FC Machida Zelvia

FC Machida Zelvia
FC町田ゼルビア
Full name	FC Machida Zelvia
Founded	1977
Ground	Machida Municipal Athletic Stadium; Machida, Tokyo; (capacity: 8,924)
Chairman	Minoru Moriya
Manager	Osvaldo Ardiles
League	J2 League

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History

The club was founded in 1989.^[4]

In 2010, Machida Zelvia formed a partnership with Major League Soccer's D.C. United. This was the first partnership between a Japanese football club and American soccer club.^[5]

In 2012, the club was promoted to the J.League in its second division.^[6]

1989-1996 FC Machida Top
1997-present FC Machida Zelvia

League position

2009 : Football League - 6th
2010 : Football League - 3rd
2011 : Football League - 3rd
2012 : J2 League - 22nd
2013 : Football League - 4th
2014 : J3 League - 3rd
2015 : J3 League - 2nd
2016 : J2 League - 7th
2017 : J2 League - 16th
2018 : J2 League - 4th
2019 : J2 League - 18th
2020 : J2 League - 19th

Managers

Minoru Moriya, 2002-2007
Tetsuya Totsuka, 2008-2009
Naoki Soma, 2010
Ranko Popović, 2011
Osvaldo Ardiles, 2012-

FC Machida Zelvia Media

Machida municipal Stadium

Related pages

References

↑ FC is an acronym. FC stands for "Football Club". In the J-League, the team is one of seven with FC in the club name.
↑ TransferMarkt.co.uk, FC Machida Zelvia; retrieved 2012-7-6.
↑ Soccerway.com, "FC Machida Zelvia"; retrieved 2012-3-9.
↑ J.League
↑ D.C. United, "D.C. United to partner with FC Machida Zelvia," Archived 2010-03-28 at the Wayback Machine March 10, 2010; retrieved 2012-3-9.
↑ McKirdy, Andrew, "Ardiles ready to face new challenge", Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine Japan Times, March 6, 2012; retrieved 2012-3-9.