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Football Club Machida Zelvia (FC町田ゼルビア, Efu Shi Machida Zerubia) is a Japanese football club based in Machida, Tokyo.

Machida Zelvia
FC町田ゼルビア
Full nameFootball Club Machida Zelvia
Nickname(s)Zelvia
Founded1989; 33 years ago (1989)
GroundMachida Municipal Athletic Stadium
Machida, Tokyo
Capacity15,489
OwnerCyberAgent
ManagerGo Kuroda
LeagueJ2 League
2022J2 League, 15th of 22
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

History


Machida is known as "Brazil of Tokyo" due to the popularity of football in the city; it has, in fact, produced the second-largest number of J. League players though its football school. Originally formed in 1977 by Machida's football federation, this school is well known for its development of young talent into professional players. In 1989, in order to retain that talent in Machida, F.C. Machida established its own top team, which, at that time, played in the Tokyo Prefecture League.

In 2003 they became a polideportivo under the name Athletic Club Machida, and in 2005 were promoted to the Kanto League, having won the Tokyo Prefectural League (First Division). They came first in the Kanto league (Second Division) the following year, and were promoted to First Division, where they stayed until promotion to Japan Football League as champions of the Regional Promotion Playoff Series in 2008.

In 2009, they adopted the current nickname Zelvia, a portmanteau of the Portuguese words zelkova (Machida city's official tree) and salvia (a grassy plant commonly used in football pitches).

The same year, the club declared its intent to be promoted to J. League's 2nd division, and its status of semi-affiliate was officially approved by the J. League. However, its home stadium capacity and light specifications did not meet the J. League's requirements, average attendance did not reach 3,000, and the team's final position of 6th place did not allow for Zelvia's promotion to the J. League.

In 2010, Machida Zelvia appointed Naoki Soma, a former star player who played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, as its new head coach. The stadium's lighting was renewed, and club added several J. League players to its roster. Zelvia also announced its partnership with Major League Soccer's D.C. United, which became the first historic partnership between a Japanese and American football club.[1] The reborn team beat Tokyo Verdy, its arch-rival from the J. League, in the Emperor's Cup, but was knocked out by Albirex Niigata in the third round. Soma left at the end of the season and was replaced by Ranko Popović, former coach of Oita Trinita.

The stadium's capacity and conditions were still short of fulfilling J. League criteria, so the club completed another renovation between the end of the 2010 and start of the 2011 seasons. Machida Zelvia finished the 2011 season in third place after beating Kamatamare Sanuki in the final match of that season, thereby granting them promotion to J. League (Second Division),[2] but were relegated after a bottom-placed finish. They became one of the original J3 clubs after finishing at 4th place in the 2014 JFL season and returned to J2 as 2015 runners-up by beating Oita Trinita in the promotion/relegation playoff.


Stadium


Machida Zelvia currently plays at Machida Municipal Athletic Stadium (Nozuta Stadium). Capacity until 2011 was 6,200, including grassy areas, and has had lighting for night games since 2009. Between the 2010 and 2011 seasons the stadium was upgraded and is now all-seated. Although the minimum seating requirement for J2 is 10,000, Nozuta fell short of that number. However, under an agreement made with J-League officials, home games where a large attendance is expected will be played at other stadia leased specifically for the purpose, and upgrades to Nozuta were made to meet the 10,000-capacity requirement. The current capacity of the stadium is 15,489.


League and cup record


Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.PWDLFAGDPtsAttendance/GEmperor's
Cup
2009 JFL186th341412838308541,886
2010 183rd3419411714427613,5033rd round
2011 183rd331878612833613,5152nd round
2012 J22222nd42711243467-33323,6274th round
2013 JFL184th34187951447613,174
2014 J3123rd332085592337683,134
2015 132nd362394521834783,7664th round
2016 J2227th4218111353449655,1231st round
2017 2216th4211171453530504,0562nd round
2018 224th4221138624418764,9153rd round
2019 2218th42916173659-23434,7182nd round
2020 2219th421213174152-11491,302Did not qualify
2021 225th42201210643826722,5772nd round
2022 2215th421491951501513,2432nd round
2023 22TBA42
Key

Honours



Kit evolution


Home kit - 1st
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022 -
Away kit - 2nd
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022 -

Colour, sponsors and manufacturers


Season(s)Main Shirt SponsorCollarbone SponsorAdditional Sponsor(s)Kit Manufacturer
2019AbemaTV-EAGLE KENSO (Right)odakyuTERADA
株式会社寺田電機製作所
Tamagawa University-svlome
2020AbemaTVAQUA RESORT (Left)25th Anniversary[lower-alpha 1] (Right)odakyuTERADA
株式会社寺田電機製作所
Tamagawa University-svlome

