Okinawa SV

Okinawa Sport-Verein (沖縄スポーツクラブ, Okinawa Supōtsukurabu), commonly known as Okinawa SV (沖縄SV, Okinawa Esufau) is a Japanese football club based in the cities of Tomigusuku and Uruma, which are located in Okinawa Prefecture. Okinawa play in the Japan Football League, Japanese 4th tier of league football.

Okinawa SV
沖縄SV

Full name	Okinawa Sport-Verein
Founded	2015; 10 years ago (2015)
Stadium	Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium Okinawa, Okinawa
Capacity	12,270
Chairman	Naohiro Takahara
Manager	Rei Onogi
League	Japan Football League
2024	9th of 16
Website	okinawasv.com
Home colours Away colours

History

After leaving SC Sagamihara and retiring from professional football, former Japan national team international Naohiro Takahara decided to setup a new club in Okinawa.^[1] The main part of the club's identity comes from two overseas clubs, in which Takahara played in during his career. The name of the club was inspired by Germany's Hamburger SV, which influenced Takahara to found the club as Okinawa Sport-Verein (a German term meaning "sports club").^[2] The kit's colours and its design are inspired by Argentinian Boca Juniors, who have used blue and yellow colours in their kits since 1907.^[3][4]

Takahara set himself as president, manager-player and captain, helping the Kyushu-based club to start from the bottom of Japanese football. In their first year, on 2016, Okinawa SV played in the third division of the Okinawa Prefectural League in a successful debut season, going undefeated while also scoring 123 goals, and only conceding a single one. The Okinawa Football Association opted to give the club a free pass to join the 1st Division of the Prefectural League. In their second season, Okinawa SV achieved another promotion, now to the Kyushu Soccer League.

On 27 November 2022, Okinawa SV was promoted to JFL for the first time in their history. They were assured of promotion after defeating FC Kariya by 4–0 in their last match in the Regional Champions League final round. Okinawa SV just needed 6 seasons to jump from the 3rd division of Okinawa Prefectural League to the national stage, in Japan's 4th division.

On 2 December 2023, Okinawa SV managed to stay in JFL after defeating Vonds Ichihara by a score of 2–1 in 2023 JFL promotion relegation play-off due to finishing in 15th and last place.

Stadium

After playing at Okinawa Kincho Football Center in 2022, Okinawa SV played all home matches at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium in JFL for 2023 season after announcement of the full schedule on 10 February 2023.

League and cup record

• (x,y) in column D denotes number of win and lost in shootout.

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

League												Emperor's Cup
Season	Division	Pos.	P	W (PK)	D	L (PK)	F	A	GD	Pts	Attendance/G
2016	Okinawa Prefectural League (Div. 3, North)	1st	9	9	0	0	123	1	122	27		Did not qualify
2017	Okinawa Prefectural League (Div. 1)	2nd	9	8	1	0	64	4	60	25
2018	KSL	2nd	18	16 (0)		2	74	12	62	48
2019		1st	18	17 (0)		1	64	7	57	51		2nd round
2020		1st	4	3 (1)		0	12	2	10	11		Did not qualify
2021		1st	18	16 (1)		0 (1)	78	8	70	51		2nd round
2022		1st	20	19	1	0	75	5	70	58		2nd round
2023	JFL	15th	28	7	5	16	18	38	-20	26	298	Did not qualify
2024		9th	30	11	8	11	52	44	8	41	381	1st round
2025		TBD	30									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

Emperor's Cup record

Okinawa SV v Matsuyama University

26 May 2019 2019 EC 1st round	Okinawa SV	2−0	Matsuyama University	Imabari, Ehime
13:00	Takahara 6' Yamauchi 80'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Arigato Service Dream Stadium Attendance: 589

Okinawa SV v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

3 July 2019 2019 EC 2nd round	Okinawa SV	0−4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Fukuyama, Hiroshima
18:30		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Higashi 47' Matsumoto 81' Patric 84', 90+1'	Stadium: Fukuyama Takegahana Park Stadium Attendance: 2,751

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Okinawa SV v Fukuoka University

