# NKK SC
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{{Infobox football club
| clubname = NKK S.C.
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| fullname = NKK Soccer Club
(formerly Nippon Kokan S.C.)
| nickname = Kokan
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| founded = 1932
| dissolved = 1994
| ground = [Todoroki Athletics Stadium](/source/Kawasaki_Todoroki_Stadium)
[Kawasaki, Kanagawa](/source/Kawasaki%2C_Kanagawa), Japan
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| league = [Former JFL](/source/Japan_Football_League_(1992%E2%80%9398)) Division 2
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'''NKK Soccer Club''' (NKKサッカー部, ''Enu Kei Kei Sakka Bu'', formerly '''Nippon Kokan Soccer Club''' (日本鋼管サッカー部, ''Nippon Kokan Sakka Bu'')) was a Japanese [football](/source/Association_football) club which operated from 1932 to 1994. It played in the old [Japan Soccer League](/source/Japan_Soccer_League) from 1967 until its closing. It was affiliated with NKK, a [steel](/source/steel) company that today is part of the [JFE Holdings](/source/JFE_Holdings) conglomerate.
==History==
The club was formed in 1932 although it did not start playing football until the mid-1930s. It played its matches at [Todoroki Athletics Stadium](/source/Kawasaki_Todoroki_Stadium) in [Kawasaki, Kanagawa](/source/Kawasaki%2C_Kanagawa) and at [Mitsuzawa Stadium](/source/NHK_Spring_Mitsuzawa_Football_Stadium) in [Yokohama](/source/Yokohama). From 1985 to 1988 it was a regular contender for the JSL title, and was runners-up three times in a row.
NKK was the first club to win both the [Emperor's Cup](/source/Emperor's_Cup) and promotion as [second tier champions](/source/List_of_winners_of_J._League_Division_2_and_predecessors), achieved this in 1981. Yamaha Motor, now known as [Júbilo Iwata](/source/J%C3%BAbilo_Iwata), would follow the next year, and [FC Tokyo](/source/FC_Tokyo) would accomplish that as well in 2011.
When the [J.League](/source/J.League) was formed in 1992, NKK decided not to turn professional and join the [former Japan Football League](/source/Japan_Football_League_(1992%E2%80%9398)). They were entered into the JFL's first division but were relegated at the end of the season.
With the presence of [Verdy Kawasaki](/source/Tokyo_Verdy) and the move of [Toshiba](/source/Toshiba)'s club north to become [Consadole Sapporo](/source/Hokkaido_Consadole_Sapporo), plus the rise of [Fujitsu](/source/Fujitsu) (which would later become [Kawasaki Frontale](/source/Kawasaki_Frontale)), NKK decided to call it a day.
==League history==
*1967: Promoted to the Japan Soccer League
*1979: Relegated to JSL Division 2
*1981: JSL Division 2 champions
*1982: Relegated to JSL Division 2
*1983: JSL Division 2 champions
*1985: JSL Division 1 runners-up
*1986–87: JSL Division 1 runners-up
*1987–88: JSL Division 1 runners-up
*1990–91: Relegated to JSL Division 2
*1992: League restructured. Joined Japan Football League Division 1. Relegated to JFL Division 2.
*1993: JFL Division 2 third place. Folded.
==Honours==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+NKK SC honours
!scope=col|Honour !!scope=col|No. !!scope=col|Years
|-
!scope=row|[Shakaijin Cup](/source/All_Japan_Senior_Football_Championship)
|align="center"|1
|1965
|-
!scope=row|[JSL Cup](/source/JSL_Cup)
|align="center"|2
|[1980](/source/1980_JSL_Cup_Final), [1987](/source/1987_JSL_Cup_Final)
|-
!scope=row|[Emperor's Cup](/source/Emperor's_Cup)
|align="center"|1
|[1981](/source/1981_Emperor's_Cup)
|-
!scope=row|[Japan Soccer League Division 2](/source/List_of_winners_of_J2_and_predecessors)
|align="center"|2
|1981, 1983
|-
|}
==Other sports==
*[Volleyball](/source/Volleyball) — men's club was [Japan National League](/source/V.League_(Japan)) champions multiple times in the 1960s.
*[Baseball](/source/Baseball)
*[Basketball](/source/Basketball) — [NKK Sea Hawks](/source/NKK_Sea_Hawks)
{{Japanese Club Football|group=clubs}}
Category:Defunct football clubs in Japan
Category:Japan Soccer League clubs
Category:Multi-sport clubs in Japan
Category:Association football clubs established in 1932
Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1994
Category:Emperor's Cup winners
Category:Japanese League Cup winners
Category:Sport in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Category:1932 establishments in Japan
Category:1994 disestablishments in Japan
Category:Japan Football League (1992–1998) clubs
Category:Works football clubs in Japan
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