2023 Tokyo Verdy season

Tokyo Verdy
2023 season
Chairman	Yasuo Shimada
Manager	Hiroshi Jofuku
Stadium	Ajinomoto Stadium
J2 League	2nd
Emperor's Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Toyofumi Sakano (3); All: ; Toyofumi Sakano (3)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022 2024 →
	All statistics correct as of 17 May 2023.

The 2023 season is Tokyo Verdy's 54th season in existence and the club's 15th consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Tokyo Verdy will participate in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

Players

First-team squad

Updated on 28 April 2023.^[1]^[2]

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	BRA	Matheus Vidotto (vice-captain)
2	DF	JPN	Daiki Fukazawa
3	DF	JPN	Hiroto Taniguchi (vice-captain)
4	MF	JPN	Ryota Kajikawa
5	DF	JPN	Tomohiro Taira
6	DF	JPN	Kazuya Miyahara
7	MF	JPN	Koki Morita (captain)
8	MF	JPN	Kosuke Saito
9	MF	JPN	Ryuji Sugimoto
11	FW	JPN	Toyofumi Sakano
13	DF	JPN	Naoki Hayashi (on loan from Kashima Antlers)
14	FW	GER	Mario Engels
15	DF	JPN	Kaito Chida
16	DF	JPN	Kohei Yamakoshi
17	MF	JPN	Koken Kato
18	MF	CHI	Byron Vásquez
19	MF	JPN	Junki Koike
20	MF	JPN	Yuji Kitajima (on loan from Avispa Fukuoka)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	JPN	Yuya Nagasawa
23	MF	JPN	Yuto Tsunashima
24	MF	JPN	Yuta Narawa
25	MF	JPN	Tetsuyuki Inami
26	DF	JPN	Ren Kato
27	FW	JPN	Goki Yamada
28	MF	JPN	Daiki Kusunoki
29	FW	JPN	Keito Kawamura
30	FW	JPN	Kosuke Sagawa
31	GK	JPN	Hisaya Sato
33	MF	JPN	Rikuto Hashimoto
34	MF	JPN	Ryo Nishitani
38	DF	IDN	Pratama Arhan
41	GK	JPN	Masahiro Iida
42	FW	JPN	Ryosuke Shirai ^{Type 2}
43	FW	JPN	Yuki Okubo ^{Type 2}
44	DF	JPN	Kazuya Yamaguchi ^{Type 2}

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	JPN	Toru Takagiwa (on loan at Iwaki FC until 31 January 2024)
—	DF	JPN	Maaya Sako (on loan at Nagano Parceiro until 31 January 2024)
—	DF	JPN	Yu Miyamoto (on loan at Kochi United until 31 January 2024)
—	MF	JPN	Kyota Mochii (on loan at Azul Claro Numazu until 31 January 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	JPN	Taiga Ishiura (on loan at Ehime FC until 31 January 2024)
—	MF	JPN	Mahiro Ano (on loan at Fukui United until 31 January 2024)
—	MF	JPN	Yuan Matsuhashi (on loan at Renofa Yamaguchi until 31 January 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK
GK

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK
GK

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2023 Friendly	Tokyo Verdy	v		TBD
17:00

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J2 League	19 February 2023	12 November 2023	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Emperor's Cup	7 June 2023		Second round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 17 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

J2 League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Machida Zelvia (C, P)	42	26	9	7	79	35	+44	87	Promotion to the 2024 J1 League
2	Júbilo Iwata (P)	42	21	12	9	74	44	+30	75	Promotion to the 2024 J1 League
3	Tokyo Verdy (O, P)	42	21	12	9	57	31	+26	75	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Shimizu S-Pulse	42	20	14	8	78	34	+44	74
5	Montedio Yamagata	42	21	4	17	64	54	+10	67

Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 17 May 2023.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W
Position	5	10	11	6	4	2	2	3	3	3	5	3	4	3	3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.^[3]

19 February 2023 1	Tokyo Verdy	1–0	Zweigen Kanazawa	Tokyo
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kato 68'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 6,597 Referee: Keisuke Nobori

26 February 2023 2	Oita Trinita	1–0	Tokyo Verdy	Ōita
13:13 JST (UTC+9)	Fujimoto 54'	Report		Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Attendance: 15,705 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

5 March 2023 3	Tokyo Verdy	0–0	Ventforet Kofu	Chōfu
14:03 JST (UTC+9)		Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 8,448 Referee: Reo Tanaka

12 March 2023 4	Tokushima Vortis	0–2	Tokyo Verdy	Naruto
13:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report		Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 6,006 Referee: Dai Matsumoto

19 March 2023 5	Fujieda MYFC	0–5	Tokyo Verdy	Fujieda
14:03 JST (UTC+9)		Report		Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,235 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

25 March 2023 6	Tokyo Verdy	3–0	Roasso Kumamoto	Tokyo
15:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium

1 April 2023 7	Tokyo Verdy	1–0	Omiya Ardija	Tokyo
15:03 JST (UTC+9)	Fukazawa 65'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 5,683 Referee: Hirokazu Otsubo

22 April 2023 11	Tokyo Verdy	1–2	Montedio Yamagata	Tokyo
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kawamura 52' Kitajima 81' (pen.)	Report	Yamada 4' Yoshioka 63' Fujimoto 69' Issaka 72' Yoshida 80' Tiago Alves 90+6'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium

3 May 2023 13	Tokyo Verdy	0–0	Júbilo Iwata	Tokyo
17:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kato 9'	Report	Uehara 35' Dudu Pacheco 73' Germain 79'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 14,702 Referee: Keisuke Nobori

13 May 2023 15	Tokyo Verdy	0–1	Machida Zelvia	Tokyo
15:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Erik 45+1'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 7,477 Referee: Reo Tanaka