Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 05/03 04:10 | 13 | Токушима Вортис v ФК Ехиме | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 05/06 05:00 | 14 | Фагиано Окаяма v Токушима Вортис | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 05/12 05:00 | 15 | Токушима Вортис v Тошиги СК | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 05/18 05:00 | 16 | Токушима Вортис v Роасо Кумамото | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 05/26 05:00 | 17 | Иваки СК v Токушима Вортис | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 06/01 05:00 | 18 | Ойта v Токушима Вортис | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 06/08 09:00 | 19 | Токушима Вортис v Йокохама ФК | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 06/16 10:00 | 20 | ДЖЕФ Юн Чиба v Токушима Вортис | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 06/23 10:00 | 21 | Токушима Вортис v Мито Холихок | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 06/29 10:00 | 22 | Токушима Вортис v В-Варен Нагазаки | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 07/06 09:00 | 23 | Вентфорет Кофу v Токушима Вортис | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 07/14 10:00 | 24 | Токушима Вортис v Вегалта Сендай | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 08/03 10:00 | 25 | ФК Ехиме v Токушима Вортис | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 08/11 10:00 | 26 | Монтедио Ямагата v Токушима Вортис | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 08/17 10:00 | 27 | Токушима Вортис v Фагиано Окаяма | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 08/24 09:00 | 28 | Йокохама ФК v Токушима Вортис | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 08/31 10:00 | 29 | Токушима Вортис v Шимицу С-Пулс | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 09/07 10:00 | 30 | Ренофа Ямагучи v Токушима Вортис | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 09/14 10:00 | 31 | Токушима Вортис v Ойта | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 09/22 10:00 | 32 | Токушима Вортис v Иваки СК | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 09/29 10:00 | 33 | Блаублиц Акита v Токушима Вортис | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 10/06 10:00 | 34 | Роасо Кумамото v Токушима Вортис | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 10/20 10:00 | 35 | Токушима Вортис v Фуджиеда МИФК | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 10/27 10:00 | 36 | Теспа Гунма v Токушима Вортис | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 11/03 10:00 | 37 | Токушима Вортис v Кагошима Юнайтед | - | View | |
Япония - Джей Лига 2 | 11/10 10:00 | 38 | Тошиги СК v Токушима Вортис | - | View |
Tokushima Vortis (徳島ヴォルティス, Tokushima Vorutisu) is a Japanese professional football club located in Tokushima, capital of Tokushima Prefecture. The club currently playing in the J2 League, the Japanese second tier of professional football league.
Founded in 1955 as Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Soccer Club, VORTIS joined the J-League in 2005. They are still sponsored by Otsuka's best-known brand, Pocari Sweat sports drink.
They were first promoted to the old Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1989, but the company's reluctance to professionalize the team forced it to compete in the former JFL and current JFL. In the 1997 old JFL season, they first sported a Vortis Tokushima name, but the lack of fan interest at the time forced them to go back to the corporate identity. They finally adopted the Tokushima Vortis name for good after winning the new JFL championship in 2004 and being promoted.
The first season in J2 was naturally a difficult one for Vortis, but they surprised many sceptics with their determination and quality of play. The team rose as high as fourth place, at one point, before slipping down the table later in the season to finish ninth. In 2006, the team was forced to rebuild, as the players who took the team into the J.League began to hit the ceiling of their abilities and made way for younger replacements. As a result, despite the encouragement of a local rivalry with Ehime FC, Tokushima drifted down-table, and they followed it up with a last-place finish in 2007 and 2008.
In 2013, they earned fourth place in J2, matching the same placement they had two years before in the division and twenty years before in the old JFL Division 1; this time they won the playoff, defeating Kyoto Sanga F.C. in the final round at the National Stadium in Tokyo, thus becoming the first professional Shikoku football club to compete in the top division of their national league.
Until their promotion, they were the only former JSL member currently a member of the J.League which has never competed in the top tier of Japanese football. With promotion and the creation of the J3 League in 2014, the distinction was taken over by Blaublitz Akita.
In the 2019 season, they finished 4th again and were one win away from a return to J1 in the playoffs, but ultimately failed to beat Shonan Bellmare away in the final game. In 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, they did one better and were promoted as J2 champions.