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FC Tokyo

J-League

Emperor Cup Japan

J-League Cup

Founded:	1935
Stadium:	Ajinomoto Stadium
Coach:	Peter Cklamovski
J-League Form:
Overall Form:

FC Tokyo home ground venue is Ajinomoto Stadium.

Peter Cklamovski is the current coach for FC Tokyo.

FC Tokyo J-League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

FC Tokyo have played a total of 19 matches in Japan J-League. Their current statistics is 8 win, 3 draw and 8 lose.

FC Tokyo did not win their last two matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze FC Tokyo results for their home or away matches in J-League 2024.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
FC Tokyo	19	8	3	8

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
30/11/2024	Júbilo Iwata	2 - 1	FC Tokyo	0-0	H2H	O	+
			39' Yasuki Kimoto
			46' Diego Oliveira
			46' Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa
		0 - 1	53' Soma Anzai
Masaya Matsumoto 56'
Matheus Peixoto 56'
Shun Nakamura 56'
Rikiya Uehara 56'
Keita Takahata 63'
Kotaro Fujikawa 63'
Rei Hirakawa 63'
Hiroki Yamada 63'
			66' Ryotaro Araki
			66' Kota Tawaratsumida
			76' Takahiro Ko
			77' Yasuki Kimoto
			79' Keigo Higashi
			79' Kei Koizumi
			79' Teruhito Nakagawa
			79' Teppei Oka
Matheus Peixoto 80'		1 - 1
			84' Hotaka Nakamura
Hiroki Yamada 89'		2 - 1
			90+5' Hotaka Nakamura
			90+5' Leon Nozawa
Jordy Croux 90+11'
Shunsuke Nishikubo 90+11'
09/11/2024	Machida Zelvia	3 - 0	FC Tokyo	1-0	H2H	O	+
Ryohei Shirasaki 15'		1 - 0
Se-hun Oh 49'		2 - 0
			63' Kanta Doi
			63' Kosuke Shirai
Henry Heroki Mochizuki 65'
Daiki Sugioka 65'
Se-hun Oh 77'
Mitchell Duke 77'
			77' Ryotaro Araki
			77' Everton Galdino
			77' Hotaka Nakamura
			77' Takahiro Ko
Erik 77'
Yuki Nakashima 77'
Yuki Soma 79'		3 - 0
Yuki Soma 85'
Kazuki Fujimoto 85'
Hokuto Shimoda 85'
Keiya Sento 85'
			87' Keigo Higashi
			87' Leon Nozawa
			87' Diego Oliveira
			87' Keita Yamashita
18/10/2024	Vissel Kobe	0 - 2	FC Tokyo	0-1	H2H	O	+
Yosuke Ideguchi 5'
			7' Diego Oliveira
			17' Soma Anzai
		0 - 1	24' Keita Endo
Daiju Sasaki 46'
Koya Yuruki 46'
		0 - 2	54' Soma Anzai
			59' Diego Oliveira
			59' Everton Galdino
Taisei Miyashiro 62'
Jean Patric 62'
			66' Taishi Brandon Nozawa
			66' Go Hatano
			72' Keigo Higashi
			72' Kanta Doi
			72' Keita Endo
			72' Rikuto Hirose
			72' Ryotaro Araki
			72' Yuki Honda
Yosuke Ideguchi 74'
Rikuto Hirose 74'
