title: 2018 FC Tokyo season
text: # 2018 FC Tokyo season
  
  2018 FC Tokyo season.
  
  ## Squad
  
  As of 14 January 2018.
  
  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 | JPN | Takuo Okubo |
  | 2 | DF | JPN | Sei Muroya |
  | 3 | DF | JPN | Masato Morishige (captain) |
  | 4 | DF | JPN | Kazunori Yoshimoto |
  | 5 | DF | JPN | Yuichi Maruyama |
  | 6 | DF | JPN | Kosuke Ota |
  | 7 | MF | JPN | Takuji Yonemoto |
  | 8 | MF | JPN | Yojiro Takahagi |
  | 9 | FW | BRA | Diego Oliveira (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
  | 10 | MF | JPN | Yohei Kajiyama |
  | 11 | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nagai |
  | 15 | FW | JPN | Takefusa Kubo |
  | 17 | FW | JPN | Cayman Togashi (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
  | 18 | MF | JPN | Kento Hashimoto |
  | 19 | MF | JPN | Tasuku Hiraoka |
  | 20 | FW | JPN | Ryoichi Maeda |
  | 22 | DF | JPN | Masayuki Yamada |
  | 23 | FW | JPN | Kiichi Yajima |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 24 | FW | JPN | Taichi Hara |
  | 25 | DF | JPN | Ryoya Ogawa |
  | 26 | DF | JPN | Takahiro Yanagi |
  | 27 | MF | JPN | Sotan Tanabe |
  | 28 | MF | JPN | Takuya Uchida |
  | 29 | DF | JPN | Makoto Okazaki |
  | 30 | GK | JPN | Riku Hirosue |
  | 31 | DF | THA | Jakkit Wachpirom (on loan from Bangkok United) |
  | 33 | GK | JPN | Akihiro Hayashi |
  | 35 | MF | JPN | Yoshitake Suzuki |
  | 38 | MF | JPN | Keigo Higashi |
  | 39 | MF | JPN | Kotaro Omori |
  | 40 | MF | JPN | Rei Hirakawa |
  | 44 | MF | JPN | Manato Shinada |
  | 48 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-Soo |
  | 50 | GK | JPN | Go Hatano |
  | 51 | MF | BRA | Lipe Veloso |
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | MF | JPN | Hideyuki Nozawa (at Ehime FC) |
  | — | MF | KOR | Yu In-soo (at Avispa Fukuoka) |
  
  ## J1 League
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 55 | |
  | 5 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 51 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
  | 6 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 50 | |
  | 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 50 | |
  | 8 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 49 | |
  
  * ↑ Urawa Red Diamonds qualified for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 Emperor's Cup winners.
  
  ### Matches
  
  | Match | Date | Team | Score | Team | Venue | Attendance |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2018.02.24 | FC Tokyo | 1-1 | Urawa Reds | Ajinomoto Stadium | 35,951 |
  | 2 | 2018.03.03 | FC Tokyo | 0-1 | Vegalta Sendai | Ajinomoto Stadium | 16,990 |
  | 3 | 2018.03.10 | Júbilo Iwata | 2-0 | FC Tokyo | Yamaha Stadium | 13,928 |
  | 4 | 2018.03.18 | FC Tokyo | 1-0 | Shonan Bellmare | Ajinomoto Stadium | 16,568 |
  | 5 | 2018.03.31 | FC Tokyo | 3-2 | Gamba Osaka | Ajinomoto Stadium | 21,940 |
  | 6 | 2018.04.08 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 2-5 | FC Tokyo | Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki | 9,873 |
  | 7 | 2018.04.11 | FC Tokyo | 2-1 | Kashima Antlers | Ajinomoto Stadium | 17,260 |
  | 8 | 2018.04.14 | Cerezo Osaka | 1-0 | FC Tokyo | Yanmar Stadium Nagai | 17,790 |
  | 9 | 2018.04.21 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 0-1 | FC Tokyo | IAI Stadium Nihondaira | 12,615 |
  | 10 | 2018.04.25 | FC Tokyo | 3-1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Ajinomoto Stadium | 13,425 |
  | 11 | 2018.04.28 | FC Tokyo | 3-2 | Nagoya Grampus | Ajinomoto Stadium | 25,185 |
  | 12 | 2018.05.02 | Vissel Kobe | 0-0 | FC Tokyo | Noevir Stadium Kobe | 9,015 |
  | 13 | 2018.05.05 | Kawasaki Frontale | 0-2 | FC Tokyo | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium | 24,677 |
  | 14 | 2018.05.13 | FC Tokyo | 0-0 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Ajinomoto Stadium | 24,589 |
  | 15 | 2018.05.20 | Sagan Tosu | 0-0 | FC Tokyo | Best Amenity Stadium | 12,163 |
  | 16 | 2018.07.18 | Kashiwa Reysol | 0-1 | FC Tokyo | Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium | 11,453 |
  | 17 | 2018.07.22 | FC Tokyo | 5-2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Ajinomoto Stadium | 34,126 |
  | 18 | 2018.07.27 | FC Tokyo | 0-1 | V-Varen Nagasaki | Ajinomoto Stadium | 23,063 |
  | 19 | 2018.08.01 | Kashima Antlers | 1-2 | FC Tokyo | Kashima Soccer Stadium | 12,643 |
  | 20 | 2018.08.05 | FC Tokyo | 1-0 | Vissel Kobe | Ajinomoto Stadium | 44,801 |
  | 21 | 2018.08.10 | Gamba Osaka | 2-1 | FC Tokyo | Panasonic Stadium Suita | 24,879 |
  | 22 | 2018.08.15 | FC Tokyo | 0-1 | Kashiwa Reysol | Ajinomoto Stadium | 20,986 |
  | 23 | 2018.08.19 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 3-2 | FC Tokyo | Sapporo Dome | 18,521 |
  | 24 | 2018.08.26 | Shonan Bellmare | 0-0 | FC Tokyo | Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka | 13,191 |
  | 25 | 2018.09.02 | FC Tokyo | 0-0 | Sagan Tosu | Ajinomoto Stadium | 30,867 |
  | 26 | 2018.09.15 | Vegalta Sendai | 1-0 | FC Tokyo | Yurtec Stadium Sendai | 17,887 |
  | 27 | 2018.09.22 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1-1 | FC Tokyo | Edion Stadium Hiroshima | 19,031 |
  | 28 | 2018.09.29 | FC Tokyo | 0-2 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Ajinomoto Stadium | 33,789 |
  | 29 | 2018.10.07 | Nagoya Grampus | 1-2 | FC Tokyo | Toyota Stadium | 33,251 |
  | 30 | 2018.10.20 | FC Tokyo | 0-1 | Cerezo Osaka | Ajinomoto Stadium | 28,053 |
  | 31 | 2018.11.03 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 0-1 | FC Tokyo | Nissan Stadium | 27,252 |
  | 32 | 2018.11.10 | FC Tokyo | 0-0 | Júbilo Iwata | Ajinomoto Stadium | 24,323 |
  | 33 | 2018.11.24 | FC Tokyo | 0-2 | Kawasaki Frontale | Ajinomoto Stadium | 37,422 |
  | 34 | 2018.12.01 | Urawa Reds | 3-2 | FC Tokyo | Saitama Stadium 2002 | 46,770 |
  