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The story
On October 8, the J.League announced that the J3 Division Round 15 match between FC Osaka and Roasso Kumamoto will be moved from November 3 to November 4, with kickoff shifted to a weekday at 2:00 PM and the venue changed from FC Osaka’s home ground, Hanazono Rugby Stadium, to Expo Commemorative Stadium. FC Osaka commented, “As a club, we feel truly sorry about this.” On 5ch, threads filled up with complaints about the lack of consideration for Kumamoto supporters traveling to the match, along with repeated calls to revoke FC Osaka’s J3 license over its recurring stadium problems. Many also questioned why the club couldn’t simply borrow the home ground of one of the other J.League clubs in the Kansai region.
FC Osaka vs. Kumamoto Set for Weekday Afternoon Kickoff at Expo Commemorative Stadium: “As a Club, We Feel Truly Sorry”
On the 8th, the J.League announced the new date, kickoff time, and venue for the J3 Division Round 15 match between FC Osaka and Roasso Kumamoto, whose venue had previously been undecided.
The match was originally scheduled for the November 3 holiday with the kickoff time still undecided, but today’s announcement moved the date to November 4. Kickoff is set for 2:00 PM, with the venue being Expo Commemorative Stadium.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
At this point it's on the J.League.
Why not just make Expo Commemorative Stadium their home ground?
Because they got handed a license.
Is 'the chairman' (lit. "chair man" — a mocking nickname) pretending he can't see or hear any of this?
None of this would be an issue if they'd just built the second ground like they originally promised.
This is just not normal.
It makes all the other clubs that are actually doing things properly look like fools.
Figured a weekday night might still be tolerable, but then…
a weekday afternoon?! lol
Though I guess it might be so Kumamoto fans can still make it home that day.
Why is a club that can't even secure a stadium allowed to keep operating?
So, are the renovation blueprints even done? Have they been filed yet?
FC Osaka is a team from Higashiosaka, so it doesn't really have a presence in Osaka proper.
They issued a license to Nankatsu FC too, and that club doesn't even own a stadium.
it's the athletics track venue instead.
Well yeah, they're the popular club that made national news lol
What's more, the opposing team can't sell tickets either.
Rough for the other team, getting dragged into this mess.
Kansai has four J1 clubs' home stadiums,
and yet somehow they're holding the match in Kitakyushu City instead.
Anywhere in Osaka should be fine, right?
Just use Cerezo's or Gamba's stadium.
Apparently FC Osaka did something rude in the past and got themselves banned.
Forget results — they can't even run the club properly.
Exception after exception after exception.
The real answer is probably whether any club has ever actually had its license revoked before.
Back in the day Hokkaido used to hold weekday day games,
and the stands were actually pretty packed.
If they genuinely thought they could pull off a takeover with a method that sloppy…
maybe they figured it'd work just because the mayor was on their side?
They were actually close to pulling off the Hanazono takeover.
The problem was it got exposed publicly.
They should still be in as one of the designated facility managers though.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka, FC Osaka’s home ground, sees a heavy concentration of national rugby tournaments and League One matches during the winter months, making it difficult to use for soccer during this period — and this latest switch to Expo Commemorative Stadium is believed to be a result of that scheduling crunch. As for the “revoke the license” argument that came up repeatedly in the thread, J.League club licenses are issued on a yearly basis and aren’t structured to be revoked immediately just because of a venue change; there’s also no precedent of a license being pulled solely over stadium issues. The suggestion that FC Osaka “should just borrow another J1 club’s home ground” also came up, but each stadium operates under its resident club’s annual schedule and usage contract, so it isn’t something that can simply be lent out. The “takeover” controversy referenced in the thread appears to point to a past episode involving the selection process for Hanazono’s designated facility manager, but the original article doesn’t go into detail on this, and it should be noted that it remains largely speculation on commenters’ part.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread “[Soccer] ‘FC Osaka vs. Kumamoto’ Moved to Weekday Afternoon Kickoff, Venue Changed from Hanazono to Expo Commemorative Stadium — “As a Club, We Feel Truly Sorry…”.”
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