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Boxing team

Machida Zelvia

Club · Japan · J1 League

«Zelvia»

302 Matches
146 wins
74 draws
82 losses
448–304 Goals
+144 Difference
1.5 Scored per game
Form W 2 Sep · Home Kawasaki Frontale · 2:1 W 6 Sep · Away Nagoya Grampus · 3:1 D 12 Sep · Home Yokohama F. Marinos · 1:1 W 17 Sep · Home Svay Rieng · 2:0 L 20 Sep · Home Kashiwa Reysol · 2:4 W 23 Sep · Home Tochigi City · 2:1

In November 2025, at the Japan National Stadium, a club beat Vissel Kobe 3–1 to take the Emperor's Cup.

The name came out of a municipal filing cabinet. Machida City lists an official tree, the zelkova, and an official flower, the salvia; in 2009 the club fused the two into Zelvia. Promotion to J2 arrived in 2011 and lasted a single season — the club went straight back down.

What turned it was Go Kuroda, who came to the job from high school football rather than from the professional game. Under him Machida won the J2 League in 2023 and reached J1 for the first time, then finished third in the top flight in their debut season.

Erik, the Brazilian, scored 18 in that promotion season and finished as J2's leading marksman.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
23 Sep Emperor’s Cup Tochigi City H 2:1 W
20 Sep J1 League Kashiwa Reysol H 2:4 L
17 Sep AFC Cup Svay Rieng H 2:0 W
12 Sep J1 League Yokohama F. Marinos H 1:1 D
6 Sep J1 League Nagoya Grampus A 3:1 W
2 Sep J1 League Kawasaki Frontale H 2:1 W

Standing

AFC Cup

Group stage · Group G

# Team M W L Goals Pts
1 Machida Zelvia 1 1 0 2:0 3
2 Shanghai Shenhua 1 1 0 2:1 3
3 Tampines Rovers 1 0 1 1:2 0
4 Svay Rieng 1 0 1 0:2 0
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 302
302 Matches
146 wins
74 draws
82 losses
448–304 Goals
+144 Difference
1.5 Scored per game
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 302
146wins: 146 · 48% 74draws: 74 · 24% 82losses: 82 · 27%
wins losses
Scored and conceded last matches
2 Sep · Home Kawasaki Frontale · 2:1
6 Sep · Away Nagoya Grampus · 3:1
12 Sep · Home Yokohama F. Marinos · 1:1
17 Sep · Home Svay Rieng · 2:0
20 Sep · Home Kashiwa Reysol · 2:4
23 Sep · Home Tochigi City · 2:1
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 302 156 146
Scored 448 233 215
Conceded 304 158 146
Scored per game 1.5 1.5 1.5
Conceded per game 1.0 1.0 1.0
Difference +144 +75 +69

Key players

by appearances over the last year
Kosei Tani Goalkeeper 32 Matches Tatsuya Morita Goalkeeper 32 Matches Ryohei Shirasaki Midfielder 32 Matches Ibrahim Drešević Defender 32 Matches Hotaka Nakamura Midfielder 31 Matches Gen Shōji Defender 30 Matches Hiroyuki Mae Midfielder 29 Matches Daihachi Okamura Defender 29 Matches

Squad of Machida Zelvia

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
1 Kosei Tani Goalkeeper 32
13 Tatsuya Morita Goalkeeper 32
23 Ryohei Shirasaki Midfielder 32
5 Ibrahim Drešević Defender 32
88 Hotaka Nakamura Midfielder 31
3 Gen Shōji Defender 30
16 Hiroyuki Mae Midfielder 29
50 Daihachi Okamura Defender 29
99 Tete Yengi Forward 29
8 Keiya Sento Midfielder 28
9 Shota Fujio Forward 26
6 Henry Haruki Mochizuki Midfielder 25
11 Asahi Masuyama Midfielder 25
31 Neta Lavi Midfielder 25
19 Yuta Nakayama Defender 25
18 Hokuto Shimoda Midfielder 24
10 Sang-Ho Na Forward 24
26 K. Hayashi Midfielder 24
34 Futa Tokumura Forward 23
7 Yuki Soma Midfielder 23
27 Erik Nascimento de Lima Forward 20
49 Kanji Kuyama Forward 19
20 Takuma Nishimura Forward 15
24 Min-Tae Kim Defender 7
15 Mitchell Thomas Duke Forward 6
33 Takahiro Akimoto Midfielder 6
14 Yusuke Matsuo Midfielder 5
44 Yoshiaki Arai Goalkeeper 5
4 Ryuho Kikuchi Defender 4
9 Koki Ogawa Midfielder 4
60 Chui Makaya Midfielder 4
2 Tomoki Imai Defender 3
22 Takaya Numata Forward 3
39 Byron Vásquez Midfielder 2
28 Che-hun Cha Midfielder 2
2 NL Thomas Ouwejan Defender 29 1

Fixtures of Machida Zelvia

Honours of Machida Zelvia

  • Emperor's Cup 2025 1
  • J2 League 2023 1

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Arrivals

Departures