Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.

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Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.
松本山雅FC

Full name

Matsumoto Yamaga Football Club

Nickname(s)

Ptarmigans, Gans

Founded

1965

Ground

Matsumoto Daira Regional Park Ball Game Stadium
(Alwin)
Matsumoto, Nagano
(Capacity 20,396)

Chairman

Hiroshi Otsuki

Manager

Hideo Yoshizawa

League

Hokushin'etsu Regional Div.1

2007

Champions





Home colours





Away colours

Matsumoto Yamaga Football Club (松本山雅フットボールクラブ, Matsumoto Yamaga Futtobōru Kurabu^?) are a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. They play in Hokushin'etsu Regional League Division 1 after winning Division 2 in 1995.

Their nickname is the Ptarmigans (ターミガンズ, Tāmiganzu^?) (or shortened Gans (ガンズ, ganzu^?)), symbol birds of Nagano Prefecture.

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1965 by the players who represented Nagano Prefecture. The players frequented a cafe called Yamaga in front of Matsumoto railway station and initially they were simply called Yamaga Club. In 2004, they were renamed as Matsumoto Yamaga F.C. when nonprofit organisation Alwin Sports Project were set up to support the club with the intention of promotion to J. League.

In the 2007 season they won the Hokushin'etsu First Division but failed to gain the promotion to the Japan Football League as they exited at the group stage of the playoffs against other regional champions.

[edit] Current Squad

As of March 2, 2008

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Yasutoshi Ōno
2	DF	Keiichi Kanazawa
3	DF	Masayoshi Yoshida
5	MF	Tomoharu Saito
6	MF	Shota Imai
7	MF	Kazuhiro Kawata
8	MF	Shuichi Ozawa
9	FW	Masaki Eguchi
10	FW	Michiaki Kakimoto
11	FW	Kentaro Yoshida
12		Supporters
13	DF	Takashi Sambonsuge
14	MF	Masaru Takeuchi

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Hisatoshi Takazawa
16	MF	Takashi Abe
17	DF	Kohei Ishikawa
18	MF	Hayato Ōi
19	DF	Takuya Abe
20	FW	Atsushi Sasaki
21	GK	Hiroshi Mikuri
22	DF	Fumio Sakamoto
23	MF	Ryohei Suzuki
24	DF	Akihiro Tanaka
25	MF	Kohei Ōnishi
28	DF	Toshihiro Yahata
30	GK	Hiroaki Hara