2024 FC Machida Zelvia season

Machida Zelvia
2024 season
Manager	Go Kuroda
Stadium	Machida GION Stadium
J1 League	3rd
Emperor's Cup	Second round
J.League Cup	Quarter-finals
Average home league attendance	17,610
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023 2025 →
	All statistics correct as of 2 March 2024.

ManagerGo Kuroda

StadiumMachida GION Stadium

J1 League3rd

Emperor's CupSecond round

The 2024 FC Machida Zelvia season was the club's 36th season in history and the first one in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football following becoming J2 League champions in the previous season.^[2] 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	Kosei Tani	(2000-11-22)22 November 2000 (aged 23)
42	Koki Fukui	(1995-11-04)4 November 1995 (aged 28)
44	Yoshiaki Arai	(1995-09-27)27 September 1995 (aged 28)
50	Anton Burns	(2003-10-01)1 October 2003 (aged 20)
Defenders
3	Gen Shoji (c)	(1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 31)
5	Ibrahim Drešević	(1997-01-24)24 January 1997 (aged 27)
6	Junya Suzuki	(1996-01-07)7 January 1996 (aged 28)
14	Jang Min-gyu	(1999-03-06)6 March 1999 (aged 24)
19	Yūta Nakayama	(1997-02-16)16 February 1997 (aged 27)
25	Daiki Sugioka	(1998-09-08)8 September 1998 (aged 25)
26	Kotaro Hayashi	(2000-11-16)16 November 2000 (aged 23)
29	Takumi Narasaka	(2002-07-06)6 July 2002 (aged 21)
33	Henry Hiroki Mochizuki	(2001-09-20)20 September 2001 (aged 22)
55	Daisuke Matsumoto	(1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 25)
Midfielders
8	Keiya Sento	(1994-12-29)29 December 1994 (aged 29)
18	Hokuto Shimoda	(1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 32)
23	Ryōhei Shirasaki	(1993-05-18)18 May 1993 (aged 30)
37	Kosei Ashibe	(2001-04-05)5 April 2001 (aged 22)
38	Tenshiro Takasaki	(2006-02-13)13 February 2006 (aged 18)
39	Byron Vásquez	(2000-05-16)16 May 2000 (aged 23)
41	Takuya Yasui	(1998-11-21)21 November 1998 (aged 25)
45	Kai Shibato	(1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 28)
46	Ken Higuchi	(2003-06-24)24 June 2003 (aged 20)
Forwards
7	Yuki Soma	(1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 26)
9	Shōta Fujio	(2001-05-02)2 May 2001 (aged 22)
10	Na Sang-ho	(1996-08-12)12 August 1996 (aged 27)
11	Erik	(1994-07-18)18 July 1994 (aged 29)
15	Mitchell Duke	(1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 33)
22	Kazuki Fujimoto	(1998-07-29)29 July 1998 (aged 25)
30	Yuki Nakashima	(1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 39)
47	Shunta Araki	(1999-10-24)24 October 1999 (aged 24)
90	Oh Se-hun	(1999-01-15)15 January 1999 (aged 25)

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
21 April 2023	MF	Tenshiro Takasaki	Quon Football Development	Full	^[3]
10 May 2023	DF	Henry Heroki Mochizuki	Kokushikan University	Full	^[4]
8 September 2023	FW	Kosei Ashibe	Kanto Gakuin University	Full	^[5]
17 December 2023	DF	Yoshitaka Aoki	ReinMeer Aomori	Loan return	^[6]
19 December 2023	FW	Kazuki Fujimoto	Oita Trinita	Full	^[7]
25 December 2023	DF	Gen Shoji	Kashima Antlers	Full	^[8]
4 January 2024	FW	Na Sang-ho	FC Seoul	Full	^[9]
5 January 2024	FW	Oh Se-hun	Shimizu S-Pulse	Loan	^[10]
6 January 2024	GK	Louis Yamaguchi	Mito Hollyhock	Full	^[11]
6 January 2024	DF	Kotaro Hayashi	Yokohama FC	Full	^[12]
9 January 2024	MF	Atsushi Kurokawa	Omiya Ardija	Loan return	^[13]
9 January 2024	MF	Kai Shibato	Urawa Red Diamonds	Loan	^[14]
10 January 2024	MF	Ken Higuchi	Okinawa SV	Loan return	^[15]
10 January 2024	FW	Shōta Fujio	Cerezo Osaka	Full	^[16]
11 January 2024	MF	Keiya Sento	Kashiwa Reysol	Full	^[17]
11 January 2024	DF	Takumi Narasaka	Kamatamare Sanuki	Loan return	^[18]
12 January 2024	GK	Kosei Tani	Gamba Osaka	Loan	^[19]
12 January 2024	FW	Shunta Araki	Sagan Tosu	Full	^[20]
18 January 2024	DF	Ibrahim Drešević	Fatih Karagümrük	Full	^[21]
12 April 2024	FW	Kanji Kuwayama	Tokai University	DSP	^[22]
16 July 2024	DF	Daiki Sugioka	Shonan Bellmare	Loan	^[23]
23 July 2024	FW	Yuki Soma	Nagoya Grampus	Full	^[24]
31 July 2024	MF	Ryōhei Shirasaki	Shimizu S-Pulse	Loan	^[25]
14 August 2024	DF	Yūta Nakayama	Huddersfield Town	Full	^[26]
16 August 2024	GK	Yoshiaki Arai	Oita Trinita	Full	^[27]

