Mito HollyHock

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

Mito HollyHock
水戸ホーリーホック
Full nameFootball Club Mito HollyHock Ibaraki
Nickname(s)HollyHock, FC Mito, Mitochan
Founded1994
GroundK's denki Stadium Mito
Mito, Ibaraki
Capacity12,000
ChairmanKunio Numata
ManagerTadahiro Akiba
LeagueJ2 League
2021J2 League, 10th of 22
WebsiteClub website

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 an unstable financial and fan base. However, after finishing 3rd in the Japan Football League in 1999 and gaining support, the club was invited into the J. League in 2000.

As of 2016, Mito HollyHock fields teams in women's football[1] in Kanto league division 2, and ice hockey[2] in the Ibaraki prefecture league.

Strategy

Being a traditionally weak club in the league, Mito has tended to play a defensive game and has proven successful at it. This stinginess at the back is often referred to as "Mito-nachio" after the Catenaccio playing style, which is also a pun on the hometown's local specialty, Mito natto.

Recently, though, the team has been attempting implementation of stronger offensive tactics in an attempt to gain momentum for a promotion bid.

Record as J. League member
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
LeagueJ. League
Cup		Emperor's
Cup
SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.GPW (OTW/PKW)DL (OTL/PKL)FAGDPtsAttendance/G
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 22TBA42
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 4 Aoril 2022.[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  JPN Koji Homma
2 DF  JPN Koki Gotoda
3 DF  JPN Koshi Osaki
4 DF  PHI Jefferson Tabinas
7 MF  JPN Yutaka Soneda
8 MF  JPN Yuto Mori
9 FW  JPN Mizuki Ando
10 MF  JPN Jun Kanakubo
11 MF  JPN Kazuma Takai
13 DF  JPN Takumi Kusumoto
14 MF  JPN Naoki Tsubaki (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
15 FW  JPN Kosuke Kinoshita
16 MF  JPN Ryosuke Maeda
17 MF  JPN Ryo Niizato
18 MF  JPN Shoma Otoizumi
19 MF  JPN Koichi Murata
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  JPN Kaito Umeda
21 DF  JPN Nao Yamada
22 MF  JPN Kodai Dohi (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
25 MF  JPN Yuto Hiratsuka
28 GK  JPN Louis Yamaguchi
30 MF  JPN Kenshin Takagishi
32 GK  JPN Akihito Ozawa
33 DF  JPN Stevia Egbus Mikuni
34 MF  JPN Fumiya Sugiura
38 FW  JPN Shoji Toyama (on loan from Gamba Osaka)
39 MF  JPN Kaiyo Yanagimachi
40 DF  JPN Takaya Kuroishi
41 GK  JPN Kaiho Nakayama
43 MF  JPN Yoshitake Suzuki
45 GK  JPN Shu Mogi (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)
47 DF  JPN Hayate Matsuda

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
29 DF  JPN Yota Tanabe (on loan at Ococias Kyoto)

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

Images (from the former home stadium)
  • Home side goal seat section
  • Home side A seat section, with supporters
  • Mito vs. Sapporo, 18 November 2006

References
  1. http://www.eiko-fc.jp/
  2. "水戸ホーリーホックアイスホッケー部".
  3. "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. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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