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| Full name | Football Club Tokyo | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Gas | ||
| Founded | 1999; 26 years ago (1999) | ||
| Stadium | Ajinomoto Stadium Chōfu, Tokyo | ||
| Capacity | 49,970 | ||
| Chairman | Naoki Ogane | ||
| Head coach | Rikizo Matsuhashi[1] | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2024 | J1 League, 7th of 20 | ||
| Website | www | ||
 Current season | |||
Football Club Tokyo (フットボールクラブ東京,Futtobōru Kurabu Tōkyō), commonly known asFC Tokyo (FC東京,Efushī Tōkyō), is a Japanese professionalfootball club based inChōfu, Tokyo. The club plays in theJ1 League, the top tier of football in the country.
From 2025, FC Tokyo is one of the few J.League clubs to be simply calledFootball Club without an extended name or moniker, the others beingFC Imabari ofJ2 League, as well asFC Gifu andFC Osaka inJ3 League.[2]
The club have won 1J2 League titles, 1Emperor's Cup and 3J.League Cup. The club also won the2010J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship.
The team started as a company team,Tokyo Gas Football Club (東京ガスサッカー部) in 1935[3][4] 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 oldJapan Soccer League.[5] With addition of the Brazilian football playerAmaral and the managerKiyoshi Okuma at the helm, the team gradually became competitive and in 1997, the team finished second, winning theJFL 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 likeTokyo Gas,TEPCO,ampm,TV Tokyo, andCulture Convenience Club, set up a joint companyTokyo 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 theJ.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-knownTokyo Verdy 1969 that moved its home town fromKawasaki, Kanagawa in 2001. Since 2002, the team welcomedHiromi 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, nicknamedThe King of Tokyo by his fans, departed the team to joinShonan Bellmare in 2004. He was replaced by Athens Olympics national football team playerYasuyuki Konno fromConsadole Sapporo. In November of the same year, it won theJ.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 adoptedTokyo Dorompa, atanuki-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 relegatedKyoto 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 their2011 Emperor's Cup win, FC Tokyo reached the semifinals of the competition three times: in1997 (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 thirdamong the second-tier champions overall (afterNKK SC in 1981 andJúbilo Iwata in 1982), to accomplish the feat of winning the competition.
| 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 |      2025 - |
| Away Kit - 2nd | ||||
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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 |      2025 - |
| 3rd kit - Other | ||||
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   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 |      2024 3rd |
     2025 Grey Days | ||||
FC Tokyo usesAjinomoto 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 theNational Olympic Stadium, theNational Nishigaoka Football Field,Edogawa Special Ward Stadium, and theKomazawa Olympic Park Stadium, but in 2001 it finally found a permanent home. The club's training grounds are Sarue Ground inKōtō,Tokyo, and Kodaira Ground inKodaira, 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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club officials for 2025 season.
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach |  Rikizo Matsuhashi |
| 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 |
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)Yoichi Doi (2004)Takuji Yonemoto (2009)Leandro (2020)Yukihiko Sato (1999)Takuji Yonemoto (2009)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)The following players have represented their country at theSummer Olympic Games whilst playing for FC Tokyo:
Naohiro Ishikawa (2004)Teruyuki Moniwa (2004)Yasuyuki Konno (2004)Yuhei Tokunaga (2004,2012)Yōhei Kajiyama (2008)Yuto Nagatomo (2008)Shuichi Gonda (2012)Sei Muroya (2016)Shoya Nakajima (2016)| 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 | 7 December 2006 | 31 December 2007 | |
| Hiroshi Jofuku | 1 January 2008 | 19 September 2010 | |
| Kiyoshi Okuma | 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 | 26 July 2016 | 10 September 2017 | |
| Takayoshi Amma | 11 September 2017 | 3 December 2017 | |
| Kenta Hasegawa | 3 December 2017 | 7 November 2021 | |
| Shinichi Morishita | 7 November 2021 | 31 January 2022 | |
| Albert Puig | Spain | 1 February 2022 | 14 June 2023 |
| Peter Cklamovski |  Australia | 20 June 2023 | 31 December 2024 |
| Rikizo Matsuhashi | Japan | 1 February 2025 | present |
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup | AFC CL | ||||||||||||
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| Season | Division | Teams | Pos. | Plays | W(OTW) | D | L(OTL) | F | A | GD | Points | Attendance/G | |||
| 1999 | J2 | 10 | 2nd | 36 | 19(2) | 3 | 10(2) | 51 | 35 | 16 | 64 | 3,498 | Semi-final | 4th round | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | J1 | 16 | 7th | 30 | 12(3) | 1 | 12(2) | 47 | 41 | 6 | 43 | 11,807 | 2nd round | 3rd round | |
| 2001 | 8th | 30 | 10(3) | 5 | 11(1) | 47 | 47 | 0 | 41 | 22,313 | |||||
| 2002 | 9th | 30 | 11(2) | 2 | 15 | 43 | 46 | -3 | 39 | 22,173 | Quarter final | ||||
| 2003 | 4th | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 49 | 24,932 | 4th round | ||||
| 2004 | 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 | 13th | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 56 | 65 | -9 | 43 | 24,096 | Group stage | ||||
| 2007 | 12th | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 49 | 58 | -9 | 45 | 25,290 | Group stage | Quarter final | |||
| 2008 | 6th | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 46 | 4 | 55 | 25,716 | Quarter final | Semi-final | |||
| 2009 | 5th | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 39 | 8 | 53 | 25,884 | Winner | 4th round | |||
| 2010 | 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 | Did not qualify | |
| 2014 | 9th | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 48 | 25,187 | Group stage | Round of 16 | |||
| 2015 | 4th | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 63 | 28,784 | Quarter final | Quarter final | |||
| 2016 | 9th | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 52 | 24,037 | Semi final | Round of 16 | |||
| 2017 | 13th | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 42 | -5 | 40 | 26,490 | Quarter final | 2nd round | Did not qualify | ||
| 2018 | 6th | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 50 | 25,745 | Group stage | 4th round | |||
| 2019 | 2nd | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 29 | 17 | 64 | 31,540 | Quarter final | 3rd round | |||
| 2020† | 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 | Did not qualify | |
| 2022 | 18 | 6th | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 49 | 22,309 | Group stage | 3rd round | ||
| 2023 | 11th | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 46 | -4 | 43 | 29,410 | Quarter-final | Round of 16 | |||
| 2024 | 20 | 7th | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 51 | 2 | 54 | 33,225 | Playoff round | Third round | ||
| 2025 | TBA | 38 | 3rd round | TBD | |||||||||||
FC Tokyo (1999–Present) /Tokyo Gas SC (1935–1999)
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Football League/J2 League | 2 | 1998,2011 |
| Regional League Promotion Series | 1 | 1990 |
| Emperor's Cup | 1 | 2011 |
| J.League Cup | 3 | 2004,2009,2020 |
| J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship | 1 | 2010 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | ||||
