Ehime FC
愛媛FC
Full nameEhime Football Club
Founded1970 (1970)
StadiumNingineer Stadium
Matsuyama, Ehime
Capacity21,401
ChairmanFumio Kamei
ManagerKiyotaka Ishimaru
LeagueJ2 League
2023J3 League, 1st of 20 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

Ehime Football Club (愛媛フットボールクラブ, Ehime Futtobōrukurabu) commonly known as Ehime FC (愛媛FC, Ehime Efu Shī) is a professional football club based in Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture of Japan. The club currently compete in J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football. However, they are set to make their return to J2 League in 2024, following promotion as third-tier league champions of 2023.

History

The club was founded in 1970 as Matsuyama Soccer Club and renamed itself as Ehime Football Club in 1995.[1] For many years it competed in the regional and prefectural league, as Matsuyama was represented in the Japan Soccer League by the local club belonging to the Teijin company.

Ehime F.C. was promoted to the Japan Football League in 2003. After winning the JFL in 2005 season, Ehime spent 16 seasons in the J2 League before being relegated to the J3 League at the end of the 2021 season.

On 28 November 2007, Ehime pulled off a major shock by consigning the Urawa Red Diamonds, the AFC Champions League 2007 winners, to a fourth-round exit from the Emperor's Cup courtesy of a 2–0 win on Urawa's home soil, Urawa Komaba Stadium.[2]

On 11 November 2023, after two years absence from Japanese second division, Ehime FC officially returned to J2 League for 2024 season.[3] They were promoted as J3 League champions of 2023 season with a narrow 1-0 win against their local rivals, FC Imabari on the matchweek 35, with Riki Matsuda scored the only goal of the match.[4][5]

Record as J. League member

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League
SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.PWDLGAGDPtsAttendance/GEmperor's
Cup
2006 J2139th481411235163-13534,1394th round
2007 1310th48129273966-27453,317Quarter final
2008 1514th42910233966-27373,7044th round
2009 1815th511211285480-26473,6942nd round
2010 1911th3612121234340484,3862nd round
2011 2015th381014144454-10443,4754th round
2012 2216th4212141647461503,6292nd round
2013 2217th421211194352-9473,9502nd round
2014 2219th421212185458-4483,8204th round
2015 225th421981547398653,7713rd round
2016 2210th4212201041401564,0893rd round
2017 2215th42149195468-14513,8663rd round
2018 2218th421212183452-18483,1612nd round
2019 2219th42126244662-16423,7802nd round
2020 † 2221st42810243868-30341,512Did not qualify
2021 † 2220th42714213867-29351,8541st round
2022J3 187th34141010514110522,938Did not qualify
2023 201st3821107594811733,674
2024 J220TBD38TBD
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
  • Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
  • † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J. League Data Site[6]

Honours

Current squad

As of 7 September 2023.[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Kenta Tokushige
3 DF Japan JPN Ryota Moriwaki
4 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Yamaguchi
5 DF Japan JPN Takanori Maeno (captain)
6 MF Japan JPN Takumi Sasaki
7 MF Japan JPN Yutaka Soneda
8 MF Japan JPN Kyoji Kutsuna
9 FW Australia AUS Ben Duncan
10 FW Japan JPN Riki Matsuda
11 FW Japan JPN Shumpei Fukahori (on loan from Thespakusatsu Gunma)
13 MF Japan JPN Shuya Iwai
14 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Tanimoto
15 DF Japan JPN Kei Oshiro
16 DF Japan JPN Shuma Mihara
17 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Motegi
18 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Kikuchi
20 MF Japan JPN Asahi Yada
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Japan JPN Yasuhiro Hiraoka
24 MF Japan JPN Ryo Sato
25 MF Japan JPN Taiga Ishiura (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)
26 MF Japan JPN Yuta Fukazawa
28 DF Japan JPN Shoi Yoshinaga (on loan from Omiya Ardija)
32 DF Japan JPN Haruki Yoshida
33 DF Japan JPN Sora Ogawa
34 MF Japan JPN Takuto Kimura (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
36 GK Japan JPN Shugo Tsuji
37 DF Japan JPN Reiya Morishita
38 FW Japan JPN Yugo Masukake (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
39 MF Japan JPN Masashi Tanioka DSP
40 FW Japan JPN Kazuki Sota
44 GK Japan JPN Rikuto Sako Type 2
45 GK Japan JPN Kazuma Makiguchi
47 MF Japan JPN Yuto Hikida (on loan from Fagiano Okayama)
49 GK Japan JPN Raihei Kurokawa

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
48 MF Japan JPN Toki Yukutomo (at Famalicão)

Kit evolution

Home kit - 1st
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Away kit - 2nd
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -

Club officials

For the 2023 season.

Position Name
Manager Kiyotaka Ishimaru
Assistant manager Shuichi Akai
First-team coach Kazuhisa Kawahara
Goalkeeper coach Keisuke Hada
Physical coach Takehisa Tsugawa
Analytical Coach Toya Takemoto
Chief Doctor Kazuki Morizane
Doctor Takashi Inoue
Yoshito Homma
Shinji Iwata
Tomofumi Kinoshita
Chief trainer Kohei Baba
Trainer Kyota Ishizawa
Hiroki Hongo
Competent Hideki Ikenaga
Side affairs Manato Fujitsu
General manager Daisuke Aono
Sports director Koji Yoshimura

Managerial history

ManagerNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Takashi Onishi Japan1 February 200131 January 2005
Kazuhito Mochizuki Japan1 February 200514 September 2009
Ivica Barbarić Bosnia15 September 200915 November 2012
Kiyotaka Ishimaru Japan1 February 201331 January 2015
Takashi Kiyama Japan1 February 201531 January 2017
Shuichi Mase Japan1 February 201715 May 2018
Kenta Kawai Japan15 May 201831 January 2021
Shigenari Izumi Japan1 February 20214 April 2021[8]
Noritada Saneyoshi Japan7 April 202116 December 2021[9]
Kiyotaka Ishimaru Japan17 December 2021 [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Club guide: Ehime FC". J. League. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Urawa mark Asian award with cup collapse". ESPN soccernet. November 29, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ "愛媛ＦＣのＪ２昇格が決定【Ｊリーグ】". J. League. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ehime FC capture J3 League title". J. League. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE · MATCHWEEK 35 - Ehime FC vs FC Imabari". J. League. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "J. League Data Site". J. League. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  7. ↑ "トップチーム選手". Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Shigenori Izumi, Director, Resigns". ehimefc.com. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Ehime FC New Team Coach". ehimefc.com/. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "石丸 清隆 氏 愛媛FC トップチーム新監督就任のお知らせ". ehimefc.com/.
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