Japanese J.League

FC Tokyo vs JEF United Ichihara-Chiba, 2026 J1 100 Year Vision League

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FC Tokyo
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    JEF United Ichihara-Chiba
    • 6': Carlinhos
    • 73': Makoto Himeno
    • 79': Masaru Hidaka

    About

    FC Tokyo are hosting JEF United Ichihara-Chiba at Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

    Match Timeline

    • 1': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 1'
    • 1': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 1'
    • 1': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 1'
    • 2': Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 2'
    • 2': Carlinhos (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 2'
    • 3': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 3'
    • 3': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 3'
    • 4': Takayuki Mae (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 4'
    • 4': Zain Issaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 4'
    • 4': Takumi Tsukui (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 4'
    • 5': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 5'
    • 5': Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo) Shot Blocked at 5'
    • 5': Marcelo Ryan (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 5'
    • 5': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 5'
    • 5': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 5'
    • 6': Carlinhos (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Goal at 6'
    • 6': Zain Issaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assist at 6'
    • 7': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 7'
    • 7': Kein Sato (FC Tokyo) Blocked Pass at 7'
    • 7': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 7'
    • 9': Keita Endo (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 9'
    • 9': Kein Sato (FC Tokyo) Shot Blocked at 9'
    • 9': José Suárez (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 9'
    • 9': Takahiro Koh (FC Tokyo) Foul at 9'
    • 9': Yusuke Kobayashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 9'
    • 9': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Foul at 9'
    • 10': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 10'
    • 10': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Blocked at 10'
    • 10': Carlinhos (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 10'
    • 10': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Save at 10'
    • 10': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 10'
    • 11': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 11'
    • 11': Takumi Tsukui (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 11'
    • 13': Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo) Blocked Pass at 13'
    • 13': Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo) Foul at 13'
    • 14': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 14'
    • 14': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 14'
    • 14': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 14'
    • 14': Keita Endo (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 14'
    • 14': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Shot Off Target at 14'
    • 16': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 16'
    • 16': Rio Omori (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 16'
    • 17': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Foul at 17'
    • 18': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 18'
    • 18': Rio Omori (FC Tokyo) Foul at 18'
    • 18': Rio Omori (FC Tokyo) Yellow Card at 18'
    • 19': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 19'
    • 19': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 19'
    • 19': Takayuki Mae (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 19'
    • 20': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Foul at 20'
    • 21': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 21'
    • 21': Yusuke Kobayashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Offside at 21'
    • 21': Takahiro Koh (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 21'
    • 22': Carlinhos (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 22'
    • 22': Zain Issaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 22'
    • 23': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 23'
    • 24': José Suárez (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Offside at 24'
    • 24': Takahiro Koh (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 24'
    • 25': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 25'
    • 25': Marcelo Ryan (FC Tokyo) Shot Off Target at 25'
    • 26': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 26'
    • 26': Marcelo Ryan (FC Tokyo) Shot Off Target at 26'
    • 26': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 26'
    • 27': Kein Sato (FC Tokyo) Blocked Pass at 27'
    • 27': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 27'
    • 28': Carlinhos (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 28'
    • 28': Carlinhos (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 28'
    • 28': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 28'
    • 28': Takahiro Koh (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 28'
    • 30': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 30'
    • 32': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 32'
    • 33': Keita Endo (FC Tokyo) Shot Off Target at 33'
    • 35': Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo) Shot Off Target at 35'
    • 35': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 35'
    • 37': Keita Endo (FC Tokyo) Foul at 37'
    • 37': José Suárez (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 37'
    • 38': Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 38'
    • 38': Marcelo Ryan (FC Tokyo) Shot Blocked at 38'
    • 38': Yusuke Kobayashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 38'
    • 38': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 38'
    • 39': Keita Endo (FC Tokyo) Offside at 39'
    • 39': Keita Endo (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 39'
    • 39': Hayato Inamura (FC Tokyo) Deleted After Review at 39'
    • 41': Hayato Inamura (FC Tokyo) VAR - Referee decision cancelled at 41'
    • 41': José Suárez (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 41'
    • 41': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 41'
    • 42': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 42'
    • 42': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 42'
    • 42': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 42'
    • 43': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 43'
    • 43': Takahiro Koh (FC Tokyo) Foul at 43'
    • 44': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 44'
    • 44': Takahiro Koh (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 44'
    • 44': Marcelo Ryan (FC Tokyo) Shot On Target at 44'
    • 44': José Suárez (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 44'
    • 44': Kein Sato (FC Tokyo) Shot Off Target at 44'
    • 45': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Blocked Pass at 45'
    • 45': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 45'
    • 45'+1': Takahiro Koh (FC Tokyo) Blocked Pass at 46'
    • 45'+2': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 47'
    • 45'+3': Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo) Offside at 48'
    • 45'+3': José Suárez (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 48'
    • 45'+3': Takumi Tsukui (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Blocked at 48'
    • 45'+3': Hayato Inamura (FC Tokyo) Save at 48'
    • 45'+3': Hayato Inamura (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 48'
    • 45'+3': Hayato Inamura (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 48'
    • 45': Hiroto Goya (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 45'
    • 46': Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 46'
    • 47': Takahiro Koh (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 47'
    • 47': Marcelo Ryan (FC Tokyo) Shot Off Target at 47'
    • 47': Ryota Kuboniwa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 47'
    • 49': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 49'
    • 51': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 51'
    • 51': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 51'
    • 51': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Yellow Card at 51'
    • 53': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 53'
    • 53': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 53'
    • 53': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 53'
    • 54': Kein Sato (FC Tokyo) Blocked Pass at 54'
