Tochigi SC - last updated on 23 March 2009
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Tochigi Soccer Club (栃木S.C.
)
Foundation: 1953
City: Tochigi
Colours: Yellow and blue
Website: www.tochigisc.jp
Honours:
Tochigi SC has currently no honours.
A bit of history:
Teachers in Tochigi Prefecture founded the club in 1953. They were initially called self-explanatory Tochigi Teacher's Football Club. 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 secured qualification for promotion to professional status on November 16; on December 1 promotion was made official by J. League and Tochigi will compete in J2 in 2009.
Club crests: (roll on the crest to get more informations)
Tochigi SC