Ryo Hatsuse 74'
Keita Yamashita 74'
Tetsushi Yamakawa 80'
Ryuho Kikuchi 80'
28/09/2024	Yokohama F. Marinos	1 - 3	FC Tokyo	1-1	H2H	O	+
Anderson Lopes 5'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	19' Teppei Oka
			24' Ryotaro Araki
Takuya Kida 46'
Riku Yamane 46'
		1 - 2	60' Kota Tawaratsumida
Jun Amano 64'
Asahi Uenaka 64'
			70' Kota Tawaratsumida
			70' Keita Endo
			70' Keigo Higashi
			70' Riki Harakawa
Kota Watanabe 76'
Kenta Inoue 76'
			81' Ryotaro Araki
			81' Soma Anzai
			81' Yuto Nagatomo
			81' Hotaka Nakamura
Katsuya Nagato 84'
Taiki Watanabe 84'
Ken Matsubara 84'
Ren Kato 84'
			84' Teppei Oka
			84' Leon Nozawa
		1 - 3	89' Teruhito Nakagawa
21/09/2024	Urawa Reds	0 - 2	FC Tokyo	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	9' Rikito Inoue
		0 - 2	17' Ryotaro Araki
Bryan Linssen 27'
Thiago Santana 27'
			32' Teppei Oka
Hirokazu Ishihara 46'
Yusuke Matsuo 46'
Samuel Gustafson 61'
Genki Haraguchi 61'
Tomoaki Okubo 61'
Yoichi Naganuma 61'
Yoichi Naganuma 62'
			66' Kota Tawaratsumida
			66' Keita Endo
			66' Keigo Higashi
			66' Yuto Nagatomo
			76' Diego Oliveira
			76' Soma Anzai
			76' Ryotaro Araki
			76' Keita Yamashita
Takahiro Sekine 81'
Yoshio Koizumi 81'
Ryoma Watanabe 82'
Ayumu Ohata 84'
			90+4' Teruhito Nakagawa
			90+4' Leon Nozawa
31/08/2024	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3 - 2	FC Tokyo	2-0	H2H	O	+
Tolgay Arslan 5'		1 - 0
Hayao Kawabe 29'
Tolgay Arslan 32'		2 - 0
Hayao Kawabe 57'
Tsukasa Shiotani 57'
Tolgay Arslan 63'		3 - 0
			64' Ryotaro Araki
			64' Keita Endo
			64' Everton Galdino
			64' Kota Tawaratsumida
Naoto Arai 67'
Sota Koshimichi 67'
Makoto Mitsuta 67'
Yotaro Nakajima 67'
Tolgay Arslan 67'
Douglas Vieira 67'
			71' Takahiro Ko
			71' Keigo Higashi
			71' Diego Oliveira
			71' Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa
		3 - 1	79' Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa
		3 - 2	90+1' Shuto Nakano
Douglas Vieira 90+6'
24/08/2024	Kyoto Sanga	3 - 0	FC Tokyo	2-0	H2H	O	+
Rafael Elias 3'		1 - 0
Shinnosuke Fukuda 17'
Taichi Hara 36'		2 - 0
Taichi Hara 39'
			46' Yuto Nagatomo
			46' Soma Anzai
Taiki Hirato 50'		3 - 0
Takuji Yonemoto 54'
			58' Soma Anzai
			58' Keigo Higashi
			69' Teruhito Nakagawa
			69' Everton Galdino
			69' Ryotaro Araki
			69' Sota Kawasaki
Takuji Yonemoto 70'
Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa 70'
Rafael Elias 83'
Sora Hiraga 83'
			84' Keita Endo
