Yokkaichi City Central Athletic Field Atletico Suzuka

Japan Stadiums: Yokkaichi City Central Athletic Field, Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture

Yokkaichi City Central Athletic Field is the home of Atletico Suzuka. — Yokkaichi City Central Athletic Field is the home of Atletico Suzuka; Kazu Miura waits to come on as a substitute

Yokkaichi City Central Athletic Field (四日市市中央陸上競技場) in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture is a home ground of JFL side Atletico Suzuka*. The ground is part of the Central Ryokuchi Park sports complex (四日市市中央緑地) which contains other open soccer and rugby grounds as well as a modern gymnasium.

History & Capacity

The sports complex opened in 1968 with the modern gymnasium opening in 2020. The athletics track was improved in 1990.

The capacity of the stadium is about 7,000 with the main stand holding about 2,500 people and the lawn seats around 4,500 people.

Yokkaichi City Central Athletic Field, Mie. — The stadium has a capacity of about 7,000; 478 were in attendance for a match v TIAMO Hirakata in October 2025

Atletico Suzuka have been fairly nomadic during their brief existence and also play home games at other venues in Mie Prefecture. These include Suzuka Sports Garden and the AGF Suzuka Rikujo Kyogijo.

Atletico Suzuka

The team in blue and green, Atletico Suzuka, were founded in 1980 in Nabari, Mie Prefecture as Mie Club. In 2006 the team changed its named to MIE FC Rampole, after the Japanese author Rampo Edogawa who came from the prefecture. This was on the advice of former Kyoto Sanga manager Bunji Kimura who had been appointed technical director in the hope of getting the club into the J. League.

In 2009 the club moved to Suzuka near the coast and underwent another name change to F.C. Suzuka Rampole. Suzuka is famous for hosting Japan's F1 race and is closer to the prefecture's largest city, Yokkaichi, a move thought beneficial with the aim of getting the team into the higher levels of the Japanese pyramid.

2016 saw another name change to Suzuka Unlimited FC, followed by yet another new name, Suzuka Point Getters, in 2020 to highlight a sponsorship deal. The club became Atletico Suzuka in 2024 following a takeover by Kyodo Rubber Co., Ltd.

During this time span the club appointed a female coach, Milagros "Mila" Martínez Domínguez from Spain, who became the first female manager in Japanese men's football at any level. Martínez coached the team between 2019-2021.

In 2022 the club were punished for throwing a JFL match against Sony Sendai FC in order to prevent local rivals Veertien Mie from becoming the first team from the prefecture to reach J3.

The J.League's first MVP Kazu Miura is presently playing for the club aged 58. He is on loan from Yokohama FC and usually appears as a second half substitute with not much time left on the clock. Kazu is the world's third oldest active player to play and the oldest to score in a professional match. He began his career with Santos in Brazil in 1986 and has played in Japan (Verdy Kawasaki, Yokohama FC, Kyoto Sanga, Vissel Kobe), Italy (Genoa), Croatia (Dinamo Zagreb), Australia (Sydney) and Portugal (Oliveirense).

Kazu is Japan's second highest national team goalscorer after Kunishige Kamamoto. He was controversially dropped from the 1998 World Cup squad by manager Takeshi Okada despite being the leading scorer in qualification.

*Atletico were relegated to the Tōkai Adult Soccer League for the 2026-27 season after losing a crucial promotion/relegation playoff 1-0 to Vonds Ichihara at home. This ended the club's seven-year stint in the fourth tier. Kazu will be playing for J3 Fukushima United next season his 41st season as a professional.