{{Short description|Japanese football club}} {{About|the men's football club based in Japan|the women's team|Ehime FC Ladies}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Ehime<br /> 愛媛 | image = Ehime FC logo.svg | upright = 0.6 | caption = | fullname = Ehime Football Club | nickname = | founded = {{Start date and age|1970}} | short name = Ehime | stadium = Ningineer Stadium<br> Matsuyama, Ehime | capacity = 20,919 | chairman = Tadashi Murakami | manager = Takeshi Oki | league = {{Japanese football updater|EhimeFC}} | season = {{Japanese football updater|EhimeFC2}} | position = {{Japanese football updater|EhimeFC3}} | current = 2024 Ehime FC season | website = {{url|ehimefc.com}} | pattern_la1 = _Ehime FC 2026 HOME FP | pattern_b1 = _Ehime FC 2026 HOME FP | pattern_ra1 = _Ehime FC 2026 HOME FP | pattern_sh1 = _Ehime FC 2026 HOME FP | pattern_so1 = _Ehime FC 2026 HOME FP | leftarm1 = ED6F23 | body1 = F7AE23 | rightarm1 = ED6F23 | shorts1 = DE4428 | socks1 = DE4428 | pattern_la2 = _Ehime FC 2026 AWAY FP | pattern_b2 = _Ehime FC 2026 AWAY FP | pattern_ra2 = _Ehime FC 2026 AWAY FP | pattern_sh2 = _Ehime FC 2026 AWAY FP | pattern_so2 = _Ehime FC 2026 AWAY FP | leftarm2 = FFFFFF# | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = DADADC | socks2 = FFFFFF }}
{{nihongo|'''Ehime Football Club'''|愛媛フットボールクラブ|Ehime Futtobōrukurabu}} commonly known as '''Ehime''' (愛媛FC, ''Ehime Efu Shī'') is a professional football club based in Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture of Japan. The club will play in the J3 League, the third tier of Japanese professional football, starting from the 2026–27 season after finishing 20th in the 2025 J2 League.
The club has won 1 J3 League title in the 2023 season which is their only highest honours in the club history.
== History == The club was founded in 1970 as '''Matsuyama Soccer Club''' and renamed itself as Ehime Football Club in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.j-league.or.jp/club/ehime// |title=Club guide: Ehime FC |publisher=J. League |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120172640/http://www.j-league.or.jp/club/ehime/ |archive-date=20 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> For many years it competed in the regional and prefectural league, as Matsuyama was represented in the Japan Soccer League by the local club belonging to the Teijin company.
Ehime was promoted to the Japan Football League in 2003. After winning the JFL in 2005 season, Ehime spent 16 seasons in the J2 League before being relegated to the J3 League at the end of the 2021 season.
On 28 November 2007, Ehime pulled off a major shock by consigning the Urawa Red Diamonds, the AFC Champions League 2007 winners, to a fourth-round exit from the Emperor's Cup courtesy of a 2–0 win on Urawa's home soil, Urawa Komaba Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=485854&cc=4716|title=Urawa mark Asian award with cup collapse|publisher=ESPN soccernet|date=29 November 2007|access-date=28 January 2015|archive-date=15 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015074518/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=485854&cc=4716|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 11 November 2023, after two years absence from Japanese second division, Ehime officially returned to J2 League for 2024 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jleague.jp/sp/news/article/26429/|title=愛媛ＦＣのＪ２昇格が決定【Ｊリーグ】|publisher=J. League|date=11 November 2023|access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref> They were promoted as J3 League champions of 2023 season with a narrow 1–0 win against their local rivals, FC Imabari on matchweek 35 with Riki Matsuda scored the only goal of the match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jleague.co/news/ehime-fc-j3-league-title-champions/|title=Ehime FC capture J3 League title |publisher=J. League|date=12 November 2023 |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jleague.co/match/j3/2023111111/#overview|title=MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE {{*}} MATCHWEEK 35 – Ehime FC vs FC Imabari |publisher=J. League|date=12 November 2023 |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>
