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On November 28, 2007, Ehime pulled off a major shock by consigning the [[Urawa Red Diamonds]], the [[AFC Champions League 2007]] winners, to a fourth-round exit from the [[Emperor's Cup]] courtesy of a 2–0 win on Urawa's home soil, [[Urawa Komaba Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=485854&cc=4716|title=Urawa mark Asian award with cup collapse|publisher=[[ESPN soccernet]]|date=November 29, 2007|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref>
On November 28, 2007, Ehime pulled off a major shock by consigning the [[Urawa Red Diamonds]], the [[AFC Champions League 2007]] winners, to a fourth-round exit from the [[Emperor's Cup]] courtesy of a 2–0 win on Urawa's home soil, [[Urawa Komaba Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=485854&cc=4716|title=Urawa mark Asian award with cup collapse|publisher=[[ESPN soccernet]]|date=November 29, 2007|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref>


On 11 November 2023, Ehime FC officially J3 champions and promoted to J2 League from 2024 after defeat rival [[FC Imabari]] narrowly 1-0 on matchweek 35 with goal [[Riki Matsuda]] in 49th minute and the club return to second tier after two years absence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jleague.jp/sp/news/article/26429/|title=愛媛FCのJ2昇格が決定【Jリーグ】|publisher=[[J. League]]|date=2023-11-11|access-date=2023-11-12}}</ref>
On 11 November 2023, after two years absence from Japanese second division, Ehime FC officially returned to J2 League for 2024 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jleague.jp/sp/news/article/26429/|title=愛媛FCのJ2昇格が決定【Jリーグ】|publisher=[[J. League]]|date=11 November 2023|access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref> They were promoted as J3 League champions of [[2023 J3 League|2023 season]] with a narrow 1-0 win against their local rivals, [[FC Imabari]] on the matchweek 35, with [[Riki Matsuda]] scored the only goal of the match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jleague.co/news/ehime-fc-j3-league-title-champions/|title=Ehime FC capture J3 League title |publisher=[[J. League]]|date=12 November 2023 |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jleague.co/match/j3/2023111111/#overview|title=MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE · MATCHWEEK 35 - Ehime FC vs FC Imabari |publisher=[[J. League]]|date=12 November 2023 |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>


== Record as J. League member ==
== Record as J. League member ==

Revision as of 00:28, 12 November 2023

Ehime FC
愛媛FC
Full nameEhime Football Club
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
StadiumNingineer Stadium
Matsuyama, Ehime
Capacity21,401
ChairmanFumio Kamei
ManagerKiyotaka Ishimaru
LeagueJ2 League
2024J2 League, 17th of 20
Websitehttp://www.ehimefc.com
Current season

Ehime Football Club (愛媛フットボールクラブ, Ehime Futtobōrukurabu) commonly known as Ehime FC (愛媛FC, Ehime Efu Shī) is a professional football club based in Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture of Japan. After winning the JFL championship in 2005, the club now plays in J2 League, Japanese third tier of professional football, but from 2024 the club play in J2 League after promotion in 2023.

History

The club was founded in 1970 as Matsuyama Soccer Club and renamed itself as Ehime Football Club in 1995.[1] For many years it competed in the regional and prefectural league, as Matsuyama was represented in the Japan Soccer League by the local club belonging to the Teijin company.

Ehime F.C. was promoted to the Japan Football League in 2003. After winning the JFL championship in 2005, Ehime spent 16 seasons in the J2 League before being relegated to the J3 League at the end of the 2021 season.

On November 28, 2007, Ehime pulled off a major shock by consigning the Urawa Red Diamonds, the AFC Champions League 2007 winners, to a fourth-round exit from the Emperor's Cup courtesy of a 2–0 win on Urawa's home soil, Urawa Komaba Stadium.[2]

On 11 November 2023, after two years absence from Japanese second division, Ehime FC officially returned to J2 League for 2024 season.[3] They were promoted as J3 League champions of 2023 season with a narrow 1-0 win against their local rivals, FC Imabari on the matchweek 35, with Riki Matsuda scored the only goal of the match.[4][5]

Record as J. League member

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League
Season Div. Teams Pos. P W D L G A GD Pts Attendance/G Emperor's
Cup
2006 J2 13 9th 48 14 11 23 51 63 -13 53 4,139 4th round
2007 13 10th 48 12 9 27 39 66 -27 45 3,317 Quarter final
2008 15 14th 42 9 10 23 39 66 -27 37 3,704 4th round
2009 18 15th 51 12 11 28 54 80 -26 47 3,694 2nd round
2010 19 11th 36 12 12 12 34 34 0 48 4,386 2nd round
2011 20 15th 38 10 14 14 44 54 -10 44 3,475 4th round
2012 22 16th 42 12 14 16 47 46 1 50 3,629 2nd round
2013 22 17th 42 12 11 19 43 52 -9 47 3,950 2nd round
2014 22 19th 42 12 12 18 54 58 -4 48 3,820 4th round
2015 22 5th 42 19 8 15 47 39 8 65 3,771 3rd round
2016 22 10th 42 12 20 10 41 40 1 56 4,089 3rd round
2017 22 15th 42 14 9 19 54 68 -14 51 3,866 3rd round
2018 22 18th 42 12 12 18 34 52 -18 48 3,161 2nd round
2019 22 19th 42 12 6 24 46 62 -16 42 3,780 2nd round
2020 22 21st 42 8 10 24 38 68 -30 34 1,512 Did not qualify
2021 22 20th 42 7 14 21 38 67 -29 35 1,854 1st round
2022 J3 18 7th 34 14 10 10 51 41 10 52 2,938 Did not qualify
2023 20 1st 38 20 10 5 55 41 14 70
2024 J2 20 TBD 38 TBD
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 league home attendance
  • 2020 & 2021 seasons attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J. League Data Site[6]

