Yokohama Sports & Culture Club (横浜スポーツ&カルチャークラブ, Yokohama Supōtsu Ando Karuchākurabu), commonly referred to as simply Y.S.C.C. or Y.S.C.C. Yokohama (Y.S.C.C.横浜 or simply YS横浜, Wai Esushishi Yokohama or simply Wai Esu Yokohama) is a Japanese multisports club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Although they compete in a number of different sports, YSCC is best known for its association football team that currently plays in J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football.[1]

Y.S.C.C. Yokohama
Y.S.C.C.横浜
Full nameNPO Yokohama Sports and Culture Club
Nickname(s)YSCC
Founded1986; 38 years ago (1986)
GroundNippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium
Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Capacity15,454
ChairmanJiro Yoshino
ManagerKazuki Kuranuki
LeagueJ3 League
2023J3 League, 12th of 20
Websitehttp://www.yscc1986.net/
Current season

History

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Graphical timeline of Yokohama football clubs

The club was formed in 1986 by former ANA players under the name Yokohama Soccer & Culture Club. The "S" was changed to "Sports" in 2002.

Y.S.C.C. Yokohama was the starting point for many Yokohama Flügels and Yokohama F. Marinos players. When the Flügels folded in 1999, they supported the creation of Yokohama FC to replace them.

In 2012 they played Japan Football League for the first time and finished in 6th position.

After two seasons spent at JFL, YSCC Yokohama play in newly formed league, J3 from 2014. The club currently 10th consecutive seasons of third tier in 2023 season.

League and cup record

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J. League
Cup
Emperor's
Cup
Shakaijin
Cup
Season Div. Tier Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G
2010 Kantō League
Div. 1
4 8 1st 14 11 0 3 51 17 34 33 Not eligible 1st round
2011 8 1st 14 12 1 1 34 8 26 37 1st round
2012 JFL 3 17 6th 32 15 4 13 58 50 8 49 710 2nd round Not eligible
2013 18 12th 34 11 6 17 45 56 -11 39 783
2014 J3 3 12 12th 33 4 12 17 29 58 -29 24 1,018 2nd round
2015 13 13th 36 7 6 23 24 58 -34 27 919
2016 16 16th 30 5 5 20 15 51 -36 20 1,018
2017 17 14th 32 8 8 16 41 54 -13 32 951 1st round
2018 17 15th 32 8 10 14 40 48 -8 34 1,005 2nd round
2019 18 13th 34 12 3 19 53 65 -12 39 1,095
2020 18 17th 34 5 12 17 37 66 -29 27 623 Did not qualify
2021 15 8th 28 11 7 10 31 33 -2 40 1,156 2nd round
2022 18 16th 34 8 4 22 25 66 -41 28 1,293 Did not qualify
2023 20 12th 38 14 10 14 48 50 -2 52 1,469 Prefectural final
2024 20 19th 38 2nd round TBD
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
  • Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
  • 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site
  • Source RSSSF: [2]

Honours

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YSCC Yokohama Honours
Honour No. Years
Kanagawa Prefecture Division 1 1 2002
Kanto Soccer League 4 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Regional League Promotion Series 1 2011

Current squad

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As of 2 August 2024.[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   JPN Ryosuke Sagawa
2 DF   JPN Minoru Hanafusa
3 DF   JPN Takuya Fujiwara
4 MF   JPN Kento Dodate
5 DF   JPN Haruki Oshima
6 MF   JPN Diego Taba  
7 MF   JPN Atsushi Kikutani  
8 MF   JPN Yutaro Yanagi
9 FW   JPN Yusei Kayanuma  
10 MF   JPN Ryotaro Yamamoto
11 FW   JPN Jorn Pedersen
13 FW   MAS Luqman Hakim (on loan from Kortrijk)
14 MF   JPN Ryohei Wakizaka
15 MF   JPN Yasuto Fujita
17 DF   JPN Takuma Hashino
18 MF   JPN Jukiya Fujishima
19 DF   JPN Shawn Van Eerden (on loan from Yokohama FC)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   JPN Yusei Otake
21 GK   JPN Chris Takahashi
22 MF   JPN Yushin Otake (on loan from Albirex Niigata)
23 MF   JPN Hiroto Domoto
24 MF   JPN Rento Tahara
25 MF   JPN Shunta Nishiyama
26 DF   JPN Hiroto Okoshi  
27 DF   JPN Wataru Yamakura
30 MF   JPN Shuto Kojima
31 GK   JPN Michiya Okamoto
32 FW   JPN Koki Matsumura
33 MF   JPN Rikuto Hashimoto
39 MF   JPN Koji Okumura
50 MF   JPN Takahiro Nakazato
67 FW   NGA Promise Ugochukwu
82 GK   JPN Naoki Goto (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Manager   Kazuki Kuranuki
Assistant manager   Taro Sugahara
First-team coach   Ryuji Sueoka
  Sosuke Morito
Goalkeeping coach   Kazuyoshi Nishitani
Chief doctor   So Kameda
Chief trainer   Naoyuki Agatsuma
Doctor   Keiichi Yoshi
  Jun Takeda
  Kenji Goto
  Jun Tomura
  Ryosuke Nakajima
Trainer   Chikao Sato
Physiotherapist   Toshiaki Shibuya
Masseur   Hirokazu Ikeda
Conditioning staff & nutritionist   Kazuya Okada

Kit evolution

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Home kits - 1st
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015 - 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019 - 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2024 -
Away kits - 2nd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015 - 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019 - 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2024 -

Managerial history

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Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Masahiro Shimoda   Japan 1 November 2006 31 January 2007
Yohei Suzuki   Japan 1 January 2011 31 December 2012
Jun Matsuhisa   Japan 1 January 2013 31 December 2013
Kenji Arima   Japan 1 February 2014 31 January 2016
Yasuhiro Higuchi   Japan 1 February 2016 31 January 2019
Yūki Stalph   Japan 1 February 2019 31 January 2022
Kenji Nakada   Japan 1 February 2022 25 May 2022
Kei Hoshikawa   Japan 26 May 2022 28 August 2023
Kazuki Kuranuki   Japan 30 August 2023 current

References

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  1. ^ "Japan – Yokohama Sports and Culture Club – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway". Uk.soccerway.com. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Data source RSSSF". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ "プレーヤー&スタッフ". yscc1986.net. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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