== Stadium == The club plays its home games at Ningineer Stadium in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. The stadium, which is owned by Ehime Prefecture, has a capacity of 20,919 spectators.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stadium capacity |url=https://ehimefc.com/club/teamprofile.html |website=ehimefc.com |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> The sports facility is operated and managed by the Ehime Prefectural Sports Promotion Corporation as the designated manager.<!--!In chronological order-->
== Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors ==
=== Kit evolution === {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:50%; border:double #FF6600; box-shadow: 4px 4px 4px #FF6600;" ! colspan="5" |Home kit – 1st |- |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la=|pattern_b=_ehimefc06h|pattern_ra=_ehimefc06h|pattern_sh=_ehimefc06h|pattern_so=_ehimefc06h |leftarm=FFA500|body=|rightarm=|shorts=|socks= |title={{Center|2006}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la=_ehimefc07h|pattern_b=_ehimefc07h|pattern_ra=_ehimefc07h|pattern_sh=_ehimefc07h|pattern_so=_ehimefc07h |leftarm=|body=|rightarm=|shorts=|socks= |title={{Center|2007}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la=_ehimefc08h|pattern_b=_ehimefc08h|pattern_ra=_ehimefc08h|pattern_sh=_ehimefc08h|pattern_so=_2 stripes white |leftarm=|body=|rightarm=|shorts=|socks=FF521E |title={{Center|2008}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la=_ehimefc09h|pattern_b=_ehimefc09h|pattern_ra=_ehimefc09h|pattern_sh=_ehimefc09h|pattern_so=_2 stripes white 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|title={{Center|2021}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la= _Ehime FC 2022 HOME FP|pattern_b= _Ehime FC 2022 HOME FP|pattern_ra= _Ehime FC 2022 HOME FP|pattern_sh= _Ehime FC 2022 HOME FP|pattern_so= _Ehime FC 2022 HOME FP |leftarm=e66838|body=e66838|rightarm=e66838|shorts=01203c|socks=e66838 |title={{Center|2022}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la= _Ehime FC 2023 HOME FP|pattern_b= _Ehime FC 2023 HOME FP|pattern_ra= _Ehime FC 2023 HOME FP|pattern_sh= _Ehime FC 2023 HOME FP|pattern_so= _Ehime FC 2023 HOME FP |leftarm=e66838|body=e66838|rightarm=e66838|shorts=01203c|socks=e66838 |title={{Center|2023}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la= _Ehime FC 2024 HOME FP|pattern_b= _Ehime FC 2024 HOME FP|pattern_ra= _Ehime FC 2024 HOME FP|pattern_sh= _Ehime FC 2024 HOME FP|pattern_so= _Ehime FC 2024 HOME FP |leftarm=e66838|body=e66838|rightarm=e66838|shorts=01203c|socks=e66838 |title={{Center|2024}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la= _Ehime FC 2025 HOME FP|pattern_b= 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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:50%; border:double #FF6600;box-shadow: 4px 4px 4px #FF6600;" ! colspan="5" |Away kit – 2nd |- |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la=|pattern_b=_ehimefc06a|pattern_ra=_ehimefc06a|pattern_sh=_ehimefc06a|pattern_so=_ehimefc06a |leftarm=fff|body=|rightarm=|shorts=|socks= |title={{Center|2006}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la=_ehimefc07a|pattern_b=_ehimefc07a|pattern_ra=_ehimefc07a|pattern_sh=_ehimefc07a|pattern_so=_ehimefc07a |leftarm=|body=|rightarm=|shorts=|socks= |title={{Center|2007}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la=_ehimefc08a|pattern_b=_ehimefc08a|pattern_ra=_ehimefc08a|pattern_sh=_ehimefc08a|pattern_so=_2 stripes white |leftarm=|body=|rightarm=|shorts=|socks=C3C3C3 |title={{Center|2008}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la=_ehimefc09a|pattern_b=_ehimefc09a|pattern_ra=_ehimefc09a|pattern_sh=_ehimefc09a|pattern_so=_JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2003 AWAY FP |leftarm=|body=|rightarm=|shorts=|socks= |title={{Center|2009}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la=_ehimefc10a|pattern_b=_ehimefc10a|pattern_ra=_ehimefc10a|pattern_sh=_ehimefc10a|pattern_so=_JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2003 