Matsumoto Yamaga Football Club or simply Matsumoto Yamaga is a Japanese football (soccer) club based in the city of Matsumoto, located in the Nagano Prefecture. The club currently plays in the J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football.

Streaks & runs - longest sequences in our dataset

1 matches

2019-08-23 → 2019-08-23

2019-08-23 W 2, 1 vs Urawa Red Diamonds

4 matches

2019-09-29 → 2019-11-02

2 matches

2019-07-20 → 2019-08-04

3 matches

2019-11-10 → 2019-11-30

7 matches

2019-10-18 → 2020-02-23

Squad size16active players

Avg age25.9years

Domestic16Japan

Foreigners00% of squad

EU passport0non-EU: 16

Nationalities1different countries

Age distribution

U18

18-22

23-26

27-30

31+

Position breakdown

3 (19%)

DEF

7 (44%)

MID

5 (31%)

FWD

1 (6%)

0% foreign players

0 of 16

26.4y avg squad age

3 Goalkeepers

7 Defenders

5 Midfielders

1 Attackers

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Player	Pos	Age	Nationality	Foot	Height	Contract	Market value
Justin Homma	Defender - Right-Back	21	Japan	right	181.00m	2026-01-31	€75k
Haruki Nishimura	Goalkeeper	23	Japan	right	187.00m	2026-01-31	-
Hisashi Ohashi	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	29	Japan	right	183.00m	2026-01-31	-
Issei Ouchi	Goalkeeper	25	Japan	right	185.00m	2026-01-31	-
Kaiga Murakoshi	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	24	Japan	left	167.00m	2026-01-31	-
Kazuaki Mawatari	Defender - Right-Back	35	Japan	right	175.00m	2026-01-31	-
Reo Yasunaga	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	25	Japan	right	177.00m	2026-01-31	-
Ryuhei Yamamoto	Defender - Left-Back	26	Japan	left	172.00m	2026-01-31	-
Shohei Takahashi	Defender - Centre-Back	34	Japan	right	180.00m	2026-01-31	-
Shoma Kanda	Goalkeeper	24	Japan	right	187.00m	2026-01-31	-
Sora Tanaka	Attack - Centre-Forward	21	Japan		174.00m	2026-01-31	-
Taiki Miyabe	Defender - Centre-Back	27	Japan	right	178.00m	2026-01-31	-
Takato Nonomura	Defender - Centre-Back	28	Japan	right	183.00m	2026-01-31	-
Taku Inafuku	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	24	Japan		173.00m	2026-01-31	-
Yusuke Kikui	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	26	Japan	right	173.00m	2026-01-31	-
Jiyo Ninomiya	Defender - Centre-Back	22	Japan	right	190.00m	2026-01-31	-

Season	Date	Player	Pos	From	Type	Fee
22/23	2023-02-01	Mao Hamana	Midfield - Right Midfield	Matsumoto Univ.	Transfer	-
24/25	2025-01-31	Mao Hamana	Midfield - Right Midfield	Atletico Suzuka	Return from loan	-
15/16	2016-07-01	Paulinho	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	JEF Utd. Chiba	Loan	-
17/18	2018-02-01	Paulinho	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	JEF Utd. Chiba	Transfer	-
21/22	2022-01-09	Paulinho	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Fagiano Okayama	Transfer	-
24/25	2025-02-01	Haruki Nishimura	Goalkeeper	Albirex Niigata	Loan	-
06/07	2007-02-01	Masato Katayama	Attack - Centre-Forward	Kinki University	Transfer	-
10/11	2011-02-01	Masato Katayama	Attack - Centre-Forward	Mito HollyHock	Transfer	-
21/22	2022-02-01	Jiyo Ninomiya	Defender - Centre-Back	High School (J)	Transfer	-
23/24	2024-01-31	Jiyo Ninomiya	Defender - Centre-Back	Veroskr. Tsuno	Return from loan	-
21/22	2022-02-01	Sho Sumida	Midfield - Central Midfield	Tokyo Gakugei	Transfer	-
24/25	2025-02-01	Justin Homma	Defender - Right-Back	Vissel Kobe	Loan	-
22/23	2023-02-01	Sora Tanaka	Attack - Centre-Forward	Yamaga U18	Transfer	-
24/25	2024-07-15	Sora Tanaka	Attack - Centre-Forward	Geylang	Return from loan	-
23/24	2024-01-08		-	Júbilo Iwata	Transfer	-
11/12	2012-01-01	Tsukasa Masuyama	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	JEF Utd. Chiba	Loan	-
20/21	2021-01-09		-	Oita Trinita	Transfer	-
10/11	2010-08-01	Masaki Iida	Defender - Centre-Back	Tokyo Verdy	Loan	-
10/11	2011-02-01	Masaki Iida	Defender - Centre-Back	Tokyo Verdy	Transfer	-
20/21	2021-02-01	Ayumu Yokoyama	Attack - Left Winger	Tokai Taka. HS	Transfer	-
14/15	2015-01-01	Doriva	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Tombense	Loan	-
15/16	2016-01-08	Takefumi Toma	Defender - Centre-Back	Monte. Yamagata	Transfer	-
19/20	2020-01-31	Takefumi Toma	Defender - Centre-Back	FC Gifu	Return from loan	-
14/15	2015-01-07	Keita Goto	Defender - Centre-Back	Fagiano Okayama	Transfer	-
19/20	2020-02-01	Jael	Attack - Centre-Forward	FC Tokyo	Loan	-
12/13	2013-02-01		-	C'dole Sapporo	Transfer	-
17/18	2017-07-21		-	Without Club	Transfer	-
14/15	2015-06-16	Jun Ando	Defender - Centre-Back	Cerezo Osaka	Transfer	-
19/20	2019-08-14		-	JEF Utd. Chiba	Loan	-
19/20	2020-02-01		-	JEF Utd. Chiba	Transfer	-
12/13	2013-02-01	Shun Nagasawa	Attack - Centre-Forward	Shimizu S-Pulse	Loan	-
15/16	2016-01-01	Takuya Takei	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Vegalta Sendai	Transfer	-
16/17	2017-01-04	Kenta Hoshihara	Midfield - Right Midfield	Gir. Kitakyushu	Transfer	-
18/19	2019-01-31	Kenta Hoshihara	Midfield - Right Midfield	Thespaku. Gunma	Return from loan	-
15/16	2016-04-01	Hiroyuki Takasaki	Attack - Centre-Forward	Kashima Antlers	Loan	-
16/17	2017-02-01	Hiroyuki Takasaki	Attack - Centre-Forward	Kashima Antlers	Transfer	-
11/12	2012-02-01	Yosuke Nozawa	Goalkeeper	Shonan Bellmare	Transfer	-
20/21	2021-02-01	Taku Inafuku	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Yamaga U18	Transfer	-
24/25	2025-01-31	Taku Inafuku	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Veertien Mie	Return from loan	-
20/21	2021-02-01	Shoma Kanda	Goalkeeper	Yamaga U18	Transfer	-

