Tokushima VORTIS

Full name	Tokushima VORTIS
Nickname	-
Founded	1955
Ground	Naruto Athletic Studium Naruto, Tokushima
Capacity	20,000
Chairman	Koji Takamoto
Manager	Shinji Tanaka (2005 - )
League	J. League Div.2
JFL 2004	Winner
Home colours 　 Away colours

Tokushima VORTIS (Japanese: 徳島ヴォルティス) is a Japanese professional soccer (football) club, currently playing in the J-league Division 2. The team is located in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture.

Founded in 1955 as Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. soccer club, VORTIS joined the J-League in 2005.
Their home stadium is Naruto Athletic Studium (徳島県鳴門総合運動公園陸上競技場), in Naruto, Tokushima.

"VORTIS" united the name, "Vortice" (Italian:whirlpool) , and the coined word which combined the initial of the old name of a country "the Tosa Province" of Kochi Prefecture, the "Iyo Province" of Ehime Prefecture, and the "Sanuki Province" of Kagawa Prefecture in the prefecture of the next door of Tokushima Prefecture.

External link

• Tokushima VORTIS Official Web Site (http://www.vortis.jp/) (Japanese only)

Japan Professional Football League Members in 2005 season

Division 1 (J1)

Niigata | Kashima | Kashiwa | Chiba | Omiya | Urawa | F.C. Tokyo | Tokyo V. | Kawasaki

Yokohama F.M. | Shimizu | Iwata | Nagoya | G.Osaka | C.Osaka | Kobe | Hiroshima | Oita

Division 2 (J2)

Sapporo | Sendai | Yamagata | Mito | Kusatsu | Yokohama FC | Shonan | Kofu | Kyoto | Tokushima | Fukuoka | Tosu

ja:徳島ヴォルティス