Azul Claro Numazu

Azul Claro Numazu was established in 1977 as Numazu Arsenal and slowly progressed through the tiers of Shizuoka prefectural leagues. In 2006 the club began the process of transformation into a professional organization with the ultimate goal of joining the J.League. The same year the club adopted its current name, Azul Claro (Meaning "light blue" in Portuguese and Spanish).

In 2012 Azul Claro won promotion to Tōkai Adult Soccer League and quickly progressed through its ranks, spending only a season in each of its divisions. Though they have finished only fourth in 2013 Tōkai League, they were considered as serious contenders for admission to the newly created J3 League. On September 17, 2013, the club has been granted the J. League Associate Membership and passed all stages of licensing and inspection by the league. However, they were only the 3rd choice club for the only Regional League spot in J3 so eventually, they had to give way to Grulla Morioka. The club has won the promotion anyway though—they were selected by the Japan Football League board as one of the teams to play in the 2014 season.

After a 3rd-place finish in the 2016 season, they've been welcomed to play professional football from 2017 and onward, as they'll be the 14th original club in the J3 League.[1]

Key

• Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games Played; W = Games won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals Difference; Pts = Points gained
• Source: J.League Data Site

As of 15 July 2021.[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Masataka Nomura 2 DF  JPN Tomoki Fujisaki 3 DF  JPN Tatsuya Anzai (On loan from Tokyo Verdy) 4 DF  JPN Akira Osako 5 DF  JPN Kosuke Goto 6 MF  JPN Ryoma Kita 7 MF  JPN Kosei Uryu 8 MF  JPN Kenshiro Suzuki 9 FW  JPN Yusuke Imamura 10 FW  JPN Ryo Watanabe 11 MF  JPN Kazuki Someya 13 GK  JPN Ryusuke Otomo (On loan from Montedio Yamagata) 14 MF  JPN Kotaro Tokunaga 15 MF  JPN Takuya Sugai 16 FW  JPN Kota Suzuki

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 GK  JPN Shunichiro Nishikawa 19 FW  JPN Ryusei Ito 20 MF  JPN Naoki Sato 21 MF  JPN Yuma Mori 22 DF  JPN Masayuki Tokutake 23 DF  JPN Haruto Kawamae 24 DF  JPN Yuki Fukai 25 MF  JPN Teruyoshi Ito 26 DF  JPN Terukazu Shinozaki 27 FW  MAS Hadi Fayyadh (On loan from Fagiano Okayama) 28 DF  JPN Koki Inoue 29 FW  JPN Taiga Sugimoto 31 MF  JPN Kazuki Kijima 33 MF  JPN Junya Takahashi (On loan from Montedio Yamagata) 38 DF  JPN Takumi Hama

• Official Site (in Japanese)