# 2023 Tokyo Verdy season

The 2023 season was Tokyo Verdy's 54th season in existence and the club's 15th consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Tokyo Verdy participated in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

Updated on 28 April 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Matheus Vidotto (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Daiki Fukazawa |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Hiroto Taniguchi (vice-captain) |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Ryota Kajikawa |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Tomohiro Taira |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Kazuya Miyahara |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Koki Morita (captain) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kosuke Saito |
| 9 | MF | JPN | Ryuji Sugimoto |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Toyofumi Sakano |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Naoki Hayashi (on loan from Kashima Antlers) |
| 14 | FW | GER | Mario Engels |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Kaito Chida |
| 16 | DF | JPN | Kohei Yamakoshi |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Koken Kato |
| 18 | MF | CHI | Byron Vásquez |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Junki Koike |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Yuji Kitajima (on loan from Avispa Fukuoka) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Yuya Nagasawa |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Yuto Tsunashima |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Yuta Narawa |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Tetsuyuki Inami |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Ren Kato |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Goki Yamada |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Daiki Kusunoki |
| 29 | FW | JPN | Keito Kawamura |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Kosuke Sagawa |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Hisaya Sato |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Rikuto Hashimoto |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Ryo Nishitani |
| 38 | DF | IDN | Pratama Arhan |
| 41 | GK | JPN | Masahiro Iida |
| 42 | FW | JPN | Ryosuke Shirai $^{Type2}$ |
| 43 | FW | JPN | Yuki Okubo $^{Type2}$ |
| 44 | DF | JPN | Kazuya Yamaguchi $^{Type2}$ |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Toru Takagiwa (on loan at Iwaki FC until 31 January 2024) |
| — | DF | JPN | Maaya Sako (on loan at Nagano Parceiro until 31 January 2024) |
| — | DF | JPN | Yu Miyamoto (on loan at Kochi United until 31 January 2024) |
| — | MF | JPN | Kyota Mochii (on loan at Azul Claro Numazu until 31 January 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | JPN | Taiga Ishiura (on loan at Ehime FC until 31 January 2024) |
| — | MF | JPN | Mahiro Ano (on loan at Fukui United until 31 January 2024) |
| — | MF | JPN | Yuan Matsuhashi (on loan at Renofa Yamaguchi until 31 January 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| GK | | | | | |
| GK | | | | | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| GK | | | | | |
| GK | | | | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J2 League | 19 February 2023 | 12 November 2023 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Emperor's Cup | 7 June 2023 | | Second round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Last updated: 17 May 2023 Source: Soccerway

### 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 |
Last updated: 17 May 2023. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | |
| Position | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.