commonly known as SC Sagamihara (SC相模原, Esu Shī Sagamihara) is a Japanese professional football club based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. They currently play in the J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football.
History In 2011 they joined the Division 2 of the Kanto Football League after three years of consecutive promotions through the Kanagawa Prefectural League. In 2012, they won the Regional Promotion Series and were promoted to the Japan Football League. Since 2014, the club has belonged to the recently established J3 League, where they played for seven seasons before being promoted to J2 League in 2020 as J3 runners-up.
After just one season in J2, Sagamihara returned to the J3 for the 2022 season, having been relegated from the J2 being three points off the relegation zone. In 2025, the club are playing their 4th consecutive season at the J3.
Among their players, former Japan national member Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi has featured for SC Sagamihara.
Stadium The home stadium is Sagamihara Asamizo Park Stadium (Sagamihara Gion Stadium), and the training ground is Ayase Sports Park Multipurpose Square in Ayase City and Nojima Football Park in Minami-ku, Sagamihara City。 In addition, although it is not official, training sessions may also be held at Sagamihara Sports and Recreation Park in Chuo-ku, Sagamihara City, Yokoyama Park Artificial Turf Ground, Fuso Futsal Field Sagamihara Kamimizo, and Sagamihara Asamizo Park No. 2 Stadium (Sagamihara Gion Field) in Minami-ku, Sagamihara City.
League and cup record ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated LeagueJ. League CupEmperor'sCup ShakaijinCupSeason Division Tier Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G 2008Kanagawa Prefecture3rd Division H8 8 1st 7 7 0 0 45 2 43 21 - Not eligible Did not qualify 2009Kanagawa Prefecture2nd Division B7 12 1st 11 11 0 0 83 4 79 33 - 2010Kanagawa PrefectureDivision 16 12 1st 11 9 2 0 45 9 36 29 -2011 Kanto Division 25 8 1st 14 10 1 3 40 12 28 31 - Runner's up2012 Kanto Division 14 10 1st 18 15 2 1 42 13 29 47 - Did not qualify2013JFL 3 18 3rd 34 18 7 9 58 42 16 61 1,924 Not eligible 2014J3 12 6th 30 10 7 13 39 43 -4 37 3,133 201513 4th 28 14 6 8 44 34 10 48 3,291 201616 11th 30 9 8 13 29 46 -17 35 4,344 201717 12th 32 9 12 11 34 41 -7 39 3,657 201817 9th 32 12 6 14 42 53 -11 42 3,458 201918 15th 34 10 8 16 36 45 -9 38 2,879 2020 †18 2nd 34 16 13 5 43 35 8 61 918 2021 †J2 2 22 19th 42 8 14 20 33 54 -21 38 2,372 3rd round2022J3 3 1818th 34 6 7 21 31 50 -19 25 1,933 Didn't qualify20232018th 38 9 14 15 44 48 -4 41 2,302 2nd round2024209th 38 14 11 13 41 41 0 53 2,820 1st round 2nd round20252012th 38 13 11 14 38 50 -12 50 2,810 1st round Quarter-finals202610 TBD 18 N/A N/A2026-2720 TBD 38 TBD TBD Key
Honours +SC Sagamihara HonoursHonourNo.YearsAll Japan Club Teams Cup12008 Kanagawa Prefecture 3rd Division H12008Kanagawa Prefecture 2nd Division B12009Kanagawa Prefecture Division 112010Kantō Division 212011Kantō Division 112012Regional Football League Competition12012
Current squad
Coaching staff Position Name Manager Yuki Richard Stalph Assistant manager Kenji Takahashi First-team coach Hiroki Mizumoto Goalkeeper coach Akihiro Watanabe Analyst Tomoki Hasegawa Interpreter Takayoshi Fujii Head of conditioning Hideki Misu Chief trainer Hirotaka Ogawa Trainer Junya Muroi Assistant trainer Masataka Hayashi Conditioning coach Tetsuya Nakajima Equipment Yoshihiko Ito Competent Naoto Todoroki Side affairs & Team supporter Takanori Chiaki Chief doctor Jun Fukuda Doctor Daiki Watanabe Sports pharmacist Yo Kokubu
Managerial history Manager Nationality TenureStart Finish Tadahiro Akiba 1 February 2009 31 January 2011Tetsuya Totsuka 1 February 2011 31 May 2011Shigeyoshi Mochizuki 1 June 2011 31 December 2011Tetsumasa Kimura 1 February 2012 31 January 2015Keiju Karashima 1 February 2015 31 January 2016Yoshika Matsubara 1 November 2015 30 November 2015Norihiro Satsukawa 1 February 2016 18 August 2016Sōtarō Yasunaga 20 August 2016 31 December 2017Takayuki Nishigaya 1 February 2018 31 January 2019Fumitake Miura 1 February 2019 31 May 2021Takuya Takagi 2 June 2021 20 May 2022Norihiro Satsukawa 23 May 2022 31 January 2023Kazuyuki Toda 1 February 2023 19 June 2024 Kenji Takahashi (Caretaker) 20 June 2024 25 June 2024Yuki Richard Stalph 26 June 2024 Present
Kit evolution Home kit - 1st Away kit - 2nd
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