			84' Kota Tawaratsumida
Taiki Hirato 90+1'
Murilo de Souza 90+1'
Marco Túlio 90+1'
Ryuma Nakano 90+1'
Sota Kawasaki 90+3'
07/08/2024	Gamba Osaka	0 - 0	FC Tokyo	0-0	H2H	O	+
			5' Hotaka Nakamura
			20' Yuto Nagatomo
			53' Teruhito Nakagawa
Riku Matsuda 55'
R. Yamashita 58'
			64' Riki Harakawa
			64' Ryotaro Araki
			64' Keita Endo
			64' Kota Tawaratsumida
Issai Sakamoto 70'
Juan Alano 70'
Riku Matsuda 80'
Takeru Kishimoto 80'
R. Yamashita 80'
Neta Lavi 80'
Dawhan 81'
Ryotaro Meshino 81'
			81' Teruhito Nakagawa
			81' Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa
			81' Soma Anzai
			81' Kosuke Shirai
20/07/2024	Kashima Antlers	2 - 1	FC Tokyo	1-1	H2H	O	+
Aleksandar Cavric 11'
Hayato Nakama 11'
Ranko Popović 24'
Shintaro Nago 30'		1 - 0
			37' Soma Anzai
		1 - 1	41' Keita Endo
Kimito Nono 47'		2 - 1
			62' Soma Anzai
			62' Kota Tawaratsumida
Shu Morooka 73'
Yuta Higuchi 73'
Gaku Shibasaki 73'
Kento Misao 73'
			78' Takahiro Ko
			78' Riki Harakawa
Soma Anzai 79'
Shintaro Nago 82'
Tomoya Fujii 82'
Hayato Nakama 83'
Homare Tokuda 83'
			85' Kei Chinen
			85' Teppei Oka
			86' Teppei Oka
			86' M. Morishige
			86' Kosuke Shirai
			86' Yuto Nagatomo
			86' Keita Endo
			86' Leon Nozawa
06/07/2024	Kashiwa Reysol	3 - 2	FC Tokyo	2-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	2' Diego Oliveira
Diego 14'		1 - 1
Tomoki Takamine 32'		2 - 1
Tomoya Koyamatsu 60'
Kosuke Kinoshita 60'
			65' Teruhito Nakagawa
			65' Ryotaro Araki
			65' Kota Tawaratsumida
			65' Keita Endo
			65' Diego Oliveira
			65' K. Matsuki
Yuto Yamada 71'
Takuya Shimamura 71'
Matheus Savio 71'
Sachiro Toshima 71'
			75' Kosuke Shirai
			75' Yuto Nagatomo
Tomoki Takamine 81'
Riki Harakawa 81'
			81' Takahiro Ko
			81' Eiichi Katayama
Diego 82'
Kazuki Kumasawa 82'
Takuya Shimamura 84'
		2 - 2	86' Teppei Oka
Sachiro Toshima 90+4'		3 - 2
22/06/2024	Shonan Bellmare	0 - 1	FC Tokyo	0-0	H2H	O	+
			69' Ryotaro Araki
			69' Soma Anzai
			69' Teruhito Nakagawa
			69' Diego Oliveira
Naoki Yamada 73'
T. Hata 73'
Masaki Ikeda 73'
Akito Suzuki 73'
			78' Takahiro Ko
			78' Riki Harakawa
		0 - 1	79' Shuhei Tokumoto
			79' Kota Tawaratsumida
			79' Shuhei Tokumoto
Kosuke Onose 86'
H. Ishii 86'
Koki Tachi 86'
Takuya Okamoto 86'
			90+2' K. Matsuki
			90+2' Kosuke Shirai
			90+6' Riki Harakawa
31/05/2024	Sagan Tosu	0 - 1	FC Tokyo	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	11' Yasuki Kimoto
Yoichi Naganuma 35'
