Kochi United SC
Full name | Kōchi United Sports Club | ||
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Founded | 2016 | ||
Ground | Kochi Haruno Sports Ground (Kōchi Haruno Athletic Stadium) Haruno, Kōchi | ||
Capacity | 25,000 | ||
Chairman | Shigekazu Takemasa | ||
Manager | Takafumi Yoshimoto | ||
League | Japan Football League | ||
2023 | 7th of 15 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Kōchi United Sports Club, (
History[edit]
On February 1, 2016, two established Shikoku League clubs; Igosso Kōchi FC (アイゴッソ
They played in the Shikoku Soccer League, one of the Japanese Regional Leagues from 2016 to 2019, winning it three times in a row from 2017 to 2019. In 2019 they finished 2nd in the Japanese Regional Football League Competition, earning promotion to the Japan Football League from the 2020 season.
As Igosso Kōchi FC[edit]
- Postwar-1966: Kōchi Agricultural High School O.B. Club (
高知 農業 高校 OBクラブ). - 1966-1996: Nangoku Soccer Club (Shikoku League Champions:1980).
- 1996-1999: Himawari Milk Nangoku F.C. (ひまわり
牛乳 南国 FC). - 1999-2014: Nangoku Kōchi F.C. (Shikoku League Champions: 2001, 2002. 2003, 2004, 2005).
- 2014-2016: Igosso Kōchi.
As Kōchi U Torastar FC[edit]
- 1998-2000: Transistor (トランジェスター).
- 2000-2006: Torastar (トラスター).
- 2006-2008: Beiling Torastar (
北 陵 トラスター). - 2008-2013: Nankoku Torastar (
南国 トラスターFC). - 2013-2016: Kōchi U Torastar FC (Shikoku League Champions: 2014)
2016 season[edit]
In their inaugural 2016 season, they finished runners-up in the Shikoku League (W12-D1-L1) to FC Imabari (FC
2017 season[edit]
In the 2017 season, they won the Shikoku League with a W12-D2-L0 record, thus qualifying for the Japanese Regional Football League Competition (
2018 season[edit]
In the 2018 season, they retained their Shikoku League title despite one loss to FC Tokushima and won the Kochi Prefectural Football Championship again with a 3–0 win against KUFC Nangoku in the final. In the first round proper of the Emperor's Cup, they defeated Mitsubishi Mizushima FC 2–0 at home, then faced Albirex Niigata (アルビレックス
2019 season[edit]
The 2019 season was a breakthrough season for Kochi United. They won the Shikoku League for the third straight season with a 100% record and retained the Kochi Prefectural Football Championship, though they needed an extra-time winner to beat KUFC Nangoku in the final. In the first round proper they defeated MD Nagasaki (MD
2020 season[edit]
Japan Football League[edit]
- v Tokyo Musashino City FC H: D 1-1 (Shimodo). (First ever match in JFL)
- v Nara Club A: D 1-1 (Nagao)
- v Matsue City FC A: L 2-1 (Shimodo)
- v FC Maruyasu Okazaki H: L 0–2
- v Iwaki FC A: L 4-3 (Hirata, Nagao, Izumi)
- v Honda Lock SC H: L 0–1.
- v Suzuka Point Getters H: D 2-2 (Akahoshi, Fujisaki)
- v Sony Sendai FC A: L 3-1 (Tsuboi)
- v Verspah Oita H: L 0–1
- v Honda F.C. A: W 0-1 (Akahoshi). (First JFL win)
- v Tegevajaro Miyazaki H: L 0–2
- v MIO Biwako Shiga H: W 3-0 (Yokotake (pen), Akahoshi, Taguchi). (First home JFL win)
- v FC Osaka A: W 0-2 (Akahoshi 2). (First back-to-back JFL wins)
- v ReinMeer Aomori H: D 1-1 (Akahoshi)
- v Veertien Mie A: W 0-1 (Fujisaki)
Emperor's Cup[edit]
- Kochi Prefectural Football Championship Final v Kochi University: W 2-0 (Maeda 2). Fifth consecutive title
- Second Round: v Takamatsu University: W 2-1 (Akahoshi, Izumi)
- Third Round: v F.C Tokushima: W 2-0 (Taguchi, Nagao)
- Round of 16: v Tsukuba University: L 3-2 AET (Akahoshi 2)
2021 season[edit]
Japan Football League[edit]
