Tokyo Verdy

Tokyo Verdy (東京ヴェルディ, Tōkyō Verudi) is a Japanese professional football club^[1] in Tokyo.^[2]

Tokyo Verdy

Full name	Tokyo Verdy
Founded	1969
Ground	Ajinomoto Stadium
Capacity	50,100
Chairman	Yasuo Shimada
Manager	Ryoichi Kawakatsu
League	J2 League
2009	J2 League, 7th

History

The club was founded in 1969.^[2]

• 1969-1992 Yomiuri SC
• 1992-2000 Verdy Kawasaki
• 2001-2007 Tokyo Verdy 1969
• 2008-present Tokyo Verdy

Players

In 2010,^[2] the team included 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 Yoichi Doi 2 DF  Japan Kensuke Fukuda 3 DF  Japan Masaki Yoshida 4 DF  Japan Masaki Iida 5 MF  Japan Naoya Saeki 6 MF  Japan Tomo Sugawara 7 MF  Japan Hiroki Kawano 8 MF  Japan Kosei Shibasaki 10 MF  Japan Takuro Kikuoka 13 FW  Japan Taira Inoue 14 DF  Japan Seitaro Tomisawa 15 MF  Japan Shinichi Mukai 16 FW  Japan Kazunori Iio 17 DF  Japan Yukio Tsuchiya 18 MF  Japan Kento Tsurumaki 19 MF  Japan Takuma Abe 20 MF  Japan Yu Tomidokoro

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  Japan Tomoyuki Suzuki 22 DF  Japan Takuya Wada 23 DF  Japan Shohei Takahashi 24 MF  Japan Toshiyuki Takagi 25 FW  Japan Kazuki Hiramoto[3] 26 GK  Japan Takahiro Shibasaki 27 MF  Japan Koya Shimizu 28 DF  Japan Ryo Nurishi 29 DF  South Korea Lee Chi-Song 30 MF  Japan Hiroki Ebisawa 31 DF  Japan Ryoji Fukui 32 MF  Nigeria Adebayo Adigun

League title

• Japan Soccer League Division 1 : 5
  • 1983, 1984, 1986/87, 1990/91, 1991/92
• Japan Soccer League Division 2 : 2
  • 1974, 1977
• J1 League : 2
  • 1993, 1994

League position

• 2011 : J2 League - 5th
• 2012 : J2 League - 7th
• 2013 : J2 League - 13th
• 2014 : J2 League - 20th
• 2015 : J2 League - 8th
• 2016 : J2 League - 18th
• 2017 : J2 League - 5th
• 2018 : J2 League - 6th
• 2019 : J2 League - 13th
• 2020 : J2 League - 12th

Former position

1972 : JSL Division 2 - 7th 1973 : JSL Division 2 - 3rd 1974 : JSL Division 2 - 1st 1975 : JSL Division 2 - 2nd 1976 : JSL Division 2 - 2nd 1977 : JSL Division 2 - 1st 1978 : JSL Division 1 - 4th 1979 : JSL Division 1 - 2nd 1980 : JSL Division 1 - 6th 1981 : JSL Division 1 - 2nd 1982 : JSL Division 1 - 7th 1983 : JSL Division 1 - Champions 1984 : JSL Division 1 - Champions 1985/86 : JSL Division 1 - 9th 1986/87 : JSL Division 1 - Champions 1987/88 : JSL Division 1 - 5th 1988/89 : JSL Division 1 - 5th 1989/90 : JSL Division 1 - 2nd 1990/91 : JSL Division 1 - Champions 1991/92 : JSL Division 1 - Champions 1993 : J1 League - Champions 1994 : J1 League - Champions 1995 : J1 League - 2nd 1996 : J1 League - 7th 1997 : J1 League - 15th 1998 : J1 League - 12th 1999 : J1 League - 7th 2000 : J1 League - 10th 2001 : J1 League - 14th 2002 : J1 League - 10th 2003 : J1 League - 8th 2004 : J1 League - 9th 2005 : J1 League - 17th 2006 : J2 League - 7th 2007 : J2 League - 2nd 2008 : J1 League - 17th 2009 : J2 League - 7th 2010 : J2 League - 5th

Reserve team

Yomiuri S.C. had reserve team ; Yomiuri S.C. Juniors from 1980 to 1992.

Related pages

• Sports in Japan
• List of Japanese football teams