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.
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| Full name | Football Club Tokyo | ||
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| Founded | 1935 as Tokyo Gas FC | ||
| Stadium | Ajinomoto Stadium Chōfu, Tokyo | ||
| Capacity | 49,970 | ||
| Chairman | Naoki Ogane | ||
| Head Coach | Peter Cklamovski | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2023 | J1 League, 11th of 18 | ||
| Website | Club 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 edit
Formation and early years (1935–1997) edit
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) edit
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.
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 edit
Kit evolution edit
| Home Kit - 1st | ||||
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          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 | ||||
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 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 edit
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 edit
Current squad edit
- As of 4 June 2024.[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan edit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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FC Tokyo U-18 edit
- 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.
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Club officials edit
| Position | Name |
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| Head coach |  Peter Cklamovski |
| Assistant coach |  Takayoshi Amma |
| First-team coach | 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 |
| Athletic 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 edit
- J.League Best Eleven
Tuto (2000)
Yoichi Doi (2004)- Naohiro Ishikawa (2009)
- Yuto Nagatomo (2009)
- Masato Morishige (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019)
- Kosuke Ota (2014, 2015)
- Yoshinori Muto (2014)
- Akihiro Hayashi (2019)
- Sei Muroya (2019)
- Kento Hashimoto (2019)
- Kensuke Nagai (2019)
- Diego Oliveira (2019)
- J.League Cup MVP
- Yoichi Doi (2004)
- Takuji Yonemoto (2009)
- Leandro (2020)
- J.League Cup New Hero Award
- Yukihiko Sato (1999)
- Takuji Yonemoto (2009)
Players who played in the FIFA World Cup edit
FIFA World Cup players edit
The following players have represented their country at the World Cup whilst playing for FC Tokyo:
- Teruyuki Moniwa (2006)
- Yoichi Doi (2006)
- Yasuyuki Konno (2010)
- Yuto Nagatomo (2010)
- Shuichi Gonda (2014)
- Masato Morishige (2014)
Olympic players edit
The following players have represented their country at the Summer Olympic Games whilst playing for FC Tokyo:
Former players edit
Manager history edit
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
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| 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 | present |
Continental record edit
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 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 | ||||
Record as J.League member edit
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup | AFC CL | ||||||||||||
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| 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 edit
FC Tokyo (1999–Present) /Tokyo Gas SC (1935–1999)
| Honour | No. | Years |
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| 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 edit
References edit
- ^ "Clubs". www.jleague.co. J.League. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "FC Tokyo Profile at J.League Official Website". Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Basic infos and history of FC Tokyo". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2004.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "PLAYERS & STAFF". fctokyo.co.jp (in Japanese). FC Tokyo. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
External links edit
- Official website. Archived 5 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese and English).