Sony Sendai FC

was a former Japanese football club based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. They last played in the Japan Football League, Japanese fourth tier of football league until 2024. They were withdrawn by their company.

History

The club was founded by the workers of Sony's Sendai factory in 1968. They kept a low profile playing mainly in the Miyagi Prefecture League for a long time. However, it changed suddenly in 1993 when they embarked on a challenging task to reach the former Japan Football League within 5 years. They became league champions for 4 consecutive seasons starting from 1994, first in the Prefecture League and the others in the Tōhoku Regional League. They achieved their goal and were promoted to the JFL by winning the 1997 Regional League play-off.

When the J. League Division 2 was formed in 1999, the club decided not to turn professional. They joined the newly organised Japan Football League instead and have been an established JFL side since then.

As a result of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Sony Sendai, with permission from the JFL, did not contest the first half of the 2011 season. They expectedly earned last place on points, but due to Machida Zelvia and Matsumoto Yamaga being promoted to Division 2 and JEF Reserves withdrawing from the competition, they were spared relegation.

In 2015, Sony Sendai won the second stage and earned its first JFL title by defeating first stage champions Vanraure Hachinohe on penalties after a tied two-leg final on aggregate.

On 27 September 2024, Sony announced the dissolution of the team, effective at the end of the 2024 JFL season, after fifty-six years of existence.

The Sony Group cited restructuring (downsizing) of its recording media business, which was based at the Tagajyo site of Sony Storage Media Manufacturing, its direct operating entity, as the reason for the cease of operations.

On 3 October 2024, the JFL Board of Directors unanimously approved Sony Sendai's withdrawal from the JFL, officially deciding that the club will leave the JFL at the end of this year.

League and cup record

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

League													Emperor's Cup	Shakaijin Cup
Season	Division	Tier	Teams	Pos.	P	W (OTW)	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1998	Former JFL	2	16	13th	30	7 (1)	1	22	42	71	-29	23	2nd round	-
1999	JFL	3	9	5th	24	7 (2)	1	14	29	42	-13	26	3rd round	Runner-up
2000			12	5th	22	11 (2)	0	9	51	37	14	37	1st round	Not eligible
2001			16	14th	30	9	5	16	28	46	-18	32	1st round
2002			18	4th	17	8	6	3	25	16	9	30	1st round
2003			16	9th	30	13	6	11	46	44	2	45	1st round
2004			16	6th	30	13	8	9	50	42	8	47	3rd round
2005			16	7th	30	15	5	10	48	37	11	50	-
2006			18	9th	34	10	7	17	48	65	-17	37	1st round
2007			18	11th	34	13	5	16	46	59	-13	44	2nd round
2008			18	9th	34	15	4	15	53	42	11	49	3rd round
2009			18	3rd	34	17	8	9	49	30	19	59	2nd round
2010			18	14th	34	11	9	14	34	42	-8	42	3rd round
2011			18	18th	17	3	7	7	14	24	-10	16	2nd round
2012			17	12th	32	9	12	11	27	29	-2	39	2nd round
2013			18	9th	34	12	14	8	33	34	-1	50	2nd round
2014		4	14	5th	26	13	7	6	45	29	16	46	3rd round
2015			16	1st	30	21	8	1	48	21	27	71	-
2016			16	6th	30	17	6	7	56	27	29	57	1st round
2017			16	3rd	30	18	5	7	64	36	28	59	1st round
2018			16	4th	30	16	4	10	67	43	24	52	2nd round
2019			16	2nd	30	16	7	7	60	34	26	55	-
2020			16	3rd	15	8	2	5	25	22	3	26	2nd round
2021			16	6th	32	14	6	12	52	39	13	48	2nd round
2022			16	14th	30	5	13	12	23	39	-16	28	-
2023			15	4th	28	11	10	7	46	40	4	43	2nd round
2024			16	12th	30	10	7	13	34	40	-6	37	2nd round

Key

Honours

Sony Sendai FC

Honour	No.	Years
National Regional League Finals	1	1997
Japan Football League	1	2015
Tohoku Adult Soccer League	3	1995, 1996, 1997

Current squad

As of 1 April 2024. 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	Template:Fba/core	Masahiro Sagawa
2	DF	Template:Fba/core	Yuji Goto
3	DF	Template:Fba/core	Yuji Shiozaki
4	DF	Template:Fba/core	Kosuke Nagae
5	MF	Template:Fba/core	Kento Hirata
6	DF	Template:Fba/core	Masato Nakayama
7	MF	Template:Fba/core	Kyohei Yoshimori
8	MF	Template:Fba/core	Ryota Ito
9	FW	Template:Fba/core	Taro Katsuura
10	MF	Template:Fba/core	Motoki Fujiwara
11	MF	Template:Fba/core	Eishun Shida
13	FW	Template:Fba/core	Shimpei Yamada
14	MF	Template:Fba/core	Ren Yoshino (captain)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	Template:Fba/core	Tom Nunokata
16	DF	Template:Fba/core	Ryodai Tsuji
17	FW	Template:Fba/core	Yuya Kato
18	MF	Template:Fba/core	Yuta Akimoto
19	FW	Template:Fba/core	Taisei Komoto
20	MF	Template:Fba/core	Rikuto Koike
21	GK	Template:Fba/core	Shun Yaida
22	DF	Template:Fba/core	Yuya Hirayama
23	DF	Template:Fba/core	Yusei Kanda
25	DF	Template:Fba/core	Tasuku Yamashita
26	GK	Template:Fba/core	Ryo Matsuda
30	DF	Template:Fba/core	Goshi Otomo

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Template:Flagicon Jun Suzuki
Assistant head coach	Template:Flagicon Shinji Honda Template:Flagicon Kenta Ogihara
Goalkeeper coach	Template:Flagicon Susumu Kaneko
Trainer	Template:Flagicon Taku Shikama Template:Flagicon Naoya Hiraizumi

Managerial history

Manager	Nationality	Tenure
		Start	Finish
Kazuaki Nagasawa		1 February 1999	31 January 2001
Noboru Yoshida		1 February 2001	31 January 2004
Eiji Satō		1 February 2004	31 January 2008
Hidenori Tabata		1 February 2008	31 January 2012
Masato Ishikawa		1 February 2012	31 January 2018
Shinji Honda		1 February 2018	31 July 2019
Gen Nakamura		1 August 2019	31 January 2022
Jun Suzuki		1 February 2022	31 December 2024

External links

• Template:In lang Official Website
• Template:In lang Facebook's page