23 May 2021 2021 EC 1st round	Okinawa SV	3−1 (a.e.t.)	Fukuoka University	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
13:00	Shoji 47' Sugiyama 92' Akagi 105+1'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Hojo 15'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 282 Referee: Shinya Sasaki

Okinawa SV v V-Varen Nagasaki

9 June 2021 2021 EC 2nd round	Okinawa SV	0−2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Isahaya, Nagasaki
19:00		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Ibarbo 29' Otake 90'	Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki Attendance: 1,884 Referee: Yusuke Ohashi

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Okinawa SV v FC Imabari

21 May 2022 2022 EC 1st round	Okinawa SV	4−1	FC Imabari	Matsuyama, Ehime
12:00	Yamada 55', 68' Gibo 60' Anzai 63'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Nakagawa 45'	Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 516 Referee: Kenya Ohara

Okinawa SV v Avispa Fukuoka

1 June 2022 2022 EC 2nd round	Okinawa SV	0−3	Avispa Fukuoka	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
19:00		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Kanamori 40' Kitajima 52' Toya 71'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 1,459 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

Fukuyama City v Okinawa SV

26 May 2024 2024 EC 1st round	Fukuyama City	3−0	Okinawa SV	Hiroshima, Hiroshima
13:00	Okubo 2' Sugiura 10' Nohama 76'	Report		Stadium: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima Attendance: 1,232 Referee: Yuki Tanabe

Honours

Okinawa SV honours

Honour	No.	Years
Okinawa Prefectural League	1	2016
Okinawa Prefectural Football Championship (Emperor's Cup Okinawa Prefectural Qualifiers)	4	2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
Kyushu Soccer League	3	2019, 2021, 2022

Current squad

As of 7 April 2024.^[5]

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  JPN Chikara Hanada 2 DF  JPN Haruya Mizukoshi 3 DF  JPN Shota Fujisaki 4 DF  JPN Hibiki Nagai (on loan from Gainare Tottori) 5 DF  JPN Taketo Ochiai (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) 7 MF  JPN Yuto Oshiro 8 MF  JPN Kazuki Akimoto 9 FW  JPN Yukihide Gibo 11 FW  JPN Kazuki Ganaha 12 GK  JPN Ryonosuke Nagaya 13 FW  JPN Rai Ijuin 14 MF  JPN Kohei Takahashi 15 DF  JPN Masatoshi Aki 16 MF  JPN Shuri Arita 17 FW  JPN Yuto Katayama

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  JPN Kakeru Aoto 19 FW  JPN Kaito Satori (on loan from SC Sagamihara) 20 MF  JPN Kazuma Tomikuda 21 GK  JPN Daiki Akiyama 22 MF  JPN Nobuki Iketaka 23 GK  JPN Kazumasa Shiga 24 DF  JPN Kazuki Anzai 25 DF  JPN Daisuke Matsushita 26 DF  JPN Ryota Yamada 27 MF  JPN Riku Shimoguchi 28 DF  JPN Kanta Iwano 29 MF  JPN Tamaki Harada 30 MF  JPN Ken Higuchi (on loan from Machida Zelvia) 32 MF  JPN Shuga Arai 33 FW  JPN Meguru Odagaki

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Chairman	Naohiro Takahara
Manager	Rei Onogi
Analyst and Goakeeper coach	Hiroki Teraoka
Physical coach	Shota Asano
Trainer	Ryoma Sunabe

Kit evolution

Home kit - 1st
2017 1st	2018 1st

Away kit - 2nd
2017 2nd	2018 2nd

References

1. "相模原退団のFw高原、新チーム"沖縄Sv"を設立…7日に記者会見". Soccer King. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
2. "沖縄Sv立ち上げの高原は「代表兼監督兼選手」…県3部スタートも将来的なJリーグ入り視野". Gekisaka. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
3. "Okinawa SV on Olé". Olé. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
4. "Navios europeus inspiraram atuais cores de ex-alvinegros River e Boca". ESPN (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
5. "選手・スタッフ紹介". okinawasv.com. Retrieved 2023-02-19.

External links

• Official Site (in Japanese)
• Official Facebook Page
• Official Twitter Account