are a Japanese football club based in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima. They currently play in the Shikoku Soccer League, which part of Japanese Regional Leagues.
History The club was founded on 2003 as Celeste FC. It didn't take long for the club to gain promotion to the Tokushima Prefectural League 1st division, this occurred in 2006. Since then, the club never went back to the 2nd division. On 2012, after winning the Tokushima Prefectural League, Celeste FC qualified to the Shikoku Prefectural League Final Tournament, facing the other 3 prefectural championships winners of Ehime, Kochi, and Kagawa, as the four prefectures comprises the Shikoku region. The club won the tournament, therefore, getting promoted to the Shikoku Soccer League.
In 2013, their unsuccessful debut at the regional league level, led the club to get relegated back to the Tokushima Prefectural League. As quick it took to get relegated, they got promoted back to the Shikoku League for the 2016 season. From 2016 onwards, Celeste FC change name to FC Tokushima Celeste representing Tokushima, the club never again got relegated, and won qualification to the Emperor's Cup as Tokushima representatives every year since then.
In 2018, the club change name again to FC Tokushima due to Celeste lost name club.
The club had two previous opportunities to play in the Regional Champions League, a tournament that can potentially give an opportunity for Regional League clubs to get promoted to the Japan Football League. Debuting at the competition in 2019, the club finished as the second-bottom club in an overall ranking, as they lost all the three matches in which they played on the first stage.
FC Tokushima won the 2020 Shikoku Soccer League, giving them the right to participate for their second time in the competition. However, the 2020 season of the Regional Champions League was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, then, delaying their second appearance at the competition, which would happen on the 2021.
In this 2021 edition, they qualified from the first stage, going through unbeaten after three matches, winning two matches and drawing the other game. However, in the second and final stage of the competition, they finished as the bottom-placed team of the group, losing all three matches, ending up as the competition's 4th-placed team. It is, to date, their highest placement in the competition so far, as they failed to reach such heights in their next attempts.
Current squad
Coaching staff PositionStaffManager Toshiaki HajiGeneral manager Kihiro NittaGoalkeeper coach Fumiya NagaiTrainer Takahiro NomuraStaff manager Ryuwa NakagawaSide staff Kosuke Inai
League and Cup record ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated League Emperor'sCup Season Division Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Celeste2007Tokushima Pref. League7th 11 4 3 4 27 25 2 15 –20089th 10 3 0 7 18 36 -18 920092nd 11 6 3 2 23 15 8 2120105th 10 4 3 3 18 36 -18 1520114th 11 8 2 1 18 36 -18 2020121st 11 10 1 0 41 12 29 312013 Shikoku Soccer League8th 14 2 0 12 18 70 -52 62014Tokushima Pref. League8th 11 3 2 6 15 22 -7 1120151st 11 10 0 1 43 9 34 30FC Tokushima Celeste2016 Shikoku Soccer League5th 14 4 1 9 12 45 -33 13 1st round20172nd 14 9 4 1 41 13 28 31 1st roundFC Tokushima2018Shikoku Soccer League2nd 14 10 3 1 55 11 44 33 1st round20192nd 14 12 0 2 49 11 38 36 1st round20201st 7 7 0 0 29 3 26 21 3rd round2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 1st round20221st 14 13 1 0 66 8 56 37 1st round20231st 14 11 3 0 7011 59 36 2nd round20241st 14 13 0 1 73 14 59 39 1st round20251st 14 14 0 0 65 9 56 42 1st round2026TBD 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD
Key
Honours +FC Tokushima honoursHonour No. YearsTokushima Prefectural League 2nd Division12006Tokushima Prefectural League 1st Division22012, 2015Shikoku Prefectural Leagues Final Tournament22012, 2015Tokushima Prefectural Football Championship Emperor's Cup Tokushima Prefectural Qualifiers102016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025Shikoku Soccer League52020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
References
External links Official Website