Yokogawa Musashino FC

Yokogawa Musashino FC
横河武蔵野FC
Full nameYokogawa Musashino Football Club
Founded1939 (1939) as Yokogawa Electric Corporation
GroundMusashino Municipal Athletic Stadium
Musashino City, Tokyo
Capacity5,000
ChairmanHikaru Yoshikawa
ManagerHisayuki Ikegami
LeagueJapan Football League
202415th of 16
Websitefc.yokogawa-musashino.jp

Yokogawa Musashino FC (横河武蔵野FC, Yokogawa Musashino Efu Shī), formerly Tokyo Musashino United FC (東京武蔵野ユナイテッドFC, Tōkyō Musashino Yunaiteddo Efu Shī) is a football club based in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. They currently play in the Japan Football League, Japan's fourth tier of league football. The team colours are blue and yellow.

History

The club was founded as a football club of Yokogawa Electric Corporation in 1939. In 1978, the club achieved their first promotion to the Kanto Regional League. Despite experiencing the relegation to the Tokyo Prefecture League twice, they were determined to bounce back and gained the promotion to the Japan Football League in 1999. Although the club still have strong association with Yokogawa Electric, they left the nest in 2003 and started the new life as a non-corporation club under the name Yokogawa Musashino until 2015. The club was renamed Tokyo Musashino City in January 2016.[1]

In February 2021, the club renamed its official name to Tokyo Musashino United Football Club. [2]

On 4 December 2023, Tokyo Musashino United announced that they would be renaming its official name back to Yokogawa Musashino Football Club. The club's former crest (when playing as Yokogawa Musashino FC) was restored, as well, starting from the 2024 season.[3][4] Yokogawa Musashino are one of the two teams have competed in Japan Football League every year since its inception in 1999, the other being Honda FC.

Stadiums

Their home ground is Musashino Municipal Athletic Stadium, but they also play some of their home games at Ajinomoto Stadium, Ajinomoto Stadium sub ground, Edogawa Stadium, and Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium.

League & cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League Emperor's
Cup
Season Division Tier Teams Pos. P W (OTW) D L F A GD Pts
Yokogawa Electric
1999 JFL 3 9 8th 24 6 (1) - 17 26 42 -16 20
2000 12 12th 22 2 3 17 21 41 -20 9 1st round
2001 16 7th 30 12 5 13 37 54 -17 41 Did not qualify
2002 18 7th 17 8 4 5 21 -5 28
Yokogawa Musashino
2003 JFL 3 16 13th 30 9 2 19 32 65 -33 29 Did not qualify
2004 16 13th 30 8 8 14 41 51 -10 32
2005 16 9th 30 14 6 10 37 29 8 48
2006 18 6th 34 17 9 8 58 38 20 60
2007 18 7th 34 16 6 12 50 44 6 54
2008 18 7th 34 15 9 10 43 34 9 54
2009 18 2nd 34 17 9 8 48 34 14 60 2nd round
2010 18 12th 34 12 8 14 34 38 -4 44 Did not qualify
2011 18 15th 33 9 9 15 33 37 -4 36
2012 17 10th 32 11 8 13 35 50 -15 41 4th round
2013 18 10th 34 13 10 11 36 36 0 49 2nd round
2014 4 14 6th 26 9 8 9 31 31 0 35 Did not qualify
2015 16 12th 30 8 6 16 31 40 -9 30
Tokyo Musashino City
2016 JFL 4 16 12th 30 9 8 13 29 38 -9 35 Did not qualify
2017 16 11th 30 8 9 13 44 47 -3 33
2018 16 6th 30 14 7 9 49 36 13 49
2019 16 4th 30 13 9 8 44 39 5 48
2020 16 11th 15 5 4 6 15 17 -2 19 3rd round
Tokyo Musashino United
2021 JFL 4 17 15th 32 9 5 18 38 53 -15 32 Did not qualify
2022 16 6th 30 14 6 10 49 33 16 48
2023 15 13th 28 9 5 14 30 36 -6 32
Yokogawa Musashino
2024 JFL 4 16 15th 30 5 8 18 25 48 -23 23 1st round
2025 16 TBD 30 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

Honours

Yokogawa Musashino FC Honours
Honour No. Years
Shakaijin Cup 1 1993, 1997
Kanto Soccer League 3 1994, 1997, 1998
Japanese Regional Promotion Series 1 1998
Tokyo Metropolitan Soccer Tournament
Emperor's Cup Tokyo Qualifiers
5 2000, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2024

Current squad

As of 16 August 2024.[5] 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 Shunya Nitta
2 MF  JPN Riku Yamada
3 DF  JPN Kenta Ichimiya
4 DF  JPN Ryoma Nakagawa
5 MF  JPN Yuya Suzuki
6 DF  JPN Shun Torii
7 MF  JPN Takumi Kaneda
8 DF  JPN Daichi Kobayashi (captain)
9 FW  JPN Taiki Yukutake
10 MF  JPN Kyosuke Goto
11 FW  JPN Koki Taguchi
13 DF  JPN Rei Morita
14 FW  JPN Kosuke Sawano
15 FW  JPN Ryoichi Imamura
16 DF  JPN Ryuichi Tanimoto
17 MF  JPN Yuki Onodera
18 MF  JPN Koji Ishihara
20 MF  JPN Ukyo Hirano
21 GK  JPN Atsuki Suetsugu
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  JPN Goru Teramoto
23 FW  JPN Daiji Oguchi
24 FW  JPN Ryosuke Yamazaki
25 DF  JPN Haruki Nishimi
26 MF  JPN Daiki Kawato
27 MF  JPN Motoki Tokisato
28 DF  JPN Shunsuke Yamazaki
29 MF  JPN Naoya Yoshida
30 MF  JPN Ryunosuke Suzuki
31 GK  JPN Takuya Atsumi
32 DF  JPN Kaito Omomo
33 DF  JPN Motoya Toyoshima
34 FW  JPN Takuma Abe
35 MF  JPN Kazuki Takahashi
36 MF  JPN Seiya Niizeki
37 DF  JPN Danto Sugiyama
41 GK  JPN Taku Kamikawa
50 GK  JPN Ryusei Ito

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Hisayuki Ikegami[6]
Assistant manager Takanori Kanamori
First-team coach Masahiro Tomaru
Yoshisato Uchino
Masaaki Yabe
Goalkeeper coach Takuya Suzuki
Keita Yasumoto
Analyst Kentaro Nagai
Athletic trainer Kenji Kano
Takehiro Ishii

Managerial history

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Hideki Maeda  Japan 1 February 1998 31 January 2000
Hiroki Yoda  Japan 1 February 2007 31 January 2013
Yasuhiro Yoshida  Japan 1 February 2013 31 January 2018
Hisayuki Ikegami  Japan 1 February 2018 31 January 2022
Hiroki Yoda  Japan 1 February 2022 31 January 2023
Toshihiro Ishimura  Japan 1 February 2023 12 September 2024
Hisayuki Ikegami  Japan 12 September 2024 present

References

  1. ^ "Yokogawa Musashino renamed "Tokyo Musashino City"" (in Japanese). 9 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Name Change". tokyo-musashino-united-fc.com. Tokyo Musashino United. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. ^ チーム名・エンブレム変更のお知らせ
  4. ^ チーム名・エンブレム変更のお知らせ
  5. ^ "チーム". 東京武蔵野シティフットボールクラブ. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Toshiyuki Ikegami Appointed as Head Coach". fc.yokogawa-musashino.jp. Retrieved 2 October 2024.