Ehime FC

Ehime Football Club (愛媛フットボールクラブ) is a professional football club based in Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture of Japan. After winning the JFL championship in 2005, the club now plays in J2 League.

Ehime FC
愛媛FC
Full nameEhime Football Club
Founded1970 (1970)
GroundNingineer Stadium
Matsuyama, Ehime
Capacity21,401
ChairmanFumio Kamei
ManagerKenta Kawai
LeagueJ2 League
2020J2 League, 21st
WebsiteClub website

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 championship in 2005, Ehime now plies its trade in J. League Division 2.

On November 28, 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]

Record as J. League member
SeasonDiv.Tms.Pos.Attendance/G !Emperor's
Cup
2006 J2 13 9th 4,139 4th round
2007 13 10th 3,317 Quarter-final
2008 15 14th 3,704 4th round
2009 18 15th 3,694 2nd round
2010 19 11th 4,386 2nd round
2011 20 15th 3,475 4th round
2012 22 16th 3,629 2nd round
2013 22 17th 3,950 2nd round
2014 22 19th 3,820 4th round
2015 22 5th 3,771 3rd round
2016 22 10th 4,089 3rd round
2017 22 15th 3,866 3rd round
2018 22 18th 3,161 2nd round
2019 22 19th 3,780 2nd round
2020 22 21st 1,512 Did not qualify
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
  • Source: J. League Data Site[3]

Current squad

As of 28 June 2020.[4]

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  JPN Masahiro Okamoto
2 DF  JPN Kosuke Yamazaki
3 DF  JPN Taishi Nishioka
4 DF  JPN Daiki Nishioka
5 DF  JPN Takanori Maeno
6 MF  ESP Sisi
7 MF  JPN Shigeru Yokotani
8 MF  JPN Yoichi Naganuma (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
9 FW  JPN Koki Arita
10 FW  JPN Yoshiki Fujimoto
11 MF  JPN Kentaro Moriya
13 MF  JPN Shuya Iwai
14 FW  JPN Makito Yoshida
15 FW  JPN Shion Niwa
16 MF  JPN Hiroto Tanaka
17 MF  JPN Daiki Kogure
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  JPN Go Nishida
19 MF  JPN Kyoji Kutsuna
20 DF  JPN Rikiya Motegi
21 GK  JPN Taichi Kato
22 GK  JPN Yutaro Hara
23 DF  JPN Shuma Mihara
24 DF  JPN Jurato Ikeda
25 MF  JPN Yuji Takeshima
26 DF  JPN Sota Watanabe
27 FW  JPN Hiroto Nakagawa
28 MF  JPN Sasuga Kiyokawa
29 MF  JPN Takumu Kawamura (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
30 GK  JPN Shugo Tsuji
32 DF  JPN Haruki Yoshida
33 MF  JPN Koji Yamase
34 MF  JPN Kazuhito Watanabe

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

Managers

Honours

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. "J. League Data Site". J. League. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  4. Ehime F.C. players. Ehime F.C. Site. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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