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| Full name | Joyful Honda Tsukuba FC | ||
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| Founded | 1993; 32 years ago (1993) | ||
| Ground | Tsukuba Wellness Park Tsukuba, Ibaraki | ||
| Chairman | Shinnosuke Ishikawa | ||
| Manager | Hideharu Soejima | ||
| League | Kantō Soccer League Div. 1 | ||
| 2022 | 5th of 10 | ||
Tsukuba FC (つくばFC,Tsukuba Efushi) is a football (soccer) club based inTsukuba, which is located inIbaraki Prefecture inJapan. They play in theKantō Soccer League, which is part ofJapanese Regional Leagues.
Tied toUniversity of Tsukuba, the club was initially founded in 1993 as a women's football club. Shortly after that, a men's version of the club was launched.[1] In 2000s, even U-12 and U-15 squad were created and Tsukuba FC have the goal of reaching professional football in 2020.[2] In 2014, the club reachedKanto Soccer League, winning immediately 2nd Division and now trying to reachJapan Football League. Their plans revealed the will to build a stadium for 30,000 people in the near future.[3] Tsukuba FC's main sponsor isJoyful Honda, a hardware store unrelated toHonda Motor Company.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| Season | League | Tier | Position | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
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| 2012 | Ibaraki Prefectural League (Div. 1) | 7 | 4th | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 2013 | 2nd | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 34 | |||||
| 2014 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 2) | 6 | 1st | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 21 | 34 | 41 |
| 2015 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 3rd | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 27 | 18 | 36 |
| 2016 | 5th | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 27 | ||
| 2017 | 2nd | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 26 | 41 | ||
| 2018 | 7th | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 37 | -5 | 22 | ||
| 2019 | 7th | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 21 | ||
| 2020† | 10th | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 3 | ||
| 2021[5] | 8th | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 32 | -2 | 25 | ||
| 2022 | 5th | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 22 | ||
| 2023†† | 5th | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 24 | ||
| 2024 | 3rd | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 29 | ||
| 2025 | 10th | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 38 | -12 | 9 | ||
| 2026 | Kantō Soccer League (Div. 2) | 6 | TBD | 18 |
