Vonds Ichihara (VONDS市原) is a Japanese football club based in Ichihara, Chiba. The club plays in the first division of the Kantō Soccer League, which is part of the Japanese Regional Leagues.

Vonds Ichihara
VONDS市原
Full nameVonds Ichihara Football Club
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967); as Furukawa Electric Chiba SC
2008; 16 years ago (2008); as SAI Ichihara
2011; 13 years ago (2011); as Vonds Ichihara
GroundIchihara Seaside Stadium
Ichihara, Chiba
Capacity14,051
ChairmanVONDS Co., Ltd. Ichihara
ManagerAtsushi Izawa
LeagueKantō Soccer League (Div. 1)
20241st of 10
JRCL, 2nd of 4
Websitehttp://vonds.net/

History

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Founded in 1967, the club was tied with Furukawa Electric Company. In 1986, they had a moment of glory by winning the 22nd Shakaijin Cup.

After changing the name in 2008 to SAI Ichihara Football Club, it was again renamed in 2011 to Vonds Ichihara Football Club. The name "Vonds" came from the word "bond" in English, changing though the initial letter to "V", which is a link to victory. The club is aiming to become a Japan Football League member and reaching professional football from there, as former parent club JEF United Ichihara Chiba is no longer considered to represent Ichihara.[1]

Stadium

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Most of the club matches are played Ichihara Seaside Stadium (currently known as ZA Oripri Stadium due sponsorship) which has a capacity of 14,051.

Changes in club name

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  • 1967–2008: Furukawa Electric Chiba SC
  • 2008–2010: SAI Ichihara Football Club
  • 2011–present: Vonds Ichihara Football Club

League record

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League Emperor's
Cup
Shakaijin
Cup
Season League Pos P W D L F A GD Pts
2011 Chiba Prefectural League (Div. 1) 4th 13 8 2 3 41 25 16 26 Did not qualify
2012 1st 13 12 0 1 50 13 37 36
2013 Kantō Soccer League (Div. 2) 2nd 18 12 0 6 45 20 25 36 Round of 16
2014 Kantō Soccer League
(Div. 1)
3rd 18 8 6 4 37 27 10 30 3rd
2015 2nd 18 12 2 4 35 22 13 38 1st round
2016 2nd 18 11 3 4 40 14 26 36 1st round Round of 16
2017 1st 18 13 3 2 44 18 26 42 Did not qualify 3rd
2018 2nd 18 12 2 4 48 20 28 38 2nd round Round of 16
2019 1st 18 15 1 2 40 12 28 41 Did not qualify Round of 16
2020 4th 9 5 2 2 15 7 8 17 2nd round
2021 3rd 22 14 3 5 40 15 25 45 Did not qualify
2022 4th 18 8 5 5 22 20 2 29 Round of 16
2023 1st 18 15 1 2 30 8 22 46 Round of 32
2024 1st 18 14 4 0 28 8 20 46 Round of 32
2025 TBA 18 TBA
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Number of games played reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • ‡ Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

Honours

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Vonds Ichihara honours
Honour No. Years
All Japan Shakaijin Cup 1 1987
Chiba Prefecture Adult Soccer League Division 1 1 2012
Chiba Prefectural Football Championship 3 2016, 2018, 2020
KSL Ichihara Cup 1 2016
Kantō Soccer League 4 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024

Current squad

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Updated to 23 August 2023.[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   JPN Naoki Harada
2 DF   JPN Kyosuke Hashimoto
3 DF   JPN Yusuke Tsujikawa
4 MF   JPN Takuya Kakine
5 DF   JPN Kodai Watanabe
6 MF   JPN Taiga Yoshida
7 MF   JPN Shohei Kiyohara
8 DF   JPN Yuji Kato
9 FW   JPN Koya Tanio
10 MF   JPN Daiki Numa
11 FW   JPN Shota Sakaki
13 MF   JPN Kazuki Arinaga
14 FW   JPN Yuta Hamano
15 DF   JPN Jun Kuribayashi
16 DF   JPN Hiroto Nakazawa
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   JPN Ken Hisatomi
19 MF   JPN Shuma Takami
20 DF   JPN Kazuki Yoshida
21 GK   JPN Masaki Imagawa
22 DF   JPN Colin Killoran
24 MF   JPN Reo Nakajima
25 GK   JPN Shun Yamaguchi
26 DF   JPN Kazuki Kijima
27 MF   JPN Kosei Maruyama
28 FW   JPN Kaito Suzuki (on loan from Iwate Grulla Morioka)
29 MF   JPN Kento Kawata
30 DF   JPN Kensuke Kimura
32 MF   JPN Riku Tosa
34 DF   JPN Kojiro Shinohara
37 FW   JPN Rikiya Yoshida

References

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  1. ^ "クラブ概要・理念" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 12 October 2017.
  2. ^ "トップ選手・スタッフ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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