Full name Fagiano Okayama Next Chairman Masaaki Kimura Manager Tatsuya Makiuchi Ground City Light Stadium | Ground Capacity 20,000 Website Club home page League Japan Football League Founded 2009 | |
2016 Japan Football League, 16th | ||
Fagiano Okayama Next (ファジアーノ岡山ネクスト, Fagiano Okayama Next) is a Japanese football team based in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture. They currently play in Japan Football League, the fourth-tier of Japanese nationwide football and the top level of amateur football in the country.
History
The club has been established in 2009 after Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama won the promotion to J. League in order to give more practice to youngsters and reserve players of the senior team. They began to play in Okayama Prefectural league but immediately championed it and won promotion to Chugoku Regional League.
In 2012 they obtained third place in All Japan Senior Football Championship and therefore participated in the Regional League promotion series but finished only fourth in the final group. Next year they have won the Chugoku league and finished second in the Regional League promotion series, thus earning the right to play in Japan Football League in 2014.