# 2012 FC Machida Zelvia season

The 2012 FC Machida Zelvia season saw FC Machida Zelvia compete in J.League Division 2 for the first time after being promoted from the 2011 Japan Football League. Machida Zelvia were relegated back to the Japan Football League on the last day of the season after a 0-3 defeat to Shonan Bellmare. They are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.

## Players

As of March 7, 2012.
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 | JPN | Tomohito Shugyo |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Tsuda |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Taisei Fujita |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Kazuyuki Toda |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Masakazu Tashiro |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Kosuke Ota |
| 7 | FW | JPN | Yoshinori Katsumata |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Takumi Ogawa |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Dragan Dimić |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Ryo Sakai |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Ryuto Otake |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Jun Sonoda |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Shohei Yanagizaki |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Yoshihiro Shoji |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Takafumi Suzuki |
| 18 | DF | JPN | Kai Miki |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Yuki Kitai |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Koji Suzuki |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Takashi Aizawa |
| 22 | GK | JPN | Ryosuke Ishida |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Kento Kuri |
| 25 | FW | JPN | Kazuki Hiramoto |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Colin Marshall |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Kohei Kato |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Kohei Shimoda |
| 29 | DF | KOR | Lee Gang-Jin |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Takahiro Noguchi |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Shuto Kono |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Colin Marshall (from Víkingur) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Katsuya Senzaki (Transferred from Vanraure Hachinohe) |
| 29 | DF | KOR | Lee Gang-Jin (loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Shuto Kono (loan from F.C. Tokyo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Takumi Ogawa (loan to Fujieda MYFC) |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Colin Marshall (Released) |

## Competitions
### J. League 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 18 | Avispa Fukuoka | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 53 | 68 | −15 | 41 | |
| 19 | Kataller Toyama | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 38 | |
| 20 | Gainare Tottori | 42 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 33 | 78 | −45 | 38 | |
| 21 | FC Gifu | 42 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 35 | |
| 22 | Machida Zelvia (R) | 42 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 32 | Relegation to 2013 Japan Football League |
* ↑ The promotion and relegation between J2 and JFL will take place only if more than one promotion-eligible (i.e. having a J.League Associate Membership) JFL team finished above second place and playoff will be played only if a eligible JFL team finished in second place(See the corresponding section for further details). As only 2012 Japan Football League Champion V-Varen Nagasaki has the Associate Membership among the top 2 teams. Machida Zelvia was relegated immediately but no relegation/playoff was taken place for FC Gifu which finished 21st.

### Emperor's Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 11 November 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | J. League 2 | J. League 2 | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Tomohito Shugyo | 34 | 0 | 33+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Tsuda | 23 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Taisei Fujita | 38 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Kazuyuki Toda | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Masakazu Tashiro | 35 | 0 | 33+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Kosuke Ota | 39 | 6 | 36+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | JPN | Yoshinori Katsumata | 27 | 3 | 12+13 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Takumi Ogawa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Dragan Dimić | 34 | 5 | 22+10 | 4 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Ryo Sakai | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Ryuto Otake | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Jun Sonoda | 24 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Shohei Yanagizaki | 19 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Yoshihiro Shoji | 26 | 0 | 19+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Takafumi Suzuki | 39 | 7 | 34+3 | 7 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | JPN | Kai Miki | 34 | 1 | 31+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Yuki Kitai | 39 | 7 | 21+16 | 4 | 2+0 | 3 |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Koji Suzuki | 17 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Takashi Aizawa | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Katsuya Senzaki | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | JPN | Kazuki Hiramoto | 37 | 6 | 32+4 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Colin Marshall | 27 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Kohei Kato | 29 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Kohei Shimoda | 17 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | KOR | Lee Gang-Jin | 11 | 1 | 10+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Shuto Kono | 78 | 2 | 7+71 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Machida Zelvia no longer at the club: ||||||||||

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | J-League 2 | Emperor's Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 17 | Takafumi Suzuki | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | MF | 19 | Yuki Kitai | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 25 | Kazuki Hiramoto | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | DF | 6 | Kosuke Ota | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | Dragan Dimić | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 7 | Yoshinori Katsumata | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 19 | Yuki Kitai | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 28 | Kohei Shimoda | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 18 | Kai Miki | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 29 | Lee Gang-Jin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 33 | Shuto Kono | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 31 | 6 | 37 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | J-League 2 | J-League 2 | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Tomohito Shugyo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Kazuki Tsuda | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Taisei Fujita | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Masakazu Tashiro | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Kosuke Ota | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Dragan Dimić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Jun Sonoda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Yoshihiro Shoji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Takafumi Suzuki | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Kai Miki | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Yuki Kitai | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Kazuki Hiramoto | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Colin Marshall | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Kohei Kato | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Kohei Shimoda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Lee Gang-Jin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Shuto Kono | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 65 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 73 | 4 |