J-Lease FC

J-Lease FC
ジェイリースFC
Full nameJ-Lease Football Club
FoundedApril 2018; 6 years ago (April 2018)
GroundShowa Denko Soccer Rugby Field (A and B)
Capacity2,000
OwnerJ-Lease Co., Ltd.
ManagerMasaki Yanagawa
LeagueKyushu Soccer League
20242nd of 10
Websitej-lease-fc.com
Current season

J-Lease FC (ジェイリースFC, Jei Rīsu Efu Shī) are a Japanese football club based in Oita City, capital of Oita Prefecture. They currently play in the Kyushu Soccer League, which part of Japanese Regional Leagues. Their main colors, reflected on their crest are blue, white and black.

History

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Founded in April 2018, the club quickly won back-to-back promotions alongside league titles from the 3rd to the 1st division of the Oita Prefecture between 2018 and 2020.

In 2021, the club won their first regional-level trophy, after a 4–3 win against Liberty FC gave them the Kyushu Football Championship title. The club would have qualified to the Shakaijin Cup with this win, if the 2021 competition was not cancelled because of COVID-19 extended measures.[1] The club recorded a 3rd place in its Kyushu Soccer League's debut season, only finishing behind Okinawa SV and Veroskronos Tsuno.

In 2022, the club participated in the Oita Prefecture Soccer Championship, which serves as a qualifying tournament for the Emperor's Cup. The club won their matches from the Round of 16 to the semi-finals against SOL FC, Nakatsu FC, and Nippon Bunri University ASC. Onto the final match against Verspah Oita, in which the winner qualified to the Emperor's Cup, COVID-19 struck the team. with multiples players confirmed to be tested positive. The issue did not allow the final to be taking place in the due date. J-Lease decided to forfeit the match, giving the Oita Prefecture slot of the competition to their opponent. [2]

In the same year, J-Lease qualified for the Shakaijin Cup for first time, a cup tournament for teams in any league below the Japan Football League (JFL) that also serves as an alternative way to play in JFL's promotion series. The club qualified via the Kyushu Football Championship, which was a single match against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki. They won the match by 4–0.[3] In their competition debut, they faced eventual semi-finalists of the Shakaijin Cup, Briobecca Urayasu, who were promoted to the Japan Football League in the same season. J-Lease lost the match by 2–0, exiting the competition in the first round.

Ending their season, the club finished in fourth place in the Kyushu Soccer League, having at one point won six matches in a row. Despite not earning a trophy at any competition, the club had high placements in Kyushu competitions and a decent performance against a JFL-tier club in an official competition during the season.

Current squad

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As of 23 August 2023.[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Kotaro Higashino
3 DF Japan JPN Kodai Fujii
5 DF Japan JPN Takuto Honda
6 MF Japan JPN Yuya Watanabe
7 MF Japan JPN Rei Matsumoto
8 FW Japan JPN Junki Endo
9 FW Japan JPN Kazuki Ganaha
10 DF Japan JPN Ryusuke Hayashida
11 MF Japan JPN Kota Ogino
13 MF Japan JPN Keita Kamie
14 MF Japan JPN Kohei Imayoshi
15 MF Japan JPN Takuma Nagayoshi
16 DF Japan JPN Kosuke Fukumoto
17 DF Japan JPN Koyo Sato
19 FW Japan JPN Takuma Sonoda
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Japan JPN Koki Ifuku
21 GK Japan JPN Daiki Kato
22 DF Japan JPN Naoya Matsumoto
23 GK Japan JPN Kazusa Iwasaki
24 FW Japan JPN Yu Kijima
25 MF Japan JPN Atsuki Wada
26 FW Japan JPN Kohe Saho
27 MF Japan JPN Koki Kotegawa
28 FW Nigeria NGA Samuel Abiodun Saanumi
30 MF Japan JPN Kohei Hattanda
31 GK Japan JPN Kota Oshima
33 GK Japan JPN Yuitaro Yasuda
38 FW Japan JPN Yujiro Miyachi
44 MF Japan JPN Yosuke Yuzawa

Club record

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season League Position P W D L F A GD Pts Emperor's
Cup
Shakaijin
2018 Oita Prefectural
League (Div.3)
1st 9 8 1 0 11 0 11 25 Did not qualify Did not play
2019 Oita Prefectural
League (Div.2)
1st 10 10 0 0 12 2 10 30
2020 Oita Prefectural
League (Div.1)
1st 10 8 1 1 13 2 11 25 Was not held
2021 Kyushu Soccer League 3rd 18 13 0 5 38 19 19 39
2022 4th 20 13 2 5 45 17 28 41 1st Round
2023 3rd 18 13 3 2 67 13 54 42 Quarter-finals
2024 2nd 18 13 3 2 58 16 42 42 2nd round Semi-final
2025 TBA 18 TBA TBA
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained

Honours

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J-Lease honours
Honour No. Years
Oita FA President's Cup Championship 1 2018
Oita Prefecture Soccer League 3rd Division 1 2018
Oita Prefecture Soccer League 2nd Division 1 2019
Oita Prefecture Soccer League 1st Division 1 2020
Oita Prefecture Soccer Tournament 1 2020
Kyushu Football Championship 2 2021, 2022, 2024

References

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  1. ^ "2021 SCHEDULE". j-lease-fc.com (in Japanese). J-Lease. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  2. ^ "2022年大分県サッカー選手権大会決勝戦辞退のお知らせとお詫び". note.com/jleasefc (in Japanese). J-Lease FC. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  3. ^ "第58回 全国社会人サッカー選手権大会出場決定". note.com/jleasefc (in Japanese). J-Lease FC. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  4. ^ "TEAM". j-lease-fc.com (in Japanese). J-Lease FC. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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