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Template:Nihongo, commonly known as Template:Nihongo, 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.

From 2025, FC Tokyo is one of the few J.League clubs to be simply called Football Club without an extended name or moniker, the others being FC Imabari of J2 League, as well as FC Gifu and FC Osaka in J3 League.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.

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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

Stadium

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Ajinomoto Stadium

Template:Main 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

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Out on loan

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Club officials

Club officials for 2025 season.

Position Name
Head coach Template:Flagicon Rikizo Matsuhashi
Team coaches Template:Flagicon Takahsi Okuhara
Template:Flagicon Minoru Kobayashi
Template:Flagicon Yu Tokisaki
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Hisanori Fujiwara
Assistant goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Shota Yamashita
Head of analysis Template:Flagicon Hiroaki Fujii
Coach and analyst Template:Flagicon Daisuke Kondo
Template:Flagicon Seiya Imazaki
Analyst Template:Flagicon Yuki Shirozu
Template:Flagicon Keito Asahara
Conditioning director Template:Flagicon Guillerme
Physical coach Template:Flagicon Naoki Hayakawa
Physiotherapist Template:Flagicon Yukihisa Miyama
Athletic trainer Template:Flagicon Masato Saegusa
Template:Flagicon Yusuke Ozawa
Template:Flagicon Yohei Kojo
Trainer Template:Flagicon Naofumi Aoki
Chief manager Template:Flagicon Kenta Hontani
Manager and interpreter Template:Flagicon Kazunori Iino
Interpreter and equipment manager Template:Flagicon Ricardo Oyafuso
Interpreter Template:Flagicon Hiroshi Endo
Kit manager Template:Flagicon Yukinori Yamakawa
Side manager and equipment Template:Flagicon Fumiya Soma
Team performance advisor Template:Flagicon 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:

Former players

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Manager history

Manager Nationality Tenure
From To
Kiyoshi Okuma Template:Fb 1 January 1995 31 December 2001
Tahseen Jabbary Template:Fb 20 February 1998 31 August 1998
Hiromi Hara Template:Fb 1 January 2002 19 December 2005
Alexandre Gallo Template:Fb 20 December 2005 14 August 2006
Hisao Kuramata Template:Fb 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 Template:Fb 2 January 2012 31 December 2013
Massimo Ficcadenti Template:Fb 2 January 2014 31 December 2015
Hiroshi Jofuku Template:Fb 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 Template:Fb 1 February 2022 14 June 2023
Peter Cklamovski Template:Fb 20 June 2023 31 December 2024
Rikizo Matsuhashi Template:Fb 1 February 2025 present

League & cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J.League
Cup		 Emperor's
Cup		 AFC CL
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
Key

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Honours

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

FC Tokyo honours
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

Continental record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2012 AFC Champions League Group F Template:Flagicon Brisbane Roar 4–2 0–2 2nd
Template:Flagicon Ulsan Hyundai 2–2 1–0
Template:Flagicon Beijing Guoan 3–0 1–1
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Guangzhou Evergrande
1–0
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2016 Play-off round Template:Flagicon Chonburi
9–0
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Group E Template:Flagicon Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–3 2–1 2nd
Template:Flagicon Becamex Bình Dương 3–1 1–2
Template:Flagicon Jiangsu Suning 0–0 1–2
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Shanghai SIPG 2–1 1–0 2–2 (a)
2020 Play-off round Template:Flagicon Ceres-Negros
2–0
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Group F Template:Flagicon Ulsan Hyundai 1–2 1–1 2nd
Template:Flagicon Perth Glory 1–0 0–1
Template:Flagicon Shanghai Shenhua 0–1 1–2
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Beijing F.C.
1–0
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See also

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References

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