			44' K. Matsuki
Kosuke Yamazaki 59'
			65' Teruhito Nakagawa
			65' H. Nakamura
Yusuke Maruhashi 73'
Yuki Horigome 73'
			76' K. Matsuki
			76' Diego Oliveira
			76' Kota Tawaratsumida
			76' Diego Oliveira
Cayman Togashi 82'
Vinícius Araújo 82'
Kohei Tezuka 83'
Naoyuki Fujita 83'
Taichi Kikuchi 83'
Fumiya Kitajima 83'
Ayumu Yokoyama 87'
Riki Harakawa 87'
			88' Ryotaro Araki
			88' Atsushi Kawata
			88' Soma Anzai
			88' Shuhei Tokumoto
15/05/2024	Nagoya Grampus	3 - 1	FC Tokyo	1-0	H2H	O	+
Takuya Uchida 14'
Haruki Yoshida 17'
			23' K. Bangnagande
Kensuke Nagai 28'
Kasper Junker 33'		1 - 0
Kensuke Nagai 58'
Ryuji Izumi 58'
			61' Teruhito Nakagawa
			61' Ryotaro Araki
			61' Diego Oliveira
			61' K. Matsuki
Kasper Junker 66'		2 - 0
Masahito Ono 68'
Ken Masui 68'
Takuya Uchida 68'
Katsuhiro Nakayama 68'
Kasper Junker 71'		3 - 0
			71' Soma Anzai
			71' Jája Silva
			72' Kota Tawaratsumida
			72' Yuto Nagatomo
		3 - 1	78' Ryotaro Araki
			81' Yasuki Kimoto
Kasper Junker 82'
Patric 82'
Tsukasa Morishima 82'
Takuji Yonemoto 82'
			85' Takahiro Ko
			85' Riki Harakawa
06/05/2024	Consadole Sapporo	1 - 2	FC Tokyo	1-1	H2H	O	+
Seiya Baba 5'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	26' Kota Tawaratsumida
			47' Kei Koizumi
		1 - 2	65' Diego Oliveira
			71' Teruhito Nakagawa
			71' Riki Harakawa
Supachok Sarachat 71'
Toya Nakamura 71'
T. Kondo 72'
Kosuke Shirai 72'
			72' K. Bangnagande
			72' Gun-hee Kim
Takuma Arano 72'
Ryu Takao 72'
			83' Kota Tawaratsumida
			83' Leon Nozawa
			83' Diego Oliveira
			83' Jája Silva
			86' Jája Silva
Daiki Suga 87'
Tatsuya Hasegawa 87'
Seiya Baba 87'
Yuki Kobayashi 87'
			90+4' Soma Anzai
			90+4' Shuhei Tokumoto
			90+7' Ryu Takao
Yuki Kobayashi 90+7'
Ryu Takao 90+7'
			90+8' Takahiro Ko
27/04/2024	Albirex Niigata	1 - 3	FC Tokyo	0-1	H2H	O	+
			19' Tsubasa Terayama
			19' Diego Oliveira
E. Miyamoto 26'
K. Chiba 34'
		0 - 1	39' Teruhito Nakagawa
		0 - 2	49' Kosuke Shirai
		0 - 3	62' Diego Oliveira
Y. Komi 63'
H. Inamura 63'
K. Taniguchi 63'
Y. Ono 63'
K. Chiba 63'
S. Ota 63'
			68' Kota Tawaratsumida
			68' Yuto Nagatomo
			68' Teruhito Nakagawa
			68' Ryunosuke Sato
E. Matsuda 73'
T. Hasegawa 73'
Y. Takagi 73'
M. Hasegawa 73'
			81' Takahiro Ko
			81' Riki Harakawa
			81' K. Bangnagande
			81' Leon Nozawa
S. Ota 82'
F. Hayakawa 90'		1 - 3
13/04/2024	Tokyo Verdy	2 - 2	FC Tokyo	2-0	H2H	O	+
			26' Soma Anzai
T. Miki 28'		1 - 0
I. Someno 34'		2 - 0
