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Tokushima Vortis
徳島ヴォルティス
Full nameTokushima Vortis
Nickname(s)Vortis
Founded1955
Ground Naruto Athletic Stadium
Naruto, Tokushima
Capacity20,000
ChairmanKazuhiro Kishida
Manager Tatsuma Yoshida
League J2 League
202315th of 22
Website Club website

Tokushima Vortis (徳島ヴォルティス, Tokushima Vorutisu) is a Japanese professional football club located in Tokushima, capital of Tokushima Prefecture. The club currently playing in the J2 League, the Japanese second tier of professional football league.

Name origin

The name, "Vortis" was named in 1997 (see below), and it was explained as a coinage of Italian "Vortice" (meaning whirlpool, after the famous Naruto whirlpool in Naruto Strait). The name was chosen to exhibit the dynamics of a whirlpool in the hope of swallowing up the whole audience in excitement by its power, speed and unity. [1]

History

Founded in 1955 as Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Soccer Club, VORTIS joined the J-League in 2005. They are still sponsored by Otsuka's best-known brand, Pocari Sweat sports drink. [1]

They were first promoted to the old Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1989, but the company's reluctance to professionalize the team forced it to compete in the former JFL and current JFL. In the 1997 old JFL season, they first sported a Vortis Tokushima name, but the lack of fan interest at the time forced them to go back to the corporate identity. They finally adopted the Tokushima Vortis name for good after winning the new JFL championship in 2004 and being promoted. [2]

The first season in J2 was naturally a difficult one for Vortis, but they surprised many sceptics with their determination and quality of play. The team rose as high as fourth place, at one point, before slipping down the table later in the season to finish ninth. In 2006, the team was forced to rebuild, as the players who took the team into the J.League began to hit the ceiling of their abilities and made way for younger replacements. As a result, despite the encouragement of a local rivalry with Ehime FC, Tokushima drifted down-table, and they followed it up with a last-place finish in 2007 and 2008. [2]

In 2013, they earned fourth place in J2, matching the same placement they had two years before in the division and twenty years before in the old JFL Division 1; this time they won the playoff, defeating Kyoto Sanga F.C. in the final round at the National Stadium in Tokyo, thus becoming the first professional Shikoku football club to compete in the top division of their national league. [3]

Until their promotion, they were the only former JSL member currently a member of the J.League which has never competed in the top tier of Japanese football. With promotion and the creation of the J3 League in 2014, the distinction was taken over by Blaublitz Akita.

In the 2019 season, they finished 4th again and were one win away from a return to J1 in the playoffs, but ultimately failed to beat Shonan Bellmare away in the final game. In 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, they did one better and were promoted as J2 champions.

Team name transition

  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical (1955-1996, 1998-2004)
  • Vortis Tokushima (1997)
  • Tokushima Vortis FC (2005–present)

Stadium

The team is Their home stadium is Naruto Otsuka Sports Park Pocari Sweat Stadium, in Naruto, Tokushima.

League & cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J.League
Cup		 Emperor's
Cup
Season Div. Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
2003 JFL 16 1st 30 23 3 4 65 21 44 72 781 Not eligible 3rd round
2004 16 1st 30 25 3 2 74 20 54 78 3,046 2nd round
Tokushima Vortis
2005 J2 12 9th 44 12 16 16 60 76 -16 52 4,366 Not eligible 4th round
2006 13 13th 48 8 11 29 43 92 -49 35 3,477 4th round
2007 13 13th 48 6 15 27 31 67 -36 33 3,289 4th round
2008 15 15th 42 7 8 27 40 72 -32 29 3,862 3rd round
2009 18 9th 51 19 15 17 67 52 15 72 4,073 2nd round
2010 19 8th 36 15 6 15 51 47 4 51 4,614 3rd round
2011 20 4th 38 19 8 11 51 38 13 65 5,207 2nd round
2012 22 15th 42 13 12 17 45 49 -4 51 3,991 3rd round
2013 22 4th 42 20 7 15 56 51 5 67 4,348 2nd round
2014 J1 18 18th 34 3 5 26 16 74 -58 14 8,884 Group stage 3rd round
2015 J2 22 14th 42 13 14 15 35 44 -9 53 5,019 Not eligible 4th round
2016 22 9th 42 16 9 17 46 42 4 57 4,565 3rd round
2017 22 7th 42 18 13 11 71 45 26 67 4,979 2nd round
2018 22 11th 42 16 8 18 48 42 6 56 4,997 3rd round
2019 22 4th 42 21 10 11 67 45 22 73 5,736 3rd round
2020 † 22 1st 42 25 9 8 67 33 34 84 3,100 Semi-finalist
2021 J1 20 17th 38 10 6 22 34 55 -21 36 5,664 Group stage 3rd round
2022 J2 22 8th 42 13 23 6 48 35 13 62 4,224 Group stage 3rd round
2023 22 15th 42 10 19 13 43 53 -10 49 5,976 Not eligible 3rd round
2024 20 TBA 38 1st round TBA
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 league home attendance
  • † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J. League Data Site

Honours

Tokushima Vortis honours
Honour No. Years Notes
Shikoku Football League 4 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989 as Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Japan Football League 2 2003, 2004 as Otsuka Pharmaceutical
J2 League 1 2020

Players

Current squad

As of 4 April 2024. [4]