    • 54': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 54'
    • 55': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 55'
    • 55': Takahiro Koh (FC Tokyo) Foul at 55'
    • 55': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 55'
    • 56': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 56'
    • 56': Takahiro Koh (FC Tokyo) Blocked Pass at 56'
    • 56': Kein Sato (FC Tokyo) Offside at 56'
    • 56': José Suárez (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 56'
    • 57': Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 57'
    • 57': Takumi Tsukui (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 57'
    • 57': Kim Seung-Gyu (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 57'
    • 58': Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo) Blocked Pass at 58'
    • 58': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 58'
    • 58': Keita Endo (FC Tokyo) Shot Blocked at 58'
    • 58': Ryota Kuboniwa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 58'
    • 58': Keita Endo (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 58'
    • 58': Ryota Kuboniwa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 58'
    • 59': Keita Endo (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 59'
    • 59': Marcelo Ryan (FC Tokyo) Foul at 59'
    • 59': José Suárez (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 59'
    • 60': Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 60'
    • 60': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 60'
    • 61': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 61'
    • 62': Zain Issaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 62'
    • 63': Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 63'
    • 63': Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 63'
    • 63': Marcelo Ryan (FC Tokyo) Shot Off Target at 63'
    • 63': Hiroto Goya (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Handball at 63'
    • 63': Rio Omori (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 63'
    • 64': Takumi Tsukui (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 64'
    • 64': Kim Seung-Gyu (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 64'
    • 66': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 66'
    • 67': Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo) Foul at 67'
    • 67': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 67'
    • 67': Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 67'
    • 67': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 67'
    • 67': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 67'
    • 67': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 67'
    • 68': Keita Endo (FC Tokyo) Shot Blocked at 68'
    • 68': Hiroto Goya (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 68'
    • 68': Rio Omori (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 68'
    • 68': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Shot Off Target at 68'
    • 69': Takumi Tsukui (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 69'
    • 70': Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 70'
    • 70': Kyota Tokiwa (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 70'
    • 70': Motoki Nagakura (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 70'
    • 70': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 70'
    • 71': Luiz Eduardo Fleuri Pacheco (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 71'
    • 72': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 72'
    • 72': Luiz Eduardo Fleuri Pacheco (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 72'
    • 72': Rio Omori (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 72'
    • 72': Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) Foul at 72'
    • 73': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 73'
    • 73': Rio Omori (FC Tokyo) Blocked Pass at 73'
    • 73': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 73'
    • 73': Hiroto Goya (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 73'
    • 73': Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Hit Woodwork at 73'
    • 73': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Goal at 73'
    • 75': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 75'
    • 76': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 76'
    • 77': Marcelo Ryan (FC Tokyo) Foul at 77'
    • 77': José Suárez (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 77'
    • 78': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Foul at 78'
    • 79': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Goal - Free-kick at 79'
    • 81': Kyota Tokiwa (FC Tokyo) Foul at 81'
    • 81': Leon Nozawa (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 81'
    • 81': Fuki Yamada (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 81'
    • 82': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 82'
    • 82': Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) Shot Blocked at 82'
    • 82': Leon Nozawa (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 82'
    • 82': Luiz Eduardo Fleuri Pacheco (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 82'
    • 82': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Shot Blocked at 82'
    • 82': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 82'
    • 82': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 82'
    • 82': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 82'
    • 84': Manato Shinada (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 84'
    • 84': Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 84'
    • 84': Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 84'
    • 85': Fuki Yamada (FC Tokyo) Shot On Target at 85'
    • 85': Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 85'
    • 85': José Suárez (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 85'
    • 85': José Suárez (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Offside at 85'
    • 85': Hiroto Goya (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 85'
    • 85': Hayato Inamura (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 85'
    • 86': Motoki Nagakura (FC Tokyo) Foul at 86'
    • 86': Manato Shinada (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 86'
    • 86': Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 86'
    • 86': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 86'
    • 87': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 87'
    • 87': Leon Nozawa (FC Tokyo) Shot Off Target at 87'
    • 87': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 87'
    • 88': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 88'
    • 88': Rio Omori (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 88'
    • 88': Luiz Eduardo Fleuri Pacheco (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 88'
    • 88': Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 88'
    • 89': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Shot Blocked at 89'
    • 89': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 89'
    • 90': Rio Omori (FC Tokyo) Blocked Pass at 90'
    • 90': Motoki Nagakura (FC Tokyo) Blocked Pass at 90'
    • 90': Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 90'
    • 90': Kyota Tokiwa (FC Tokyo) Shot Off Target at 90'
    • 90': Motoki Nagakura (FC Tokyo) Assists Shot at 90'
    • 90'+1': Hiroto Goya (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 91'
    • 90'+2': Koki Yonekura (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 92'
    • 90'+2': Fuki Yamada (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 92'
    • 90'+2': Leon Nozawa (FC Tokyo) Shot Off Target at 92'
    • 90'+3': Koki Yonekura (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 93'
    • 90'+3': Kim Seung-Gyu (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 93'
    • 90'+3': Hayato Inamura (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 93'
    • 90'+3': Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Offside at 93'
    • 90'+4': José Suárez (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 94'
    • 90'+4': Kyota Tokiwa (FC Tokyo) Foul at 94'
    • 90'+4': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 94'
    • 90'+4': Koki Yonekura (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 94'
    • 90'+5': Kim Seung-Gyu (FC Tokyo) Free Kick at 95'
    • 90'+5': Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) Throw In at 95'
    • 90'+5': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 95'
    • 90'+5': Leon Nozawa (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 95'
    • 90'+5': Leon Nozawa (FC Tokyo) Corner Kick at 95'
    • 90'+5': Kyota Tokiwa (FC Tokyo) Shot Blocked at 95'
    • 90'+5': Luiz Eduardo Fleuri Pacheco (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 95'
    • 90'+7': Marcelo Ryan (FC Tokyo) VAR - Referee decision cancelled at 97'

