FC Maruyasu Okazaki

FC Maruyasu Okazaki
FCマルヤス岡崎
Full name Football Club Maruyasu Okazaki
Founded 1968 (as Maruyasu Industries SC)
Ground Minato Soccer Stadium
Capacity 20,000
Chairman Yamada Yasuichiro
Manager Yasuhiro Yamamura
League JFL
Website Club home page

FC Maruyasu Okazaki (FCマルヤス岡崎 FC Maruyasu Okazaki) is a Japanese football team based in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture. They currently play in Japan Football League, the fourth-tier of Japanese nationwide football and the top level of amateur football in the country.

History

The club has been established in 1968 as the corporate team of Maruyasu Industries. In 1976 the team won promotion to Tōkai Soccer League where remained ever since except for 2003 and 2004 seasons when they suffered relegation to Division 2. The club has won the league in 2013 and though they were unable to take up one of three promotion-granting places in the Regional Promotion Series, they were admitted to participate in JFL in 2014 season by the league board.

Before their first season on the nationwide level the club has changed its name to FC Maruyasu Okazaki in order to appeal more to the local community.

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