Minebea Mitsumi FC explained

Clubname:Minebea Mitsumi FC
ミネベアミツミFC
Fullname:Minebea Mitsumi Football Club
Founded: as Honda Lock SC
Stadium:Miyazaki Ikime no Mori Ivy Stadium
Miyazaki
Capacity:11,000
Owner:MinebeaMitsumi, Inc.
Manager:Yosuke Miyaji
League:Japan Football League
Season:2023
Position:14th of 15
Website:https://minebeamitsumi-fc.com/
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, formerly are a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Miyazaki, the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture. They play in the Japan Football League, Japanese 4th tier of league football. Their team colour is blue.

History

The club was founded in 1964 by the factory workers of Honda Lock Manufacturing Co., an affiliate company of Honda Motor. They were promoted to the Kyushu Regional League in 1997 and acquired official backing from the company in 1999. They won the Kyushu Regional League in 2004 and were accepted by the Japan Football League following the Regional League promotion series.

They spent two years in the JFL but were relegated to the Kyūshū Regional League for the 2007 season after they lost to F.C. Gifu in the promotion/relegation play-offs.

Honda Lock returned to the JFL in 2009 after placing third in the 2008 Regional League promotion series.

Honda Lock SC changed its name to Minebea Mitsumi FC ahead of 2023 season, with Japanese Multinational corporation and a major producer of machinery components and electronics devices MinebeaMitsumi, taking over the club. The deal was completed on 27 January 2023.[1] Regarding Honda Lock SC, Honda Lock Co. Ltd. a shareholder and MinebeaMitsumi Co. Ltd. entered into a share transfer agreement for the acquisition of shares of Honda Lock became a subsidiary.

Changes in club name

League & cup record

bgcolor=goldChampionsbgcolor=silverRunners-upThird placebgcolor=palegreenPromotedbgcolor=pinkRelegated
League Emperor's
Cup
Season Division Tier Teams Pos. P W (PK) D L (PK) F A GD Pts
As Honda Lock SC
KSL4 12 6th 22 8 (2) - 9 (3) 40 44 -4 31 Did not qualify
20044 10 bgcolor=gold1st 18 14 (2) - 1 (1) 52 16 36 47 3rd round
JFL3 16 15th 30 3 6 21 38 79 -41 15 4th round
200618 bgcolor=pink18th 34 5 7 22 39 86 -47 22 Did not qualify
KSL4 11 bgcolor=silver2nd 20 17 - 2 (1) 76 19 57 52 3rd round
200810 3rd 18 14 (2) - 2 62 14 48 46 3rd round
2009JFL 3 18 13th 34 9 13 12 34 38 -4 40 3rd round
201018 13th 34 10 12 12 36 39 -3 42 2nd round
201118 8th 33 12 11 10 47 45 2 52 2nd round
201217 16th 32 7 7 18 28 56 -28 28 Did not qualify
201318 18th 34 6 11 17 25 47 -22 29
20144 14 10th 26 7 6 13 31 52 -21 27 2nd round
201516 9th 30 11 7 12 31 37 -6 40 Did not qualify
201616 3rd 30 17 8 5 46 23 23 59 1st round
201716 8th30 9 7 14 36 46 -10 34 Did not qualify
201816 14th 30 6 11 13 29 52 -23 29
201916 6th 30 10 11 9 41 39 2 41 2nd round
202016 12th 15 5 4 6 19 25 -6 19 Did not qualify
202117 16th 32 6 9 17 26 48 -22 27 2nd round
202216 10th 30 10 6 14 33 33 0 36 2nd round
As Minebea Mitsumi FC
2023JFL 415 12th 28 8 7 13 35 44 -9 31 Did not qualify
202416 TBD 30
Key

Honours

Honour !!scope=col
No. !scope=colYears !Notes
In chronological order-->scope=rowKyushu Soccer League12004As Honda Lock SC

Current squad

As of 7 April 2024.[2]

Coaching Staff

Position Name
Manager Yosuke Miyaji
Assistant Managers Tsuneyuki Ueda
Kenichi Nakayama
Naoya Oyama

Managerial history

Manager Nationality Tenure <--!colspan="5"Managerial Record-->
Start Finish -->
1 February 2009 31 January 2011-->
1 February 2011 12 September 2011-->
13 September 2011 22 September 2011-->
23 September 2011 31 January 2013-->
1 January 2013 31 December 2013-->
1 February 2014 31 January 2016-->
1 February 2016 31 January 2019-->
1 February 2019 10 June 2020-->
11 June 2020 Current-->

References

  1. Web site: Soccer team changed their name MinebeaMitsumi Group in Europe . 2023-07-03 . www.minebeamitsumi.eu . en.
  2. Web site: プレイヤー・スタッフ.

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