AWAY FP |leftarm=|body=|rightarm=|shorts=|socks= |title={{Center|2010}}}} |- |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la=_ehimefc11a|pattern_b=_ehimefc11a|pattern_ra=_ehimefc11a|pattern_sh=_ehimefc11a|pattern_so=_JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2003 AWAY FP |leftarm=|body=|rightarm=|shorts=|socks= |title={{Center|2011}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la=_ehimefc12a|pattern_b=_ehimefc12a|pattern_ra=_ehimefc12a|pattern_sh=_ehimefc12a|pattern_so=_JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2003 AWAY FP |leftarm=|body=|rightarm=|shorts=|socks= |title={{Center|2012}}}} |{{Football kit|filetype=png |pattern_la=_ehimefc13a|pattern_b=_ehimefc13a|pattern_ra=_ehimefc13a|pattern_sh=_ehimefc13a|pattern_so=_JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2003 AWAY FP |leftarm=|body=|rightarm=|shorts=|socks= 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== Players ==
=== First-team squad === {{updated|1 April 2026.}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ehimefc.com/topteam/topplayer.html|title=トップチーム選手|access-date=1 February 2025}}</ref>
{{football squad start|nonumber=|bg=FF6400|color=FFFFFF}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=JPN|name=Kenta Tokushige|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=JPN|name=Kotaro Yamahara|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=JPN|name=Takaya Kuroishi|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=JPN|name=Masashi Tanioka|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=JPN|name=Yutaka Soneda|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=JPN|name=Yoshiki Fujimoto|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=JPN|name=Ryo Sato|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=JPN|name=Yuta Fujihara|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=JPN|name=Yudai Yamashita|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=JPN|name=Ryo Saito|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=JPN|name=Kohei Hosoya|pos=MF|other=on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=JPN|name=Yuya Taguchi|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=JPN|name=Yuhi Takemoto|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=JPN|name=Kota Miyamoto|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=JPN|name=Kazuya Kanazawa|pos=DF}} {{football squad mid|nonumber=|bg=FF6400|color=FFFFFF}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=JPN|name=Kyota Funahashi|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=JPN|name=Fuma Shirasaka|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=JPN|name=Shugo Tsuji|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat=JPN|name=Ryoga Ishio|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=38|nat=JPN|name=Shota Hino|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=39|nat=JPN|name=Hiroshi Muto|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=41|nat=JPN|name=Kenya Otsubo|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=44|nat=JPN|name=Kimiya Moriyama|pos=DF|other=on loan from Avispa Fukuoka}} {{Fs player|no=45|nat=JPN|name=Kazuma Makiguchi|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=48|nat=JPN|name=Toki Yukutomo|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=49|nat=JPN|name=Ryota Abe|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=50|nat=JPN|name=Koji Sugiyama|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=70|nat=JPN|name=Ryosuke Maeda|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=88|nat=JPN|name=Taiyo Yamaguchi|pos=FW|other=on loan from FC Tokyo}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=JPN|name=Ryonosuke Kabayama|pos=FW}} {{football squad end|nonumber=|bg=FF6400|color=FFFFFF}}
===Out on loan=== {{football squad start|nonumber=|bg=FF6400|color=FFFFFF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=KOR|name=Yu Ye-chan|pos=DF|other=at Ikoma FC Nara}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=KOR|name=Kang Sung-chan|pos=DF|other=at Edo All United}} {{football squad mid|nonumber=|bg=FF6400|color=FFFFFF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Raihei Kurokawa|pos=GK|other=at Nara Club}} {{football squad end|nonumber=|bg=FF6400|color=FFFFFF}}