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
3 October 2023	DF	Kosuke Ota		Retired	^[28]
21 November 2023	GK	Nedeljko Stojišić		Released	^[29]
8 December 2023	FW	Yuya Takazawa	Thespa Gunma	Full	^[30]
4 January 2024	DF	Shohei Takahashi	Matsumoto Yamaga	Full	^[31]
5 January 2024	MF	Renji Matsui	Kawasaki Frontale	Loan return	^[32]
5 January 2024	DF	Yudai Fujiwara	Urawa Red Diamonds	Loan return	^[33]
6 January 2024	MF	Sho Fuseya	Kataller Toyama	Loan	^[34]
6 January 2024	DF	Hijiri Onaga	Tokyo Verdy	Full	^[35]
8 January 2024	FW	Daiki Sato	Blaublitz Akita	Loan	^[36]
9 January 2024	GK	William Popp	Yokohama F. Marinos	Full	^[37]
11 January 2024	DF	Mizuki Uchida	Kamatamare Sanuki	Loan	^[38]
28 February 2024	FW	Ademilson	Avaí FC	Full	^[39]
4 July 2024	DF	Kai Miki	SC Sagamihara	Loan	^[40]
7 July 2024	MF	Yohei Okuyama	Renofa Yamaguchi	Loan	^[41]
9 July 2024	FW	Yu Hirakawa	Bristol City	Loan	^[42]
16 July 2024	MF	Shuto Inaba	Kagoshima United	Loan	^[43]
19 July 2024	MF	Zento Uno	Shimizu S-Pulse	Loan	^[44]
23 July 2024	MF	Daigo Takahashi	Oita Trinita	Loan	^[45]
23 July 2024	FW	Takaya Numata	Kagoshima United	Loan	^[46]
23 July 2024	DF	Jurato Ikeda	Avispa Fukuoka	Loan	^[47]
30 July 2024	DF	Yoshitaka Aoki	V-Varen Nagasaki	Loan	^[48]
14 August 2024	GK	Louis Yamaguchi	Kawasaki Frontale	Loan	^[49]
19 August 2024	DF	Masayuki Okuyama	Vegalta Sendai	Loan	^[50]

27 January 2024 Friendly	Machida Zelvia	0–0	FC Ryukyu	Gushikawa Sports Park Multi-sport Stadium
		Report
Note: 30 minutes

27 January 2024 Friendly	Machida Zelvia	2–1	FC Ryukyu	Gushikawa Sports Park Multi-sport Stadium
		Report
Note: 30 minutes

2024 FC Machida Zelvia season

Season squad

Transfers

Arrivals

Departures

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

J1 League

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Quarter-finals

Statistics

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

References

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28 January 2024 Friendly	Machida Zelvia	2–0	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Gushikawa Sports Park Multi-sport Stadium
		Report
Note: 45 minutes

31 July 2024 Friendly	Machida Zelvia	0–2	Reims	Machida
19:00 UTC+9		Report	Diakité 29' Salama 77'	Stadium: Machida GION Stadium

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J1 League	24 February 2024		Matchday 1	38	19	9	10	54	34	+20	050.00
Emperor's Cup	12 June 2024	12 June 2024	Second round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
J.League Cup	16 April 2024	8 September 2024	Round 1	4	3	0	1	6	6	+0	075.00
Total				43	22	10	11	61	41	+20	051.16

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vissel Kobe (C)	38	21	9	8	61	36	+25	72	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage^[a]
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	38	19	11	8	72	43	+29	68
3	Machida Zelvia	38	19	9	10	54	34	+20	66
4	Gamba Osaka	38	18	12	8	49	35	+14	66	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage^[a]
5	Kashima Antlers	38	18	11	9	60	41	+19	65

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	9	10	54	34	+20	66	9	4	6	30	19	+11	10	5	4	24	15	+9

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	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result/L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	L
Position	9	5	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

24 February 1	Machida Zelvia	1–1	Gamba Osaka	Machida
15:03 UTC+9	Suzuki 17' (pen.) Sento 10' 60' Tani 90+2'	Report	Usami 84'	Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 13,506 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