H. Taniguchi 39'
K. Yamakoshi 39'
			43' Soma Anzai
			61' Kota Tawaratsumida
			61' Keita Endo
			61' Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa
			61' H. Onaga
K. Saito 62'
Tsubasa Terayama 62'
Y. Kimura 62'
H. Yamami 62'
		2 - 1	68' Keita Endo
			73' K. Bangnagande
			73' Yuto Nagatomo
T. Miki 79'
Y. Matsuhashi 79'
I. Someno 79'
Y. Tsunashima 79'
K. Yamakoshi 82'
			83' Kei Koizumi
			83' Riki Harakawa
			83' Takahiro Ko
			83' Jája Silva
		2 - 2	90+4' Keita Endo
30/03/2024	Kawasaki Frontale	3 - 0	FC Tokyo	1-0	H2H	O	+
			26' Yasuki Kimoto
Yasuto Wakizaka 34'		1 - 0
			64' K. Matsuki
			64' Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa
			64' Ryotaro Araki
			64' Diego Oliveira
			64' Keita Endo
			64' Jája Silva
Yusuke Segawa 65'
Asahi Sasaki 65'
			72' Go Hatano
			75' Teruhito Nakagawa
			75' T. Nozawa
Erison 82'
Shin Yamada 82'
Daiya Tono 82'
Hinata Yamauchi 82'
Shin Yamada 83'		2 - 0
			83' Yasuki Kimoto
			83' H. Nakamura
Kento Tachibanada 90+2'		3 - 0
Yasuto Wakizaka 90+4'
Yuki Yamamoto 90+4'
Akihiro Ienaga 90+5'
Yu Kobayashi 90+5'
16/03/2024	Avispa Fukuoka	1 - 3	FC Tokyo	0-2	H2H	O	+
Hiroyuki Mae 14'
		0 - 1	28' Yuto Nagatomo
		0 - 2	32' Ryotaro Araki
			45+1' Kei Koizumi
Seiya Inoue 46'
Yuto Iwasaki 46'
		0 - 3	57' Kashif Bangnagande
Wellington 58'
Shahab Zahedi 58'
Takeshi Kanamori 59'
Reiju Tsuruno 59'
Masato Shigemi 64'
			71' Yuto Nagatomo
			71' Hotaka Nakamura
			71' Keita Endo
			71' Kota Tawaratsumida
Itsuki Oda 72'
Masashi Kamekawa 72'
Masato Shigemi 72'
Daiki Matsuoka 72'
			80' Ryotaro Araki
			80' Keigo Higashi
			80' Teruhito Nakagawa
			80' Jajá
Daiki Matsuoka 82'		1 - 3
Yota Maejima 90'
			90' Keigo Higashi
			90' Shoma Anzai
			90+3' Shoma Anzai
24/02/2024	Cerezo Osaka	2 - 2	FC Tokyo	1-1	H2H	O	+
			20' Ryotaro Araki
Capixaba 26'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	33' Ryotaro Araki
			44' Yuto Nagatomo
Shunta Tanaka 51'		2 - 1
			65' Teruhito Nakagawa
			65' Shoma Anzai
			66' Kota Tawaratsumida
			66' Jajá
			72' Jajá
		2 - 2	75' Ryotaro Araki
Shinji Kagawa 78'
Vitor Bueno 78'
Hiroaki Okuno 78'
Masaya Shibayama 78'
			82' Riki Harakawa
			82' Kei Koizumi
			82' Kashif Bangnagande
			82' Kosuke Shirai
			85' Henrique Trevisan
			90+5' Diego Oliveira
			90+5' Keigo Higashi
Capixaba 90+6'
Hirotaka Tameda 90+6'
Shunta Tanaka 90+6'
Satoki Uejo 90+6'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of FC Tokyo in J-League.

