Tokyo United FC

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Tokyo United FC
東京ユナイテッドFC
Full nameTokyo United Football Club
Founded2015;8 years ago (2015)
ChairmanShuji Hitomi
ManagerMasashi Fukuda
League Kantō Soccer League
2022 2nd of 10
Website Club website

Tokyo United FC (東京ユナイテッドFC, Tōkyō Yunaiteddo Efushi) is a football (soccer) club based in Bunkyō, which is located in Tokyo in Japan. They play in the Kantō Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues. It is the reserve team of Tokyo Musashino United, who plays at the Japan Football League.

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History

In January 2015, Keio University Soccer Team - playing in Tokyo Metropolitan Football League - decided to merge with Tokyo University Association Football Club, the football team of University of Tokyo. The will of this new reality is to reach J. League by 2020. [1]

After getting the club to Division 1 of Kantō Soccer League, the club changed their name to Tokyo United Football Club in 2016. [2] They also featured a female team, Bunkyo LB Ladies. [3]

On 2021, they merged with Tokyo Musashino City FC to form current Japan Football League club Tokyo Musashino United FC. The existing Tokyo United FC team became Musashino's reserve team.

League record

ChampionsRunners-upThird place Promoted Relegated
SeasonLeaguePositionGPWDLFAGDPts
2015Tokyo Metropolitan Football League (Div. 1)2nd14102237102732
2016 Kantō Soccer League (Div. 2) 1st18113436181836
2017 Kantō Soccer League (Div. 1) 3rd1886440251530
2018 3rd1886437261130
2019 2nd18121532161637
2020 3rd9612157819
2021 9th2273122129-824
2022 2nd18112535201535
2023 TBA18
Key

Current squad

Updated to 23 August 2023. [4]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Satoshi Tahara
2 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuki Ohata
3 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Koyo Ono
4 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kodai Yamazaki
5 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Katsuya Kozai
6 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takumi Kondo
7 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hayato Shiozawa
8 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kenta Kurishima
9 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Daisuke Yoneda
10 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Koki Ito
11 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takehiro Hattori
13 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tatsuya Mochizuki
14 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Seiya Niizeki
15 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tatsuya Kamikaseda
16 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yu Kawarada
17 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kazuki Takahashi
18 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ken Mochizuki
19 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yasutaka Shimizu
20 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kazushi Takizawa
21 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Masahiro Otaki
22 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuya Hashimoto
No.Pos.NationPlayer
23 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hikaru Miyata
24 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ryu Okamoto
25 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Konosuke Kusazumi
26 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Toranosuke Iida
27 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shun Sugiyama
28 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hideaki Arai
29 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Taiga Ogawa
30 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuto Murosaki
31 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Seina Ubukata
32 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Koki Arakawa
33 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takeru Noda
35 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Taiju Segawa
36 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Seiya Tsukagoshi
37 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kosei Tamagawa
38 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Mizuto Mashimo
39 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuji Kawagoe
41 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Meguru Hirata
42 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tomoya Kobayashi
44 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Riku Sasaki
— GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Taku Kamikawa(on loan from Fukushima United)

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References

  1. ↑ "理念・沿革 - TOKYO UNITED FC". 17 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "ＬＢ－ＢＲＢが関東社会人大会初優勝 ５点快勝｜TOKYO FOOTBALL". www.tokyofootball.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bunkyo LB Ladies - 文京LBレディース ウェブサイト". TOKYO UNITED FC - 東京ユナイテッドFCウェブサイト.
  4. ↑ "選手・スタッフ". tokyo-united-fc.jp.


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