2 March 2	Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Machida Zelvia	Toyota
14:03 UTC+9	Chang-Rae Ha 46' Nogami 54' Masui 79' Yonemoto 87'	Report	Fujio 21' Jang Min-gyu 39' Drešević 55' Shibato 82'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 30,415 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

9 March 3	Machida Zelvia	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Machida
14:03 UTC+9	Hirakawa 13' Vásquez 22' Shibato 27'	Report	Nono 60'	Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 11,901 Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

16 March 4	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	1–2	Machida Zelvia	Sapporo
14:03 UTC+9	Hara 84'	Report	Fujio 53' Drešević 66'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 14,607 Referee: Yusuke Araki

6 May 12	Kyoto Sanga	0–3	Machida Zelvia	Kameoka
14:03 UTC+9		Report	Oh S.H. 22' Na S.H. 64' Duke 75'	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 11,191 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

15 June 18	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–3	Machida Zelvia	Yokohama
16:03 UTC+9	Miyaichi 14'	Report	Shoji 43' Fujio 57' Shimoda 61'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 37,396 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

20 July 24	Machida Zelvia	1–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Tokyo
18:03 UTC+9	Duke 85'	Report	Anderson Lopes 33' (pen.) Amano 43'	Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 46,401 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	9	10	54	34	+20	66	9	4	6	30	19	+11	10	5	4	24	15	+9

30 March 5	Machida Zelvia	3–1	Sagan Tosu	Machida
15:03 UTC+9	Fujimoto 5' Oh Se-hun 54', 57'	Report	Ryan 34'	Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 7,062 Referee: Jumpei Iida

3 April 6	Machida Zelvia	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Machida
19:03 UTC+9	Ohashi 82' (o.g.)	Report	Ohashi 31' Mitsuta 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 5,240 Referee: Koei Koya

7 April 7	Kawasaki Frontale	0–1	Machida Zelvia	Kawasaki
15:03 UTC+9		Report	Fujio 32' Tani 71'	Stadium: Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu Attendance: 22,008 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

13 April 8	Machida Zelvia	1–2	Vissel Kobe	Tokyo
15:03 UTC+9	Drešević 90+6'	Report	Yamauchi 45' Muto 89'	Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 39,080 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

21 April 9	FC Tokyo	1–2	Machida Zelvia	Tokyo
15:03 UTC+9	Ogashiwa 21' (pen.)	Report	Na S.H. 14' Oh S.H. 25'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 30,811 Referee: Shu Kawamata

27 April 10	Júbilo Iwata	2–0	Machida Zelvia	Iwata
14:03 UTC+9	Matsubara 46' Germain 70'	Report		Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 12,982 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

3 May 11	Machida Zelvia	2–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Machida
15:03 UTC+9	Oh S.H. 9' Araki 69'	Report		Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 12,064 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

11 May 13	Shonan Bellmare	0–0	Machida Zelvia	Hiratsuka
15:03 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 11,519 Referee: Atsushi Kamimura

15 May 14	Machida Zelvia	2–1	Cerezo Osaka	Machida
19:03 UTC+9	Oh S.H. 70' Duke 90+3'	Report	Léo Ceará 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 6,546 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	9	10	54	34	+20	66	9	4	6	30	19	+11	10	5	4	24	15	+9

19 May 15	Machida Zelvia	5–0	Tokyo Verdy	Machida
14:03 UTC+9	Miyahara 11' (o.g.) Fujio 29', 60' Shibato 80' Erik 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 12,027 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

26 May 16	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	Machida Zelvia	Saitama
16:03 UTC+9	Ito 54'	Report	Hirakawa 52' Shimoda 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 39,460 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

1 June 17	Machida Zelvia	1–3	Albirex Niigata	Machida
15:03 UTC+9	Fujio 27'	Report	Komi 24' Fujiwara 45' Jang M.G 52' (o.g.)	Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 10,411 Referee: Shu Kawamata

22 June 19	Machida Zelvia	0–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Machida
15:03 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 9,092 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

26 June 20	Vissel Kobe	0–0	Machida Zelvia	Kobe
19:03 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 16,517 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

30 June 21	Gamba Osaka	1–3	Machida Zelvia	Osaka
18:03 UTC+9	Welton 9' Handa 31' 33'	Report	Duke 45+2' Fujio 61' (pen.) Sento 69'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 26,953 Referee: Takuto Okabe

6 July 22	Machida Zelvia	1–0	Nagoya Grampus	Machida
18:03 UTC+9	Shiomda 30'	Report		Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 9,117 Referee: Atsushi Kamimura

14 July 23	Tokyo Verdy	0–1	Machida Zelvia	Tokyo
18:03 UTC+9		Report	Taniguchi 6' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 22,480 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

7 August 25	Cerezo Osaka	0–0	Machida Zelvia	Osaka
19:03 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 15,232 Referee: Koei Koya