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Gender:Male

Est:2001

Giravanz Kitakyushu

Also known as: ギラヴァンツ北九州

📍 Kitakyushu, Japan, Japan•Japanese J3 League

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Giravanz Kitakyushu (ギラヴァンツ北九州, Giravantsu Kitakyūshū) is a Japanese football club based in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. The club's name was changed from New Wave Kitakyushu (ニューウェーブ北九州, Nyū Wēbu Kitakyūshū) as of 1 December 2009. They played in the Japan Football League from 2008–2009, and were promoted to J. League Division 2 (J2) for the 2010 season. They played in J2 until the 2016 season, but suffered relegation to the 2017 J3 League after being ranked 22nd. After slumping to the bottom of the 2018 J3 League, they bounced back to become champions in 2019, so were then promoted back to J2 for the 2020 season.

City:Kitakyushu, Japan

Country:Japan

Stadium:Mikuni World Stadium

Capacity:15,300

Home Venue

Mikuni World Stadium

Capacity:15,300

Location:Kitakyushu, Japan

Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu (ミクニワールドスタジアム北九州) is a football and rugby stadium located in Japan. It has a capacity of 15,300, and it opened on 18 February 2017 with a rugby union match. Giravanz Kitakyushu have been tenants since 2017. It has been called Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu for the naming rights. Just before the Welsh squad took the field on September 16th for their public practice session pre Rugby World Cup 2019 On September 16, 2019 the Welsh national rugby team practised at this stadium in front of a full house - officially 15,300 seated, but in fact there were more standing. This was a pre-event of the Rugby World Cup 2019 held in Japan.