    Statistics

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    16 Fouls 17
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 4
    2 Corner Kicks 7
    3 Saves 0
    37.8 Possession 62.2
    14 SHOTS 23
    3 ON GOAL 3
    0.2 On Target % 0.1
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    231 Accurate Passes 410
    305 Passes 499
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    6 Accurate Crosses 6
    15 Crosses 26
    0.4 Cross % 0.2
    48 Long Balls 55
    15 Accurate Long Balls 14
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.3
    2 Blocked Shots 8
    4 Effective Tackles 3
    7 Tackles 5
    0.6 Tackle % 0.6
    15 Interceptions 5
    40 Effective Clearances 17
    40 Clearances 17

    Game Information

    Competition: Japanese J.League

    Venue: Tokyo Stadium
    Location: Tokyo, Japan
    Attendance: 29,953

    Japanese J1 League Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Kashima Antlers 16 +17 39
    2 FC Tokyo 16 +13 35
    3 Machida Zelvia 16 +3 33
    4 Tokyo Verdy 1969 16 -1 25
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    FCT FC Tokyo (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    81 Kim Seung-Gyu (GK)
    17 Hayato Inamura
    15 Rio Omori Yellow Card
    42 Kento Hashimoto
    2 Sei Muroya
    8 Takahiro Koh
    22 Keita Endo
    16 Kein Sato
    23 Ryunosuke Sato
    9 Marcelo Ryan
    FC Tokyo Substitutes:
    Fuki Yamada, Masato Morishige, Yuto Nagatomo, Hayate Tanaka, Keigo Higashi, Motoki Nagakura, Leon Nozawa, Kyota Tokiwa, Teruhito Nakagawa.

    JEF JEF United Ichihara-Chiba (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    19 José Suárez (GK)
    28 Takashi Kawano
    3 Ryota Kuboniwa
    67 Masaru Hidaka Yellow Card
    2 Issei Takahashi
    15 Takayuki Mae
    5 Yusuke Kobayashi
    8 Takumi Tsukui
    42 Zain Issaka
    10 Carlinhos
    20 Daichi Ishikawa
    JEF United Ichihara-Chiba Substitutes:
    Luiz Eduardo Fleuri Pacheco, Manato Shinada, Koki Yonekura, Makoto Himeno, Tomoya Wakahara, Takuya Yasui, Naohiro Sugiyama, Kazuki Tanaka, Hiroto Goya.

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