Tochigi S.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Tochigi S.C.
栃木S.C.

| fullname = Tochigi Soccer Club
nickname = The Teachers
founded = 1953
ground = Tochigi Green Stadium
Utsunomiya City, Tochigi
capacity = 18,025
chairman = flagicon|Japan Kentaro Atrai
manager = flagicon|Japan Kouichi Hashiratani
league = Japan Football League
season = 2007
position = 8th
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nihongo|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.

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.

On January 2007 they achieved J. League Associate Membership status and in the 2008 season they are on a run up the ranks, contending for the promotion spots.

Results in JFL

2000: 11th
2001: 13th
2002: 12th
2003: 8th
2004: 9th
2005: 4th
2006: 7th
2007: 8th

Team Staff

As of January 16, 2008
Manager: Kouichi Hashiratani
Head Coach: Yuji Sakakura
GK Coach: Syougo Minami
Coach: Machida Syuzo

Current squad

As of January 23, 2008

External links

*ja icon [http://www.tochigisc.jp/ Official Website]

Japan Football League
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J. League