The 2026 FC Machida Zelvia season was the club's 38th season in history.
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 Aki Koch Karlsruher SC 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 24 Kim Min-tae Shimizu S-Pulse 26 Kotaro Hayashi Yokohama FC 50 Daihachi Okamura Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 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 34 Futa Tokumura Kamigaku High School 38 Tenshiro Takasaki Quon Football Academy 39 Byron Vásquez Tochigi City 60 Mayaka Chui Hiromu Youth Team Forwards 7 Yuki Soma Casa Pia 9 Shōta Fujio Cerezo Osaka 10 Na Sang-ho FC Seoul 20 Takuma Nishimura Yokohama F. Marinos 22 Takaya Numata Kagoshima United FC 27 Erik Vissel Kobe 49 Kanji Kuwayama Tokai University 99 Tete Yengi Livingston Players loaned out 37 Kosei Ashibe Fukushima United 55 Anton Burns Roasso Kumamoto 77 Takumi Narasaka Kamatamare Sanuki 90 Oh Se-hun Shimizu S-Pulse
Transfers
In
Pre-season
DatePositionPlayerTransferred fromRef Permanent Transfer 31 December 2025 MF Sho Fuseya Kataller Toyama End of loan MF Kai Shibato Urawa Red Diamonds End of loan MF Kosei Ashibe Fukushima United End of loan FW Atsushi Kurokawa FK Tukums 2000 End of loan FW Daigo Takahashi Giravanz Kitakyushu End of loan 4 January 2026 GK Anton Burns Roasso Kumamoto End of loan DF Mizuki Uchida Kamatamare Sanuki End of loan 7 January 2026 FW Byron Vásquez Tochigi City End of loan FW Erik Vissel Kobe End of loan 5 February 2026 DF Kim Min-tae Shonan Bellmare Free Loan Transfer 28 January 2026 FW Tete Yengi Livingston Season loan
Post-season DatePositionPlayerTransferred fromRef Permanent Transfer 7 June 2026 GK Aki Koch Karlsruhe SC Free June 2026 MF Shunki Higashi Sanfrecce Hiroshima Undisclosed Loan Transfer
Out
Pre-season DatePositionPlayerTransferred fromRef Permanent Transfer 25 December 2025 FW Mitchell Duke Macarthur FC Free 31 December 2025 MF Ken Higuchi YSCC Yokohama Free MF Sho Fuseya Kataller Toyama Free FW Yuki Nakashima Free FW Daigo Takahashi Giravanz Kitakyushu Free 5 January 2026 DF Mizuki Uchida Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Free 13 March 2026 FW Atsushi Kurokawa Ventforet Kofu Free Loan Transfer 25 December 2025 MF Kosei Ashibe Fukushima United Season loan 30 December 2025 FW Oh Se-hun Shimizu S-Pulse Season loan 4 January 2026 DF Takumi Narasaka Giravanz Kitakyushu Season loan 5 January 2026 GK Anton Burns Gainare Tottori Season loan till Jan-27
Pre-season and friendlies
Tour of Okinawa (11 Jan - 24 Jan)
Competitions J1 League
Matches The matches were unveiled on 19 December.
AFC Champions League
League stage
Knockout stage
Team statistics Appearances and goals
Player J1 League 2025/26 AFC Champions League Elite TotalApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. Goals1GK Kosei Tani200602602DF Tomoki Imai0000003DF Gen Shoji18+11602514MF Ryuho Kikuchi 0000005DF Ibrahim Drešević9+511+101616DF Henry Hiroki Mochizuki6+314+301617MF Yuki Soma 10+245+131878MF Keiya Sento 4+901+301709FW Shōta Fujio 6+1111+5023110FW Na Sang-ho 10+733+2022311MF Asahi Masuyama4+30108013GK Tatsuya Morita00101016MF Hiroyuki Mae 11+504+2022017GK Kaung Zan Mara00000018MF Hokuto Shimoda4+822+3017219DF Yūta Nakayama15+226+1024220FW Takuma Nishimura2+100+306022FW Takaya Numata0+10001023MF Ryōhei Shirasaki9+602+1118124DF Kim Min-tae10001026DF Kotaro Hayashi13+506+1025027FW Erik15+383021828MF Cha Je-hoon00000031MF Neta Lavi12+205+1020034MF Futa Tokumura5+501+1012038MF Tenshiro Takasaki00000039MF Byron Vásquez0+20002044GK Yoshiaki Arai00000049MF Kanji Kuwayama0+801+2011050DF Daihachi Okamura1706+1024055GK Anton Burns00000077DF Takumi Narasaka00000088DF Hotaka Nakamura16+126023299FW Tete Yengi 12+336+13226Players featured on a match for the team, but left the club mid-season, either permanently or on loan transfer
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