Football Club Tokyo (フットボールクラブ東京, Futtobōru Kurabu Tōkyō), commonly known as FC Tokyo (FC東京, Efushī Tōkyō), is a Japanese professional football club based in Chōfu, Tokyo. The club plays in the J1 League, the top tier of football in the country.

FC Tokyo
FC東京
Full nameFootball Club Tokyo
Founded1935; 89 years ago (1935) as Tokyo Gas FC
StadiumAjinomoto Stadium
Chōfu, Tokyo
Capacity49,970
ChairmanNaoki Ogane
Head coachRikizo Matsuhashi
LeagueJ1 League
2024J1 League, 7th of 20
Websitewww.fctokyo.co.jp
Current season

As of 2023, FC Tokyo is one of five in the J.League to be simply called Football Club without an extended name, the other four being FC Gifu, FC Osaka, FC Imabari and FC Ryukyu, all playing in J3 League.[1]

The club have won 1 J2 League titles, 1 Emperor's Cup and 3 J.League Cup. The club also won the 2010 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship.

History

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Formation and early years (1935–1997)

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The team started as a company team, Tokyo Gas Football Club (東京ガスサッカー部) in 1935[2][3] The club played in the Tokyo League got promoted to the Kanto League in 1986 and suddenly achieved a good 4th-place finish. Their first appearance in the national leagues was in 1991, the last season of the old Japan Soccer League.[4] With addition of the Brazilian football player Amaral and the manager Kiyoshi Okuma at the helm, the team gradually became competitive and in 1997, the team finished second, winning the JFL championship the next year. However, at the time the team lacked the necessary qualifications for a promotion to the J1 league and so stayed in J2.

Establishment of a new identity (1998–present)

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Following this, on 1 October 1998, companies like Tokyo Gas, TEPCO, ampm, TV Tokyo, and Culture Convenience Club, set up a joint company Tokyo Football Club Company with the aim of making the team eligible for joining the J.League. In 1999, the team changed its name to ''FC Tokyo'' and entered the second division of the J2 League, defeating three J1 League teams in a row in the J.League Cup, which they first participated in, and advancing to the top four. In the same year, FC Tokyo became eligible, they finished second in the J2 league and were automatically promoted to J1 beginning in the 2000 season. Despite a widespread belief that the team would barely win enough to stay in the J1, the team won four games in a row since its opening game and managed to finish at the 7th spot.

Helped by its winning record, the attendance shot up and it is still above that of well-known Tokyo Verdy 1969 that moved its home town from Kawasaki, Kanagawa in 2001. Since 2002, the team welcomed Hiromi Hara as its manager and aimed for a championship with a strong offense. The 2003 season had the team finish in 4th, its highest ever. In August of the same year, it held a friendly match against one of the greatest football clubs, Real Madrid losing 3–0 but gaining valuable experiences both on and off the field for what it takes to be a great football club.

 
FC Tokyo fans during the Tokyo derby against Tokyo Verdy

Long-time leader Amaral, nicknamed The King of Tokyo by his fans, departed the team to join Shonan Bellmare in 2004. He was replaced by Athens Olympics national football team player Yasuyuki Konno from Consadole Sapporo. In November of the same year, it won the J.League Cup for its first major title since joining the J.League.

After 10 years of participation in the J.League without a mascot character, the team adopted Tokyo Dorompa, a tanuki-like figure, as its mascot in January, 2009.

On 4 December 2010, FC Tokyo had to win their final game of the season away to already relegated Kyoto Sanga. FC Tokyo lost 2–0 and went back down to the second tier for the first time in 11 years. Nevertheless, they bounced back at the first attempt, winning the J2 League title in November 2011.

Before their 2011 Emperor's Cup win, FC Tokyo reached the semifinals of the competition three times: in 1997 (as Tokyo Gas), 2008, and on 2010. Their 2011 win was remarkably special, as the club won the competition whilst being a J2 team. They became the first J2 team, and third among the second-tier champions overall (after NKK SC in 1981 and Júbilo Iwata in 1982), to accomplish the feat of winning the competition.

