Tokyo derby (football)

The Tokyo derby (東京ダービー, Tōkyō dābī) is the local derby in Tokyo, Japan, between fierce capital city rivals FC Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy.^[1] The rivalry becomes more intense as both teams share their home ground, the Ajinomoto Stadium.

Tokyo derby

Ajinomoto Stadium, the venue of the Tokyo derby
Location	Tokyo
Teams	FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy
First meeting	10 May 1970 Tokyo Metropolitan League Yomiuri Club 3–5 Tokyo Gas
Latest meeting	2 April 2025 J1 League Tokyo Verdy 2–2 FC Tokyo
Next meeting	13 September 2025 J1 League FC Tokyo v Tokyo Verdy
Stadiums	Ajinomoto Stadium
Statistics
Meetings total	26
Most wins	FC Tokyo (13)
Top scorer	Edmundo Lucas (4 goals each)
All-time series	FC Tokyo:13 Drawn: 7 Tokyo Verdy: 6
Largest victory	25 May 2008 J.League Cup FC Tokyo 3–0 Tokyo Verdy

History

Tokyo Gas FC was founded in 1935 by the employees of Tokyo Gas, and Yomiuri Club was founded in 1969 as a club team supported by Yomiuri Shimbun.^[2][3] Tokyo Gas and Yomiuri Club first met in the Tokyo Metropolitan League in 1970 with Tokyo Gas winning, but they didn't meet again until 2000 because Yomiuri Club was promoted to the Kanto Soccer League. Yomiuri Club moved to Kawasaki in 1992 and went professional as Verdy Kawasaki, and Tokyo Gas changed club name to FC Tokyo and became professional in 1999.^[2][3] FC Tokyo and Verdy Kawasaki first faced each other in the J.League in 2000, but Verdy Kawasaki moved to Tokyo and changed club name to Tokyo Verdy in the next year.^[2][3]

The Tokyo derby is known as one of the most controversial derby matches in Japan. Yomiuri Club applied to use National Stadium in Tokyo as their home stadium in preparation for the start of the professional league, and the stadium was also welcomed, but the J.League rejected the request, so Verdy Kawasaki had to use Todoroki Athletics Stadium as their home stadium.^[4] While J.League chairman Saburo Kawabuchi advocated a community-based approach, Yomiuri Shimbun president and Verdy Kawasaki owner Tsuneo Watanabe was in conflict with Kawabuchi over corporatism, calling the club Yomiuri Verdy and its official name Yomiuri Nippon Soccer Club.^[5] As a result, when Verdy Kawasaki moved to Tokyo Stadium in Chofu in 2001, FC Tokyo already had a large local following.^[4] On the 9 July 2005 derby, the FC Tokyo's ultras threw an ashtray at Tokyo Verdy 1969 supporters and injuring three.^[6][7] On the 8 June 2008 derby, the Tokyo Verdy's ultras assaulted three FC Tokyo supporters.^[8] On the 4 May 2011 derby, the FC Tokyo's ultras clashed with a security guard and injuring him.^[9] On the 12 July 2023 derby, the FC Tokyo's ultras set off pyrotechnics at the stadium and destroyed the Tokyo Verdy sign by hurling raw eggs at it.^[10]

Honours

As of 13 April 2024

Competition	FC Tokyo	Tokyo Verdy
JSL Division 1/J.League/J.League Division 1/J1 League	0	7
JSL Division 2/JFL (1992–1998)/J2 League	2	2
Emperor's Cup	1	5
JSL Cup / J.League Cup	3	6
Japanese Super Cup	0	4
Konica Cup	0	1
Japanese Regional Football League Competition	1	0
Asian Club Championship/AFC Champions League/ AFC Champions League Elite	0	1
J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship	1	0
Total	8	26

Statistics

As of 2 April 2025, competitive matches only

Competition	Played	FC Tokyo wins	Draws	Tokyo Verdy wins	FC Tokyo goals	Tokyo Verdy goals
Tokyo Metropolitan League	1	1	0	0	5	3
J1 League	17	6	5	6	22	24
J2 League	2	0	2	0	1	1
Emperor's Cup	1	0	1	0	1	1
J.League Cup	5	5	0	0	14	5
Total	26	12	8	6	43	34

