The 2024 FC Machida Zelvia season was the club's 36th season in history and the first one in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football following becoming J2 League champions in the previous season. As well as the domestic league, they competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup.
Squad Season squad Squad no. Name Nationality Date of birth (age at start of season) Goalkeepers 1 Kosei Tani 42 Koki Fukui 44 Yoshiaki Arai 50 Anton Burns Defenders 3 Gen Shoji (c) 5 Ibrahim Drešević 6 Junya Suzuki 14 Jang Min-gyu 19 Yūta Nakayama 25 Daiki Sugioka 26 Kotaro Hayashi 29 Takumi Narasaka 33 Henry Hiroki Mochizuki 55 Daisuke Matsumoto Midfielders 8 Keiya Sento 18 Hokuto Shimoda 23 Ryōhei Shirasaki 37 Kosei Ashibe 38 Tenshiro Takasaki 39 Byron Vásquez 41 Takuya Yasui 45 Kai Shibato 46 Ken Higuchi Forwards 7 Yuki Soma 9 Shōta Fujio 10 Na Sang-ho 11 Erik 15 Mitchell Duke 22 Kazuki Fujimoto 30 Yuki Nakashima 47 Shunta Araki 90 Oh Se-hun
Transfers Arrivals DatePositionPlayerFromTypeSource21 April 2023 Quon Football DevelopmentFull10 May 2023 Kokushikan UniversityFull8 September 2023 Kanto Gakuin UniversityFull17 December 2023 ReinMeer AomoriLoan return19 December 2023 Oita TrinitaFull25 December 2023 Kashima AntlersFull4 January 2024 FC SeoulFull5 January 2024 Shimizu S-PulseLoan6 January 2024 Mito HollyhockFull6 January 2024 Yokohama FCFull9 January 2024 Omiya ArdijaLoan return9 January 2024 Urawa Red DiamondsLoan10 January 2024 Okinawa SVLoan return10 January 2024 Cerezo OsakaFull11 January 2024 Kashiwa ReysolFull11 January 2024 Kamatamare SanukiLoan return12 January 2024 Gamba OsakaLoan12 January 2024 Sagan TosuFull18 January 2024 Fatih KaragümrükFull12 April 2024 Tokai UniversityDSP16 July 2024 Shonan BellmareLoan23 July 2024 Nagoya GrampusFull31 July 2024 Shimizu S-PulseLoan14 August 2024 Huddersfield TownFull16 August 2024 Oita TrinitaFull
Departures DatePositionPlayerToTypeSource3 October 2023Retired21 November 2023Released8 December 2023 Thespa GunmaFull4 January 2024 Matsumoto YamagaFull5 January 2024 Kawasaki FrontaleLoan return5 January 2024 Urawa Red DiamondsLoan return6 January 2024 Kataller ToyamaLoan6 January 2024 Tokyo VerdyFull8 January 2024 Blaublitz AkitaLoan9 January 2024 Yokohama F. MarinosFull11 January 2024 Kamatamare SanukiLoan28 February 2024 Avaí FCFull4 July 2024 SC SagamiharaLoan7 July 2024 Renofa YamaguchiLoan9 July 2024 Bristol CityLoan16 July 2024 Kagoshima UnitedLoan19 July 2024 Shimizu S-PulseLoan23 July 2024 Oita TrinitaLoan23 July 2024 Kagoshima UnitedLoan23 July 2024 Avispa FukuokaLoan30 July 2024 V-Varen NagasakiLoan14 August 2024 Kawasaki FrontaleLoan19 August 2024 Vegalta SendaiLoan
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overall record
J1 League
Table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The matches were unveiled on 23 January.
Emperor's Cup
J.League Cup
The 2024 J.League Cup was expanded so that all 60 J.League clubs would participate. This was Machida Zelvia's first season competing in the competition.
Quarter-finals
Statistics Goalscorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Player Total 1 FW 9 Shōta Fujio 9 0 0 9 2 FW 90 Oh Se-hun 8 0 0 8 3 FW 15 Mitchell Duke 4 0 2 6 MF 18 Hokuto Shimoda 5 0 1 6 5 – – Own goal 5 0 0 5 6 DF 5 Ibrahim Drešević 3 0 0 3 FW 10 Na Sang-ho 3 0 0 3 FW 11 Erik 3 0 0 3 FW 22 Kazuki Fujimoto 3 0 0 3 10 FW 7 Yu Hirakawa 2 0 0 2 FW 30 Yuki Nakashima 1 0 1 2 MF 41 Takuya Yasui 0 1 1 2 13 DF 3 Gen Shoji 1 0 0 1 DF 6 Junya Suzuki 1 0 0 1 FW 7 Yuki Soma 1 0 0 1 MF 8 Keiya Sento 1 0 0 1 DF 19 Yūta Nakayama 1 0 0 1 MF 23 Ryōhei Shirasaki 1 0 0 1 MF 39 Byron Vásquez 0 0 1 1 MF 45 Kai Shibato 1 0 0 1 FW 47 Shunta Araki 1 0 0 1TOTALS541661
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Player Total1 1 Kosei Tani 17 0 0 172 42 Koki Fukui 0 0 2 2TOTALS170219
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