Vonds Ichihara

Vonds Ichihara
VONDS市原
Full name	Vonds Ichihara Football Club
Founded	1967; 58 years ago; as Furukawa Electric Chiba SC ; 2008; 17 years ago; as SAI Ichihara ; 2011; 14 years ago; as Vonds Ichihara
Ground	Ichihara Seaside Stadium; Ichihara, Chiba
Capacity	14,048
Chairman	VONDS Co., Ltd. Ichihara
Manager	Atsushi Izawa
League	Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1)
2024	1st of 10 ; JRCL, 2nd of 4
Website	http://vonds.net/
Home colours	Away colours

Vonds Ichihara (VONDS市原) is a Japanese football club based in Ichihara, Chiba. The club plays in the first division of the Kantō Soccer League, which is part of the Japanese Regional Leagues.

History

Founded in 1967, the club was tied with Furukawa Electric Company. In 1986, they had a moment of glory by winning the 22nd Shakaijin Cup.

After changing the name in 2008 to SAI Ichihara Football Club, it was again renamed in 2011 to Vonds Ichihara Football Club. The name "Vonds" came from the word "bond" in English, changing though the initial letter to "V", which is a link to victory. The club is aiming to become a Japan Football League member and reaching professional football from there, as former parent club JEF United Ichihara Chiba is no longer considered to represent Ichihara.^[1]

Stadium

Most of the club matches are played Ichihara Seaside Stadium (currently known as ZA Oripri Stadium due sponsorship) which has a capacity of 14,048.^[2]

Changes in club name

1967–2008: Furukawa Electric Chiba SC
2008–2010: SAI Ichihara Football Club
2011–present: Vonds Ichihara Football Club

League record

Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Promoted	Relegated

League											Emperor's Cup	Shakaijin Cup
Season	League	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Emperor's Cup	Shakaijin Cup
2011	Chiba Prefectural League (Div. 1)	4th	13	8	2	3	41	25	16	26	Did not qualify
2012	Chiba Prefectural League (Div. 1)	1st	13	12	0	1	50	13	37	36
2013	Kantō Soccer League (Div. 2)	2nd	18	12	0	6	45	20	25	36		Round of 16
2014	Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1)	3rd	18	8	6	4	37	27	10	30		3rd
2015		2nd	18	12	2	4	35	22	13	38		1st round
2016		2nd	18	11	3	4	40	14	26	36	1st round	Round of 16
2017		1st	18	13	3	2	44	18	26	42	Did not qualify	3rd
2018		2nd	18	12	2	4	48	20	28	38	2nd round	Round of 16
2019		1st	18	15	1	2	40	12	28	41	Did not qualify	Round of 16
2020 †		4th	9	5	2	2	15	7	8	17	2nd round	‡
2021		3rd	22	14	3	5	40	15	25	45	Did not qualify	‡
2022		4th	18	8	5	5	22	20	2	29		Round of 16
2023		1st	18	15	1	2	30	8	22	46		Round of 32
2024		1st	18	14	4	0	28	8	20	46		Round of 32
2025		TBA	18									TBA

Key

Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points gained
† Number of games played reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
‡ Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

Honours

Vonds Ichihara honours
Honour	No.	Years
All Japan Shakaijin Cup	1	1987
Chiba Prefecture Adult Soccer League Division 1	1	2012
Chiba Prefectural Football Championship	3	2016, 2018, 2020
KSL Ichihara Cup	1	2016
Kantō Soccer League	4	2017, 2019, 2023, 2024

Current squad

Updated to 14 February 2025.^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Teruki Origuchi
2	DF	JPN	Tomoki Fujisaki
3	DF	JPN	Kazuki Yoshida
4	MF	JPN	Hiroto Nakazawa
5	DF	JPN	Kodai Watanabe
6	MF	JPN	Tomoki Taniguchi
7	MF	JPN	Shohei Kiyohara
8	DF	JPN	Yuji Kato
9	FW	JPN	Toshiyasu Motoyoshi
10	MF	JPN	Daiki Numa
11	FW	JPN	Ryuichi Ichiki
13	MF	JPN	Kazuki Arinaga
14	FW	JPN	Kazuki Kijima
15	MF	JPN	Taisuke Mizuno
16	FW	JPN	Taro Katsuura


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	JPN	Rikiya Yoshida
18	MF	JPN	Haruto Sakuraba
19	MF	JPN	Jo Hashimoto
20	DF	JPN	Kenta Goto
21	GK	JPN	Masaki Imagawa
22	DF	JPN	Hayato Nishinoue
23	FW	JPN	Junya Goto
24	MF	JPN	Jonosuke Kiriishi
27	GK	JPN	Yuya Gunji
29	MF	JPN	Chihiro Otomo
32	MF	JPN	Sota Tanakaa
33	DF	JPN	Eiji Suto
36	FW	JPN	Ritsuki Uemoto