Fukui United FC

The club was born on September 28, 2006 from the merger of FC Kanatsu and Maruoka Phoenix.[1] The name Saurcos comes from the combination of two English words: saur from "dinosaur" and cos from "corps", referring to army corps. It was chosen between three possible choices after a poll between fans, linking also with their mascot, the Fukuiraptor, a dinosaur lived in Japan during the Cretaceous.[2] The logo also presents the Narcissus, a plant typical of this region. The near city of Awara hosts the club's training sessions.[3]

After an immediate promotion from 2nd division of Hokushinetsu Football League, Saurcos Fukui has been in first tier for a decade, waiting for a chance to snatch a spot in Japan Football League. They have participated eight times in the Emperor's Cup, going as far as the second round on four occasions.

After the 2018 season, Saurcos Fukui has been dissolved taken by successor of Fukui United FC was founded in 2019 by volunteers from Fukui Prefecture, led by the Fukui Prefectural Football Association, as a company that will take over the Saurcos Fukui management corporation " NPO Fukui J League Team Creation Association " that was disbanded in 2018 due to financial difficulties. Co. , Ltd. was established on January 11, 2019, At a press conference on January 26, 2019, the new team name was Fukui United Football Club , and it was announced that it would start in earnest from February 1. It was announced that Kazuo Yoshimura will be appointed as the president of Fukui United Co., Ltd., which will be the operating company, and Junichi Hattori , who was the GM of FC Gifu and V-Varen Nagasaki , will be appointed as the general manager (GM).[4][5]

• 2006–2018 : Saurcos Fukui
• 2019–present : Fukui United FC

Updated to 30 April 2022.[6]

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 Sota Chiba 2 DF  JPN Takumi Onda 3 DF  JPN Kazuki Nakayama 4 MF  JPN Yuki Hatanaka 5 DF  JPN Masato Hashimoto 6 MF  JPN Naohito Oku 7 FW  JPN Hideki Morinaga 8 MF  JPN Tatsuya Wada 9 FW  JPN Hiyu Kazawa 10 MF  JPN Kohei Kitagawa 11 FW  JPN Takuto Doi 13 DF  JPN Kensuke Kimura 14 MF  JPN Shohei Okuno

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  JPN Kai Nonaka 16 DF  JPN Ryota Ikeniwa 17 MF  JPN Seiji Tarutani 18 DF  JPN Eiichiro Ozaki 20 FW  JPN Shinya Takagi 21 GK  KOR Yun Jang-yeong 22 DF  JPN Hibiki Enomoto 24 MF  JPN Masato Yasukawa 27 FW  JPN Yuga Fukumoto 28 MF  JPN Yuto Mochizuki 30 FW  NGA Emah Samuel 31 GK  JPN Kenta Yamada

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

Hokushinetsu Football League

• Champions (9): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

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