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 Spain  ESP José Aurelio Suárez
2 DF Japan  JPN Taiki Tamukai
3 DF Japan  JPN Ryoga Ishio
4 DF Brazil  BRA Kaique Mafaldo (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki)
5 DF Japan  JPN Kodai Mori
6 MF Japan  JPN Kohei Uchida
7 FW Brazil  BRA Tiago Alves
8 FW Japan  JPN Yoichiro Kakitani
9 FW Japan  JPN Noah Kenshin Browne
10 MF Japan  JPN Taro Sugimoto
11 MF Japan  JPN Koki Sugimori
13 FW Japan  JPN Taiyo Nishino
14 MF Japan  JPN Rio Hyeon
15 FW Japan  JPN Akito Tanahashi
16 FW Japan  JPN Daiki Watari
17 FW Japan  JPN Soya Takada (on loan from Omiya Ardija)
18 DF Brazil  BRA Elsinho
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Japan  JPN Shunto Kodama
21 GK Japan  JPN Hayate Tanaka
22 DF Japan  JPN Ko Yanagisawa
23 MF Japan  JPN Yu Takada
26 DF Japan  JPN Hayato Aoki
29 GK Japan  JPN Daiki Mitsui (on loan from Nagoya Grampus)
30 FW Japan  JPN Kiyoshiro Tsuboi
31 GK Japan  JPN Toru Hasegawa
33 MF Japan  JPN Keita Nakano
40 GK Japan  JPN Naoki Goto
42 DF Japan  JPN Kento Hashimoto
54 MF Japan  JPN Ryota Nagaki
81 FW Japan  JPN Yusei Onoe Type 2
82 DF Japan  JPN Ayato Takeda Type 2
83 MF Japan  JPN Muku Fukuta Type 2
84 DF Japan  JPN Teppei Masui Type 2
— GK Japan  JPN Raiya Takechi Type 2

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
— DF Japan  JPN Naoto Arai (at Cerezo Osaka)
— DF Brazil  BRA Cacá (at Brazil Corinthians)
— DF Japan  JPN Towa Nishisaka (at ReinMeer Aomori)
— MF Japan  JPN Akira Hamashita (at Ehime FC)
— MF Japan  JPN Yushi Hasegawa (at SC Sagamihara)
— MF Japan  JPN Rin Morita (at Nara Club)
— MF Japan  JPN Hiroshi Omori (at Fukushima United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Japan  JPN Ryo Toyama (at Kagoshima United)
— MF Japan  JPN Masaki Watai (at Portugal Boavista FC)
— MF Japan  JPN Yudai Yamashita (at Reilac Shiga)
— FW Japan  JPN Shiryu Fujiwara (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
— FW Nigeria  NGA Oriola Sunday (at Vanraure Hachinohe)
— FW Japan  JPN Wadi Ibrahim Suzuki (at CF Badalona)

Club staff

Position Staff
Interim manager Japan Kosaku Masuda
First-team coach Japan Masaya Yamaguchi
Japan Tsuyoshi Furukawa
Goalkeeper coach Japan Masahiko Nakagawa
Analyst Japan Akira Nakajima
Physical coach Brazil Wellington
Rehabilitation fitness coach Japan Atsushi Nagatani
Chief trainer Japan Shoji Suzuki
Trainer Japan Hisaaki Maehara
Japan Masaya Furukawa
Japan Kenta Saito
Interpreter Japan Masahiro Fukasawa
Japan Masayuki Hatamoto Ferreira
Japan Hiroki Nunome
Manager Japan Yusuke Abe
Assistant manager Japan Yuya Ishii
Japan Daiki Sugawara

Managerial history

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Kunio Yamade   Japan 1988 31 January 1993
Hajime Ishii   Japan 1 February 1993 31 January 1996
Edinho   Brazil 1 February 1996 31 December 1998
Shinji Tanaka   Japan 1 January 1999 28 September 2006
Yutaka Azuma   Japan 28 September 2006 31 January 2007
Masataka Imai   Japan 1 January 2007 31 January 2008
Naohiko Minobe   Japan 1 February 2008 31 January 2012
Shinji Kobayashi   Japan 1 February 2012 31 January 2016
Hiroaki Nagashima   Japan 25 November 2015 31 January 2017
Ricardo Rodríguez   Spain 1 February 2017 31 January 2021
Takeshi Komoto (Interim)   Japan 1 February 2021 16 April 2021
Dani Poyatos   Spain 1 February 2021
Actual start date
16 April 2021 [5]		 31 January 2023
Beñat Labaien   Spain 1 February 2023 22 August 2023
Tatsuma Yoshida   Japan 23 August 2023 Current

Kit evolution

Home kits - 1st
2005-2006
2007-2008
2009-2010
2011-2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Away kits - 2nd
2005-2006
2007-2008
2009-2010
2011-2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Other kits - 3rd
2017
Summer 3rd
2019
15th Anniversary
Summer Only
2021
Summer

References

  1. ^ a b "Tokushima Vortis Challenges J1 League Rivals". Otsuka Pharmaceutical. February 7, 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "The 2013 Promotion Playoff winners are the first club from the island of Shikoku to participate in Japan's top flight". Goal.com. March 26, 2014. Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  3. ^ Gus Fielding (December 8, 2013). "Tokushima reaches J1 with playoff final victory". Kyodo News. The Japan Times. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "Top team". Tokushima Vortis. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Dani Poyatos arrives in Japan". www.vortis.jp. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

External links

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