Founded in April 2018, the club quickly won back-to-back promotions alongside league titles from the 3rd to the 1st division of the Oita Prefecture between 2018 and 2020.
In 2021, the club won their first regional-level trophy, after a 4–3 win against Liberty FC gave them the Kyushu Football Championship title. The club would have qualified to the Shakaijin Cup with this win, if the 2021 competition was not cancelled because of COVID-19 extended measures.[1] The club recorded a 3rd place in its Kyushu Soccer League's debut season, only finishing behind Okinawa SV and Veroskronos Tsuno.
In 2022, the club participated in the Oita Prefecture Soccer Championship, which serves as a qualifying tournament for the Emperor's Cup. The club won their matches from the Round of 16 to the semi-finals against SOL FC, Nakatsu FC, and Nippon Bunri University ASC. Onto the final match against Verspah Oita, in which the winner qualified to the Emperor's Cup, COVID-19 struck the team. with multiples players confirmed to be tested positive. The issue did not allow the final to be taking place in the due date. J-Lease decided to forfeit the match, giving the Oita Prefecture slot of the competition to their opponent. [2]
In the same year, J-Lease qualified for the Shakaijin Cup for first time, a cup tournament for teams in any league below the Japan Football League (JFL) that also serves as an alternative way to play in JFL's promotion series. The club qualified via the Kyushu Football Championship, which was a single match against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki. They won the match by 4–0.[3] In their competition debut, they faced eventual semi-finalists of the Shakaijin Cup, Briobecca Urayasu, who were promoted to the Japan Football League in the same season. J-Lease lost the match by 2–0, exiting the competition in the first round.
Ending their season, the club finished in fourth place in the Kyushu Soccer League, having at one point won six matches in a row. Despite not earning a trophy at any competition, the club had high placements in Kyushu competitions and a decent performance against a JFL-tier club in an official competition during the season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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
Honours
J-Lease honours
Honour
No.
Years
Oita FA President's Cup Championship
1
2018
Oita Prefecture Soccer League 3rd Division
1
2018
Oita Prefecture Soccer League 2nd Division
1
2019
Oita Prefecture Soccer League 1st Division
1
2020
Oita Prefecture Soccer Tournament
1
2020
Kyushu Football Championship
2
2021, 2022, 2024
References
^"2021 SCHEDULE". j-lease-fc.com (in Japanese). J-Lease. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
