Azul Claro Numazu

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Azul Claro Numazu
アスルクラロ沼津
Numazu, Shizuoka
Capacity10,000
Managing
Organisation		Azul Claro Suruga Corporation (NPO)
ChairmanTakehiro Takashima
ManagerMasashi Nakayama
LeagueJ3 League
2023J3 League, 13th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Azul Claro Numazu (アスルクラロ沼津, Asuru Kuraro Numazu) is a

Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture. They currently play in J3 League
, the Japanese third tier of professional football.

History

Azul Claro Numazu was established in 1977 as Numazu Arsenal and slowly progressed through the tiers of Shizuoka prefectural leagues. In 2006 the club began the process of transformation into a professional organisation with the ultimate goal of joining the J.League. The same year the club adopted its current name, Azul Claro (Meaning "light blue" in Portuguese and Spanish).

In 2012 Azul Claro won promotion to Tōkai Adult Soccer League and quickly progressed through its ranks, spending only a season in each of its divisions. Though they have finished only fourth in 2013 Tōkai League, they were considered as serious contenders for admission to the newly created

Grulla Morioka. The club has won the promotion anyway though—they were selected by the Japan Football League board as one of the teams to play in the 2014 season
.

After a 3rd-place finish in the 2016 season, they've been welcomed to play professional football from 2017 and onward, as they'll be the 14th original club in the J3 League.[1]

On 24 October 2023, Azul Claro Numazu announcement officially granted J2 License after approval decision of Club Licensing Board.[2]

League & cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League
J. League
Cup
 Emperor's
Cup
Season Division Tier Pos. GP W L D F A GD Pts Attendance/G
Numazu Arsenal
2004 Shizuoka Prefectural
League (Div. 2)		 8 4th 11 6 0 5 33 24 9 18 - Not eligible Did not qualify
2005 1st 11 9 2 0 54 26 28 29
Azul Claro Numazu
2006 Shizuoka Prefectural
League (Div. 1)		 7 9th 11 3 2 6 14 25 -11 11 Not eligible Did not qualify
2007 11th 11 3 1 7 11 27 -16 10
2008[3] 8th 11 2 4 5 20 27 -7 10
2009[4] 2nd 11 6 2 3 32 30 2 20
2010[5] 3rd 11 6 3 2 27 18 9 21
2011[6] 2nd 11 9 0 2 50 23 27 27
2012 Tokai Football
League (Div. 2)		 6 2nd 14 8 2 4 22 15 7 26
2013 Tokai Football
League (Div. 1)		 5 4th 14 8 1 5 20 21 –1 25
2014 JFL 4 8th 26 8 8 10 26 35 –9 32 1,777
2015 5th 30 16 6 8 36 28 8 54 2,198
2016 3rd 30 18 5 7 47 24 23 59 2,332
2017 J3 3 3rd 32 16 11 5 60 27 33 59 3,029 3rd round
2018 4th 32 14 10 8 40 29 11 52 2,857 Did not qualify
2019 12th 34 11 6 17 35 43 –8 39 2,470
2020 † 12th 34 12 5 17 36 40 –4 41 925
2021 † 14th 28 7 6 15 32 44 –12 27 1,482
2022 15th 34 8 7 19 27 46 -19 31 1,684
2023 13th 38 15 6 17 48 48 0 51 1,961 1st round
2024 TBA 38 2nd round TBD
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
  • † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site

Honours

Azul Claro Numazu Honours
Honour No. Years
Shizuoka Prefectural League (Div. 2) 1 2005

Players

Current squad

As of 5 April 2024.[7][8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Anzai
7 MF Japan JPN Kyota Mochii
8 MF Japan JPN Kenshiro Suzuki
10 MF Japan JPN Naoki Sato
11 MF Japan JPN Kazuki Someya
13 DF Japan JPN Yuya Tsukegi
14 MF Japan JPN Kotaro Tokunaga
18 MF Japan JPN Takuya Sugai
19 MF Japan JPN
Manabu Saito
20 FW Japan JPN Kengo Kawamata
21 MF Japan JPN Yuma Mori
22 DF Japan JPN Terukazu Shinozaki
23 FW Japan JPN Takumi Tsukui
25 MF Japan JPN Teruyoshi Ito
26 DF Japan JPN Shigeo Miyawaki
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW Japan JPN Hagumi Wada
28 DF Japan JPN Koki Inoue
31 GK Japan JPN Ryusuke Otomo
33 MF Japan JPN Mikhael Akatsuka
34 DF Brazil BRA Gustavo Rissi
35 MF Japan JPN Hinata Mukai
36 DF Japan JPN Yuta Nakamura
40 MF Japan JPN Kosei Numata
41 MF Japan JPN Haruki Toyama
44 MF Japan JPN Kaiyo Yanagimachi
50 GK Japan JPN Kenta Watanabe
55 GK Japan JPN Hiromu Musha
77 GK Japan JPN Park Seung-ri
88 DF Japan JPN Takumi Hama

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW Japan JPN Taiga Sugimoto (at Blancdieu Hirosaki)
46 MF Japan JPN Keigo Iwasaki (at Gakunan F. Mosuperio)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Japan JPN Shunkun Tani (at Chinese Taipei Vikings)

Club officials

Position Name
Manager Japan Masashi Nakayama
Assistant manager Japan Hideto Suzuki
First-team coach Japan Daiki Tajiri
Transition coach Japan Keita Goto
Coach and interpreter Brazil Landow Takai
Goalkeeper coach Japan Yukio Takeda
Physical coach Japan Yoshiki Hirano
Doctor Japan Shunsuke Mukoyama
Trainer Japan Takuya Kawasaki
Japan Kentaro Taki
Japan Takashi Tanaka
Manager Japan Daiki Ito

Managerial history

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Kazuhito Mochizuki Japan Japan 1 February 2014 31 January 2015
Ken Yoshida Japan Japan 1 February 2015 31 January 2020
Masataka Imai Japan Japan 1 February 2020 23 August 2022
Kazuhito Mochizuki Japan Japan 24 August 2022 31 January 2023
Masashi Nakayama Japan Japan 1 February 2023 current

Kit evolution

Home kit - 1st
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Away kit - 2nd
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Other kit - 3rd
2021
30th Anniversary
Memorial
2022
Love Live!
Sunshine!!
edition

Colour, sponsors and manufacturers

Season(s) Main Shirt Sponsor Collarbone Sponsor Additional Sponsor(s) Kit Manufacturer
2013 SURUGA bank – – – – NNH – Germany Puma
2014 USUi MEIDEN 雄大
2015 USUi SURUGA Bank – MEIDEN
2016 MEIDEN –
2017
2018 Kawata Construction (Left) Kawata Construction (Right)
2019
2020 MEIDEN (Left) MEIDEN (Right) Kawata Construction

References

  1. ^ "Azul Claro Numazu join J3：en". J. LEAGUE.JP JAPAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ "２０２４シーズン・Ｊ２クラブライセンス取得のお知らせ". azul-claro.jp. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  3. ^ "2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. ^ "2009". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  5. ^ "2010 data source". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  6. ^ "2011 data source". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  7. ^ "２０２４シーズン新体制発表". www.azulclaro.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Players". www.azulclaro.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 April 2022.

External links

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