2024 Ehime FC season

Ehime FC
2024 season
Manager	Kiyotaka Ishimaru
Stadium	Ningineer Stadium
J2 League	10th
Emperor's Cup	Second round
J.League Cup	Round 1
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023 2025 →
	All statistics correct as of 12:28, 3 April 2024 (UTC).

ManagerKiyotaka Ishimaru

StadiumNingineer Stadium

J2 League10th

Emperor's CupSecond round

The 2024 Ehime FC season was the club's 54th season in existence and the first one back in the J2 League after a two-year absence.^[1] As well as the domestic league, they competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup.

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Squad no.	Name	Date of birth (age at start of season)
Goalkeepers
1	Kenta Tokushige	(1984-03-09)9 March 1984 (aged 39)
36	Shugo Tsuji	(1991-07-26)26 July 1991 (aged 32)
45	Kazuma Makiguchi	(2004-09-08)8 September 2004 (aged 19)
49	Raihei Kurokawa	(2003-06-07)7 June 2003 (aged 20)
Defenders
2	Ryota Moriwaki	(1986-04-06)6 April 1986 (aged 37)
4	Tatsuya Yamaguchi	(2000-02-09)9 February 2000 (aged 24)
5	Takanori Maeno	(1988-04-14)14 April 1988 (aged 35)
16	Shuma Mihara	(2001-07-16)16 July 2001 (aged 22)
19	Yusei Ozaki	(2003-07-26)26 July 2003 (aged 20)
20	Kang Sung-chan	(2005-11-19)19 November 2005 (aged 18)
21	Bak Keon-woo	(2001-08-09)9 August 2001 (aged 22)
23	Yu Ye-chan	(2001-05-09)9 May 2001 (aged 22)
33	Sora Ogawa (c)	(1999-10-18)18 October 1999 (aged 24)
37	Reiya Morishita	(1998-11-01)1 November 1998 (aged 25)
Midfielders
6	Masashi Tanioka	(2001-07-14)14 July 2001 (aged 22)
7	Yutaka Soneda	(1994-08-29)29 August 1994 (aged 29)
8	Yuta Fukazawa	(2000-08-15)15 August 2000 (aged 23)
13	Ryo Kubota	(2001-01-05)5 January 2001 (aged 23)
14	Shunsuke Tanimoto	(2001-03-07)7 March 2001 (aged 22)
17	Shunsuke Motegi	(1996-10-02)2 October 1996 (aged 27)
18	Shunsuke Kikuchi	(1991-10-04)4 October 1991 (aged 32)
22	Nelson Ishiwatari	(2005-05-10)10 May 2005 (aged 18)
24	Ryo Sato	(1997-09-24)24 September 1997 (aged 26)
25	Taiga Ishiura	(2001-11-22)22 November 2001 (aged 22)
28	Akira Hamashita	(1995-07-05)5 July 1995 (aged 28)
Forwards
9	Ben Duncan	(2002-11-12)12 November 2002 (aged 21)
10	Riki Matsuda	(1991-07-24)24 July 1991 (aged 32)
11	Yuta Fujihara	(1999-04-09)9 April 1999 (aged 24)
26	Kyota Funahashi	(2005-07-31)31 July 2005 (aged 18)
40	Kazuki Sota	(2000-01-09)9 January 2000 (aged 24)

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
30 August 2023	MF	Masashi Tanioka	Kansai University	Full	^[2]
21 September 2023	FW	Kyota Funahashi	Júbilo Iwata U-18s	Full	^[3]
17 November 2023	DF	Kang Sung-chang	Seohae High School	Full	^[4]
18 December 2023	MF	Nelson Ishiwatari	Cerezo Osaka	Loan	^[5]
22 December 2023	DF	Bak Keon-woo	Pohang Steelers	Full	^[6]
25 December 2023	DF	Yu Ye-chan	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Full	^[7]
27 December 2023	FW	Yuta Fujiwara	Sagan Tosu	Full	^[8]
28 December 2023	MF	Taiga Ishiura	Tokyo Verdy	Full	^[9]
6 January 2024	MF	Ryo Kubota	FC Gifu	Full	^[10]
6 January 2024	MF	Akira Hamashita	Tokushima Vortis	Loan	^[11]
7 January 2024	DF	Yusei Ozaki	Vissel Kobe	Loan	^[12]

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
29 November 2023	DF	Shoi Yoshinaga	Omiya Ardija	Loan return	^[13]
5 December 2023	DF	Yasuhiro Hiraoka		Retired	^[14]
14 December 2023	MF	Kyoji Kutsuna	AC Nagano Parceiro	Full	^[15]
19 December 2023	MF	Takumi Sasaki		Released	^[16]
20 December 2023	DF	Kei Oshiro	Gainare Tottori	Full	^[17]
20 December 2023	MF	Asahi Yada	Giravanz Kitakyushu	Full	^[18]
26 December 2023	FW	Shumpei Fukahori	Thespa Gunma	Loan return	^[19]
28 December 2023	MF	Takuto Kimura	Yokohama F. Marinos	Loan return	^[20]
29 December 2023	MF	Yuto Hikida	Fagiano Okayama	Loan return	^[21]
9 January 2024	FW	Yugo Masukake	Kashiwa Reysol	Loan return	^[22]
12 January 2024	DF	Haruki Yoshida	Edo All United	Full	^[23]
22 January 2024	MF	Shuya Iwai	Aventura Kawaguchi	Full	^[24]
12 March 2024	MF	Takumi Sasaki	Negeri Sembilan	Full	^[25]

