Machida Zelvia

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«Zelvia»

296 Matches

142 wins

73 draws

81 losses

436–296 Goals

+140 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form W W W W W D

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

All matches

29 Aug	J1 League	Mito Hollyhock A	1:1	D
26 Aug	Emperor’s Cup	Grulla Morioka H	3:0	W
23 Aug	J1 League	Urawa H	3:1	W
15 Aug	J1 League	JEF United Chiba A	4:0	W
8 Aug	J1 League	FC Tokyo A	5:1	W
18 Jul	Friendlies Clubs	Fujieda MYFC H	2:1	W

Standing

J1 League

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Kashiwa Reysol	4	4	0	0	10:4	12
2	Kashima	4	4	0	0	11:6	12
3	Machida Zelvia	4	3	1	0	13:3	10
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4	2	2	0	8:2	8
5	FC Tokyo	4	2	1	1	8:7	7

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 296

296 Matches

142 wins

73 draws

81 losses

436–296 Goals

+140 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 296

142 73 81

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	296	151	145
Scored	436	224	212
Conceded	296	151	145
Scored per game	1.5	1.5	1.5
Conceded per game	1.0	1.0	1.0
Difference	+140	+73	+67

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Kosei Tani Goalkeeper 28 Matches

Ryohei Shirasaki Midfielder 28 Matches

Ibrahim Drešević Defender 28 Matches

Tatsuya Morita Goalkeeper 28 Matches

Hotaka Nakamura Midfielder 27 Matches

Gen Shōji Defender 26 Matches

Daihachi Okamura Defender 26 Matches

Shota Fujio Forward 26 Matches

Squad of Machida Zelvia

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
1	Kosei Tani	Goalkeeper	28
23	Ryohei Shirasaki	Midfielder	28
5	Ibrahim Drešević	Defender	28
13	Tatsuya Morita	Goalkeeper	28
88	Hotaka Nakamura	Midfielder	27
3	Gen Shōji	Defender	26
50	Daihachi Okamura	Defender	26
9	Shota Fujio	Forward	26
19	Yuta Nakayama	Defender	25
99	Tete Yengi	Forward	25
16	Hiroyuki Mae	Midfielder	25
8	Keiya Sento	Midfielder	24
10	Sang-Ho Na	Forward	24
26	K. Hayashi	Midfielder	24
11	Asahi Masuyama	Midfielder	24
31	Neta Lavi	Midfielder	23
34	Futa Tokumura	Forward	22
6	Henry Haruki Mochizuki	Defender	21
18	Hokuto Shimoda	Midfielder	20
27	Erik Nascimento de Lima	Forward	20
7	Yuki Soma	Forward	19
49	Kanji Kuyama	Forward	19
20	Takuma Nishimura	Forward	11
24	Min-Tae Kim	Defender	5
44	Yoshiaki Arai	Goalkeeper	5
60	Chui Makaya	Midfielder	4
15	Mitchell Thomas Duke	Forward	3
33	Takahiro Akimoto	Midfielder	3
2	Tomoki Imai	Defender	3
22	Takaya Numata	Forward	3
39	Byron Vásquez	Midfielder	2
28	Che-hun Cha	Midfielder	2
14	Yusuke Matsuo	Midfielder	1