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.
| Full name | Yokogawa Musashino Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1939 as Yokogawa Electric Corporation | ||
| Ground | Musashino Municipal Athletic Stadium Musashino City, Tokyo | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Hikaru Yoshikawa | ||
| Manager | Hisayuki Ikegami | ||
| League | Japan Football League | ||
| 2023 | 13th of 15 | ||
| Website | https://fc.yokogawa-musashino.jp/ | ||
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History
editThe 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 three teams have competed in Japan Football League every year since its inception in 1999 (The others being Honda FC and Sony Sendai).
Stadiums
editTheir 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
edit| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | Emperor's Cup | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | TBD | 30 | 1st round | |||||||
- 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
edit| Honour | No. | Years |
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| Shakaijin Cup | 1 | 1993, 1997 |
| Kanto Soccer League | 3 | 1994, 1997, 1998 |
| Japanese Regional Promotion Series | 1 | 1998 |
Current squad
editAs of 16 August 2024.[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
edit| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  Hisayuki Ikegami[6]
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| Assistant manager | Takanori Kanamori
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| First-team coach | Masahiro Tomaru Yoshisato Uchino Masaaki Yabe
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| Goalkeeper coach | Takuya Suzuki Keita Yasumoto
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| Analyst | Kentaro Nagai
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| Athletic trainer | Kenji Kano Takehiro Ishii
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Managerial history
edit| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
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| 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
edit- ^ "Yokogawa Musashino renamed "Tokyo Musashino City"" (in Japanese). 9 December 2015.
- ^ "Name Change". tokyo-musashino-united-fc.com. Tokyo Musashino United. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ チーム名・エンブレム変更のお知らせ
- ^ チーム名・エンブレム変更のお知らせ
- ^ "チーム". 東京武蔵野シティフットボールクラブ. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Toshiyuki Ikegami Appointed as Head Coach". fc.yokogawa-musashino.jp. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)