Football Club Gifu (フットボールクラブ岐阜, Futtobōrukurabu Gifu), abbreviated as is a Japanese football club based in Gifu, capital of Gifu Prefecture, Japan. They play in the J3 League, the third tier of Japanese professional football.
History During the Japan Soccer League and former Japan Football League years, the city and prefecture of Gifu were represented by the Seino Transportation Co. (西濃運輸 Seinō Un'yu) works team, which was relegated from the old JFL for the last time in 1997 and folded shortly thereafter in January 1998.
The modern-day Gifu club was founded in 2001 (Seino's last manager, Masayuki Katsuno, was among the founders, and a former Seino player, Takashi Umeda, later returned to town and joined the club following a decade-long stint with Oita Trinita). The club was promoted to the new Japan Football League in 2007 after beating Honda Lock S.C. in the promotion/relegation play-offs.
The team earned third place at the end of the 2007 season, meaning it qualified for promotion to J.League Division 2. On 3 December 2007, J. League approved a promotion for the team for the 2008 season.
The club finished the 2012 season in 21st place, narrowly missing out on relegation to the Japan Football League.
Between 2013 and 2018, the team constantly placed in the lower realms of J.League Division 2 (now renamed to J2 League) and narrowly avoided relegation until 2019, when they finished last in the league and were relegated to J3 League. Since then, the club has played in the J3 League.
Crest The team's crest was designed to represent Gifu Prefecture. The top of the crest represents the mountain ranges of the northern part of the prefecture. The flowers are Chinese milk vetch, which are the prefectural flower. Each of the three lines represents one of the Kiso Three Rivers flowing through the prefecture. The banner at the base of the crest is the same as the symbol on the helmet of the victorious Tokugawa clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600.
League & cup record ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated League J.LeagueCup Emperor'sCupSeason Div. Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G 2001 Gifu Prefecture 1`5 2nd 10 8 1 1 40 7 33 25 Not eligible Did not qualify 20025 1st 10 10 0 0 40 4 36 30 Did not qualify 20035 1st 10 10 0 0 34 4 30 30 Did not qualify 2004Tokai Division 28 3rd 14 8 0 6 22 21 1 24 Did not qualify 20058 2nd 14 8 5 1 26 7 19 29 Did not qualify2006Tokai Division 1 8 1st16 14 2 0 46 3 43 44 3rd round2007JFL18 3rd 34 17 9 8 45 31 14 60 3,529 3rd round2008J2 15 13th 42 10 12 20 41 69 -28 42 3,745 4th round200918 12th 51 16 14 21 62 72 -10 62 4,302 Quarter final201019 14th 36 13 6 17 32 45 -13 45 3,108 2nd round201120 20th 38 6 6 26 39 83 -44 244,120 2nd round201222 21st 42 7 14 21 27 55 -28 35 4,270 2nd round201322 21st 42 9 10 23 37 80 -43 37 4,525 2nd round201422 17th 42 13 10 19 54 61 -7 49 7,584 2nd round201522 20th 42 12 7 23 37 71 -34 43 6,179 2nd round201622 20th 42 12 7 23 47 71 -24 43 5,662 1st round201722 18th 42 11 13 18 56 68 -12 46 6,977 3rd round201822 20th 42 11 9 22 44 62 -18 42 6,858 2nd round201922 22nd 42 7 9 26 33 78 -45 30 6,692 2nd round2020 †J3 18 6th 34 16 8 10 50 39 11 56 2,643 Did not qualify 2021 †15 6th28 12 5 11 38 35 3 41 3,505 1st round202218 14th34 10 7 17 43 53 -10 37 4,194 2nd round202320 8th38 14 12 12 44 35 9 54 4,733 3rd round202420 8th 38 15 8 15 64 56 8 53 4,684 1st round 2nd round202520 13th 38 13 8 17 52 60 -8 47 4,772 1st round 2nd round202610 TBD 18 N/A N/A2026-2720 TBD 38 TBD TBD Key
Honours +FC Gifu HonoursHonour No. YearsGifu Prefecture Division 122002, 2003Tōkai Division 112006Gifu Prefectural Football Championship, Emperor's Cup Shizuoka Prefectural Qualifiers62006, 2007, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
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Coaching staff Position Name Manager Kiyotaka Ishimaru First-team coach Yusuke Noda Takuya Honda Yuki Yoshimura Goalkeeper coach Teppei Uesugi Conditioning coach Shuichi Yoshimura Conditioning advisor Nobuyuki Nozaki Doctor Atsushi Yamaga Trainer Hitoshi Suzuki Yudai Kato Yuki Hirano Competent Kotaro Sakaguchi Side affairs Hideaki Nobuta
Managerial history Manager Nationality From To P W D L W %Masayuki Katsuno 1 January 2001 31 January 2006Tetsuya Totsuka 1 February 2006 21 June 2007Hideki Matsunaga 21 June 2007 31 January 2010Yasuharu Kurata 1 February 2010 31 January 2011Takahiro Kimura 1 February 2011 31 January 2012Kōji Gyōtoku 1 February 2012 18 August 2013Keiju KarashimaJ.League Data Site 18 August 2013 31 January 2014Ruy Ramos 1 February 2014 22 July 2016Megumu Yoshida 22 July 2016 31 January 2017Takeshi Ōki 1 February 2017 17 June 2019Makoto Kitano 18 June 2019 31 January 2020Zdravko Zemunović 1 February 2020 20 September 2020Kenji Nakada 21 September 2020 31 January 2021Takayoshi Amma 1 February 2021 31 January 2022Toshiya Miura 1 February 2022 5 May 2022Yuji Yokoyama 6 May 2022 30 November 2022Yusaku Ueno 1 December 2022 27 June 2024Kenichi Amano 28 June 2024 2 December 2024Yasuaki Oshima 1 January 2025 2 July 2025Koji Ohashi (Interim) 2 July 2025 7 July 2025Kiyotaka Ishimaru 7 July 2025 Current
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Other teams They also run as a reserve team FC Gifu Second, which currently plays in the Tōkai Adult League Division 2. They have played in the Emperor's Cup and Shakaijin Cup in the past.
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