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| Full name | Zweigen Kanazawa | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Zweigen | ||
| Founded | 1956; 70 years ago (1956) (as Kanazawa Soccer Club) | ||
| Stadium | Go Go Curry Stadium Kanazawa, Ishikawa | ||
| Capacity | 10,444 | ||
| Chairman | Hiroshi Yonezawa | ||
| Manager | Maki Tsujita | ||
| League | J3 League | ||
| 2025 | J3 League, 6th of 20 | ||
| Website | www | ||
 Current season | |||
Zweigen Kanazawa (ツエーゲン金沢,Tsuēgen Kanazawa) is a Japanese football club based inKanazawa,Ishikawa Prefecture. They currently play in theJ3 League, Japan's third tier of professional league football after being relegated at the end of2023 ofJ2 League.
The club was formed in 1956 under the simple nameKanazawa Soccer Club and adopted its current identity in 2006. The Hokushinetsu region, long sleepy in football terms and whose potential only arose withAlbirex 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 theJFL after beatingFC Kariya at the promotion/relegation playoff with 2–1 aggregate score, following a third-place finish in the2009 All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series.
On December 15, 2010, a new management company calledZweigen, 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 gained a licence to compete inJ2 League from 2015.
On 22 October 2023, Zweigen officially relegated toJ3 League for the 2024 season after a narrow byMontedio Yamagata 0–1, thus ending their 9 years stay in J2.
The name "Zweigen" is aportmanteau of theGermanzwei, for the number 2, andgen, to advance. InKanazawa dialect, the phrasetsuyoi noda! (We're strong!) becametsuee gen! bydouble entendre. In German, the wordZweigen meansbranches (dative—nominative: Zweige), and owing to this, afleur-de-lis is a key part of the club's crest.
From 1974 to 2024, their home stadium was the 20,261 capacity general-purposeIshikawa Kanazawa Stadium.
Since 18 February 2024, Zweigen Kanazawa have played at the 10,444 capacityKanazawa Stadium.
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Div. | Tier | Teams | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | ||
| 2010 | JFL | 3 | 18 | 9th | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 41 | 5 | 48 | 1,548 | Not eligible | 2nd round |
| 2011 | 18 | 7th | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 40 | 9 | 47 | 2,504 | 2nd round | |||
| 2012 | 17 | 14th | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 41 | -8 | 36 | 2,313 | 1st round | |||
| 2013 | 18 | 7th | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 60 | 48 | 12 | 50 | 2,063 | 3rd round | |||
| 2014 | J3 | 12 | 1st | 33 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 20 | 36 | 75 | 3,440 | 2nd round | ||
| 2015 | J2 | 2 | 22 | 12th | 42 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 54 | 4,910 | 2nd round | |
| 2016 | 22 | 21st | 42 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 36 | 60 | -24 | 39 | 4,179 | 2nd round | |||
| 2017 | 22 | 17th | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 49 | 67 | -18 | 49 | 4,397 | 3rd round | |||
| 2018 | 22 | 13th | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 52 | 48 | 4 | 55 | 4,528 | 3rd round | |||
| 2019 | 22 | 11th | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 58 | 46 | 12 | 61 | 5,209 | 3rd round | |||
| 2020† | 22 | 18th | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 57 | 67 | -10 | 49 | 1,866 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2021† | 22 | 17th | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 60 | -21 | 41 | 2,533 | 2nd round | |||
| 2022 | 22 | 14th | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 69 | -13 | 52 | 3,421 | 3rd round | |||
| 2023 | 22 | 22nd | 42 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 40 | 69 | -29 | 34 | 4,239 | 2nd round | |||
| 2024 | J3 | 3 | 20 | 12th | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 50 | 52 | -2 | 50 | 5,435 | 1st round | 1st round |
| 2025 | 20 | 6th | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 53 | 45 | 8 | 59 | 5,564 | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
| 2026 | 10 | TBD | 18 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2026/27 | 20 | TBD | 38 | TBD | TBD | ||||||||||
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Hokushinetsu Division 1 | 1 | 2004 |
| Ishikawa Prefectural Football Championship Emperor's Cup Ishikawa Prefectural Qualifiers | 10 | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2024, 2025 |
| J3 League | 1 | 2014 |
As of 5 June 2025.[2]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach |  Maki Tsujita |
| Assistant head coach | Kiyokazu Kudo Hiroki Shibuya |
| Goalkeeper coach | Noriyuki Yamagishi |
| Physical coach | Tetsuya Sakamoto |
| Analytical coach | Wataru Kuriwaki |
| Chief trainer | Chikashi Masui |
| Trainer | Seiya Motooka Takahiro Yagi |
| Interpreter | Rafael Rayden Igarashi |
| Equipment manager | Tomoya Araki |
| Team manager | Tatsuya Hirano |
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | Managerial Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Finish | P | W | D | L | Win % | ||
| Nobuhiro Ueno | Japan | 1 February 2009 | 31 January 2012 | 81 | 37 | 17 | 27 | 045.68 |
| Hitoshi Morishita | Japan | 1 February 2012 | 31 January 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |
| Masaaki Yanagishita | Japan | 1 February 2017 | 5 November 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |
| Akira Ito | Japan | 11 December 2023 | 1 June 2025[3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |
| Maki Tsujita | Japan | 3 June 2025 | present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |
The club colours are red, black and yellow.[4]
| Home Kit - 1st | ||||
          2006 - 2007 |      2008 - 2010 |      2011 |      2012 |  2013 |
     2014 |    2015 |      2016 |      2017 |      2018 |
     2019 |      2020 |      2021 |      2022 |      2023 |
     2024 |      2025 - | |||
| Away Kit - 2nd | ||||
     2008 - 2010 |      2011 |     2012 - 2013 |      2014 |      2015 |
     2016 |     2017 |      2018 |      2019 |    2020 |
     2021 |    2022 |      2023 |      2024 |      2025 - |
| Special Kits - 3rd | ||||
     Summer 2019 |      2021 3rd |      2022 3rd |      2023 3rd | |
