2013 FC Tokyo season explained

Club:FC Tokyo
Season:2013
Manager:Ranko Popović
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Yutaka Murabayashi
Chrtitle:Chairman
League:J. League
League Result:8th
Cup1:Emperor's Cup
Cup1 Result:Semi-final
Cup2:J. League Cup
Cup2 Result:Group stage
League Topscorer:
Watanabe (17)
Season Topscorer:
Watanabe (19)
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014
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The 2013 FC Tokyo season is FC Tokyo's 2nd season back in the J. League Division 1 since the unexpected relegation in the 2010 season. They also competed in the 2013 J. League Cup and 2013 Emperor's Cup.

Trophies balance

TrophyStarted roundFirst matchResultLast match
J. League3rd2 March 20138th7 December 2013
Emperor's CupSecond Round7–8 September 2013Semi-final29 December 2013
J. League CupGroup stage20 March 2013Group stage15 May 2013

Competitive Balance

Biggest win
HomeAway
J. League9 March 2013Matchday 2v. Kashiwa Reysol3 – 028 September 2013Matchday 27v. Omiya Ardija2 – 5
Emperor's Cup7 September 2013Second Roundv. Yokogawa Musashino1 – 013 October 2013Third RoundJEF United Ichihara Chiba5 – 6(pen.)
J. League Cup15 May 2013Matchday 6v. Albirex Niigata2 – 123 March 2013Matchday 2v. Kashima Antlers2 – 4
Biggest loss
J. League5 October 2013Matchday 28v. Kashima Antlers1 – 430 November 2013Matchday 33v. Kashiwa Reysol4 – 1
Emperor's Cup29 December 2013Semifinalsv. Sanfrecce Hiroshima4 – 5(pen.)None registered
J. League CupNone registered10 April 2013Matchday 4v. Cerezo Osaka2 – 1

Winter transfers

See main article: List of Japanese football transfers winter 2012–13.

In

In (3 players)
PlayerFrom
Hideyuki NozawaPromoted from youth team
Hirotaka Mita Meiji University
Keigo Higashi Omiya Ardija

Out

Out (2 players)
PlayerNew Team
Satoshi Tokizawa Montedio Yamagata
Kohei Shimoda V-Varen Nagasaki

Loan out

Loan out (6 players)
PlayerTeam
Kenta Mukuhara Cerezo Osaka
Yohei Kajiyama Panathinaikos F.C.
Naotake Hanyu Ventforet Kofu
Shuto Kono V-Varen Nagasaki
Kentaro Shigematsu Ehime F.C.
Roberto César Ulsan Hyundai F.C.

Loan return

Loan return (2 players)
PlayerFrom
Takumi Abe Yokohama F.C.
Kazunori Yoshimoto Mito HollyHock

Loan end

Current squad

As of February 14, 2013

Match stats

No.Pos.Player
JLECLCJLECLCJLECLCJLECLC
2DF Yūhei Tokunaga
3DF Masato Morishige
4MF Hideto Takahashi
5DF Kenichi Kaga
6DF Kosuke Ota
7MF Takuji Yonemoto
8MF Aria Jasuru Hasegawa
9FW Kazuma Watanabe
11FW Tadanari Lee
13FW Sōta Hirayama
16DF Yuichi Maruyama
18MF Naohiro Ishikawa
20GK Shuichi Gonda
23FW Yohei Hayashi
30DF Jang Hyun-Soo
32MF Nemanja Vučićević
36MF Hirotaka Mita
38MF Keigo Higashi
49FW Lucas Severino

(*) One Own-Goal

Match results

Pre-season

Friendly matches

J. League

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Win   Draw   Lost

AllHomeAway
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8FC Tokyo54166126147+143110163120+11236563027+3

J. League Winner (also qualified for 2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage)
2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage
Relegation to J. League 2

J. League Cup

Group stage

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Group B
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Cerezo Osaka6411107+313
Kashima Antlers640287+112
FC Tokyo623175+29
Nagoya Grampus623165+19
Oita Trinita613267−16
Sagan Tosu611468−24
Albirex Niigata6114610−44

Emperor's Cup

Semifinals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: F.C.TOKYO Schedule – 2013 YAMAZAKI NABISCO CUP FIXTURES . FC Tokyo Official Website . March 17, 2013 .
  2. Web site: League Cup 2013 .:. Group B . WorldFootball.net . March 17, 2013 .