Tokyo 23 F.C.
東京23FC
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Full nameTokyo 23 Football Club
Nickname(s)Tokyo 23
Founded2003; 21 years ago (2003)
GroundEdogawa Stadium
Edogawa, Tokyo
Capacity6.950
ChairmanMitsuhiro Tomomechi
ManagerYuki Komatsu
LeagueKantō Soccer League (Div. 1)
20223rd of 10
WebsiteClub website

Tokyo 23 Football Club (東京23フットボールクラブ, Tōkyō Ni-Jū San Futtobōrukurabu) commonly known as Tokyo 23 FC (東京23FC, Tōkyō Ni-Jū San Efushi) is a Japanese football club based in the 23 special wards of Tokyo. Their motto is "Tokyo Pride" (Be Pride of the Tokyoites). The club now participates in the first division of Kanto Soccer League, which part of Japanese Regional Leagues, the 5th level of the Japanese football league system, and they're aiming towards pro football.[1]

History

Establishment

Tokyo 23 Football Club was established as Sagawa Tokyo 23 Soccer Club in 2003.

Tokyo League

Tokyo 23 FC was promoted to Division 1 in 2006, but they hovered around 7th to 11th their position until 2010 for 4 years.

On February 3, 2010, Tokyo 23 Corporation. was established for management. In April 2010, Tokyo 23 Soccer Club was renamed to Tokyo 23 FC.

On January 15, 2012, Tokyo 23 FC fought against Tonan Maehashi Satellite to be raised to Kanto Soccer League 2nd Division, and Tokyo 23 FC won by 1–0.[2]

Kanto Soccer League

On October 7, 2012, Tokyo 23 won the Kanto Soccer League's 2nd Division, three points clear off runners-up Hitachi Building System SC.[3]

League record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season League Position P W D L F A GF Pts
2012 Kanto Soccer League (Div. 2) 1st 18 12 3 3 48 22 26 39
2013 Kanto Soccer League
(Div. 1) 		4th 18 9 2 7 50 32 18 29
2014 2nd 18 10 6 2 36 17 19 39
2015 4th 18 9 5 4 40 20 20 32
2016 1st 18 14 2 2 36 18 18 44
2017 4th 18 7 6 5 28 21 7 27
2018 4th 18 6 7 5 23 21 2 25
2019 8th 18 5 3 10 20 33 -13 18
2020 8th 9 2 3 4 6 14 -8 9
2021 5th 22 11 3 8 36 25 11 36
2022 3rd 18 10 2 6 30 23 7 32
2023 TBA 18

Current squad

As of 23 August 2023. [4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Naoki Yoshikawa
2 DF Japan JPN Hayato Shibata
3 DF Japan JPN Seiji Shindo
4 DF Japan JPN Daiki Sakanoue
5 DF Japan JPN Kenta Naito
6 MF Japan JPN Tappei Oki
7 MF Japan JPN Dai Takahashi
8 MF Japan JPN Kohei Kikuchi
9 FW Japan JPN Hikaru Shimizu
10 MF Japan JPN Koki Wakasugi
11 FW Japan JPN Konosuke Wada
13 FW Japan JPN Sotaro Murakami
14 MF Japan JPN Keita Nagato
15 MF Japan JPN Ryuhei Tanabe
16 MF Japan JPN Hayate Kobayashi
17 MF Japan JPN Shogo Oya
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Japan JPN Shun Higashi
19 FW Japan JPN Yuga Harashina
20 DF Japan JPN Yui Shikida
21 GK Japan JPN Fumiya Oishi
22 DF Japan JPN Kazuya Miyata
24 MF Japan JPN Kentaro Matsumoto
25 MF Japan JPN Motoki Kanda
26 DF Japan JPN Ryotaro Maeda
27 MF Japan JPN Ryoma Shimizu
28 DF Japan JPN Rikuya Iwanaga
29 DF Japan JPN Akihiro Kawasaki
31 GK Japan JPN Hiroto Takayasu
32 DF Japan JPN Ryuji Ito
33 DF Japan JPN Chihiro Tajima
34 MF Japan JPN Haruki Okajima
44 MF Japan JPN Makoto Okamoto

Honours

References

  1. ^ "TOKYO 23 FOOTBALL CLUB OFFICIAL WEB SITE". www.tokyo23fc.jp. Archived from the original on 2010-10-17.
  2. ^ Nishimura, Taketoshi; Keiko Ishikawa; Ryouichi Shihara. "Tokyo 23 Football Club News No.042" (PDF). Tokyo 23 FC Public relations section.
  3. ^ Nishimura, Taketoshi; Keiko Ishikawa; Eiji Matsukawa. "Tokyo 23 Football Club News No.067" (PDF). Tokyo 23 FC Public relations section.
  4. ^ "Tokyo 23 players". Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  5. ^ ２００３年度リーグ結果 2003 League Results
  6. ^ 第38回 東京都社会人リーグ ３部 （６ブロック） 38th Tokyo Shakaijin Soccer League Division 3 6th Block

External links

Kantō Soccer League
Japanese club football
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