Thespa Kusatsu

The club was founded in 1995 in Kusatsu, one of the most well-known spa resorts in Japan, as Liaison Kusatsu Football Club. The players were students of the specialized training college Higashi Nihon Soccer Academy. When the school closed in 1999 due to financial difficulties, the players decided to stay in Kusatsu and keep the club alive. In 2002, the club was incorporated as K.K. Kusatsu Onsen Football Club with a future promotion to the J. League in mind and adopted the new team name Thespa Kusatsu (ザスパ草津, zasupa kusatsu), meaning "The Spa, Kusatsu".

Because of J. League restrictions on stadiums, they play at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma (Shikishima Athletics Stadium) in nearby Maebashi, the prefectural capital since the club was promoted to J. League Division 2 in the 2005 season.

From 1 February 2013, the club adopted the new name "Thespakusatsu Gunma", to give the impression of the club as a representative of the entire Gunma Prefecture, while still leaving the name "Kusatsu" in it, as well as the logo of the club as it is.

After 12 years spent in the J2 League, Thespakusatsu Gunma was relegated to the J3 League for the first time in their history, having finished as the last-placed team in the 2017 J2 League. Gunma returned to the J2 League ahead of the 2020 season, being promoted back to J2 after two years spent in J3.

On 29 June 2023, Thespakusatsu Gunma new name would be Thespa Gunma.

On 5 October 2023, Thespakusatsu Gunma announcement officially change name and logo to Thespa Gunma from 2024 season due to leaving the name "kusatsu" since 2005 as Thespa Kusatsu.

Japan - J2-League	04/27 05:00	12	^[20] Thespa Gunma v V-Varen Nagasaki ^[2]	L	1-2
Japan - J-League Cup	04/24 10:00	8	Thespa Gunma v Kashiwa Reysol	L	1-3
Japan - J2-League	04/20 05:00	11	^[7] Ventforet Kofu v Thespa Gunma ^[19]	L	4-1
Japan - J2-League	04/14 05:00	10	Renofa Yamaguchi v Thespa Gunma	L	4-0
Japan - J2-League	04/07 05:00	9	^[19] Thespa Gunma v Mito Hollyhock ^[18]	D	0-0
Japan - J2-League	04/03 10:00	8	^[19] Thespa Gunma v Oita ^[13]	L	0-2
Japan - J2-League	03/30 05:00	7	^[19] Tokushima Vortis v Thespa Gunma ^[20]	W	0-1
Japan - J2-League	03/24 08:00	6	^[20] Thespa Gunma v Fagiano Okayama ^[2]	L	1-2
Japan - J2-League	03/20 05:00	5	^[12] Yokohama FC v Thespa Gunma ^[19]	L	1-0
Japan - J2-League	03/16 05:00	4	^[18] Thespa Gunma v Ehime FC ^[15]	L	0-1
Japan - J2-League	03/10 08:00	3	^[17] Thespa Gunma v JEF Utd Chiba ^[12]	L	1-3
Japan - J-League Cup	03/06 10:00	7	Thespa Gunma v Sagamihara	W	4-1
Japan - J2-League	03/03 04:00	2	^[16] Roasso Kumamoto v Thespa Gunma ^[12]	D	1-1
Japan - J2-League	02/25 05:00	1	^[6] Thespa Gunma v Kagoshima United ^[6]	D	1-1
Japan - J2-League	11/12 04:00	42	^[9] Oita v Thespa Kusatsu ^[10]	L	2-1
Japan - J2-League	11/05 05:00	41	^[11] Thespa Kusatsu v JEF Utd Chiba ^[7]	L	1-2
Japan - J2-League	10/29 05:00	40	^[8] Montedio Yamagata v Thespa Kusatsu ^[9]	L	2-1
Japan - J2-League	10/22 05:00	39	^[14] Mito Hollyhock v Thespa Kusatsu ^[10]	W	1-2
Japan - J2-League	10/14 08:00	32	^[14] Fujieda MYFC v Thespa Kusatsu ^[10]	L	5-1
Japan - J2-League	10/08 10:00	38	^[11] Thespa Kusatsu v Fagiano Okayama ^[9]	D	0-0
Japan - J2-League	10/01 08:00	37	^[10] Thespa Kusatsu v Tokyo Verdy ^[4]	D	0-0
Japan - J2-League	09/27 10:00	31	Thespa Gunma v Zweigen Kanazawa	D	1-1
Japan - J2-League	09/23 10:00	36	^[20] Renofa Yamaguchi v Thespa Kusatsu ^[10]	L	1-0
Japan - J2-League	09/17 10:00	35	^[11] Thespa Kusatsu v Iwaki SC ^[19]	W	1-0
Japan - J2-League	09/09 10:00	34	^[5] V-Varen Nagasaki v Thespa Kusatsu ^[8]	L	2-1
Japan - J2-League	09/03 10:00	33	^[7] Thespa Kusatsu v Machida Zelvia ^[1]	D	0-0
Japan - J2-League	08/26 10:00	32	^[13] Fujieda MYFC v Thespa Kusatsu ^[8]	-	Postponed
Japan - J2-League	08/13 10:00	30	^[16] Vegalta Sendai v Thespa Kusatsu ^[9]	W	0-2
Japan - J2-League	08/06 10:00	29	^[9] Thespa Kusatsu v Tochigi SC ^[17]	W	1-0
Japan - J2-League	07/29 09:00	28	^[13] Blaublitz Akita v Thespa Kusatsu ^[8]	D	0-0

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