Tanabe Mitsubishi Pharma SC


Tanabe Mitsubishi Pharmaceutical Soccer Club was a Japanese football club based in Osaka that belonged to Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma. The club played in Japan Soccer League for one season in 1973. It last played in the Osaka Prefectural Leagues.
Tanabe Pharmaceutical co-founded both the second tier and third tier of Japanese football with neighbors Kyoto Sanga FC and with Ventforet Kofu. However, unlike them, they never became a J. League club nor won the Emperor's Cup, though they came close in 1980 - the first finalist from the second tier.

Club name

  • 1927–1943: Tanabe Gohee Shoten S.C.
  • 1943–2006: Tanabe Pharmaceutical S.C.
  • 2007–2018: Tanabe Mitsubishi Pharma S.C.

Honours

League titles

Cups