Ehime FC

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Ehime FC
愛媛FC
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Full nameEhime Football Club
Founded1970; 51 years ago (1970)
GroundNingineer Stadium
Matsuyama, Ehime
Capacity21,401
ChairmanFumio Kamei
ManagerNoritada Saneyoshi
LeagueJ2 League
2020J2 League, 21st
WebsiteClub website
Away colours

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.

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[]

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season Div. Team 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
2021 22
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
  • † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J. League Data Site[3]

Honours[]

  • Japan Football League: 2005
  • Shikoku Football League: 1998, 1999, 2000

Current squad[]

As of 14 July 2021.[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 Japan JPN Masahiro Okamoto
2 DF Japan JPN Nobuhisa Urata
3 DF Japan JPN Taishi Nishioka
4 DF Japan JPN Jurato Ikeda
5 DF Japan JPN Takanori Maeno (captain)
6 MF Japan JPN Daiki Kogure
7 MF Japan JPN Shigeru Yokotani
8 MF Japan JPN Takumu Kawamura (On loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
9 MF Japan JPN Ryosuke Maeda
10 FW Japan JPN Yoshiki Fujimoto
11 MF Japan JPN Takashi Kondo (On loan from Omiya Ardija)
13 MF Japan JPN Shuya Iwai
14 FW Japan JPN Makito Yoshida
16 MF Japan JPN Hiroto Tanaka
17 MF Japan JPN Daiki Enomoto (On loan from Nagoya Grampus)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Japan JPN Go Nishida
19 MF Japan JPN Kyoji Kutsuna
20 DF Japan JPN Rikiya Motegi
23 DF Japan JPN Shuma Mihara
26 DF Japan JPN Sota Watanabe
31 GK Japan JPN Shugo Tsuji
32 DF Japan JPN Haruki Yoshida
33 MF Japan JPN Koji Yamase
35 DF Japan JPN Naoki Otani (On loan from Machida Zelvia)
37 GK Japan JPN Yota Akimoto (On loan from Shonan Bellmare)
38 FW Japan JPN Shoji Toyama (On loan from Gamba Osaka)
39 DF Japan JPN Kenta Uchida
40 FW Japan JPN Kaisei Ishii (On loan from Sagan Tosu)
41 MF Japan JPN Kentaro Moriya
49 GK Japan JPN

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
— GK Japan JPN Taichi Kato (On loan at Gamba Osaka)

Managers[]

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Takashi Onishi  Japan 1 February 2001 31 January 2005
Kazuhito Mochizuki  Japan 1 February 2005 14 September 2009
Ivica Barbarić  Croatia 15 September 2009 15 November 2012
Kiyotaka Ishimaru  Japan 1 February 2013 31 January 2015
Takashi Kiyama  Japan 1 February 2015 31 January 2017
Shuichi Mase  Japan 1 February 2017 15 May 2018
Kenta Kawai  Japan 15 May 2018 31 January 2021
Shigenari Izumi  Japan 1 February 2021 4 April 2021[5]
Noritada Saneyoshi  Japan 7 April 2021[6]

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 February 20th, 2021.
  5. ^ "Shigenori Izumi, Director, Resigns". ehimefc.com. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Ehime FC New Team Coach". ehimefc.com/. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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