The 2025 FC Machida Zelvia season was the club's 37th 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 Previous team Goalkeepers 1 Kosei Tani Dender 13 Tatsuya Morita Kashiwa Reysol 17 Kaung Zan Mara Sanno University 44 Yoshiaki Arai Oita Trinita 55 Anton Burns Taisei High School Defenders 2 Tomoki Imai Western United 3 Gen Shoji (c) Kashima Antlers 5 Ibrahim Drešević Fatih Karagümrük 6 Henry Hiroki Mochizuki Kokushikan University 19 Yūta Nakayama Huddersfield Town 26 Kotaro Hayashi Yokohama FC 50 Daihachi Okamura Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 77 Takumi Narasaka Kamatamare Sanuki 88 Hotaka Nakamura FC Tokyo Midfielders 4 Ryuho Kikuchi Vissel Kobe 8 Keiya Sento Kashiwa Reysol 11 Asahi Masuyama V-Varen Nagasaki 16 Hiroyuki Mae Avispa Fukuoka 18 Hokuto Shimoda Oita Trinita 23 Ryōhei Shirasaki Shimizu S-Pulse 28 Cha Je-hoon Jungkyung High School 31 Neta Lavi Gamba Osaka 38 Tenshiro Takasaki Quon Football Academy 39 Byron Vásquez Tokyo Verdy 46 Ken Higuchi Okinawa SV Forwards 7 Yuki Soma Casa Pia 9 Shōta Fujio Cerezo Osaka 10 Na Sang-ho FC Seoul 15 Mitchell Duke Fagiano Okayama 20 Takuma Nishimura Yokohama F. Marinos 22 Takaya Numata Kagoshima United FC 30 Yuki Nakashima Montedio Yamagata 49 Kanji Kuwayama Tokai University 90 Oh Se-hun Shimizu S-Pulse Players loaned out 11 Erik Changchun Yatai 37 Kosei Ashibe Kanto Gakuin University 99 Daigo Takahashi Oita Trinita
Transfers
Pre-season In Transfers in PositionPlayerTransferred toFee GK Kaung Zan Mara Sanno University Free GK Tatsuya Morita Kashiwa Reysol Free DF Hotaka Nakamura FC Tokyo Free DF Daihachi Okamura Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Free MF Hiroyuki Mae Avispa Fukuoka Free MF Ryuho Kikuchi Vissel Kobe Free MF Cha Je-hoon Jungkyung High School Undisclosed FW Oh Se-hun Shimizu S-Pulse Undisclosed FW Takuma Nishimura Yokohama F. Marinos Free
Out Transfers out PositionPlayerTransferred toFee GK Koki Fukui Cerezo Osaka Free DF Junya Suzuki Yokohama FC Free DF Daiki Sugioka Shonan Bellmare End of loan DF Daisuke Matsumoto Zweigen Kanazawa Free DF Jang Min-gyu Jeju SK Free MF Takuya Yasui JEF United Chiba Free FW Kazuki Fujimoto Avispa Fukuoka Free FW Shunta Araki Vegalta Sendai Free
Loan out PositionPlayerTransferred toFee DF Soichiro Fukaminato Blaublitz Akita Season loan MF Kosei Ashibe Mito HollyHock Season loan MF Tenshiro Takasaki Shibuya City FC Season loan MF Kai Shibato Urawa Red Diamonds Season loan MF Sho Fuseya Kataller Toyama Season loan FW Erik Vissel Kobe Season loan FW Byron Vásquez Tochigi City Season loan FW Atsushi Kurokawa FK Tukums 2000 Season loan
Mid-season In
PositionPlayerTransferred fromFee MF Asahi Masuyama V-Varen Nagasaki Undisclosed MF Neta Lavi Gamba Osaka Undisclosed DF Tomoki Imai Western United Free
Loan return (in) PositionPlayerTransferred fromFee DF Soichiro Fukaminato Blaublitz Akita Early loan termination MF Tenshiro Takasaki Shibuya City FC End of loan
Out
Transfer Out PositionPlayerTransferred fromFee DF Soichiro Fukaminato Iwaki FC Undisclosed
Loan out PositionPlayerTransferred toFee MF Kosei Ashibe Fukushima United Season loan FW Daigo Takahashi Giravanz Kitakyushu Season loan GK Anton Burns Roasso Kumamoto Season loan
Competitions J1 League
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Matches The matches were unveiled on 23 January.
J.League Cup
Emperor's Cup
AFC Champions League
League stage
Team statistics Appearances and goals
Player J1 League J.League Cup Emperor's Cup 2025/26 AFC Champions League Elite TotalApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. Goals1GK Kosei Tani3700050604803DF Gen Shoji3730+20405+104934MF Ryuho Kikuchi 92101+20001225DF Ibrahim Drešević24+812050604516DF Henry Hiroki Mochizuki25+612040624337MF Yuki Soma 30+310003+224+2144128MF Keiya Sento 9+1711+113+103+213739FW Shōta Fujio 16+172215+152+4048810FW Na Sang-ho 10+225003+204+1042511MF Asahi Masuyama50002+115013113GK Tatsuya Morita102010004015FW Mitchell Duke9+163203+201+4037316MF Hiroyuki Mae 30+101+104+104+1043017GK Kaung Zan Mara000000000018MF Hokuto Shimoda21+1301+101+314+2147219DF Yūta Nakayama26+411+10506043120FW Takuma Nishimura26+371+201+211+2138922FW Takaya Numata1+111101+200+1016123MF Ryōhei Shirasaki7+120202+200025026DF Kotaro Hayashi27+44305+113+3046528MF Cha Je-hoon000000000030FW Yuki Nakashima000000000031MF Neta Lavi1+5000000+107038MF Tenshiro Takasaki000000000039MF Byron Vásquez000+100+10002044GK Yoshiaki Arai000000000049MF Kanji Kuwayama1+2010+201+200026150DF Daihachi Okamura31+14202+112+1040555GK Anton Burns000000000077DF Takumi Narasaka000010001088DF Hotaka Nakamura4+110030008190FW Oh Se-hun16+152000+214+22395??DF Tomoki Imai0000000000Players featured on a match for the team, but left the club mid-season, either permanently or on loan transfer99FW Daigo Takahashi0+1020100040
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