Zweigen Kanazawa

The club was formed in 1956 under the simple name Kanazawa Soccer Club and adopted its current identity in 2006. The Hokushinetsu region, long sleepy in football terms and whose potential only arose with Albirex Niigata leading the way, provided few opportunities for Kanazawa to rise in Japan's football ranks until the late 2000s. On 19 December 2009 they were promoted to the JFL after beating FC Kariya at the promotion/relegation playoff with 2–1 aggregate score, following a third-place finish in the 2009 All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series.

On December 15, 2010, a new management company called Zweigen, Inc. was established in order to apply to the J-League associate membership.

On January 7, 2011 the team applied for J-League associate membership.[1]

On 16 November 2014, Zweigen became the inaugural J3 League champions, and having gained a licence to compete in J. League Division 2 will participate in Japanese club football's second tier for the 2015 season.

The home stadium is Ishikawa Kanazawa Stadium. The capacity is 20,261. The stadium was built 1974.

Key

• J3 League
  • Champions: 2014

As of February 4, 2022.[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Yuto Shirai 2 DF  JPN Yuto Nagamine 3 DF  JPN Kento Kuroki 4 DF  JPN Daisuke Matsumoto (on loan from Sagan Tosu) 5 DF  JPN Riku Matsuda 6 MF  JPN Hiroya Matsumoto (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 8 MF  JPN Keita Fujimura 9 FW  JPN Shion Niwa 10 MF  JPN Shintaro Shimada 11 FW  JPN Kyohei Sugiura 13 MF  JPN Ryuhei Oishi 14 FW  JPN Dai Tsukamoto (on loan from Gamba Osaka) 16 DF  JPN Shunya Mori 17 MF  JPN Sho Hiramatsu (on loan from Shonan Bellmare) 18 MF  JPN Kazuya Onohara

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  JPN Yohei Toyoda 20 FW  JPN Masamichi Hayashi 22 MF  JPN Shogo Rikiyasu 24 DF  JPN Seiya Katakura 25 DF  JPN Takayuki Takayasu 26 MF  JPN Naoki Suto (on loan from Kashima Antlers) 27 DF  JPN Tomonobu Hiroi (captain) 30 FW  JPN Hayato Otani 31 GK  JPN Itsuki Ueda 33 FW  JPN Rikito Sugiura 34 DF  JPN Rai Namimoto 36 GK  JPN Motoaki Miura 38 DF  JPN Gaku Inaba 39 DF  JPN Honoya Shoji

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  JPN Ryo Ishii (at Suzuka Point Getters) — MF  JPN Ryo Kubota (at FC Gifu) — MF  JPN Raisei Shimazu (at FC TIAMO Hirakata) — MF  JPN Yosuke Toji (at FC Tokushima) — MF  JPN Megumu Nishida (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki)

• Official website (in Japanese)