The J-League has decided to punish the club for a fine of 2 million yen, saying that Giravanz Kitakyushu of soccer J2 has recorded more visitors than it actually is for about nine years.

According to the J-League, Giravanz recorded more visitors than it actually was in the 159 home games played between 2010, when he joined the J-League, and September last year, excluding the two years in the middle. It means that it was reported to.



Specifically, we included management staff and media personnel who could not be counted in the number of visitors for about 9 years, and submitted at least 50 to 130 people per game as official records to the league. ..



Although the J-League made a mistake in the counting method rather than intentionally inflating it, he told the club that "the number of visitors is an extremely important indicator for sponsors and fans, and it is an act that greatly damages the trust in the league." I decided to punish the blame and the fine of 2 million yen.



Yukito Tamai, President of Giravanz, said, "We deeply apologize for causing a serious loss of the trust of everyone who supports and supports us. We have put in place a system to check when the game is held and make every effort to prevent recurrence and restore trust. I will try to do it. "