Kit and colours

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Kit evolution

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Home Kit - 1st
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1999 - 2000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2001 - 2002
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2003 - 2004
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2005 - 2006
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2007
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2008 - 2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2010 - 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013 - 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2024 -
Away Kit - 2nd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1999 - 2000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2001
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2002 - 2003
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2004 - 2005
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2006 - 2007
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2008 - 2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2010 - 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013 - 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2024 -
3rd kit - Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1999 3rd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2004
Juan Acuña Cup
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012
ACL 1st
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012
ACL 2nd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015
Frankfurt Finance Cup
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2016
ACL 1st
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2016
ACL 2nd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2017
Germany Expedition
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2018
20th anniversary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020
ACL 1st
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020
ACL 2nd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021 3rd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2022 3rd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2023
25th Anniversary

Stadium

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Ajinomoto Stadium

FC Tokyo uses Ajinomoto Stadium as its home ground (the official name of this stadium is Tokyo Stadium). It can hold up to 49,970 capacity of fans in the stadium. For a long time it did not have a home stadium of its own and played at various football fields such as the National Olympic Stadium, the National Nishigaoka Football Field, Edogawa Special Ward Stadium, and the Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, but in 2001 it finally found a permanent home. The club's training grounds are Sarue Ground in Kōtō, Tokyo, and Kodaira Ground in Kodaira, Tokyo.

In order to comply with height limitation close to the airport, the pitch is sunk below the level of the land around the stadium

Players

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Current squad

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As of 16 August 2024.[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   JPN Tsuyoshi Kodama
2 DF   JPN Hotaka Nakamura
3 DF   JPN Masato Morishige (captain)
4 DF   JPN Yasuki Kimoto
5 DF   JPN Yuto Nagatomo (vice-captain)
8 MF   JPN Takahiro Ko
9 FW   BRA Diego Oliveira
10 MF   JPN Keigo Higashi
11 FW   JPN Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa
13 GK   JPN Go Hatano
14 FW   JPN Keita Yamashita
17 MF   JPN Tsubasa Terayama
22 MF   JPN Keita Endo
23 MF   JPN Ryunosuke Sato
27 MF   JPN Kyota Tokiwa DSP
28 FW   JPN Leon Nozawa
30 DF   JPN Teppei Oka
31 GK   JPN Masataka Kobayashi
32 DF   JPN Kanta Doi
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 MF   JPN Kota Tawaratsumida
37 MF   JPN Kei Koizumi (vice-captain)
38 FW   JPN Soma Anzai
39 FW   JPN Teruhito Nakagawa
40 MF   JPN Riki Harakawa
41 GK   JPN Taishi Brandon Nozawa
44 DF   BRA Henrique Trevisan
49 DF   JPN Kashif Bangnagande
50 DF   JPN Renta Higashi
51 GK   JPN Wataru Goto Type 2
52 FW   JPN Rui Asada Type 2
53 MF   JPN Shuto Nagano Type 2
54 MF   JPN Yui Nakano Type 2
55 FW   JPN Divine Chinedu Otani Type 2
71 MF   JPN Ryotaro Araki (on loan from Kashima Antlers)
98 MF   BRA Everton Galdino (on loan from Grêmio)
99 MF   JPN Kosuke Shirai

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   JPN Manato Shinada (at JEF United Chiba)
43 DF   JPN Shuhei Tokumoto (at Nagoya Grampus)
45 DF   JPN Kojiro Yasuda (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
48 MF   JPN Yuta Arai (at Kataller Toyama)
70 MF   BRA Jája Silva (at Sagan Tosu)
DF   KOR Baek In-hwan (at Zweigen Kanazawa)
DF   JPN Sodai Hasukawa (at Shimizu S-Pulse)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   JPN Rio Omori (at Iwaki FC)
DF   JPN Shuto Okaniwa (at JEF United Chiba)
MF   JPN Yuki Kajiura (at Zweigen Kanazawa)
MF   JPN Hisatoshi Nishido (at FC Gifu)
MF   JPN Koki Tsukagawa (at Kyoto Sanga)
FW   JPN Naoki Kumata (at Iwaki FC)

FC Tokyo U-18

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As of 15 April 2024.