31 January 2024 Friendly	Ehime FC	0–0	Blaublitz Akita	Haruno
		Report		Stadium: Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium
Note: 35 minutes

31 January 2024 Friendly	Ehime FC	1–0	Blaublitz Akita	Haruno
		Report		Stadium: Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium
Note: 35 minutes

2024 Ehime FC season

Season squad

Transfers

Arrivals

Departures

Pre-season matches

Competitions

Overall record

J2 League

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

J.League Cup

References

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31 January 2024 Friendly	Ehime FC	0–1	Blaublitz Akita	Haruno
		Report		Stadium: Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium
Note: 35 minutes

4 February 2024 Friendly	Ehime FC	0–0	Kamatamare Sanuki	Ningineer Stadium
		Report
Note: 45 minutes

4 February 2024 Friendly	Ehime FC	2–0	Kamatamare Sanuki	Ningineer Stadium
		Report
Note: 45 minutes

4 February 2024 Friendly	Ehime FC	1–1	Kamatamare Sanuki	Ningineer Stadium
		Report
Note: 45 minutes

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J2 League	25 February 2024		Matchday 1		15	5	6	4	20	18	+2	033.33
Emperor's Cup					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
J.League Cup	6 March 2024		Round 1	Round 1	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total					16	5	6	5	23	22	+1	031.25

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
15	Mito HollyHock	38	11	11	16	39	51	−12	44
16	Oita Trinita	38	10	13	15	33	47	−14	43
17	Ehime FC	38	10	10	18	41	69	−28	40
18	Tochigi SC (R)	38	7	13	18	33	57	−24	34	Relegation to the 2025 J3 League
19	Kagoshima United (R)	38	7	9	22	35	59	−24	30	Relegation to the 2025 J3 League

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	9	7	8	29	36	−7	34	5	4	3	17	14	+3	4	3	5	12	22	−10

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W
Position	5	10	15	10	14	14	8	6	7	9	11	8	7	10	10	12	12	13	10	9	9	9	9	9

25 February 1	Ehime FC	1–0	Blaublitz Akita	Matsuyama
12:53 UTC+9	Kubota 29'	Report		Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 5,193 Referee: Yusuke Ohashi

2 March 2	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–0	Ehime FC	Shizuoka
14:03 UTC+9	Kitagawa 58', 89'	Report		Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 15,758 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

10 March 3	Ehime FC	2–3	Roasso Kumamoto	Matsuyama
15:03 UTC+9	Tanimoto 38' Kikuchi 87'	Report	Konagaya 12', 73' Onishi 90+1'	Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 3,214 Referee: Genki Tawara

16 March 4	Thespa Gunma	0–1	Ehime FC	Maebashi
14:03 UTC+9	Amagasa 26' 61'	Report	Fukazawa 17' Morishita 51' 85'	Stadium: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Shuhei Shimizu

20 March 5	Ehime FC	1–2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Matsuyama
15:03 UTC+9	Duncan 75'	Report	Matheus Jesus 27' Juanma 71'	Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 3,214 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

3 April 8	Vegalta Sendai	1–2	Ehime FC	Sendai
19:03 UTC+9	Nakajima 40'	Report	Tanimoto 67' Ishiura 79'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 7,841 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

24 March 6	Renofa Yamaguchi	1–1	Ehime FC	Yamaguchi
14:03 UTC+9	Hirase 90'	Report	Bak K.W. 39'	Stadium: Ishin Me-Life Stadium Attendance: 3,244 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

30 March 7	Ehime FC	3–0	Fujieda MYFC	Matsuyama
16:03 UTC+9	Motegi 47' Matsuda 72' Kikuchi 88'	Report		Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 2,853 Referee: Yuzo Sutani

7 April 9	Ehime FC	2–2	Fagiano Okayama	Matsuyama
15:03 UTC+9	Matsuda 12' Ogawa 70' Bak K.W. 72'	Report	Fukazawa 68' (o.g.) Saito 90+2'	Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 5,313 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

13 April 10	Ehime FC	2–2	Kagoshima United	Matsuyama
16:03 UTC+9	Ishiura 25' Matsuda 49'	Report	Nakahara 45+3' Endo 60' Nodake 90+7'	Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 3,216 Referee: Shuhei Ishimaru

20 April 11	Montedio Yamagata	2–1	Ehime FC	Tendō
14:03 UTC+9	Issaka 23' Sugiyama 68'	Report	Duncan 90+3'	Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 6,286 Referee: Yoshikazu Matsuzawa

27 April 12	Ehime FC	2–1	Ventforet Kofu	Matsuyama
14:58 UTC+9	Ogawa 45+3' Ishiura 47'	Report	Sekiguchi 13'	Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 3,776 Referee: Yuzo Sutani

3 May 13	Tokushima Vortis	0–0	Ehime FC	Naruto
13:13 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 12,227 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

6 May 14	Ehime FC	0–0	Iwaki FC	Matsuyama
15:03 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 2,929 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

12 May 15	Oita Trinita	2–2	Ehime FC	Ōita
14:03 UTC+9	Nagasawa 12' Nomura 54'	Report	Duncan 80' (pen.) Morishita 83'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 8,790 Referee: Genki Tawara

6 March Round 1	Ehime FC	3–4 (a.e.t.)	V-Varen Nagasaki	Matsuyama
19:03 UTC+9	Duncan 23' (pen.) Funahashi 77' Sato 82' Bak Keon-woo 108' 115'	Report	Edigar Junio 2' Matheus Jesus 32', 118' Juanma 90+1' (pen.), 105+4'	Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 1,411 Referee: Reo Tanaka