Statistics & Analysis of FC Tokyo

Ryotaro Araki is the leading top goal scorer for FC Tokyo with 5 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	3
Longest losing streak	2
Longest run without loss	3
Longest run without win	5
Clean sheets	5
Matches over 2.25 goals	14
Matches under 2.25 goals	5
Matches First Half Over 0.5	16
Matches First Half Under 0.5	3
Matches odd	10
Matches even	9
Average goals scored	1.47
Average goals allowed	1.58
Failure to score	4
Biggest victory	1 - 3
Biggest defeat	3 - 0
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	1
Own goals	2
Goalless draw at home match	0
Goalless draw at away match	1 (5%)
Comeback win	2
Top Goal Scorer	Ryotaro Araki
Top Assist	Kuryu Matsuki

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J-League 2024 - Regular Season Table

FC Tokyo are in the 7th position of J-League.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Vissel Kobe	38	21	9	8	61	36	+25	72
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	38	19	11	8	72	43	+29	68
3	Machida Zelvia	38	19	9	10	54	34	+20	66
4	Gamba Osaka	38	18	12	8	49	35	+14	66
5	Kashima Antlers	38	18	11	9	60	41	+19	65
6	Tokyo Verdy	38	14	14	10	51	51	+0	56
7	FC Tokyo	38	15	9	14	53	51	+2	54
8	Kawasaki Frontale	38	13	13	12	66	57	+9	52
9	Yokohama F. Marinos	38	15	7	16	61	62	-1	52
10	Cerezo Osaka	38	13	13	12	43	48	-5	52
11	Nagoya Grampus	38	15	5	18	44	47	-3	50
12	Avispa Fukuoka	38	12	14	12	33	38	-5	50
13	Urawa Reds	38	12	12	14	49	45	+4	48
14	Kyoto Sanga	38	12	11	15	43	55	-12	47
15	Shonan Bellmare	38	12	9	17	53	58	-5	45
16	Albirex Niigata	38	10	12	16	44	59	-15	42
17	Kashiwa Reysol	38	9	14	15	39	51	-12	41
18	Júbilo Iwata	38	10	8	20	47	68	-21	38
19	Consadole Sapporo	38	9	10	19	43	66	-23	37
20	Sagan Tosu	38	10	5	23	48	68	-20	35

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FC Tokyo Squad

Detailed statistics of each FC Tokyo player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

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#	Name of Player
1	Tsuyoshi Kodama	45	1	1
2	Hotaka Nakamura	736	16	8	1			1
3	Masato Morishige	1644	21	3	1			2
4	Yasuki Kimoto	1188	16	3	3	1		4
5	Yuto Nagatomo	1551	27	10	8	2		3
7	Kuryu Matsuki	1257	18	5	5	2		1
8	Takahiro Ko	2598	31	1	12	2		1
9	Diego Queiroz de Oliveira	1826	28	6	17	6	2	3
10	Keigo Higashi	406	10	5	6	1
11	Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa	263	9	7	2	2	1
13	Go Hatano	1041	13	1						2
14	Keita Yamashita	34	2	2
16	Takuya Aoki
17	Tsubasa Terayama	47	1	0	1
18	Manato Shinada
22	Keita Endo	1154	22	10	10	5		1
23	Ryunosuke Sato	39	2	2
28	Reon Nozawa	78	9	9		1
29	Naoki Kumata
30	Teppei Oka	1301	16	2	2	2		3
31	Masataka Kobayashi
32	Kanta Doi	1080	14	2	2			1
33	Kota Tawaratsumida	1661	31	10	20	2
35	Koki Tsukagawa
37	Kei Koizumi	2370	30	3	4	1		5
38	Soma Anzai	1837	28	7	10	3		5	1
39	Teruhito Nakagawa	2177	32	4	23	5		1
40	Riki Harakawa	659	23	18	5	1		1
41	Taishi Brandon Nozawa	1971	23	1	1			1
43	Shuhei Tokumoto	492	11	6		1
44	Henrique de Souza Trevisan	1299	15		2	0		5		1
45	Kojiro Yasuda
47	Seiji Kimura
48	Yuta Arai
49	Kashifu Bangunagande	1476	17		6	2		3
50	Renta Higashi
51	Wataru Goto
52	Rui Asada
53	Shuto Nagano
54	Yui Nakano
55	Deibuainchinedo Otani
56	Taiyo Yamaguchi
70	Jandir Breno Souza Silva	204	12	12				2
71	Ryotaro Araki	1624	25	6	16	7	1	2
98	Everton Galdino Moreira	116	3	2	1
99	Kosuke Shirai	1336	19	5	3	1		1
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	Shuto Okaniwa
	Sodai Hasukawa
	Takuya Uchida
	Yuki Kajiura

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