- v Verspah Oita (A) W 0-1 (Nishimura Yuta)
- v ReinMeer Aomori (H) W 2-1 (Nagao, Izumi)
- v FC Osaka (A) L 2-1 (Akahoshi)
- v Sony Sendai FC (H) L 1-2 (Tanaka Shoma)
- v Suzuka Point Getters (A) L 2-1 (Shimodo)
- v Iwaki FC (A) L 3-2 (Nishimura Koji 2)
- v FC TIAMO Hirakata (H) W 1-0 (Shimodo)
- v FC Maruyasu Okazaki (A) W 1-2 (Nishimura Yuta, Akahoshi)
- v Veertien Mie (H) W 3-1 (Fujii, Nagao, Nishimura Yuta) (First 3 straight wins in JFL)
- v MIO Biwako Shiga (A) L 1–0
- v Honda Lock SC (H) W 1-0 (Nishimura Yuta)
- v Nara Club (H) L 0–2
- v Honda FC (A) L 5–0
- v FC Kariya (H) L 1-4 (Lucas)
- v Matsue City FC (A) L 4–0
- v Tokyo Musashino City FC (H) W 1-0 (Nishimura Yuta)
- v ReinMeer Aomori (A) D 2-2 (Nagao, Hosoyama)
- v Verspah Oita (H) L 1-2 (Akahoshi)
- v Iwaki FC (H) D 0-0
- v FC TIAMO Hirakata (A) L 2-1 (Tanaka Shoma)
- v FC Maruyasu Okazaki (H) D 1-1 (Lucas)
- v Veertien Mie (A) W 0-3 (Nishimura Yuta 2, Nakamasu). (Biggest away win in JFL. First double)
- v MIO Biwako Shiga (H) D 0-0
- v Honda Lock SC (A) L 3-2 (Akahoshi, Lucas)
- v FC Kariya (A) L 2-1 (Shimodo)
- v Honda FC (H) D 0-0
- v Sony Sendai FC (A) W 0-1 (OG)
- v FC Osaka (H) L 0–1
- v Tokyo Musashino City FC (A) L 2–0
- v Matsue City FC (H) L 0–1
- v Nara Club (A) D 0-0. (Secured JFL safety)
- v Suzuka Point Getters (H) L 1-5 (Akahoshi)
Emperor's Cup[edit]
- Kochi Prefectural Football Championship Final v Kochi University (H): W 2-1 (Nishimura Yuta 2). Sixth consecutive title
- First Round v Kamatamare Sanuki (H): W 1-0 (Fujii). First ever win over J-League opposition
- Second Round v Tokushima Vortis (A): L 1-2 (Shimodo). First goal scored against J1 opposition
2022 season[edit]
Japan Football League[edit]
- v Tokyo Musashino United FC (H) D 1-1 (Koji Nishimura)
- v Honda Lock SC (A) W 0-1 (Yuta Nishimura)
- v Sony Sendai FC (H) D 0-0
- v FC TIAMO Hirakata (A) D 1-1 (Higuchi)
- v Honda FC (H) L 0–2
- v Verspah Oita (A) W 0-1 (Koji Nishimura)
- v Veertien Mie (H) D 1-1 (Akahoshi)
- v Nara Club (H) L 0–1
- v FC Osaka (A) L 3-2 (Daisuke Okada, Akahoshi)
- v FC Kagura Shimane (H) W 1-0 (Akahoshi). (First win v Shimane)
- v Suzuka Point Getters (A) L 1–0
- v MIO Biwako Shiga (H) D 1-1 (Akahoshi)
- v ReinMeer Aomori (A) D 0-0
- v FC Maruyasu Okazaki (H) L 3-5 (Koji Nishimura, Akahoshi 2)
- v Criacao Shinjuku (A) W 0-1 (Fujisaki)
- v Tokyo Musashino United FC (A) W 1-3 (Akahoshi, Yokotake, Higuchi)
- v Honda Lock SC (H) W 3-0 (Yamada, Koji Nishimura, Akahoshi)
- v Nara Club (A) L 2–0
- v FC Osaka (H) L 1-2 (Yuta Nishimura)
- v FC Kagura Shimane (A) W 1-2 (Inazumi 2)
- v Suzuka Point Getters (H) W 2-0 (Inazumi, Tajiri). (First win v Suzuka)
- v Honda FC (A) L 2–0
- v FC TIAMO Hirakata (H) W 2-1 (Koji Nishimura, Aiba)
- v Sony Sendai FC (A) D 1-1 (Akahoshi)
- v Criacao Shinjuku (H) L 0–1
- v FC Maruyasu Okazaki (A) L 3–0
- v Veertien Mie (A) L 3-1 (Yuta Nishimura). (First loss v Mie)
- v Verspah Oita (H) L 2-3 (Higuchi, Akahoshi)
- v MIO Biwako Shiga (A) L 1–0
- v ReinMeer Aomori (H) L 0–2
Emperor's Cup[edit]
- Kochi Prefectural Football Championship Final: v KUFC Nangoku: W 2-0 (Koji Nishimura 2). Seventh consecutive title
- First Round: v Brew KASHIMA (A) W 0-2 (Yamada, Yuta Nishimura)
- Second Round: v Kyoto Sanga FC (A) L 1-3 AET (Akahoshi)
2023 season[edit]
In the 2023 season, Kochi United surprisingly defeated both Gamba Osaka and Yokohama FC of J1 to progress to the last 16 of the 2023 Emperor's Cup, however they were narrowly beaten 1–0 by Kawasaki Frontale in the 4th round.
