Thespa Gunma

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History

The club was founded in 1995 in Kusatsu, one of the most well-known spa resorts in Japan, as Liaison Kusatsu Football Club.[1] The players were students of the specialized training college Higashi Nihon Soccer Academy. When the school closed in 1999 due to financial difficulties, the players decided to stay in Kusatsu and keep the club alive. In 2002, the club was incorporated as K.K. Kusatsu Onsen Football Club with a future promotion to the J. League in mind and adopted the new team name Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., meaning "The Spa, Kusatsu".[1]

Because of J. League restrictions on stadiums, they play at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma (Shikishima Athletics Stadium) in nearby Maebashi, the prefectural capital since the club were promoted to J. League Division 2 in the 2005 season.[2]

From 1 February 2013, the club adopted the new name "Thespakusatsu Gunma", to give the impression of the club as a representative of the entire Gunma Prefecture, while still leaving the name "Kusatsu" in it, as well as the logo of the club as it is.[3][4]

After 12 years spent in the J2 League, Thespakusatsu Gunma were relegated to the J3 League for the first time in their history, having finished in last place in the 2017 J2 League. Gunma returned to the J2 League ahead of the 2020 season after being promoted back to J2 after two years spent in J3.

On 5 October 2023, Thespakusatsu Gunma announced officially, a change of name and logo to Thespa Gunma commencing from the 2024 season, dropping the "Kusatsu" which was included in the name since 2005.[5]

On 29 September 2024, Thespa Gunma were officially relegated to J3 for the second time in their history, for the 2025 season after a defeat by Roasso Kumamoto 2–3 at home, which ended four years in second tier with five games remaining.

Stadium and training ground

The home stadium is Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma, Maebashi, Gunma. The capacity of the stadium is 15,253. The training ground is GCC The Park in Maebashi.

Record as J. League member

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J. League
Cup		 Emperor's
Cup
Season Div. Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G
As Thespa Kusatsu
2004 JFL 16 3rd 30 19 5 6 63 35 28 62 4,948 Not eligible Quartferfinals
2005 J2 12 12th 44 5 8 31 26 82 -56 23 3,959 4th round
2006 13 12th 48 9 15 24 54 86 -32 42 3,736 4th round
2007 13 11th 48 7 21 20 42 71 -29 42 3,808 4th round
2008 15 9th 42 13 14 15 45 52 -7 53 4,215 3rd round
2009 18 10th 51 18 11 22 64 76 -12 65 4,330 3rd round
2010 19 12th 36 14 6 16 36 48 -12 48 4,424 2nd round
2011 20 9th 38 16 9 13 51 51 0 57 3,211 2nd round
2012 22 17th 42 12 11 19 31 15 -14 47 3,341 2nd round
As Thespakusatsu Gunma
2013 J2 22 20th 42 9 13 20 43 61 -18 40 3,571 Not eligible 2nd round
2014 22 18th 42 14 7 21 45 54 -9 49 3,689 4th round
2015 22 18th 42 13 9 20 34 56 -22 48 4,099 1st round
2016 22 17th 42 11 12 19 52 66 -14 45 4,744 2nd round
2017 22 22nd 42 5 5 32 32 88 -56 20 3,832 3rd round
2018 J3 17 5th 32 15 7 10 37 35 2 52 3,346 2nd round
2019 18 2nd 34 18 9 7 59 34 25 63 3,594 2nd round
2020 † J2 22 20th 42 15 4 23 40 62 -22 49 1,709 Did not qualify
2021 † 22 18th 42 9 14 19 35 56 -21 41 2,082 4th round
2022 22 20th 42 11 9 22 36 57 -21 42 3,076 Round of 16
2023 22 11th 42 14 15 13 44 44 0 57 4,116 2nd round
As Thespa Gunma
2024 J2 20 20th 38 3 9 26 24 62 -38 18 3,988 2nd round 2nd round
2025 J3 20 TBD 38 1st round 2nd round
Key

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Honours

Thespa Gunma honours
Honour No. Years Notes
Gunma Prefecture Division 4 1 1995 as Liaison Kusatsu
Gunma Prefecture Division 3 1 1996
Gunma Prefecture 2nd Division A 1 1997
Gunma Prefecture Division 2 B 1 2001
Gunma Prefecture Division 1 1 2002 as Thespa Kusatsu
Kantō Division 2 1 2003
Gunma Prefectural Football Association
President's Cup Soccer Tournament 		3 2003, 2018, 2019

Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Template:Fba/core Ryota Tagashira
3 DF Template:Fba/core Ryuya Ohata
4 DF Template:Fba/core Yuma Funabashi
6 MF Template:Fba/core Shusuke Yonehara
7 MF Template:Fba/core Yasufumi Nishimura
8 MF Template:Fba/core Riku Yamauchi
9 FW Template:Fba/core Shota Aoki
10 FW Template:Fba/core Yuya Takazawa
11 MF Template:Fba/core Toi Kagami
13 GK Template:Fba/core Issei Kondo
14 DF Template:Fba/core Kenta Kikuchi
15 MF Template:Fba/core Koki Kazama
17 MF Template:Fba/core Atsuki Yamanaka
18 FW Template:Fba/core Shota Tanaka
19 MF Template:Fba/core Mohammad Farzan Sana (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
20 MF Template:Fba/core Taiyo Shimokawa
21 GK Template:Fba/core Kim Je-hee
22 DF Template:Fba/core Yuriya Takahashi
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW Template:Fba/core Toranosuke Onozeki
24 DF Template:Fba/core Muku Arai
25 DF Template:Fba/core Rikiru Nakano
26 DF Template:Fba/core Ryusei Akimoto
27 MF Template:Fba/core Ren Fujimura
30 DF Template:Fba/core Tatsushi Koyanagi
32 FW Template:Fba/core Atsushi Kawata
33 MF Template:Fba/core Ayahi Sakurai DSP
35 MF Template:Fba/core Taishi Tamashiro
36 MF Template:Fba/core Shuto Adachi (on loan from Vissel Kobe)
37 MF Template:Fba/core Gijo Sehata
38 FW Template:Fba/core Hiroto Konishi
39 GK Template:Fba/core Kohei Maki
43 DF Template:Fba/core Shoya Nose
45 MF Template:Fba/core Yuito Koyama Type 2
47 GK Template:Fba/core Kazumasa Shiga
48 FW Template:Fba/core Taika Nakashima (on loan from Consadole Sapporo)

Coaching staff

Coaching staff for 2025.

Position Name
Manager Template:Flagicon Masaru Okita
Coach Template:Flagicon Kentaro Yoshida
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Ryo Ishibashi
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Hidetoyo Watanabe
Analyst Template:Flagicon Yota Sakuma
Physical coach Template:Flagicon Yutaka Aoki
Physiotherapist Template:Flagicon Koki Katakai
Trainer Template:Flagicon Ryo Murakami
Template:Flagicon Ryoji Sejino
Chief secretary Template:Flagicon Ryo Suzuki
Team secretary Template:Flagicon Ryota Osawa
Kitman Template:Flagicon Riku Takahashi

Managerial history

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Ratko Stevović Script error: No such module "flag". 1995 1997
Naoki Kimura Script error: No such module "flag". 1998 1999
Ratko Stevović Script error: No such module "flag". 2000 2001
Ryōsuke Okuno Script error: No such module "flag". 1 February 2002 31 January 2004
Satoshi Tezuka Script error: No such module "flag". 1 January 2005 31 December 2005
Shigeharu Ueki Script error: No such module "flag". 1 February 2006 31 January 2009
Tōru Sano Script error: No such module "flag". 1 February 2009 31 January 2010
Hiroshi Soejima Script error: No such module "flag". 1 February 2010 31 January 2013
Tadahiro Akiba Script error: No such module "flag". 1 February 2013 31 January 2015
Hiroki Hattori Script error: No such module "flag". 1 January 2015 31 December 2016
Hitoshi Morishita Script error: No such module "flag". 1 February 2017 31 January 2018
Keiichirō Nuno Script error: No such module "flag". 1 February 2018 31 January 2020
Ryōsuke Okuno Script error: No such module "flag". 1 February 2020 4 July 2021
Kiyokazu Kudō Script error: No such module "flag". 5 July 2021 31 January 2022
Tsuyoshi Otsuki Script error: No such module "flag". 1 February 2022 8 May 2024
Akira Muto Script error: No such module "flag". 9 May 2024 [7] 31 January 2025
Masaru Okita Script error: No such module "flag". 1 February 2025 [8] present

Kit evolution

References

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External links

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