Japan Stadiums: Evolvin Football Field, Hiroshima Prefecture
Evolvin Football Field (エヴォルヴィンフットボールフィールド) is an all-weather soccer facility in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan.
It serves as the home base of Fukuyama City and a public amenity for local soccer teams of all ages in the area.
History & Capacity
The small complex has a full size artificial turf soccer pitch with floodlights as well as two other smaller futsal courts and a basketball court.
There is some seating for 180 people available on the main pitch as well as a club house with showers and a small weight-training room, a meeting room plus a car park for 87 vehicles.
Previously the site of the Shinohama Sewage Treatment Plant near Fuluyama Port, the sports park was built in 2023 following the decommissioning of the sewage plant. The land is owned by the local city authorities.
The naming rights were granted to First Create Co., Ltd who also built the pitches and club house. Evolvin is the name of the company's simulation golf practice range.
Fukuyama City
Fukuyama City presently compete in the Chugoku Soccer League, part of the fifth tier of football in Japan.
Fukuyama SCC was founded in 2017 and quickly climbed the Japanese regional football pyramid, winning the Hiroshima Prefecture Eastern League Division 3 in 2017 and 2018 before reaching Division 2. Renamed Fukuyama City FC in 2019, the club won Division 1 unbeaten in 2020 and made its Emperor's Cup debut that year, reaching the quarter-finals before losing to Blaublitz Akita.
In 2021, they again won the prefectural title, including a remarkable 14–0 victory in the championship match, and secured promotion to the Chugoku Soccer League. They also reached the second round of the 2021 Emperor's Cup, beating Matsue City FC before losing to Shimizu S-Pulse. In 2022, Fukuyama City FC won the Chugoku Soccer League in their first season at regional league level, qualifying for the Regional Champions League. They finished second in their group but were eliminated from the competition.
The club were Chugoku Soccer League champions in 2026 again narrowly edging Belugarosso Iwami for the top spot.
The winners of this regional division qualifify to enter the national Japanese Regional Champions League. There they will face the winners and top qualifiers from Japan's other regional leagues. Finishing in the top positions of the national promotion tournament secures promotion to level four (JFL) of the Japanese football pyramid.
The club also plays its fixtures at the larger Fukuyama Transporting Rose Stadium about 6 km to the south by car on the Ashida River.
Access - Getting There
The closest station is Fukuyama Station served by the Sanyō Shinkansen, which connects Fukuyama with other cities in Japan including Okayama, Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Hakata.
The nearest bus stop is "Shinhama 1-chome" on the Chugoku Bus Akebono Loop Line, from where it is a 10-minute walk. From "Akebonocho 4-chome" bus stop on the same bus line it is an 11-minute walk.
Address: 2-3-1 Shinhamacho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima 721-0951
Accessibility
Evolvin Football Field allows for wheelchair access at its main entrance.
Nearby Hotels
See a listing of accommodation options in Fukuyama.
Some recommendations include Hotel Vessel, a 3-star property at Fukuyama Station.
See a listing of hotels in Okayama City.
The Toyoko Inn Okayama eki Nishi guchi Migi is a business hotel at Okayama Station.
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