Japan Football League[edit]
- v ReinMeer Aomori (H) L0-1
- v Okinawa SV (H) W1-0 (Nakata)
- v Reilac Shiga FC (A) L1-0
- v Sony Sendai FC (H) W2-0 (Imai Naiki, Sasaki)
- v Briobecca Urayasu (A) W1-3 (Hashimoto, Kobayashi Daichi, Sasaki)
- v Minebea Mitsumi FC (H) D0-0
- v FC Maruyasu Okazaki (A) D2-2 (Imai Naiki, Nishimura)
- v FC Tiamo Hirakata (H) D0-0
- v Veertien Mie (A) L3-2 (Kobayashi Kokoro, Taguchi)
- v Tokyo Musashino United FC (H) L0-1
- v Suzuka Point Getters (A) L1-0
- v Verspah Oita (H) W2-0 (Taguchi, Kobayashi Daichi)
- v Honda FC (A) L1-0
- v Criacao Shinjuku (H) W1-0 (Kobayashi Kokoro)
- v ReinMeer Aomori (A) L1-0
- v FC Maruyasu Okazaki (H) W2-1 (Yokotake, Imai Naiki)
- v FC Tiamo Hirakata (A) L2-1 (Kobayashi Kokoro)
- v Veertien Mie (H) W1-0 (Kobayashi Kokoro)
- v Tokyo Musashino United FC (A) W0-2 (Higuchi, Toya)
- v Sony Sendai FC (A) D3-3 (Shintani, Kobayashi Kokoro, Higuchi)
- v Reilac Shiga FC (H) D1-1 (Kobayashi Kokoro)
- v Okinawa SV (A) L1-0
- v Criacao Shinjuku (A) W0-1 (Higuchi)
- v Honda FC (H) D0-0
- v Minebea Mitsumi FC (A) L2-1 (Toya)
- v Briobecca Urayasu (H) W2-1 (Kurihara, Kanai)
- v Suzuka Point Getters (H) D2-2 (Kobayashi Kokoro, OG)
- v Verspah Oita (A) D0-0
Emperor's Cup[edit]
- First round: v Belugarosso Iwami (A) W 1–2 (Sasaki, Toya)
- Second round: v Gamba Osaka (A) W 1–2 (Kobayashi Kokoro, Miura [OG]) (First win against J1 opposition)
- Third Round: v Yokohama FC (H) W 1–0 (Takano)
- Round of 16: v Kawasaki Frontale (A) L 1–0
Current squad[edit]
- As of 7 May 2024.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff[edit]
Position | Staff |
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Manager | ![]() |
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Goalkeeper coach | ![]() |
Trainer | ![]() |
Physical trainer | ![]() |
Competent | ![]() |
General manager | ![]() |
League and Cup record[edit]
League | Emperor's Cup |
AJSFC | RFCL | Top Goalscorer (All Competitions) | ||||||||||
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Season | Division | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||||
2016 | Shikoku Soccer League | 2nd | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 6 | 64 | 37 | 1st round | 1st round | Did not qualify | Takuya Kobayashi (17) |
2017 | 1st | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 5 | 78 | 38 | 1st round | 1st round | Group stages | Kota Sugawara (23) | |
2018 | 1st | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 6 | 74 | 37 | 2nd round | 1st round | Group stages | Kazuki Nakabayashi / Ryo Taguchi (16) | |
2019 | 1st | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 4 | 88 | 42 | 2nd round | Did not qualify | 2nd | Ryo Taguchi (19) | |
2020 | JFL | 14th | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 16 | Round of 16 | Uneligible | Kaima Akahoshi (9) | |
2021 | 13th | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 49 | -19 | 33 | 2nd round | Yuta Nishimura (9) | |||
2022 | 11th | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 39 | -9 | 34 | 2nd round | Kaima Akahoshi (11) | |||
2023 | 7th | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 38 | Round of 16 | Kokoro Kobayashi (9) | |||
2024 | TBD | 30 | 2nd round |
- Key
- Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points gained
- Source: J.League Data Site
Managerial history[edit]
Manager | Nationality | Tenure | League Managerial Record | |||||
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Start | Finish | P | W | D | L | W% | ||
Akihiro Nishimura | ![]() |
1 February 2016 | 31 December 2016 | |||||
Takefumi Otani | ![]() |
1 February 2017 | 31 January 2020 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 74.07 |
Akihiro Nishimura | ![]() |
1 February 2020 | 31 January 2022 | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 28.26 |
Takafumi Yoshimoto | ![]() |
1 February 2022 | current |
All-time competitive record table[edit]
Updated to November 2023
Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Albirex Niigata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aso FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 |
Belugarosso Iwami | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Blancdieu Hirosaki FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Brew Kashima | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
Briobecca Urayasu | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
Criacao Shinjuku | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Fukui United FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Gamba Osaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Hisaeda FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 |
Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 |
Honda FC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -9 |
FC Imabari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
Iwaki FC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 |
FC Kagura Shimane | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -7 |
Kamatamare Sanuki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
FC Kariya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 |
