Mito HollyHock

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 (1994)
StadiumK's denki Stadium Mito
Mito, Ibaraki
Capacity12,000
ChairmanKunio Numata
ManagerNaoki Mori
(interim)
LeagueJ2 League
2023J2 League, 17th of 22
WebsiteClub website

Name origin

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

History

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

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
LeagueJ. League
Cup
Emperor's
Cup
SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.GPW (OTW / PKW)DL (OTL / PKL)FAGDPtsAttendance/G
1997 Old JFL1616th303 (1)-262469-4510Not eligible2nd round
1998 1614th307 (1)-223769-32233rd round
1999 New JFL93rd2413 (3)08 (0)483216458913rd round
2000 J2109th409 (6)419 (2)3761-24432,0211st round3rd round
2001 1211th445 (3)426 (6)4193-52251,5591st round3rd round
2002 1210th44117264573-28402,739Not eligible3rd round
2003 127th441511183741-4563,0853rd round
2004 129th44619193360-27373,7734th round
2005 1210th441313184157-16523,3344th round
2006 1310th48149254869-21513,0173rd round
2007 1312th48810303270-38342,4154th round
2008 1511th42138215270-18473,0444th round
2009 188th512110207079-9732,6732nd round
2010 1916th36814142945-16383,6083rd round
2011 2017th38119184049-9423,3494th round
2012 2213th421511164749-2563,9733rd round
2013 2215th421413155058-8554,6303rd round
2014 2215th4212141646460504,7343rd round
2015 2219th421016164047-7464,8164th round
2016 2213th421018144549-4485,3652nd round
2017 2214th421412164548-3544,9312nd round
2018 2210th421691748462574,9383rd round
2019 227th42191310563719706,0873rd round
2020 229th4216101668626582,018Did not qualify
2021 2210th4216111559509592,6962nd round
2022 2213th421412164746-1543,1402nd round
2023 2217th421114174966-17473,7263rd round
2024 20TBA38First roundTBC
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

Current squad

As of 24 April 2024.[2] 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 Koji Homma
2 DF Japan JPN Koki Gotoda
3 DF Japan JPN Koshi Osaki
4 DF Japan JPN Nao Yamada
5 DF Japan JPN Takumi Kusumoto
6 MF Japan JPN Kenshin Takagishi
7 MF Japan JPN Haruki Arai
8 MF Japan JPN Riku Ochiai (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
9 FW Japan JPN Mizuki Ando
10 MF Japan JPN Ryosuke Maeda
11 FW Japan JPN Yuki Kusano
13 MF Japan JPN Ryusei Nose
14 MF Japan JPN Fumiya Sugiura
15 MF Japan JPN Yuto Nagao
16 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Tabira
18 DF Japan JPN Yuhi Ono
19 DF Japan JPN Koichi Murata
20 FW Japan JPN Kaito Umeda
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK Japan JPN Shuhei Matsubara
22 FW Japan JPN Seiichiro Kubo
23 MF Japan JPN Hidemasa Koda (on loan from Nagoya Grampus)
24 MF Japan JPN Kiichi Yamazaki
27 DF Japan JPN Sora Okita DSP
30 FW Japan JPN Soki Tokuno
32 MF Japan JPN Asuma Ikari
33 DF Japan JPN Takeshi Ushizawa
35 DF Japan JPN Ryoya Iizumi
37 GK Japan JPN Minato Kamiyama Type 2
38 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Saito
41 GK Japan JPN Kaiho Nakayama
42 DF Japan JPN Hayata Ishii
45 FW Japan JPN Shimon Teranuma
49 FW Japan JPN Yusei Uchida
51 GK Japan JPN Ryusei Haruna
88 DF Japan JPN Kazuma Nagai
96 MF Japan JPN Atsushi Kurokawa (on loan from Machida Zelvia)

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
77 MF Japan JPN Ren Inoue (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
DF Japan JPN Takaya Kuroishi (at Nagano Parceiro)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Japan JPN Hayate Matsuda (at Germany Hannover 96)
MF Japan JPN Yota Tanabe (at Kochi United)

Club officials

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

Managerial history

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]

Kit evolution

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

Images from the former home stadium

References

  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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