The main U-18 team of FC Tokyo currently plays in the Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League, the top-flight league for U-18 clubs in the country.[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   JPN Wataru Goto
2 MF   JPN Koshi Nagaura
3 DF   JPN Yuki Iwata
4 DF   JPN Seiki Numata
5 DF   JPN Shuto Nagano
6 MF   JPN Keigo Tachibana
7 FW   JPN Hyugo Omachi
8 DF   JPN Shunsuke Kaneko
9 FW   JPN Taiyo Yamaguchi
10 MF   JPN Shuzo Osawa
11 MF   JPN Rui Asada
12 FW   JPN Yutaha Okoshi
13 DF   JPN Shoei Sasaki
14 MF   JPN Yui Nakano
15 MF   JPN Shun Koga
16 GK   JPN Rento Kitagawa
17 MF   JPN Riku Kawamura
18 MF   JPN Divine Chinedu Otani
19 FW   JPN Yuya Takahashi
20 MF   JPN Aren Nakaya
21 GK   JPN Keita Niibori
22 DF   JPN Toya Fujimori
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF   JPN Haruto Nitta
24 FW   JPN Kaito Eguchi
25 MF   JPN Taichi Matsuno
26 DF   JPN Haruto Tanaka
27 FW   JPN Yuito Ibe
28 MF   JPN Shugo Omachi
29 MF   JPN Haruta Tanabe
30 GK   JPN Matthew Watanabe
31 MF   JPN Kaede Suzuki
32 DF   JPN Keita Suwa
33 MF   JPN Yuta Sugawara
34 MF   JPN Rintaro Nikaido
35 FW   JPN Juda Akamatsu
36 MF   JPN Hiroki Nakano
37 MF   JPN Satsuki Kojima
38 MF   JPN Kio Tanaka
39 MF   JPN Taiga Nakajima
40 FW   JPN Haruto Yoshida
41 DF   JPN Riku Tanaka
42 DF   JPN Toma Nagata
43 DF   JPN Yuki Tomomatsu

Club officials

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Club officials for 2024 season. [7]

Position Name
Head coach   Rikizo Matsuhashi
Assistant coach   Takayoshi Amma
Team coaches   Takahsi Okuhara
  Minoru Kobayashi
  Yu Tokisaki
Goalkeeping coach   Hisanori Fujiwara
Assistant goalkeeping coach   Shota Yamashita
Head of analysis   Hiroaki Fujii
Coach and analyst   Daisuke Kondo
  Seiya Imazaki
Analyst   Yuki Shirozu
  Keito Asahara
Conditioning director   Guillerme
Physical coach   Naoki Hayakawa
Physiotherapist   Yukihisa Miyama
Athletic trainer   Masato Saegusa
  Yusuke Ozawa
  Yohei Kojo
Trainer   Naofumi Aoki
Chief manager   Kenta Hontani
Manager and interpreter   Kazunori Iino
Interpreter and equipment manager   Ricardo Oyafuso
Interpreter   Hiroshi Endo
Kit manager   Yukinori Yamakawa
Side manager and equipment   Fumiya Soma
Team performance advisor   Shinya Fukutomi

Personnel awards

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Players who played in the FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup players

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The following players have represented their country at the World Cup whilst playing for FC Tokyo:

Olympic players

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The following players have represented their country at the Summer Olympic Games whilst playing for FC Tokyo:

Former players

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Manager history

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Manager Nationality Tenure
From To
Kiyoshi Okuma   Japan 1 January 1995 31 December 2001
Tahseen Jabbary   Netherlands 20 February 1998 31 August 1998
Hiromi Hara   Japan 1 January 2002 19 December 2005
Alexandre Gallo   Brazil 20 December 2005 14 August 2006
Hisao Kuramata   Japan 15 August 2006 6 December 2006
Hiromi Hara   Japan 7 December 2006 31 December 2007
Hiroshi Jofuku   Japan 1 January 2008 19 September 2010
Kiyoshi Okuma   Japan 20 September 2010 2 January 2012
Ranko Popović   Serbia 2 January 2012 31 December 2013
Massimo Ficcadenti   Italy 2 January 2014 31 December 2015
Hiroshi Jofuku   Japan 1 January 2016 24 July 2016
Yoshiyuki Shinoda   Japan 26 July 2016 10 September 2017
Takayoshi Amma   Japan 11 September 2017 3 December 2017
Kenta Hasegawa   Japan 3 December 2017 7 November 2021
Shinichi Morishita   Japan 7 November 2021 31 January 2022
Albert Puig   Spain 1 February 2022 14 June 2023
Peter Cklamovski   Australia 20 June 2023 9 December 2024

