# 2023 FC Machida Zelvia season

The 2023 season was FC Machida Zelvia's 34th season in existence and the club's eighth consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Machida Zelvia also participated in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

## Players
### Season squad

As of 8 September 2023.
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 | SRB | Nedeljko Stojišić |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Masayuki Okuyama |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Kai Miki |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Jurato Ikeda |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Kosuke Ota |
| 7 | FW | JPN | Shunta Araki (on loan from Sagan Tosu) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Takaya Numata |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Daigo Takahashi |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Erik |
| 14 | DF | KOR | Jang Min-gyu |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Mitchell Duke |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Zento Uno |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Hokuto Shimoda |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Shuto Inaba |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Hijiri Onaga |
| 23 | GK | JPN | William Popp |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Mizuki Uchida |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | FW | JPN | Shota Fujio (on loan from Cerezo Osaka) |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Yu Hirakawa |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Yohei Okuyama |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Ademilson |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Yuki Nakashima |
| 31 | FW | JPN | Yuya Takazawa |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Renji Matsui (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Yudai Fujiwara (on loan from Urawa Red Diamonds) |
| 37 | FW | JPN | Kohei Ashibe |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Tenshiro Takasaki |
| 39 | FW | CHI | Byron Vásquez |
| 40 | MF | JPN | Sho Fuseya |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Takuya Yasui |
| 42 | GK | JPN | Koki Fukui |
| 43 | DF | JPN | Junya Suzuki |
| 47 | DF | JPN | Daisuke Matsumoto (on loan from Sagan Tosu) |
| 50 | GK | JPN | Anton Burns |

### 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 |
| 46 | MF | JPN | Ken Higuchi (on loan at Okinawa SV) |
| — | DF | JPN | Shohei Takahashi (on loan at Vissel Kobe) |
| — | DF | JPN | Soichiro Fukaminato (on loan at Kamatamare Sanuki) |
| — | DF | JPN | Takumi Narasaka (on loan at Kamatamare Sanuki) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | JPN | Yoshitaka Aoki (on loan at ReinMeer Aomori) |
| — | MF | JPN | Atsushi Kurokawa (on loan at Omiya Ardija) |
| — | FW | JPN | Daiki Sato (on loan at YSCC Yokohama) |

## Transfers
### Arrivals

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type |
| 25 November 2022 | MF | Shuto Inaba | Blaublitz Akita | Full |
| 7 December 2022 | DF | Jurato Ikeda | Blaublitz Akita | Full |
| 7 December 2022 | DF | Jang Min-gyu | JEF United Chiba | Full |
| 9 December 2022 | FW | Takaya Numata | Renofa Yamaguchi | Full |
| 15 December 2022 | FW | Shunta Araki | Sagan Tosu | Loan |
| 16 December 2022 | MF | Yohei Okuyama | Iwate Grulla Morioka | Full |
| 19 December 2022 | MF | Atsushi Kurokawa | Júbilo Iwata | Full |
| 19 December 2022 | DF | Yudai Fujiwara | Urawa Red Diamonds | Loan |
| 24 December 2022 | MF | Hokuto Shimoda | Oita Trinita | Full |
| 25 December 2022 | DF | Carlos Gutiérrez | Tochigi SC | Full |
| 26 December 2022 | MF | Daigo Takahashi | Shimizu S-Pulse | Full |
| 31 December 2022 | FW | Mitchell Duke | Fagiano Okayama | Full |
| 1 January 2023 | FW | Erik | Changchun Yatai | Full |
| 3 January 2023 | MF | Sho Fuseya | Kokushikan University | Full |
| 3 January 2023 | DF | Mizuki Uchida | Kamatamare Sanuki | Full |
| 6 January 2023 | FW | Yuya Takazawa | Oita Trinita | Full |
| 9 January 2023 | GK | Nedeljko Stojišić | Vegalta Sendai | Full |
| 1 February 2023 | FW | Yu Hirakawa | Yamanashi Gakuin University | Full |
| 1 February 2023 | DF | Soichiro Fukaminato | Rissho University | Full |
| 6 March 2023 | FW | Shota Fujio | Cerezo Osaka | Loan |
| 21 April 2023 | MF | Tenshiro Takasaki | Quon Football Development | Type 2 |
| 6 July 2023 | MF | Byron Vásquez | Tokyo Verdy | Full |
| 11 July 2023 | DF | Junya Suzuki | FC Tokyo | Full |
| 3 August 2023 | DF | Daisuke Matsumoto | Sagan Tosu | Full |
| 5 September 2023 | FW | Ademilson | Wuhan Three Towns | Full |

### Departures

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type |
| End of 2022 season | MF | Shunya Suganuma | | Contract expiration |
| 28 October 2022 | FW | Jong Tae-se | | Retired |
| 1 November 2022 | FW | Vinícius Araújo | | Contract expiration |
| 3 November 2022 | MF | Ariajasuru Hasegawa | | Contract expiration |
| 29 November 2022 | DF | Jun Okano | V-Varen Nagasaki | Full |
| 7 December 2022 | MF | Taiki Hirato | Kyoto Sanga | Full |
| 13 December 2022 | FW | Shusuke Ota | Albirex Niigata | Full |
| 21 December 2022 | MF | Kaishu Sano | Kashima Antlers | Full |
| 3 January 2023 | DF | Takumi Narasaka | Kamatamare Sanuki | Loan |
| 6 January 2023 | FW | Dudu | FC Imabari | Full |
| 16 March 2023 | DF | Shohei Takahashi | Vissel Kobe | Loan |
| 28 June 2023 | DF | Soichiro Fukaminato | Kamatamare Sanuki | Loan |
| 4 July 2023 | MF | Atsushi Kurokawa | Omiya Ardija | Loan |
| 18 July 2023 | MF | Leo Takae | Montedio Yamagata | Full |
| 27 July 2023 | MF | Kota Fukatsu | Iwate Grulla Morioka | Full |
| 6 August 2023 | MF | Ken Higuchi | Okinawa SV | Full |
| 8 August 2023 | DF | Carlos Gutiérrez | V-Varen Nagasaki | Full |
| 18 August 2023 | MF | Kazuma Yamaguchi | Montedio Yamagata | Loan return |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J2 League | 18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) | 12 November 2023 (2023-11-12) | Matchday 1 | Winners | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 79 | 35 | +44 | 061.90 |
| Emperor's Cup | 7 June 2023 (2023-06-07) | 2 August 2023 (2023-08-02) | Second round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 86 | 39 | +47 | 062.22 |
Source: Competitions

### J2 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Machida Zelvia (C, P) | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 79 | 35 | +44 | 87 | Promotion to the 2024 J1 League |
| 2 | Júbilo Iwata (P) | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 74 | 44 | +30 | 75 | Promotion to the 2024 J1 League |
| 3 | Tokyo Verdy (O, P) | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 75 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 78 | 34 | +44 | 74 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Montedio Yamagata | 42 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 67 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.