Printing S.C. \| Sony Sendai F.C. \| TDK S.C. Tochigi S.C. \| Gainare Tottori \| YKK AP F.C. \| Yokogawa Musashino F.C.