Zweigen Kanazawa
ツエーゲン金沢
Full nameZweigen Kanazawa
Nickname(s)Zweigen
Founded1956 (1956) (as Kanazawa Soccer Club)
2006 (2006) (as Zweigen Kanazawa)
GroundIshikawa Kanazawa Stadium
(Seibu Ryokuchi Kōen)
Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Capacity20,261
ChairmanHiroshi Yonezawa
Head coachMasaaki Yanagishita
LeagueJ3 League
2023J2 League, 22nd of 22 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

Zweigen Kanazawa (ツエーゲン金沢, Tsuēgen Kanazawa) is a Japanese football club based in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. They currently play in the J2 League, Japan's 2nd tier of professional league football but from 2024 play in J3 League after relegation in 2023.

History

The club was formed in 1956 under the simple name Kanazawa Soccer Club and adopted its current identity in 2006. The Hokushinetsu region, long sleepy in football terms and whose potential only arose with Albirex 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 the JFL after beating FC Kariya at the promotion/relegation playoff with 2–1 aggregate score, following a third-place finish in the 2009 All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series.

On December 15, 2010, a new management company called Zweigen, 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 in J2 League from 2015.

On 22 October 2023, Zweigen officially relegated to J3 League for the 2024 season after a narrow by Montedio Yamagata 0-1, thus ending their 9 years stay in J2.

Name and symbolism

The name "Zweigen" is a portmanteau of the German zwei, for the number 2, and gen, to advance. In Kanazawa dialect, the phrase tsuyoi noda! (We're strong!) became tsuee gen! by double entendre. In German, the word Zweigen means branches (dative—nominative: Zweige), and owing to this, a fleur-de-lis is a key part of the club's crest.

Stadium

Their home stadium is the Ishikawa Kanazawa Stadium. The capacity is 20,261. The stadium was built on 1974.

The new Kanazawa Football Stadium has been in construction since 2022, and it is scheduled to be finished by the end of 2023.

League & cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League Emperor's Cup
SeasonDiv.TierTeamsPos.PWDLFAGDPtsAttendance/G
2010 JFL3189th341391246415481,5482nd round
2011 187th331381249409472,5042nd round
2012 1714th32812123341-8362,3131st round
2013 187th3414812604812502,0633rd round
2014 J3121st332364562036753,4402nd round
2015 J222212th4212181246433544,9102nd round
2016 2221st42815193660-24394,1792nd round
2017 2217th421310194967-18494,3973rd round
2018 2213th4214131552484554,5283rd round
2019 2211th42151611584612615,2093rd round
2020 † 2218th421213175767-10491,866Did not qualify
2021 † 2217th421011213960-21412,5332nd round
2022 2214th421313165669-13523,4213rd round
2023 2222nd4297254069-29344,2392nd round
2024 J3320TBD38TBC
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = 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
  • Source: Japan Football League 2010

Honours

Current squad

As of 8 September 2023.[2][3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Yuto Shirai
2 DF Japan JPN Yuto Nagamine
4 DF Japan JPN Ryota Inoue
5 DF Japan JPN Fuga Sakurai
7 MF Japan JPN Junya Kato
8 MF Japan JPN Keita Fujimura
9 FW Japan JPN Masamichi Hayashi
10 MF Japan JPN Shintaro Shimada
11 FW Japan JPN Kyohei Sugiura
13 MF Japan JPN Ryuhei Oishi
14 MF Japan JPN Takayoshi Ishihara
15 FW Japan JPN Koya Okuda (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki)
16 DF Japan JPN Shunya Mori
17 MF Japan JPN Yuki Kajiura (on loan from FC Tokyo)
18 MF Japan JPN Kazuya Onohara
19 FW Japan JPN Yohei Toyoda
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Japan JPN Taiki Kato
21 GK Japan JPN Kojiro Nakano (on loan from Consadole Sapporo)
22 MF Japan JPN Shogo Rikiyasu
23 DF South Korea KOR Park Jun-seo (on loan from Daejeon Hana Citizen)
25 DF Japan JPN Masaya Kojima
26 FW Japan JPN Yudai Kimura (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)
27 DF Brazil BRA Léo Bahia
30 FW Japan JPN Hayato Otani
33 MF Japan JPN Hayate Okizaki DSP
34 DF Japan JPN Rai Namimoto
35 DF South Korea KOR Taiga Son (on loan from Sagan Tosu)
36 GK Japan JPN Motoaki Miura
38 DF Japan JPN Norimichi Yamamoto (on loan from Júbilo Iwata)
39 DF Japan JPN Honoya Shoji
95 FW Brazil BRA Jefferson Baiano

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
3 DF Japan JPN Kengo Kuroki (at FC Osaka)
— GK Japan JPN Itsuki Ueda (at Kochi United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Japan JPN Gaku Inaba (at ReinMeer Aomori)
— FW Japan JPN Shion Niwa (at Blaublitz Akita)

Coaching staff

For the 2023 season.

Position Name
Head coach Japan Masaaki Yanagishita
Assistant head coach Japan Kiyokazu Kudo
First-team coach Japan Masateru Tsujita
Goalkeeper coach Japan Ryoji Kawamoto
Physical coach Japan Tetsuya Sakamoto
Analyst Japan Wataru Kuriwaki
Chief trainer Japan Yohei Kojo
Trainer Japan Seiya Motooka
Japan Takahiro Yagi
Interpreter Japan Rafael Rayden Igarashi

Managerial history

ManagerNationalityTenureManagerial Record
StartFinishPWDLWin %
Nobuhiro Ueno Japan1 February 200931 January 2012 81 37 17 27 045.68
Hitoshi Morishita Japan1 February 201231 January 2017 0 0 0 0 !—
Masaaki Yanagishita Japan1 February 2017present 0 0 0 0 !—
Key

Kit evolution

Home Kit - 1st
2006 - 2007
2008 - 2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Away Kit - 2nd
2008 - 2010
2011
2012 - 2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Special Kits - 3rd
Summer 2019

References

  1. ↑ "News About Zweigen Kanazawa". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
  2. ↑ "2023シーズン新体制及び背番号決定のお知らせ". ツエーゲン金沢 公式サイト. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "トップチーム". ツエーゲン金沢 公式サイト. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
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