Matches

Tokyo Metropolitan League

#	Date	Home scorers	Home	Result	Away	Away scorers	Report
1	10 May 1970	unknown	Yomiuri Club	3–5	Tokyo Gas	unknown

J1 League

#	Date	Home scorers	Home	Result	Away	Away scorers	Report
1	27 May 2000	Hayashi, Kim (2)	Verdy Kawasaki	3–0	FC Tokyo		Report
2	11 November 2000	Tuto (2)	FC Tokyo	2–3	Verdy Kawasaki	Hayashi, Mikami, Hiramoto	Report
3	10 March 2001	Lopes (2)	FC Tokyo	2–1 (g.g.)	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Miura	Report
4	24 November 2001	Nagai	Tokyo Verdy 1969	1–0	FC Tokyo		Report
5	24 July 2002	Edmundo (2)	Tokyo Verdy 1969	2–1	FC Tokyo	Amaral	Report
6	18 September 2002	Amaral, Kelly	FC Tokyo	2–1	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Edmundo	Report
7	5 April 2003	Ramon, Iio	Tokyo Verdy 1969	2–1	FC Tokyo	Baba	Report
8	22 November 2003	Abe	FC Tokyo	1–1	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Iio	Report
9	3 April 2004	Toda, Jean, Baba	FC Tokyo	3–2	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Hirano, M'Boma	Report
10	29 August 2004		Tokyo Verdy 1969	0–1	FC Tokyo	Kajiyama	Report
11	9 July 2005		FC Tokyo	0–0	Tokyo Verdy 1969		Report
12	22 October 2005	Morimoto	Tokyo Verdy 1969	1–2	FC Tokyo	Kajiyama, Sasá Salcedo	Report
13	12 April 2008	Hulk	Tokyo Verdy	1–2	FC Tokyo	Hanyu, Shibasaki (o.g.)	Report
14	23 August 2008	Cabore	FC Tokyo	1–2	Tokyo Verdy	Oguro, Nasu	Report
15	13 April 2024	Miki, Someno	Tokyo Verdy	2–2	FC Tokyo	Endo (2)	Report
16	17 August 2024		FC Tokyo	0–0	Tokyo Verdy		Report
17	2 April 2025	Hayashi, Someno	Tokyo Verdy	2–2	FC Tokyo	Sato, Trevisan	Report
18	13 September 2025		FC Tokyo		Tokyo Verdy		Report

J2 League

#	Date	Home scorers	Home	Result	Away	Away scorers	Report
1	4 May 2011		Tokyo Verdy	0–0	FC Tokyo		Report
2	30 October 2011	Lucas	FC Tokyo	1–1	Tokyo Verdy	unknown (o.g.)	Report

Emperor's Cup

#	Date	Home scorers	Home	Result	Away	Away scorers	Report
1	12 July 2023	Tsukagawa	FC Tokyo	1–1 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p)	Tokyo Verdy	Shirai	Report

J.League Cup

#	Date	Home scorers	Home	Result	Away	Away scorers	Report
1	30 April 2002		Tokyo Verdy 1969	0–1	FC Tokyo	Miyazawa	Report
2	9 May 2002	Amaral, Miyazawa	FC Tokyo	2–1	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Edmundo	Report
3	13 October 2004	Jean, Lucas (3)	FC Tokyo	4–3 (g.g.)	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Yamada, Hiramoto, Kobayashi	Report
4	25 May 2008	Bruno Quadros, Sahara, Kondo	FC Tokyo	3–0	Tokyo Verdy		Report
5	8 June 2008	Hiroyama, Hulk	Tokyo Verdy	2–4	FC Tokyo	Cabore, Hirayama (3)	Report

Friendly

#	Date	Home scorers	Home	Result	Away	Away scorers	Report
1	25 February 2007	Evaldo	FC Tokyo	1–1	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Ono
2	30 January 2016	Hashimoto	FC Tokyo	1–0	Tokyo Verdy		Report

Goalscorers

As of 2 April 2025, competitive matches only

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Edmundo	Tokyo Verdy	4
	Lucas	FC Tokyo
3	Amaral	FC Tokyo	3
	Sota Hirayama	FC Tokyo
5	Yuta Baba	FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy	2
	Cabore	FC Tokyo
	Keita Endo	FC Tokyo
	Kentaro Hayashi	Tokyo Verdy
	Kazuki Hiramoto	Tokyo Verdy
	Hulk	Tokyo Verdy
	Kazunori Iio	Tokyo Verdy
	Jean	FC Tokyo
	Yohei Kajiyama	FC Tokyo
	Kim Hyun-seok	Tokyo Verdy
	Wagner Lopes	FC Tokyo
	Masashi Miyazawa	FC Tokyo
	Itsuki Someno	Tokyo Verdy
	Tuto	FC Tokyo

Players who played for both clubs

Player	FC Tokyo	Tokyo Verdy
Ryoichi Kawakatsu	1990–1991	1983–1988
Koji Seki	1994–1995, 1998	1990–1993
Edwin Ifeanyi	1995–1997	1998
Tomohiro Hasumi	1997–1998	1990–1995
Takuya Sato	1998–1999	2006
Osamu Umeyama	1998–2000, 2001	2000
Tetsuhiro Kina	2000–2003	2006
Yoichi Doi	2000–2007	2008–2012
Hiroki Kobayashi	2002	2000
Yuta Baba	2002–2007	2009
Taisei Fujita	2005	2006–2007
Takahiro Shibasaki	2006	2001–2003, 2007–2012, 2014–2021
Takashi Fukunishi	2007	2008
Masashi Oguro	2010	2008–2009
Genki Nagasato	2011	2009
Satoshi Tokizawa	2011–2012	2004–2006
Hiroki Kawano	2012–2017	2007–2011, 2019–2020
Shoya Nakajima	2014–2017	2012–2013
Takuma Abe	2016–2017	2010–2012
Yoshito Okubo	2017	2020
Rei Hirakawa	2017–2019, 2020, 2022	2025–