| Full name | Criacao Shinjuku | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Criacao | ||
| Founded | 2005; 20 years ago (2005) | ||
| Ground | AGF Field | ||
| Capacity | 2,800 | ||
| Owner | Criacao Corporation | ||
| Chairman | Kazutomo Maruyama[1] | ||
| Manager | Hideaki Kitajima[1] | ||
| Coach | Ichiro Naruyama[1] | ||
| League | Japan Football League | ||
| 2024 | 12th of 16 | ||
| Website | criacao | ||
Criacao Shinjuku (クリアソン新宿,Kuriason Shinjuku) is a Japanese semi-professionalfootball club based inShinjuku,Tokyo.[2] They currently play in theJapan Football League, Japanese fourth tier football league, since 2022.
The club was founded by the current chairman Kazutomo Maruyama as a leisure club under the name Criacao in 2005 to create an opportunity to play football even after completing his studies atRikkyō University. After Maruyama's professional return to Tokyo, he first registered for the Japan Football Association in 2009.
Criacao is from the Portuguesecriação and means translated as much as "creation", "production". In doing so, the club alludes to the club's philosophy, which states it aims to achieve "continuous generation of enthusiasm in the world through football".[3]
From 2010 to 2018, the club only played in the Tokyo Leagues, not going further than it until the club saw promotion on 2018, after finishing as runners-up in Tokyo's 1st division. After nine seasons the club finally got to debut at regional level, in the 2nd division of theKantō Soccer League.
Immediately after being promoted to it, the club earned the division's title after winning 43 out of 51 possible points, and then, were promoted to the 1st division. Debuting on it in 2020, the club only earned a 5th-place finish.
In 2021, Criacao Shinjuku secured promotion for theJapan Football League (JFL), the 4th tier of Japanese football, via theJapanese Regional Football Champions League, which is JFL's promotion/relegation series.
In 2022, Criacao Shinjuku finished in the 15th place of the competition, out of the 16 participating teams for the season. The club, however, was not relegated back to the Kantō League, as JFL's top 2 teams were promoted to the J3. Under the league system, Criacao would only be relegated as the 15th-placed team if no team earned promotion to the J3 during the season, which was not the case. The club also currently holds theJapan Football League attendance record, made on 9 October 2022. A crowd of 16,218 people watched the match betweenSuzuka Point Getters and Criacao Shinjuku at theJapan National Stadium, in Shinjuku, being the record heavily influenced by the presence of Japan former internationalKazuyoshi Miura. The match ended in a 1–0 loss for Criacao.[4][5]
On 26 September 2023, Criacao Shinjuku officially obtained aJ3 League license.[6]
The 2025 season is Criacao's fourth consecutive season in JFL.
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup | |||||||||||
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| Season | Division | Tier | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 2010 | Tokyo Metropolitan League | 9 | 2nd | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 27 | Did not qualify | Ineligible |
| 2011 | 8 | 1st | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 47 | 30 | |||
| 2012 | 7 | 2nd | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 31 | |||
| 2013 | 1st | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 7 | 52 | 36 | ||||
| 2014 | Tokyo 1st Division | 1st | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 2015 | 3rd | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 22 | 31 | ||||
| 2016 | 2nd | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 30 | ||||
| 2017 | 7th | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 19 | ||||
| 2018 | 2nd | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 27 | 35 | ||||
| 2019 | Kantō 2nd Division | 6 | 1st | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 20 | 22 | 43 | ||
| 2020 | Kantō 1st Division | 5 | 5th | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 15 | Not held | |
| 2021 | 1st | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 23 | 27 | 50 | Cancelled[a] | |||
| 2022 | JFL | 4 | 15th | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 52 | -22 | 24 | Ineligible | |
| 2023 | 11th | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 33 | -8 | 34 | 1st round | |||
| 2024 | 14th | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 44 | -25 | 26 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2025 | 12th | 30 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 34 | -5 | 33 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2026–27 | TBD | 30 | TBD | ||||||||||
| Honours | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Metropolitan Government Division 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Tokyo Metropolitan Government Division 1 | 1 | 2013 |
| Tokyo Division 1 | 1 | 2014 |
| Kantō Division 2 | 1 | 2019 |
| Kantō Division 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Japanese Regional Football Champions League | 1 | 2021 |
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 | Staff |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Hideaki Kitajima |
| Assistant manager | Ichiro Nariyama |
| First-team coach | Musashi Saida |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Kazushige Kirihata |
| Doctor | Takahisa Haraguchi |
| Trainer | Keigo Nakahara Atsushi Takai Satoko Maeda |
| Competent | Taichi Ise |
| Side affairs | Sho Nakamura Miu Hirotani |
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Finish | ||
| Ichiro Naruyama | Japan | 1 February 2018 | 31 January 2024 |
| Hideaki Kitajima | 16 November 2023 | present | |