== Management and staff == Club officials for 2025 <ref>{{cite web |title=Club officials for 2025 season |url=https://ehimefc.com/topteam/topstaff.html |website=ehimefc.com |access-date=2 August 2025}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Position !! Name |- | Manager | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinya Aono (Interim) |- | Coaches | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuhiro Murakami <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} Naoyuki Iwata <br /> {{flagicon|KOR}} On Byung-hoon |- | Goalkeeper coach | {{flagicon|JPN}} Keisuke Hada |- | Physical coach | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takehisa Tsugawa |- | Analysis coach | {{flagicon|JPN}} Toya Takemoto |- | Interpreter | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yohei Murayama <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} Koji Kurosu |- | Chief trainer | {{flagicon|JPN}} Haruhiko Tsukada |- | Physiotherapist |{{flagicon|JPN}} Yukinari Miyamoto |- | Conditioning coach | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yo Maezuru |- | Chief doctor | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuki Morizane |- | Doctors | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takashi Inoue <br> {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshito Homma <br> {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Iwata <br> {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomofumi Kinoshita <br> {{flagicon|JPN}} Koji Yamashita |- | Competent | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Ikenaga |- | Deputy Officers | {{flagicon|JPN}} Manato Fujitsu <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} Taichi Zen |- | Mental advisor | {{flagicon|JPN}} Konomi Kimura |- |}
== Honours == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Type !Honours !Titles !Season |- | rowspan="3" |'''League''' |J3 League |1 |2023 |- |Shikoku Football League |3 |1998, 1999, 2000 |- |Japan Football League |1 |2005 |} ''Bold is for those competition that are currently active.''
== Managerial history == {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" |Manager !! colspan="2" |Tenure<!--!colspan="5"|'''Managerial Record'''--> ! rowspan="2" |Honours |- !Start !!Finish<!--!P !!W !!D !!L !!W %--> |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Takashi Onishi ||1 February 2001 ||31 January 2005 <!--!{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}-->| |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuhito Mochizuki ||1 February 2005 ||14 September 2009 <!--!{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}-->|− 2005 Japan Football League |- |{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Ivica Barbarić ||15 September 2009 ||15 November 2012 <!--!{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}-->| |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Kiyotaka Ishimaru ||1 February 2013 ||31 January 2015 <!--!{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}-->| |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Takashi Kiyama ||1 February 2015 ||31 January 2017 <!--!{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}-->| |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Shuichi Mase || 1 February 2017 ||15 May 2018 <!--!{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}-->| |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Kenta Kawai || 15 May 2018 ||31 January 2021 <!--!{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}-->| |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Shigenari Izumi ||1 February 2021 ||4 April 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Shigenori Izumi, Director, Resigns |url=https://ehimefc.com/topics/topic15739.html |website=ehimefc.com |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref> <!--!{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}-->| |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Noritada Saneyoshi ||7 April 2021 ||16 December 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Ehime FC New Team Coach |url=https://ehimefc.com/topics/topic15741.html |website=ehimefc.com/ |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref> <!