Tokyo Musashino City FC

Yokogawa Musashino FC
横河武蔵野FC
Full nameYokogawa Musashino Football Club
Founded1939; 85 years ago (1939) as Yokogawa Electric Corporation
GroundMusashino Municipal Athletic Stadium
Musashino City, Tokyo
Capacity5,000
ChairmanHikaru Yoshikawa
ManagerToshihiro Ishimura
LeagueJapan Football League
202313th of 15
WebsiteClub website
Former logo of Yokogawa Musashino
Former logo of Tokyo Musashino City

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. Their team colour is 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 was announced change name of the adult top team will be back to Yokogawa Musashino Football Club for the first time in nine years and the club emblem will also be returned to the Yokogawa Musashino FC specifications from 2024 season. In the future, we will aim to unify the organization with subordinate organizations (academies (youth), schools) and focus on activities aimed at further collaboration and "contributing to the healthy development of people's minds and bodies and the development of society through sports". The company plans to focus on promoting the creation of sports clubs that are rooted in the Musashino area.[3][4]。

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 TBD 30
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

  • Kanto Soccer League Champions
    • 1994, 1997, 1998
  • Japanese Regional Champion
    • 1998
  • Shakaijin Cup
    • 1993, 1997

Current squad

As of 21 August 2023.[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Coaching staff

For the 2023 season.

Position Staff
Manager Japan Toshihiro Ishimura
Assistant manager Japan Takanori Kanamori
Japan Masaaki Yabe
First team coach Japan Yoshisato Uchino
Goalkeeper coach Japan Keita Yasumoto
Analytics coach Japan Kentaro Nagai
Technical advisor Japan Hiroshi Kumagai
Chief athletic trainer Japan Kenji Kano
Athletic trainer Japan Takehiro Ishii
Strengthening and Advisor Japan Koji Murayama
Japan Hiroshi Kumagai
Enchangement manager Japan Hisayuki Ikegami
Strengthening assistant manager Japan Shunpei Sawamoto

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 present

References

  1. ^ "Yokogawa Musashino will be 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 20 February 2023.

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