Fixtures

Japan - J2-League 03/30 05:00 7 Tokushima Vortis vs Thespa Gunma - View
Japan - J2-League 04/03 10:00 8 Shimizu S-Pulse vs Tokushima Vortis - View
Japan - J2-League 04/07 05:00 9 Tokushima Vortis vs JEF Utd Chiba - View
Japan - J2-League 04/13 05:00 10 V-Varen Nagasaki vs Tokushima Vortis - View
Japan - J2-League 04/20 05:00 11 Fujieda MYFC vs Tokushima Vortis - View
Japan - J2-League 04/28 05:00 12 Tokushima Vortis vs Montedio Yamagata - View

Results

Japan - J2-League 03/24 05:00 6 [5] Vegalta Sendai v Tokushima Vortis [19] D 0-0
Japan - J2-League 03/20 06:50 5 [18] Tokushima Vortis v Renofa Yamaguchi [14] L 1-2
Japan - J2-League 03/16 05:00 4 [14] Mito Hollyhock v Tokushima Vortis [20] W 1-2
Japan - J-League Cup 03/13 10:00 7 Nagano Parceiro v Tokushima Vortis L 5-1
Japan - J2-League 03/09 05:00 3 [19] Tokushima Vortis v Blaublitz Akita [18] L 1-2
Japan - J2-League 03/02 06:05 2 [7] Kagoshima United v Tokushima Vortis [20] L 2-1
Japan - J2-League 02/25 05:00 1 [6] Tokushima Vortis v Ventforet Kofu [6] L 1-5
Japan - J2-League 11/12 04:00 42 [13] Blaublitz Akita v Tokushima Vortis [14] D 1-1
Japan - J2-League 11/04 05:00 41 [15] Tokushima Vortis v Fujieda MYFC [12] D 0-0
Japan - J2-League 10/28 05:00 40 [6] V-Varen Nagasaki v Tokushima Vortis [17] W 1-2
Japan - J2-League 10/22 05:00 39 [15] Tokushima Vortis v Jubilo Iwata [4] L 0-3
Japan - J2-League 10/01 05:00 37 [11] Montedio Yamagata v Tokushima Vortis [17] W 0-1

Statistikk

 TotalHjemmeBorte
Matches played 45 22 23
Wins 11 5 6
Draws 18 7 11
Losses 16 10 6
Goals for 48 20 28
Goals against 66 32 34
Clean sheets 12 6 6
Failed to score 14 8 6

Wikipedia - Tokushima Vortis

Tokushima Vortis (徳島ヴォルティス, Tokushima Vorutisu) is a Japanese professional football club located in Tokushima, capital of Tokushima Prefecture. The club currently playing in the J2 League, the Japanese second tier of professional football league.

History

Founded in 1955 as Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Soccer Club, VORTIS joined the J-League in 2005. They are still sponsored by Otsuka's best-known brand, Pocari Sweat sports drink.

They were first promoted to the old Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1989, but the company's reluctance to professionalize the team forced it to compete in the former JFL and current JFL. In the 1997 old JFL season, they first sported a Vortis Tokushima name, but the lack of fan interest at the time forced them to go back to the corporate identity. They finally adopted the Tokushima Vortis name for good after winning the new JFL championship in 2004 and being promoted.

The first season in J2 was naturally a difficult one for Vortis, but they surprised many sceptics with their determination and quality of play. The team rose as high as fourth place, at one point, before slipping down the table later in the season to finish ninth. In 2006, the team was forced to rebuild, as the players who took the team into the J.League began to hit the ceiling of their abilities and made way for younger replacements. As a result, despite the encouragement of a local rivalry with Ehime FC, Tokushima drifted down-table, and they followed it up with a last-place finish in 2007 and 2008.

In 2013, they earned fourth place in J2, matching the same placement they had two years before in the division and twenty years before in the old JFL Division 1; this time they won the playoff, defeating Kyoto Sanga F.C. in the final round at the National Stadium in Tokyo, thus becoming the first professional Shikoku football club to compete in the top division of their national league.

Until their promotion, they were the only former JSL member currently a member of the J.League which has never competed in the top tier of Japanese football. With promotion and the creation of the J3 League in 2014, the distinction was taken over by Blaublitz Akita.

In the 2019 season, they finished 4th again and were one win away from a return to J1 in the playoffs, but ultimately failed to beat Shonan Bellmare away in the final game. In 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, they did one better and were promoted as J2 champions.

Team name transition

  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical (1955-1996, 1998-2004)
  • Vortis Tokushima (1997)
  • Tokushima Vortis FC (2005-present)