SC Sagamihara
Japanese football club
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Sports Club Sagamihara (スポーツクラブ相模原, Supōtsukurabu Sagamihara) commonly known as SC Sagamihara (SC相模原, Esu Shī Sagamihara) is a Japanese professional football club based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. They currently play in the J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football.
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| Full name | Sports Club Sagamihara | ||
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| Founded | 2008 | ||
| Stadium | Sagamihara Gion Stadium Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa | ||
| Capacity | 15,300 | ||
| Chairman | Shigeyoshi Mochizuki | ||
| Manager | Yuki Richard Stalph | ||
| League | J3 League | ||
| 2025 | J3 League, 12th of 20 | ||
| Website | www | ||
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History
In 2011 they joined the Division 2 of the Kanto Football League after three years of consecutive promotions through the Kanagawa Prefectural League. In 2012, they won the Regional Promotion Series and were promoted to the Japan Football League. Since 2014, the club has belonged to the recently established J3 League, where they played for seven seasons before being promoted to J2 League in 2020 as J3 runners-up.
After just one season in J2, Sagamihara returned to the J3 for the 2022 season, having been relegated from the J2 being three points off the relegation zone. In 2025, the club are playing their 4th consecutive season at the J3.
Among their players, former Japan national member Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi has featured for SC Sagamihara.
Stadium
The home stadium is Sagamihara Asamizo Park Stadium (Sagamihara Gion Stadium[1]), and the training ground is Ayase Sports Park Multipurpose Square in Ayase City and Nojima Football Park in Minami-ku, Sagamihara City。 In addition, although it is not official, training sessions may also be held at Sagamihara Sports and Recreation Park in Chuo-ku, Sagamihara City, Yokoyama Park Artificial Turf Ground, Fuso Futsal Field Sagamihara Kamimizo, and Sagamihara Asamizo Park No. 2 Stadium (Sagamihara Gion Field) in Minami-ku, Sagamihara City.
League and cup record
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | J. League | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Division | Tier | Teams | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | |||
| 2008 | Kanagawa Prefecture 3rd Division H |
8 | 8 | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 43 | 21 | - | Not eligible | Did not qualify | |
| 2009 | Kanagawa Prefecture 2nd Division B |
7 | 12 | 1st | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 4 | 79 | 33 | - | |||
| 2010 | Kanagawa Prefecture Division 1 |
6 | 12 | 1st | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 36 | 29 | - | |||
| 2011 | Kanto Division 2 | 5 | 8 | 1st | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 12 | 28 | 31 | - | Runner's up | ||
| 2012 | Kanto Division 1 | 4 | 10 | 1st | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 13 | 29 | 47 | - | Did not qualify | ||
| 2013 | JFL | 3 | 18 | 3rd | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 58 | 42 | 16 | 61 | 1,924 | Not eligible | ||
| 2014 | J3 | 12 | 6th | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 43 | -4 | 37 | 3,133 | ||||
| 2015 | 13 | 4th | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 48 | 3,291 | |||||
| 2016 | 16 | 11th | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 46 | -17 | 35 | 4,344 | |||||
| 2017 | 17 | 12th | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 41 | -7 | 39 | 3,657 | |||||
| 2018 | 17 | 9th | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 53 | -11 | 42 | 3,458 | |||||
| 2019 | 18 | 15th | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 45 | -9 | 38 | 2,879 | |||||
| 2020 † | 18 | 2nd | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 43 | 35 | 8 | 61 | 918 | |||||
| 2021 † | J2 | 2 | 22 | 19th | 42 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 33 | 54 | -21 | 38 | 2,372 | 3rd round | ||
| 2022 | J3 | 3 | 18 | 18th | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 50 | -19 | 25 | 1,933 | Didn't qualify | ||
| 2023 | 20 | 18th | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 44 | 48 | -4 | 41 | 2,302 | 2nd round | ||||
| 2024 | 20 | 9th | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 53 | 2,820 | 1st round | 2nd round | |||
| 2025 | 20 | 12th | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 50 | -12 | 50 | 2,810 | 1st round | Quarter-finals | |||
| 2026 | 10 | TBD | 18 | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||
| 2026-27 | 20 | TBD | 38 | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||
- Key
- Pos. = Position in league; P = 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 league home attendance
- † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.
- Source: J. League Data Site
Honours
| Honour | No. | Years |
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| All Japan Club Teams Cup | 1 | 2008 |
| Kanagawa Prefecture 3rd Division H | 1 | 2008 |
| Kanagawa Prefecture 2nd Division B | 1 | 2009 |
| Kanagawa Prefecture Division 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| Kantō Division 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Kantō Division 1 | 1 | 2012 |
| Regional Football League Competition | 1 | 2012 |
Current squad
- As of 18 August 2025.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Yuki Richard Stalph |
| Assistant manager | Kenji Takahashi |
| First-team coach | Hiroki Mizumoto |
| Goalkeeper coach | Akihiro Watanabe |
| Analyst | Tomoki Hasegawa |
| Interpreter | Takayoshi Fujii |
| Head of conditioning | Hideki Misu |
| Chief trainer | Hirotaka Ogawa |
| Trainer | Junya Muroi |
| Assistant trainer | Masataka Hayashi |
| Conditioning coach | Tetsuya Nakajima |
| Equipment | Yoshihiko Ito |
| Competent | Naoto Todoroki |
| Side affairs & Team supporter | Takanori Chiaki |
| Chief doctor | Jun Fukuda |
| Doctor | Daiki Watanabe |
| Sports pharmacist | Yo Kokubu |
Managerial history
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
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| Start | Finish | ||
| Tadahiro Akiba | Japan | 1 February 2009 | 31 January 2011 |
| Tetsuya Totsuka | Japan | 1 February 2011 | 31 May 2011 |
| Shigeyoshi Mochizuki | Japan | 1 June 2011 | 31 December 2011 |
| Tetsumasa Kimura | Japan | 1 February 2012 | 31 January 2015 |
| Keiju Karashima | Japan | 1 February 2015 | 31 January 2016 |
| Yoshika Matsubara | Japan | 1 November 2015 | 30 November 2015 |
| Norihiro Satsukawa | Japan | 1 February 2016 | 18 August 2016 |
| Sōtarō Yasunaga | Japan | 20 August 2016 | 31 December 2017 |
| Takayuki Nishigaya | Japan | 1 February 2018 | 31 January 2019 |
| Fumitake Miura | Japan | 1 February 2019 | 31 May 2021 |
| Takuya Takagi | Japan | 2 June 2021 | 20 May 2022 |
| Norihiro Satsukawa | Japan | 23 May 2022 | 31 January 2023 |
| Kazuyuki Toda | Japan | 1 February 2023 | 19 June 2024 [3][4] |
| Kenji Takahashi (Caretaker) | Japan | 20 June 2024 | 25 June 2024 |
| Yuki Richard Stalph | Japan | 26 June 2024[5] | Present |
Kit evolution
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