Jaapani J3-League | 05/06 05:00 | 13 | Zweigen Kanazawa v Gainare Tottori | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 05/18 05:00 | 14 | Parceiro Nagano v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 06/02 05:00 | 15 | Vanraure Hachinohe v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 06/09 05:00 | 16 | Zweigen Kanazawa v Omiya Ardija | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 06/16 05:00 | 17 | Kamatamare Sanuki v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 06/23 05:00 | 18 | Zweigen Kanazawa v Giravanz Kitakyushu | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 06/30 09:00 | 19 | FC Ryukyu v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 07/06 09:00 | 20 | Zweigen Kanazawa v Parceiro Nagano | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 07/14 10:00 | 21 | FC Imabari v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 07/20 09:00 | 22 | Zweigen Kanazawa v Vanraure Hachinohe | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 07/27 09:00 | 23 | Sagamihara v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 08/17 10:00 | 24 | Omiya Ardija v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 08/24 09:00 | 25 | Zweigen Kanazawa v FC Ryukyu | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 08/31 10:00 | 26 | FC Osaka v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 09/07 10:00 | 27 | YSCC v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 09/14 10:00 | 28 | Zweigen Kanazawa v Kamatamare Sanuki | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 09/22 10:00 | 29 | Zweigen Kanazawa v Kataller Toyama | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 09/28 10:00 | 30 | FC Gifu v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 10/06 10:00 | 31 | Zweigen Kanazawa v Tegevajaro Miyazaki | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 10/13 10:00 | 32 | Matsumoto Y FC v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 10/20 10:00 | 33 | Zweigen Kanazawa v Azul Claro Numazu | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 10/26 10:00 | 34 | Giravanz Kitakyushu v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 11/03 10:00 | 35 | Zweigen Kanazawa v Grulla Morioka FC | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 11/10 10:00 | 36 | Zweigen Kanazawa v Fukushima Utd | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 11/17 10:00 | 37 | Gainare Tottori v Zweigen Kanazawa | - | View | |
Jaapani J3-League | 11/24 10:00 | 38 | Zweigen Kanazawa v Nara Club | - | View |
Zweigen Kanazawa (ツエーゲン金沢, Tsuēgen Kanazawa) is a Japanese football club based in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. They currently play in the J3 League, Japan's third tier of professional league football after being relegated at the end of 2023 of J2 League.
The club was formed in 1956 under the simple name Kanazawa Soccer Club and adopted its current identity in 2006. The Hokushinetsu region, long sleepy in football terms and whose potential only arose with Albirex Niigata leading the way, provided few opportunities for Kanazawa to rise in Japan's football ranks until the late 2000s. On 19 December 2009 they were promoted to the JFL after beating FC Kariya at the promotion/relegation playoff with 2–1 aggregate score, following a third-place finish in the 2009 All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series.
On December 15, 2010, a new management company called Zweigen, Inc. was established in order to apply to the J-League associate membership.
On January 7, 2011 the team applied for J-League associate membership.
On 16 November 2014, Zweigen became the inaugural J3 League champions, and gained a licence to compete in J2 League from 2015.
On 22 October 2023, Zweigen officially relegated to J3 League for the 2024 season after a narrow by Montedio Yamagata 0-1, thus ending their 9 years stay in J2.
The name "Zweigen" is a portmanteau of the German zwei, for the number 2, and gen, to advance. In Kanazawa dialect, the phrase tsuyoi noda! (We're strong!) became tsuee gen! by double entendre. In German, the word Zweigen means branches (dative—nominative: Zweige), and owing to this, a fleur-de-lis is a key part of the club's crest.