FC Tokyo

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 (1935) as Tokyo Gas FC
StadiumAjinomoto Stadium
Chōfu, Tokyo
Capacity49,970
ChairmanNaoki Ogane
Head CoachPeter Cklamovski
LeagueJ1 League
2023J1 League, 11th of 18
WebsiteClub website

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

Formation and early years (1935–1997)

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)

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

Kit evolution
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
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

Stadium
Ajinomoto Stadium
Main article: 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

Current squad
As of 11 April 2024.[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Tsuyoshi Kodama
2 DF Japan JPN Hotaka Nakamura
3 DF Japan JPN Masato Morishige (captain)
4 DF Japan JPN Yasuki Kimoto
5 DF Japan JPN Yuto Nagatomo (vice-captain)
7 MF Japan JPN Kuryu Matsuki (vice-captain)
8 MF Japan JPN Takahiro Ko
9 FW Brazil BRA Diego Oliveira
10 MF Japan JPN Keigo Higashi
11 FW Japan JPN Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa
13 GK Japan JPN Go Hatano
14 FW Japan JPN Keita Yamashita
17 MF Japan JPN Tsubasa Terayama
22 MF Japan JPN Keita Endo
23 MF Japan JPN Ryunosuke Sato
28 FW Japan JPN Leon Nozawa
30 DF Japan JPN Teppei Oka
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 GK Japan JPN Masataka Kobayashi
32 DF Japan JPN Kanta Doi
33 MF Japan JPN Kota Tawaratsumida
37 MF Japan JPN Kei Koizumi (vice-captain)
38 DF Japan JPN Soma Anzai
39 FW Japan JPN Teruhito Nakagawa
40 MF Japan JPN Riki Harakawa
41 GK Japan JPN Taishi Brandon Nozawa
43 DF Japan JPN Shuhei Tokumoto
44 DF Brazil BRA Henrique Trevisan
48 MF Japan JPN Yuta Arai
49 DF Japan JPN Kashif Bangnagande
50 DF Japan JPN Renta Higashi
51 GK Japan JPN Wataru Goto Type 2
70 MF Brazil BRA Jája Silva
71 MF Japan JPN Ryotaro Araki (on loan from Kashima Antlers)
99 MF Japan JPN Kosuke Shirai

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Japan JPN Manato Shinada (on loan at JEF United Chiba)
45 DF Japan JPN Kojiro Yasuda (on loan at Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
— DF South Korea KOR Baek In-hwan (on loan at Zweigen Kanazawa)
— DF Japan JPN Sodai Hasukawa (on loan at Shimizu S-Pulse)
— DF Japan JPN Ryoya Ogawa (on loan at Sint-Truiden)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Japan JPN Rio Omori (on loan at Iwaki FC)
— DF Japan JPN Shuto Okaniwa (on loan at JEF United Chiba)
— MF Japan JPN Yuki Kajiura (on loan at Zweigen Kanazawa)
— MF Japan JPN Koki Tsukagawa (on loan at Kyoto Sanga)
— FW Japan JPN Naoki Kumata (on loan at Genk)

FC Tokyo U-18
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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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

Personnel awards

Players who played in the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup players

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

Olympic players

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


Manager history
ManagerNationalityTenure
FromTo
Kiyoshi Okuma Japan1 January 199531 December 2001
Tahseen Jabbary Netherlands20 February 199831 August 1998
Hiromi Hara Japan1 January 200219 December 2005
Alexandre Gallo Brazil20 December 200514 August 2006
Hisao Kuramata Japan15 August 20066 December 2006
Hiromi Hara Japan7 December 200631 December 2007
Hiroshi Jofuku Japan1 January 200819 September 2010
Kiyoshi Okuma Japan20 September 20102 January 2012
Ranko Popović Serbia2 January 201231 December 2013
Massimo Ficcadenti Italy2 January 201431 December 2015
Hiroshi Jofuku Japan1 January 201624 July 2016
Yoshiyuki Shinoda Japan26 July 201610 September 2017
Takayoshi Amma Japan11 September 20173 December 2017
Kenta Hasegawa Japan3 December 20177 November 2021
Shinichi Morishita Japan7 November 202131 January 2022
Albert Puig Spain1 February 202214 June 2023
Peter Cklamovski Australia20 June 2023present

Continental record
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2012 AFC Champions League Group F Australia Brisbane Roar 4–2 0–2 2nd
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai 2–2 1–0
China Beijing Guoan 3–0 1–1
Round of 16 China Guangzhou Evergrande
1–0
2016 AFC Champions League Play-off round Thailand Chonburi
9–0
Group E South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–3 2–1 2nd
Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương 3–1 1–2
China Jiangsu Suning 0–0 1–2
Round of 16 China Shanghai SIPG 2–1 1–0 2–2 (a)
2020 AFC Champions League Play-off round Philippines Ceres-Negros
2–0
Group F South Korea Ulsan Hyundai 1–2 1–1 2nd
Australia Perth Glory 1–0 0–1
China Shanghai Shenhua 0–1 1–2
Round of 16 China Beijing F.C.
1–0

Record as J.League member
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J.League
Cup		Emperor's
Cup		AFC CL
SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.PW(OTW)DL(OTL)FAGDPtsAttendance/G
1999 J2102nd3619 (2)310 (2)513516643,498Semi-final4th round−
2000 J1167th3012 (3)112 (2)474164311,8072nd round3rd round
2001 168th3010 (3)511 (1)474704122,3132nd round3rd round
2002 169th3011 (2)2154346-33922,173Quarter final3rd round
2003 164th30131074631154924,932Quarter final4th round
2004 168th30101194041-14125,438WinnerQuarter final
2005 1810th3411149434034727,101Group stage5th round
2006 1813th34134175665-94324,096Group stage5th round
2007 1812th34143174958-94525,290Group stageQuarter final
2008 186th3416711504645525,716Quarter finalSemi-final
2009 185th3416513473985325,884Winner4th round
2010 1816th34812143641-53625,112Quarter finalSemi-final
2011 J2201st3823876722457717,562-Winner
2012 J11810th3414614474434823,955Semi final2nd roundRound of 16
2013 188th34166126147145425,073Group stageSemi-final−
2014 189th341212104733144825,187Group stageRound of 16
2015 184th3419694533126328,784Quarter finalQuarter final
2016 189th3415712393905224,037Semi finalQuarter finalRound of 16
2017 1813th341010143742-54026,490Quarter final2nd round−
2018 186th3414812393455025,745Group stage4th round
2019 182nd3419784629176431,540Quarter final3rd round
2020 † 186th341761147425575,912WinnerDid not qualifyRound of 16
2021 † 209th38158154953-4537,138Semi-final2nd round−
2022 186th3414713464334922,309Group stage3rd round
20231811th34127154246-443Quarter-finalsRound 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

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

FC Tokyo honours
HonourNo.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

See also
  • FC Tokyo (volleyball)
  • FC Tokyo U-23

References
  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.
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