--!{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}-->| |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Kiyotaka Ishimaru ||17 December 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ehimefc.com/topics/topic19928.html |website=ehimefc.com/ |title=New Head Coach of Ehime FC First Team}}</ref> ||21 May 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=Ehime manager change announcement, resignation old manager and appointment of new manager" |url=https://ehimefc.com/topics/topic44546.html |website=ehimefc.com/ |access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref> <!--!{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}-->|− 2023 J3 League |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Shinya Aono (Interim) ||21 May 2025 ||Current | |}
== Season by season record == {|class="wikitable" |bgcolor=gold|<small>Champions</small> |bgcolor=silver|<small>Runners-up</small> |bgcolor=ff6600|<small>Third place</small> |bgcolor=palegreen|<small>Promoted</small> |bgcolor=pink|<small>Relegated</small> |} {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan="13"|League !!rowspan="2"|J. League <br /> Cup !!rowspan="2"|Emperor's<br>Cup |- !Season !!Div. !!Teams !!Pos. !!P !!W !!D !!L !!G !!A !!GD !!Pts !!Attendance/G |- |2006 |rowspan=16|J2 ||13 ||'''9th''' ||48 ||14 ||11 ||23 ||51 ||63 ||−13 |||53 ||4,139 ||rowspan="18"|Not eligible||4th round |- |2007 |13 ||'''10th''' ||48 ||12 ||9 ||27 ||39 ||66 ||−27 ||45 ||3,317 ||Quarter-final |- |2008 |15 ||'''14th''' ||42 ||9 ||10 ||23 ||39 ||66 ||−27 ||37 ||3,704 ||4th round |- |2009 |18 ||'''15th''' ||51 ||12 ||11 ||28 ||54 ||80 ||−26 ||47 ||3,694 ||2nd round |- |2010 |19 ||'''11th''' ||36 ||12 ||12 ||12 ||34 ||34 ||0 ||48 ||4,386 ||2nd round |- |2011 |20 ||'''15th''' ||38 ||10 ||14 ||14 ||44 ||54 ||−10 ||44 ||3,475 ||4th round |- |2012 |22 ||'''16th''' ||42 ||12 ||14 ||16 ||47 ||46 ||1 ||50 ||3,629 ||2nd round |- |2013 |22 ||'''17th''' ||42 ||12 ||11 ||19 ||43 ||52 ||−9 ||47 ||3,950 ||2nd round |- |2014 |22 ||'''19th''' ||42 ||12 ||12 ||18 ||54 ||58 ||−4 ||48 ||3,820 ||4th round |- |2015 |22 ||'''5th''' ||42 ||19 ||8 ||15 ||47 ||39 ||8 ||65 ||3,771 ||3rd round |- |2016 |22 ||'''10th''' ||42 ||12 ||20 ||10 ||41 ||40 ||1 ||56 ||4,089 ||3rd round |- |2017 |22 ||'''15th''' ||42 ||14 ||9 ||19 ||54 ||68 ||−14 ||51 ||3,866 ||3rd round |- |2018 |22 ||'''18th''' ||42 ||12 ||12 ||18 ||34 ||52 ||−18 ||48 ||3,161 ||2nd round |- |2019 |22 ||'''19th''' ||42 ||12 ||6 ||24 ||46 ||62 ||−16 ||42 ||3,780 ||2nd round |- |2020 '''†''' |22 ||'''21st''' ||42 ||8 ||10 ||24 ||38 ||68 ||−30 ||34 ||1,512 ||Did not qualify |- |2021 '''†''' |22 ||bgcolor="pink"|'''20th''' ||42 ||7 ||14 ||21 ||38 ||67||−29 ||35 || 1,854 ||1st round |- |2022 |rowspan="2"|J3 ||18 ||'''7th''' ||34 ||14 ||10 ||10 ||51 ||41 ||10 ||52 ||2,938 ||rowspan="2"|Did not qualify |- |2023 |20 ||bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' ||38 ||21 ||10 ||7 ||59 ||48 ||11 ||73 ||3,674 |- |2024 |rowspan="2"|J2 ||20 ||'''17th''' ||38 ||10 ||10 ||18 ||41 ||69 ||−28 ||40 ||4,721 ||1st round ||Round of 16 |- |2025 |20 ||bgcolor=pink|'''20th''' ||38 ||3 || 13||22 ||35 ||71 ||-36 ||22 ||4,714 ||1st round ||2nd round |- |2026 |rowspan="2"|J3 ||10 ||'''TBD''' ||18 || || || || || || || || ||N/A ||N/A |- |2026–27 |20 ||'''TBD''' ||38 || || || || || || || || ||TBD ||TBD |- |}
;Key {{smalldiv|1= *'''Pos'''. = Position in league; '''P''' = Games played; '''W''' = Games won; '''D''' = Games drawn; '''L''' = Games lost; '''F''' = Goals scored; '''A''' = Goals conceded; '''GD''' = Goals difference; '''Pts''' = Points gained *Attendance/G = Average league home attendance * '''†''' 2020 & 2021 seasons attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic *Source: J. League Data Site<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.j-league.or.jp/SFRT01/ |title=J. League Data Site |publisher=J. League |access-date= 11 January 2025}}</ref> }}
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