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FC Tokyo
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Full name	Football Club Tokyo
Nickname(s)	Gas
Founded	1935; 90 years ago as Tokyo Gas SC; 1999; 26 years ago as FC Tokyo
Ground	Ajinomoto Stadium; Chōfu, Tokyo
Capacity	49,970
Chairman	Naoki Ogane
Manager	Albert Puig Ortoneda
League	J1 League
2021	J1 League, 9th of 20
Website	http://www.fctokyo.co.jp/
Home colours	Away colours
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Football Club Tokyo, 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, which is the top tier of football in the country. The team is one of only four in the J.League to be simply called Football Club without an extended name.

History

The team started as a company team, Tokyo Gas Soccer Club (東京ガスサッカー部) in 1933^[1]^[2] Their first appearance in the national leagues was in 1991, the last season of the old Japan Soccer League.^[3] 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.

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 same year the team 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 Yamazaki Nabisco 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. 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 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 2010. Their 2011 win was remarkable in that the club was a second division team during the season. They became the first J2 champions, and third second-tier champions overall (after NKK SC in 1981 and Júbilo Iwata in 1982), to accomplish the feat.

Stadium

FC Tokyo uses Ajinomoto Stadium as its home ground (the official name of this stadium is Tokyo 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.

Record as J.League member

Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Promoted	Relegated

League													J.League Cup	Emperor's Cup	AFC CL
Season	Div.	Teams	Pos.	GP	W(OTW)	D	L(OTL)	F	A	GD	Pts	Attendance/G	J.League Cup	Emperor's Cup	AFC CL
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	TBA	34									Group stage	3rd round	−

Key

Pos. = Position in league; GP = 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

Domestic

FC Tokyo

Emperor's Cup
- Winners: 2011
J.League Cup
- Winners: 2004, 2009, 2020
J2 League
- Winners: 2011

Tokyo Gas Football Club (Amateur era)

Regional League Promotion Series
- Winners: 1990
Japan Football League
- Winners: 1998

International

FC Tokyo

Suruga Bank Championship
- Winners (1): 2010

Players

Current squad

As of 10 August 2022^[4]

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
3	DF	JPN	Masato Morishige (captain)
5	DF	JPN	Yuto Nagatomo
7	MF	JPN	Hirotaka Mita
9	FW	BRA	Diego Oliveira
10	MF	JPN	Keigo Higashi
13	GK	JPN	Go Hatano
15	FW	BRA	Adaílton
16	MF	JPN	Takuya Aoki
17	MF	JPN	Kazuya Konno
18	MF	JPN	Manato Shinada
19	FW	JPN	Keita Yamashita
20	FW	BRA	Leandro
22	FW	BRA	Luiz Phellype (on loan from Sporting CP)
23	MF	JPN	Ryoma Watanabe
24	GK	POL	Jakub Słowik
25	DF	JPN	Sodai Hasukawa
28	DF	JPN	Junya Suzuki
29	DF	JPN	Makoto Okazaki
30	DF	JPN	Yasuki Kimoto


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	MF	JPN	Shuto Abe
32	MF	JPN	Tsubasa Terayama ^DSP
33	GK	JPN	Akihiro Hayashi
35	MF	JPN	Koki Tsukagawa
36	MF	JPN	Hisatoshi Nishido ^DSP
37	DF	JPN	Hotaka Nakamura
42	DF	JPN	Renta Higashi ^{Type 2}
43	MF	JPN	Yuki Kajiura
44	MF	JPN	Kuryu Matsuki
45	MF	JPN	Kojiro Yasuda
46	DF	JPN	Kanta Doi ^{Type 2}
47	DF	JPN	Seiji Kimura
48	MF	JPN	Yuta Arai ^DSP
49	DF	JPN	Kashif Bangnagande
50	DF	BRA	Henrique Trevisan
51	GK	JPN	Masataka Kobayashi ^{Type 2}
52	FW	JPN	Naoki Kumata ^{Type 2}
53	MF	JPN	Aiki Matsumoto ^{Type 2}
54	MF	JPN	Keita Oiji ^{Type 2}
55	MF	JPN	Kota Tawaratsumida ^{Type 2}

Out on loan

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
6	DF	JPN	Ryoya Ogawa (on loan at Vitória Guimarães)
8	MF	JPN	Yojiro Takahagi (on loan at Tochigi SC)
25	DF	JPN	Sodai Hasukawa (on loan at Iwate Grulla Morioka)
39	DF	JPN	Shuto Okaniwa (on loan at Omiya Ardija)
—	GK	JPN	Taishi Brandon Nozawa (on loan at Iwate Grulla Morioka)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	JPN	Rio Omori (on loan at FC Ryukyu)
—	MF	JPN	Takuya Uchida (on loan at Nagoya Grampus)
—	MF	BRA	Arthur Silva (on loan at Kataller Toyama)
—	FW	JPN	Reon Nozawa (on loan at SC Sagamihara)
—	FW	JPN	Kyosuke Tagawa (on loan at Santa Clara)

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:

Club officials

Position	Name
Manager	Albert Puig
Assistant Manager	Yukihiko Sato
First-Team Coach	Takayoshi Amma Daisuke Kondo
Goalkeeping Coach	Shota Yamashita
Assistant Goalkeeping Coach	Hisanori Fujiwara
Fitness Coach	Eu Gavilán Yuki Nakamura
Athletic Coach	Yuji Matsubara
Interpreter	Yukinori Yamakawa
Kit Manager	Kyu-il Chang Fumiya Soma

Manager history

Manager	Nationality	Tenure
Manager	Nationality	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	Current

Continental record

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

Personnel awards

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)

Former players

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 -

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 -

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

References

^ FC Tokyo Profile at J.League Official Website
^ "沿革・歴史｜Jfa｜日本サッカー協会".
^ "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". www.fctokyo.co.jp (in Japanese). FC Tokyo. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

External links

FC Tokyo Official website Archived 5 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese and English)

[1] FC Tokyo Profile at J.League Official Website

[2] "沿革・歴史｜Jfa｜日本サッカー協会".

[3] "Basic infos and history of FC Tokyo". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2004.

[4] "選手 & スタッフ｜FC東京オフィシャルホームページ". www.fctokyo.co.jp (in Japanese). FC Tokyo. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

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v t e FC Tokyo
Club	Players History All articles Volleyball American football Under 23 Team
Stadium	Ajinomoto Stadium
Rivalries	Tokyo derby Tamagawa Clásico
Seasons	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
Training ground	Kodaira Ground Fukagawa Ground

v t e J.League Cup champions
6 titles	Kashima Antlers 1997 2000 2002 2011 2012 2015
3 titles	Tokyo Verdy 1992 1993 1994 FC Tokyo 2004 2009 2020
2 titles	Júbilo Iwata 1998 2010 Gamba Osaka 2007 2014 JEF United Chiba 2005 2006 Kashiwa Reysol 1999 2013 Nagoya Grampus 2021 2024 Urawa Red Diamonds 2003 2016
1 title	Shimizu S-Pulse 1996 Yokohama F. Marinos 2001 Oita Trinita 2008 Cerezo Osaka 2017 Shonan Bellmare 2018 Kawasaki Frontale 2019 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022 Avispa Fukuoka 2023