FC Imabari

The club was founded in 1976 and were promoted to the Shikoku Football League in 2001.

From 2009 to 2011, they were owned by Ehime FC as their reserve team, Ehime FC Shimanami. In 2014, the majority of FC Imabari was bought by former Japan national team coach Takeshi Okada.^[1]

In February 2016, the club made another step forward towards the J. League, as JFA recognised J.League Hundred Year Vision clubs.^[2] In November, they won the Regional Promotion Series and were promoted to the Japan Football League. During their debut season on the JFL, they opened their new stadium and acquired a J3 League license from the 2018 season.

In 2019, after finishing on third place at the JFL, FC Imabari were promoted to Japan's professional league system, becoming a professional club, as they were promoted to the J3 for the first time in their history.^[3]

FC Imabari acquired a J2 license in 2021, meaning that Imabari can be promoted to the J2 League once they are able to finish the season in the promotion zone.

On 10 November 2024, FC Imabari secure promotion to J2 League for the first time in history from next season after defeat Gainare Tottori 0-5 in Matchweek 36 and ending five years stint in third tier.

FC Imabari played their J3 League matches on the Arigato Service Dream Stadium from 2017 to 2022. They played their final league match there (as their home stadium) at the club's last home match of the 2022 season. Imabari played this match against Nagano Parceiro on 13 November 2022, at the 33rd Matchweek, with the match ending tied by 3–3.

From 2023, Imabari decided to change its home stadium to their newly built ASICS Satoyama Stadium. The opening ceremony was decided to be held on 29 January 2023.^[4] Satoyama Stadium was opened to the public on 29 January 2023, with a charity match contested between an XI of J-League Legends against FC Imabari U-18 and Ladies, respectively. On 5 March of the same year, FC Imabari played their first match of the season at their new stadium against Fukushima United in the J3 League, which ended in a 1–0 win for Imabari.

Key

As of 12 July 2024.^[5] 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 Tomohito Shugyo 2 DF   JPN Tetsuya Kato 3 DF   JPN Naoya Fukumori 4 DF   JPN Ryota Ichihara 5 DF   JPN Tatsuya Shirai 6 MF   ARG Tomás Moschión 7 MF   JPN Takafumi Yamada 8 DF   JPN Wataru Noguchi 9 MF   JPN Takatora Kondo 10 FW   BRA Marcus Índio 11 FW   JPN Toyofumi Sakano 13 FW   JPN Taisei Takase 14 MF   JPN Kenshin Yuba 15 DF   JPN Ryota Abe 16 GK   JPN Haruhiko Takimoto 17 FW   BRA Wesley Tanque

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   JPN Hikaru Arai 20 MF   JPN Riki Sato 21 FW   JPN Tomoki Hino 22 DF   JPN Yuto Saitai 24 DF   JPN Yuri Takeuchi 25 MF   JPN Keishi Kusumi 26 DF   JPN Hiroshi Futami 29 FW   BRA Rodrigo Angelotti 31 GK   ESP Jon Ander Serantes 33 GK   JPN Akihito Ozawa 36 MF   JPN Yumeki Yokoyama 37 DF   JPN Rei Umeki 38 MF   JPN Hikaru Umakoshi 44 GK   JPN Genta Ito 50 MF   JPN Yuta Mikado (captain)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF   JPN Yuma Matsumoto (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki) 28 MF   JPN Haruki Matsui (at Maruyasu Okazaki)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   JPN Ryoga Masuda (at Fukuyama City)

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