Honours

Current squad

As of 7 September 2023.[7]

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 Japan JPN Kenta Tokushige
3 DF Japan JPN Ryota Moriwaki
4 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Yamaguchi
5 DF Japan JPN Takanori Maeno (captain)
6 MF Japan JPN Takumi Sasaki
7 MF Japan JPN Yutaka Soneda
8 MF Japan JPN Kyoji Kutsuna
9 FW Australia AUS Ben Duncan
10 FW Japan JPN Riki Matsuda
11 FW Japan JPN Shumpei Fukahori (on loan from Thespakusatsu Gunma)
13 MF Japan JPN Shuya Iwai
14 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Tanimoto
15 DF Japan JPN Kei Oshiro
16 DF Japan JPN Shuma Mihara
17 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Motegi
18 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Kikuchi
20 MF Japan JPN Asahi Yada
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Japan JPN Yasuhiro Hiraoka
24 MF Japan JPN Ryo Sato
25 MF Japan JPN Taiga Ishiura (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)
26 MF Japan JPN Yuta Fukazawa
28 DF Japan JPN Shoi Yoshinaga (on loan from Omiya Ardija)
32 DF Japan JPN Haruki Yoshida
33 DF Japan JPN Sora Ogawa
34 MF Japan JPN Takuto Kimura (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
36 GK Japan JPN Shugo Tsuji
37 DF Japan JPN Reiya Morishita
38 FW Japan JPN Yugo Masukake (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
39 MF Japan JPN Masashi Tanioka DSP
40 FW Japan JPN Kazuki Sota
44 GK Japan JPN Rikuto Sako Type 2
45 GK Japan JPN Kazuma Makiguchi
47 MF Japan JPN Yuto Hikida (on loan from Fagiano Okayama)
49 GK Japan JPN Raihei Kurokawa

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
48 MF Japan JPN Toki Yukutomo (at Famalicão)

Kit evolution

Home kit - 1st
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Away kit - 2nd
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -

Club officials

For the 2023 season.

Position Name
Manager Kiyotaka Ishimaru
Assistant manager Shuichi Akai
First-team coach Kazuhisa Kawahara
Goalkeeper coach Keisuke Hada
Physical coach Takehisa Tsugawa
Analytical Coach Toya Takemoto
Chief Doctor Kazuki Morizane
Doctor Takashi Inoue
Yoshito Homma
Shinji Iwata
Tomofumi Kinoshita
Chief trainer Kohei Baba
Trainer Kyota Ishizawa
Hiroki Hongo
Competent Hideki Ikenaga
Side affairs Manato Fujitsu
General manager Daisuke Aono
Sports director Koji Yoshimura

Managerial history

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Takashi Onishi  Japan 1 February 2001 31 January 2005
Kazuhito Mochizuki  Japan 1 February 2005 14 September 2009
Ivica Barbarić  Bosnia 15 September 2009 15 November 2012
Kiyotaka Ishimaru  Japan 1 February 2013 31 January 2015
Takashi Kiyama  Japan 1 February 2015 31 January 2017
Shuichi Mase  Japan 1 February 2017 15 May 2018
Kenta Kawai  Japan 15 May 2018 31 January 2021
Shigenari Izumi  Japan 1 February 2021 4 April 2021[8]
Noritada Saneyoshi  Japan 7 April 2021 16 December 2021[9]
Kiyotaka Ishimaru  Japan 17 December 2021 [10]

References

  1. ^ "Club guide: Ehime FC". J. League. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "Urawa mark Asian award with cup collapse". ESPN soccernet. November 29, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "愛媛FCのJ2昇格が決定【Jリーグ】". J. League. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Ehime FC capture J3 League title". J. League. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  5. ^ "MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE · MATCHWEEK 35 - Ehime FC vs FC Imabari". J. League. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  6. ^ "J. League Data Site". J. League. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  7. ^ "トップチーム選手". Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Shigenori Izumi, Director, Resigns". ehimefc.com. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Ehime FC New Team Coach". ehimefc.com/. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  10. ^ "石丸 清隆 氏 愛媛FC トップチーム新監督就任のお知らせ". ehimefc.com/.