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.
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.
bgcolor=gold | Champions | bgcolor=silver | Runners-up | Third place | bgcolor=palegreen | Promoted | bgcolor=pink | Relegated |
League | Emperor's Cup | |||||||||||||
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Season | Division | Tier | Teams | Pos. | P | W (PK) | D | L (PK) | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
As Honda Lock SC | ||||||||||||||
KSL | 4 | 12 | 6th | 22 | 8 (2) | - | 9 (3) | 40 | 44 | -4 | 31 | Did not qualify | ||
2004 | 4 | 10 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 18 | 14 (2) | - | 1 (1) | 52 | 16 | 36 | 47 | 3rd round | |
JFL | 3 | 16 | 15th | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 38 | 79 | -41 | 15 | 4th round | ||
2006 | 18 | bgcolor=pink | 18th | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 39 | 86 | -47 | 22 | Did not qualify | ||
KSL | 4 | 11 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 20 | 17 | - | 2 (1) | 76 | 19 | 57 | 52 | 3rd round | |
2008 | 10 | 3rd | 18 | 14 (2) | - | 2 | 62 | 14 | 48 | 46 | 3rd round | |||
2009 | JFL | 3 | 18 | 13th | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 38 | -4 | 40 | 3rd round | |
2010 | 18 | 13th | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 39 | -3 | 42 | 2nd round | |||
2011 | 18 | 8th | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 47 | 45 | 2 | 52 | 2nd round | |||
2012 | 17 | 16th | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 56 | -28 | 28 | Did not qualify | |||
2013 | 18 | 18th | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 47 | -22 | 29 | ||||
2014 | 4 | 14 | 10th | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 52 | -21 | 27 | 2nd round | ||
2015 | 16 | 9th | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 37 | -6 | 40 | Did not qualify | |||
2016 | 16 | 3rd | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 23 | 23 | 59 | 1st round | |||
2017 | 16 | 8th | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 46 | -10 | 34 | Did not qualify | |||
2018 | 16 | 14th | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 52 | -23 | 29 | ||||
2019 | 16 | 6th | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 41 | 2nd round | |||
2020 | 16 | 12th | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -6 | 19 | Did not qualify | |||
2021 | 17 | 16th | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 48 | -22 | 27 | 2nd round | |||
2022 | 16 | 10th | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 36 | 2nd round | |||
As Minebea Mitsumi FC | ||||||||||||||
2023 | JFL | 4 | 15 | 12th | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 44 | -9 | 31 | Did not qualify | |
2024 | 16 | TBD | 30 |
No. ! | scope=col | Years ! | Notes | ||
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In chronological order--> | scope=row | Kyushu Soccer League | 1 | 2004 | As Honda Lock SC |
As of 7 April 2024.[2]
Position | Name | |
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Manager | Yosuke Miyaji | |
Assistant Managers | Tsuneyuki Ueda Kenichi Nakayama Naoya Oyama |
Manager | Nationality | Tenure < | --!colspan="5" | Managerial Record--> | |
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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 | --> | |||