is a football (soccer) club based in Hachimantai, a city of Iwate Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Tohoku Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues. The name of the club refers to Mount Iwate, symbol of their prefecture due to this volcano and also present on the club's logo.
History Founded in 2006, the club was a separated entity from Grulla Morioka (still in the Iwate Prefecture, but in Morioka). Shinichi Muto was fundamental to start club's history with the proper amount of experience and he was hired as player-manager for 2006 and 2007. The creation of another club in the Prefecture - Unsommet Iwate Hachimantai - didn't stop FC Ganju Iwate from climbing Japanese football's pyramid: they won several promotion in Iwate Prefectural Football, even going unbeaten for whole four seasons.
Unfortunately, then bigger clubs - like Grulla, ReinMeer Aomori FC and Vanraure Hachinohe - risked to block their growth. After these clubs went up to Japan Football League, FC Ganju Iwate won the Tohoku Soccer League in 2014 and 2015. Still, the club wasn't able to reach JFL because they didn't perform in 2014 and 2015 Japanese Regional Football League Competition, being eliminated in the group stage. They featured just once in Emperor's Cup, losing against Saitama SC in the first round of 2007 edition.
As for 2017 season, their aim remains to reach Japan Football League.
League record ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated League Emperor'sCup Shakaijin CupSeason Division Tier Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts2007Iwate Prefecture (Div. 4)9 1st 10 10 0 0 130 0 130 30 1st round 2008Iwate Prefecture (Div. 3)8 1st 10 10 0 0 100 1 99 30 Did not qualify 2009Iwate Prefecture (Div. 2)7 1st 10 9 1 0 96 3 93 28 2010Iwate Prefecture (Div. 1)6 1st 10 10 0 0 68 2 66 30 2011Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2)5 2nd 10 9 0 1 51 5 46 27 2012Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2, North)1st 14 13 0 1 88 13 75 39 2013Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 1)5 3rd 18 13 1 4 67 17 50 40 20141st 18 16 2 0 129 5 124 50 20151st 18 15 2 1 107 11 96 47 20163rd 18 9 5 4 48 31 17 32 20178th 18 5 0 13 31 58 -27 15 Did not participate in the regional qualifiers20182nd18 11 3 4 71 29 42 36 Did not qualify 20196th 18 6 3 9 42 56 -14 21 20204th 94 1 4 16 17 -1 13 20213rd 8 4 1 3 10 7 3 13 20227th 16 8 3 5 32 17 15 27 20237th 18 7 3 8 26 34 -8 24 20245th 18 7 4 7 40 39 1 25 20256th 18 6 4 8 24 27 -3 22 2026TBD 18 Key Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; Pts = Points gained
Honours +FC Ganju Iwate honoursHonour No. YearsIwate Prefecture (Div. 4)12007Iwate Prefectural Football Championship Emperor's Cup Iwate Prefectural Qualifiers12007Iwate Prefecture (Div. 3)12008Iwate Prefecture (Div. 2)12009Iwate Prefecture (Div. 1)12010Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2, North)12012Tohoku Soccer League22014, 2015
Current squad .
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