FC Tokyo Under−23 was a Japanese

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club based in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

. It was the reserve team of

FC Tokyo Football Club Tokyo, commonly known as , is a Japanese professional football club based in Chōfu, Tokyo. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The team is one of only four in the J.League to be si ...

and played in

J3 League or simply J3 is the third division of . It was established in 2013 as the third-tier professional association football league in Japan. The third-tier nationwide league is a relatively recent development in Japanese football with a first attempt ...

which they have done since their entry to the league at the beginning of the 2016 season. The club shared its home games between

Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka (味の素フィールド西が丘), originally called Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium (国立西が丘サッカー場, ''Nishigaoka National Soccer Stadium''), is a association football, football stadium in Kita, Tokyo. It wa ...

and the smaller

Yumenoshima Stadium is a 5,050-capacity multi-use stadium located in Kōtō, Tokyo on in Tokyo Bay. The stadium is mostly used for football but also has an athletics track. The seating capacity is 2,350 seats, and the grass stand holds 2,700 people. The stadium was ...

History

FC Tokyo joined

in 2016 along with the reserve teams of neighbours Gamba Osaka and

Cerezo Osaka is a Japanese professional football club based in Osaka. The club currently plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's name ''Cerezo'' (Spanish for cherry blossom) is also the flower of the city of Osaka. ...

. None of these clubs are eligible for promotion to

J2 League The or simply J2 is the second division of the and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It (along with the rest of the J.League) is currently sponsored by Meiji Yas ...

additionally they can only field 3 players over the age of 23.

Last squad

''2020 squad for

2020 J3 League The 2020 J3 League, referred to as the for sponsorship reasons, was the 7th season of J3 League under its current name. On 19 March, the J.League announced no relegation would take place for the 2020 season, with the J1 League expanding to 20 c ...

References

External links

FC Tokyo U23 Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:FC Tokyo U-23 Football clubs in Osaka J.League clubs Association football clubs established in 2016 2016 establishments in Japan Defunct football clubs in Japan Association football clubs disestablished in 2020 2020 disestablishments in Japan