Mito HollyHock

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Mito HollyHock (水戸ホーリーホック, Mito Hōrīhokku) is a Japanese professional football (soccer) club located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. The team currently playing in the J2 League, Japanese second tier of professional football.

Mito HollyHock
水戸ホーリーホック
Full nameFootball Club Mito HollyHock Ibaraki
Nickname(s)HollyHock, FC Mito, Mitochan
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
StadiumK's denki Stadium Mito
Mito, Ibaraki
Capacity12,000
ChairmanKunio Numata
ManagerNaoki Mori
LeagueJ2 League
2023J2 League, 17th of 22
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Name origin

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Its nickname "HollyHock" derives from the family crest of the Tokugawa clan who governed from Mito in the Edo period.

History

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The club was founded in 1990 as Prima Aseno FC by the factory workers of Prima Ham (a food company) in Tsuchiura. It changed its name to Prima Ham FC Tsuchiura and gained promotion to the Japan Football League after finishing as runner-up in the 1996 Regional League play-off. It merged with FC Mito (founded in 1994) and re-branded itself as Mito HollyHock before the start of the 1997 season when Prima Ham decided to discontinue its financial support to the club.

Mito's application to play in the inaugural 1999 season of J. League Division 2 was initially turned down due to financial unstability, and low home attendance at their stadium. However, after finishing 3rd in the Japan Football League in 1999, and having an increasing stadium attendance, the club was invited into the J. League in 2000.

Mito HollyHock also fields teams in e-sports and in Ice Hockey[1] (Ibaraki Prefectural League).

League and cup record

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ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated
LeagueJ. League
Cup
Emperor's
Cup
SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.PW (OTW / PKW)DL (OTL / PKL)FAGDPtsAttendance/G
1997Old JFL1616th303 (1)-262469-4510Not eligible2nd round
19981614th307 (1)-223769-32233rd round
1999New JFL93rd2413 (3)08 (0)483216458913rd round
2000J2109th409 (6)419 (2)3761-24432,0211st round3rd round
20011211th445 (3)426 (6)4193-52251,5591st round3rd round
20021210th44117264573-28402,739Not eligible3rd round
2003127th441511183741-4563,0853rd round
2004129th44619193360-27373,7734th round
20051210th441313184157-16523,3344th round
20061310th48149254869-21513,0173rd round
20071312th48810303270-38342,4154th round
20081511th42138215270-18473,0444th round
2009188th512110207079-9732,6732nd round
20101916th36814142945-16383,6083rd round
20112017th38119184049-9423,3494th round
20122213th421511164749-2563,9733rd round
20132215th421413155058-8554,6303rd round
20142215th4212141646460504,7343rd round
20152219th421016164047-7464,8164th round
20162213th421018144549-4485,3652nd round
20172214th421412164548-3544,9312nd round
20182210th421691748462574,9383rd round
2019227th42191310563719706,0873rd round
2020 229th4216101668626582,018Did not qualify
2021 2210th4216111559509592,6962nd round
20222213th421412164746-1543,1402nd round
20232217th421114174966-17473,7263rd round
202420TBA38First roundTBC
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

Honours

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Mito HollyHock honours
HonourNo.Years
Kantō Soccer League 11995
Shakaijin Cup11995

Current squad

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As of 24 May 2024.[2]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GK  JPNKoji Homma
2DF  JPNKoki Gotoda
3DF  JPNKoshi Osaki
4DF  JPNNao Yamada
5DF  JPNTakumi Kusumoto
6MF  JPNKenshin Takagishi
7MF  JPNHaruki Arai
8MF  JPNRiku Ochiai (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
9FW  JPNMizuki Ando
10MF  JPNRyosuke Maeda
11FW  JPNYuki Kusano
13MF  JPNRyusei Nose
14MF  JPNFumiya Sugiura
15MF  JPNYuto Nagao
16DF  JPNTatsuya Tabira
18DF  JPNYuhi Ono
19DF  JPNKoichi Murata
20FW  JPNKaito Umeda
No.Pos. NationPlayer
21GK  JPNShuhei Matsubara
22FW  JPNSeiichiro Kubo
23MF  JPNHidemasa Koda (on loan from Nagoya Grampus)
24MF  JPNKiichi Yamazaki
27DF  JPNSora Okita DSP
30FW  JPNSoki Tokuno
32MF  JPNAsuma Ikari
33DF  JPNTakeshi Ushizawa
35DF  JPNRyoya Iizumi
37GK  JPNMinato Kamiyama Type 2
38MF  JPNShunsuke Saito
39FW  JPNHayata Yamamoto DSP
41GK  JPNKaiho Nakayama
42DF  JPNHayata Ishii
45FW  JPNShimon Teranuma
51GK  JPNRyusei Haruna
88DF  JPNKazuma Nagai
96MF  JPNAtsushi Kurokawa (on loan from Machida Zelvia)

Out on loan

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
49FW  JPNYusei Uchida (at Kochi United)
77MF  JPNRen Inoue (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
DF  JPNTakaya Kuroishi (at Nagano Parceiro)
No.Pos. NationPlayer
DF  JPNHayate Matsuda (at Hannover 96)
MF  JPNYota Tanabe (at Kochi United)

Club officials

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PositionName
Manager Naoki Mori
Assistant manager Yoshitaka Yasuda
Daisuke Kimori
Analyst & First-team coach Ryosuke Sato
Development coach Naoki Mori
Goalkeeper coach Takahiro Kono
Analyst Tsukasa Takahashi
Physical coach Yuki Nakamura
Chief trainer Tatsuya Doi
Trainer Takahiro Yamada
Physiotherapist Toru Yaguchi
Equipment manager Shunki Iwata
Yoshifumi Yoshida
Competent Hiromitsu Nonaka

Managerial history

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ManagerNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Gert Engels  Germany1 July 199030 January 1993
Yuji Nakano  Japan1 January 199231 December 1997
Toshiya Miura  Japan1 February 199831 January 1999
Branko Babić  Serbia1 January 200031 December 2000
Hiroshi Kobayashi  Japan1 February 200116. July 2001
Masaaki Kanno  Japan17 July 200131 January 2003
Hideki Maeda  Japan1 January 200331 December 2007
Takashi Kiyama  Japan1 February 200831 January 2011
Tetsuji Hashiratani  Japan1 February 20117 June 2015
Takayuki Nishigaya  Japan27 June 201531 January 2018
Shigetoshi Hasebe  Japan1 February 201831 January 2020
Tadahiro Akiba  Japan1 February 202031 January 2023
Yoshimi Hamasaki[3]  Japan1 February 20234 May 2024[4]
Naoki Mori  Japan9 May 2024current

Kit evolution

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Home Jersey
2000 - 2002
2003 - 2004
2005
2006 - 2007
2008 - 2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021 -
2022
2023
2024 -
Away Jersey
2000 - 2002
2003 - 2005
2006 - 2007
2008 - 2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 -

Images from the former home stadium

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References

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  1. ^ "水戸ホーリーホックアイスホッケー部". Archived from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  2. ^ "トップチーム選手名鑑". 水戸ホーリーホック公式サイト. 14 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ "濱崎芳己ヘッドコーチ 監督就任のお知らせ". mito-hollyhock.net (in Japanese). Mito HollyHock. 27 October 2022. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  4. ^ "濱崎芳己監督 解任のお知らせ". mito-hollyhock.net (in Japanese). Mito HollyHock. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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