Kawasaki Frontale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
Kochi University | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 |
Koyo Sealing Techno Soccer Club | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1 | +66 |
KUFC Nangoku | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 7 | +37 |
Kyoto Sanga FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
Llamas Kochi FC | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 2 | +59 |
FC Maruyasu Okazaki | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -5 |
MD Nagasaki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Minebea Mitsumi FC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
Mitsubishi Mizushima FC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
Nara Club | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 |
Nakamura Club | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 |
Niisho Club | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | +48 |
Ococias Kyoto AC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
Okinawa SV | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
FC Osaka | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 |
Reilac Shiga FC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
ReinMeer Aomori | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 |
Rossorise KFC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | +25 |
FC RSG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 |
R.Velho Takamatsu | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | +56 |
Shinnitte Tsusumikin Oita Soccer Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Showa Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
Sony Sendai FC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
SRC Hiroshima | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 |
Suzuka Point Getters | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 |
Tadotsu FC | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 4 | +51 |
Takamatsu University | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
FC TIAMO Hirakata | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 |
FC Tokushima | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 10 | +25 |
Tokushima Vortis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
Tokyo Musashino United FC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 |
Tsukuba University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
Verspah Oita | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Veertien Mie | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 |
Vonds Ichihara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
V-Varen Nagasaki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
Yokohama FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
All-time top ten record goalscorers[edit]
Updated to July 2024
Name | Ranking | Active | League | Cup | Other | Total | Hat-tricks |
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Hiroki Maehara | 1 | 2016-2020 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 57 | 5 |
Ryo Taguchi | 2 | 2017-2020 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 53 | 5 |
Kota Sugawara | 3 | 2016-2018 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 49 | 5 |
Tsubasa Yokotake | 4 | 2016- | 22 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 0 |
Kaima Akahoshi | 5 | 2020-2022 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Kazuki Nakabayashi | 5 | 2017-2018 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
Yuta Nishimura | 6 | 2019-2023 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 0 |
On Byung-Hoon | 6 | 2016-2018 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Kai Murakami | 9 | 2017-2019 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
Kokoro kobayashi | 10 | 2023- | 15 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Honours[edit]
Honour | No. | Years |
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Kochi Prefectural Football Championship | 9 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
Shikoku Soccer League | 3 | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Records[edit]
- Record home victory: 11-0 v Rossorise KFC (Emperor's Cup Regional Round, 2017) & v Koyo Sealing Techno (Shikoku Soccer League, 2019).
- Record away victory: 0-14 v Koyo Sealing Techno (Shikoku Soccer League 2019).
- Record away defeat: 5-0 v Honda FC (JFL 2021).
- Record home defeat: 1-5 v Suzuka Point Getters (JFL 2021).
- Longest winning streak (all comps): 13 games (2017–18 and 2019 season).
- Longest losing streak (all comps): 7 games (JFL 2022/23).
- Most goals by one player in a game: 4 (Takuya Kobayashi: SSL 2016, Kazuki Nakabayashi: AJSFC 2017, Paulo Sousa: SSL 2018, Ryo Taguchi: SSL 2019, Hiroki Maehara: SSL 2019).
- Most career goals for Kochi United SC: 57 (Hiroki Maehara).
- Most hat-tricks for Kochi United SC: 5 (Kota Sugawara, Ryo Taguchi, Hiroki Maehara).
- Record home attendance: 7243 v Kawasaki Frontare (EC 4th Round 2023). (Technically a home game for Kawasaki but played in Kochi).
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official Website (in Japanese)
- Official Facebook Page (in Japanese)