Record as J.League member

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J.League
Cup
Emperor's
Cup
AFC CL
Season Div. Teams Pos. P W(OTW) D L(OTL) F A GD Pts Attendance/G
1999 J2 10 2nd 36 19 (2) 3 10 (2) 51 35 16 64 3,498 Semi-final 4th round
2000 J1 16 7th 30 12 (3) 1 12 (2) 47 41 6 43 11,807 2nd round 3rd round
2001 16 8th 30 10 (3) 5 11 (1) 47 47 0 41 22,313 2nd round 3rd round
2002 16 9th 30 11 (2) 2 15 43 46 -3 39 22,173 Quarter final 3rd round
2003 16 4th 30 13 10 7 46 31 15 49 24,932 Quarter final 4th round
2004 16 8th 30 10 11 9 40 41 -1 41 25,438 Winner Quarter final
2005 18 10th 34 11 14 9 43 40 3 47 27,101 Group stage 5th round
2006 18 13th 34 13 4 17 56 65 -9 43 24,096 Group stage 5th round
2007 18 12th 34 14 3 17 49 58 -9 45 25,290 Group stage Quarter final
2008 18 6th 34 16 7 11 50 46 4 55 25,716 Quarter final Semi-final
2009 18 5th 34 16 5 13 47 39 8 53 25,884 Winner 4th round
2010 18 16th 34 8 12 14 36 41 -5 36 25,112 Quarter final Semi-final
2011 J2 20 1st 38 23 8 7 67 22 45 77 17,562 - Winner
2012 J1 18 10th 34 14 6 14 47 44 3 48 23,955 Semi final 2nd round Round of 16
2013 18 8th 34 16 6 12 61 47 14 54 25,073 Group stage Semi-final
2014 18 9th 34 12 12 10 47 33 14 48 25,187 Group stage Round of 16
2015 18 4th 34 19 6 9 45 33 12 63 28,784 Quarter final Quarter final
2016 18 9th 34 15 7 12 39 39 0 52 24,037 Semi final Quarter final Round of 16
2017 18 13th 34 10 10 14 37 42 -5 40 26,490 Quarter final 2nd round
2018 18 6th 34 14 8 12 39 34 5 50 25,745 Group stage 4th round
2019 18 2nd 34 19 7 8 46 29 17 64 31,540 Quarter final 3rd round
2020 18 6th 34 17 6 11 47 42 5 57 5,912 Winner Did not qualify Round of 16
2021 20 9th 38 15 8 15 49 53 -4 53 7,138 Semi-final 2nd round
2022 18 6th 34 14 7 13 46 43 3 49 22,309 Group stage 3rd round
2023 18 11th 34 12 7 15 42 46 -4 43 Quarter-finals Round of 16
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
  • 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site

Honours

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FC Tokyo (1999–Present) / Tokyo Gas SC (1935–1999)

FC Tokyo honours
Honour No. Years
Regional League Promotion Series 1 1990
Japan Football League 1 1998
J.League Cup 3 2004, 2009, 2020
J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship 1 2010
J2 League 1 2011
Emperor's Cup 1 2011

Continental record

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2012 AFC Champions League Group F   Brisbane Roar 4–2 0–2 2nd
  Ulsan Hyundai 2–2 1–0
  Beijing Guoan 3–0 1–1
Round of 16   Guangzhou Evergrande
1–0
2016 AFC Champions League Play-off round   Chonburi
9–0
Group E   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–3 2–1 2nd
  Becamex Bình Dương 3–1 1–2
  Jiangsu Suning 0–0 1–2
Round of 16   Shanghai SIPG 2–1 1–0 2–2 (a)
2020 AFC Champions League Play-off round   Ceres-Negros
2–0
Group F   Ulsan Hyundai 1–2 1–1 2nd
  Perth Glory 1–0 0–1
  Shanghai Shenhua 0–1 1–2
Round of 16   Beijing F.C.
1–0


See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Clubs". www.jleague.co. J.League. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ "FC Tokyo Profile at J.League Official Website". Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  3. ^ "沿革・歴史|Jfa|日本サッカー協会". Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Basic infos and history of FC Tokyo". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2004.
  5. ^ "選手 & スタッフ|FC東京オフィシャルホームページ". fctokyo.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  6. ^ "PLAYERS & STAFF". fctokyo.co.jp (in Japanese). FC Tokyo. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Club officials for 2024". fctokyo.co.jp/. FC Tokyo. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
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  NODES
Association 1
Note 4