- Address: 3-1 Mitsuzawa Nishimachi, Yokohama
- Country: Japan
- Capacity: 15,000
- Opened: 1955
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Yokohama FC (football), YSCC (football)
Extra stadium info – NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
The stadium, which is also sometimes used for rugby union, is named after one of the world’s leading spring manufacturers. In 1964, the NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium was one of the venues for the Games of the Olympiad, commonly known as the Summer Olympics. In 1979, the stadium hosted several matches for the tournament which is currently known as the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The USSR won the first game of the tournament at the NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium after defeating Hungary 5-1. The national football team of the Argentine Republic won the tournament after beating the USSR in Tokyo. The final took place on 7 September 1979 in front of 52,000 spectators.
Tenants
Yokohama FC and YSCC both use the NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium for home matches. YSCC was founded in 1986 and Yokohama FC was founded 1998. Yokohama Football Club played their first-ever Japanese top-flight football league games in 2007. They drew an average home attendance of 14,000 during that domestic league season. In 2007, Yokohama FC were relegated after finishing 18th place. They gathered 14 points in 34 matches that year. In 2019, Yokohama FC were promoted to the Japanese top division for the second time in their history. They finished 15th place in their second Japanese top-flight football league season. Yokohama Football Club gathered 33 points in 34 matches in 2020.
Kazuyoshi Miura
Kazuyoshi Miura signed with Yokohama FC in 2005. Between 1990 and 2000, he played numerous matches for the national football team of Japan. On 5 March 2017, Miura became the oldest football player to feature in a professional match when he started in a game between Yokohama FC and V-Varen Nagasaki. With 50 years and seven days, he surpassed the previous record held by Stanley Matthews. Seven days later, he broke Matthews’ record for oldest goalscorer in professional football.