Current squad


As of September 11, 2022.[3][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
2 DF  JPN Masayuki Okuyama
3 DF  JPN Kai Miki
4 DF  JPN Kosuke Ota
5 DF  JPN Kota Fukatsu
6 MF  JPN Kaishu Sano
7 FW  BRA Dudu
8 MF  JPN Leo Takae
9 FW  PRK Jong Tae-se
10 MF  JPN Taiki Hirato
13 DF  JPN Shunya Suganuma
16 MF  JPN Zento Uno
17 DF  JPN Shohei Takahashi
18 MF  JPN Ariajasuru Hasegawa
19 MF  JPN Kazuma Yamaguchi (on loan from Matsumoto Yamaga)
20 FW  JPN Daiki Sato
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  JPN Hijiri Onaga
23 GK  JPN William Popp
24 DF  JPN Jun Okano
26 DF  JPN Takumi Narasaka
28 FW  JPN Shunsuke Ota
30 FW  JPN Yuki Nakashima
32 DF  JPN Soichiro Fukaminato DSP
37 FW  JPN Yu Hirakawa DSP
40 FW  BRA Vinícius Araújo
41 MF  JPN Takuya Yasui
42 GK  JPN Koki Fukui
44 DF  JPN Kazuki Adachi Type 2
45 GK  JPN Sotaro Sasaki Type 2
46 MF  JPN Ken Higuchi
50 GK  JPN Anton Burns

Out on loan


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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  JPN Yoshitaka Aoki (on loan at ReinMeer Aomori)

Technical staff


As of November 2022, staff for the 2023 season.
PositionName
Manager Go Kuroda
Assistant Manager Kim Myung-hwi
First-Team Coach Atsushi Yoneyama
Goalkeeping Coach Jiro Takeda
Physical coach Tsukoshi Tomoo
Chief Director Keisuke Irako
Yutaka Ogawa
Doctor Takahiro Fujisawa
Akio Otoshi
Chief trainer Satoki Onuma
Trainer Shin Osawa
Physio Therapist (Medical Advisor) Kazuyoshi Saito
Takuro Yoshitake
Interpreter Takashi Tsukasa
Interpreter & Analysis coach Takashi Kurokawa
Chief manager Naoya Watanabe
Kit manager Hiroyuki Kawakita
Sub manager Yuto Suzuki
Nutrition Management Advisor Jun Hamano

Managerial history


ManagerNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Minoru Moriya[5] Japan20022007
Tetsuya Totsuka JapanFeb 1 2008Jan 31 2010
Naoki Soma JapanFeb 1 2010Jan 31 2011
Ranko Popović SerbiaFeb 1 2011Jan 31 2012
Osvaldo Ardiles ArgentinaFeb 1 2012Nov 17 2012
Yutaka Akita JapanNov 26 2012Jun 25 2013
Naoki Kusunose JapanJun 25 2013Jan 31 2014
Naoki Soma JapanFeb 1 2014Jan 31 2020
Ranko Popović SerbiaFeb 1 2020Jan 31 2023
Go Kuroda[6] JapanFeb 1 2023

Notes


  1. EAGLE KENSO

References


  1. "D.C. United to partner with FC Machida Zelvia". Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. McKirdy, Andrew, "Ardiles ready to face new challenge Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine", Japan Times, 6 March 2012, p. 18.
  3. "Players&Staff Season 2022". FC Machida Zelvia. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  4. "FC Machida Zelvia Club/Player Directory". Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  5. Interview Minoru Moriya Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Tokyo Football Magazine. Retrieved on 2010-12-17.
  6. "黒田剛 監督就任のお知らせ". zelvia.co.jp (in Japanese). FC Machida Zelvia. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.



На других языках


[de] FC Machida Zelvia

Der FC Machida Zelvia (jap. FC町田ゼルビア, Efu Shī Machida Zerubia) ist ein japanischer Fußballklub aus Machida in der Präfektur Tokio. Aktuell spielt der Verein in der J2 League.
- [en] FC Machida Zelvia

[es] FC Machida Zelvia

El Football Club Machida Zelvia (FC町田ゼルビア, Efushī Machida Zerubia?) es un equipo de fútbol en Japón que milita en la J2 League, la segunda división del país.

[ru] Матида Зельвия

«Матида Зельвия» (яп. 町田ゼルビア, англ. Machida Zelvia) — японский футбольный клуб из города Матида, в настоящий момент выступает Японской футбольной лиге, третьем по силе дивизионе страны.



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