Mitsubishi Mizushima FC explained

Clubname:Mizushima F.C.
三菱水島
Fullname:Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima Football Club
Nickname:Red Adamant
Ground:Okayama Kasaoka Athletic Stadium
Kasaoka, Okayama
Capacity:5,000
Owner:Mitsubishi Motors
Manager:Toshiya Yamashita
League:Chugoku Soccer League
Season:2023
Position:5th of 10
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are a Japanese football club based in Kurashiki, Okayama. They play in the Chūgoku Soccer League.

History

The club was founded in 1946 to provide recreational activities in the war-torn Mizushima area of Kurashiki city. They joined the Okayama Prefecture League in 1965 and were promoted to the Chūgoku Regional League in 1979 for the first time.[1]

They were relegated to the Prefecture League in 1982 and stayed there for 8 years. After re-entering the Chūgoku League, they won five championships before being promoted to the JFL in 2005.

In recent years they have adopted the moniker "Red Adamant" (after their parent company Mitsubishi Motors and its former flagship football club, now known as Urawa Red Diamonds), with an aim to eventually join J. League and be a star club in their own right. A potential obstacle to this will be the newly promoted Fagiano Okayama, with whom they have had to share Momotaro Athletic Stadium in Okayama City for recent JFL fixtures.

In 2008 they finished dead last of eighteen but were spared the drop due to the promotion of Okayama, Kataller Toyama and Tochigi SC.

In November 2009, the club announced they would withdraw from the JFL after the end of the 2009 season because of the lack of the financial resources to operate in the league. After their membership application was refused by the Chūgoku Regional League, they decided to compete in the Okayama Prefectural League Division 1 in 2010.

In November 2016 they rebounded by winning the Shakaijin Cup, and one year later the 2017 Chūgoku Soccer League.

In 2021, they won for the 7th time the Chūgoku Soccer League, but as was the situation in 2017, they weren't able to win the promotion spot for JFL, as in both times they failed to pass through the group stage of the Japanese Regional Champions League.

Current squad

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League record

bgcolor=goldChampionsbgcolor=silverRunners-upThird placebgcolor=palegreenPromotedbgcolor=pinkRelegated
League Emperor's Cup
Season League TierPosition P W D L F A GDPts
2005Japan Football
League
3 16th 30 2 2 26 24 85 -61 8 3rd round
200617th 34 7 6 21 32 74 -42 27 3rd round
15th 34 11 2 21 36 53 -17 35 2nd round
200818th 34 3 7 24 30 76 -46 16 Did not qualify
200918th 34 4 6 24 28 69 -41 18 1st round
2010Okayama Prefectural League5 1st 12 11 1 0 34 Did not qualify
2011Chugoku Soccer
League
4 4th 18 12 1 5 47331437
20125th 18 7 5 6 4543226
20137th 18 4 5 9 2637-1117
20145 3rd 18 10 3 5 41231833
20153rd 18 13 1 4 38221640
20163rd 18 10 2 6 49252432
2017bgcolor=gold1st 18 15 1 2 47182946 1st round
2018bgcolor=silver2nd 18 10 2 6 46252132 1st round
2019bgcolor=silver2nd 18 15 2 1 60134747 Did not qualify
2020Cancelled 3rd round
2021bgcolor=gold1st 18 11 3 2 42103236 2nd round
20225th 18 7 7 4 41162528 Did not qualify
20235th 18 10 2 6 30151532
2024TBD 18 1st round
Key

Honours

Honour !!scope=col
No. !scope=colYears
In chronological order-->scope=rowOkayama Prefectural
Soccer Championship
171985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
scope=rowChugoku Soccer League71992, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2017, 2021
scope=rowOkayama Prefectural League12010
scope=rowShakaijin Cup12016

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 三菱自動車水島Fc-チーム紹介. 2023-12-23. 2023-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20231201191901/https://www.red-adamant.com/team/index.htm. live.
  2. Web site: 選手 スタッフ紹介. 30 April 2024.