Season	Date	Player	Pos	To	Type	Fee
23/24	2024-02-01	Mao Hamana	Midfield - Right Midfield	Atletico Suzuka	Loan	-
24/25	2025-02-01	Mao Hamana	Midfield - Right Midfield	Iwate Grulla M.	Transfer	-
17/18	2018-01-31	Paulinho	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	JEF Utd. Chiba	Return from loan	-
19/20	2020-01-12	Paulinho	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Fagiano Okayama	Transfer	-
23/24	2024-02-01	Paulinho	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Retired	Transfer	-
25/26	2026-01-31	Haruki Nishimura	Goalkeeper	Albirex Niigata	Return from loan	-
07/08	2008-02-01	Masato Katayama	Attack - Centre-Forward	FC Gifu	Transfer	-
12/13	2013-02-01	Masato Katayama	Attack - Centre-Forward	Retired	Transfer	-
23/24	2023-08-28	Jiyo Ninomiya	Defender - Centre-Back	Veroskr. Tsuno	Loan	-
24/25	2025-01-20	Sho Sumida	Midfield - Central Midfield	FC Osaka	Transfer	-
25/26	2026-01-31	Justin Homma	Defender - Right-Back	Vissel Kobe	Return from loan	-
23/24	2024-02-01	Sora Tanaka	Attack - Centre-Forward	Geylang	Loan	-
12/13	2012-12-01	Tsukasa Masuyama	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	JEF Utd. Chiba	Return from loan	-
21/22	2022-01-29		-	J-Lease FC	Transfer	-
10/11	2011-01-31	Masaki Iida	Defender - Centre-Back	Tokyo Verdy	Return from loan	-
19/20	2020-02-21	Masaki Iida	Defender - Centre-Back	Maru. Okazaki	Transfer	-
22/23	2023-01-09	Ayumu Yokoyama	Attack - Left Winger	Sagan Tosu	Transfer	-
15/16	2015-07-24	Doriva	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Tombense	Return from loan	-
19/20	2019-08-14	Takefumi Toma	Defender - Centre-Back	FC Gifu	Loan	-
19/20	2020-02-01	Takefumi Toma	Defender - Centre-Back	Retired	Transfer	-
17/18	2018-01-05	Keita Goto	Defender - Centre-Back	Fagiano Okayama	Transfer	-
20/21	2021-01-02	Jael	Attack - Centre-Forward	FC Tokyo	Return from loan	-
15/16	2016-01-06		-	Kyoto Sanga	Transfer	-
17/18	2018-01-01		-	Without Club	Transfer	-
17/18	2018-01-06	Jun Ando	Defender - Centre-Back	Ehime FC	Transfer	-
19/20	2020-01-31		-	JEF Utd. Chiba	Return from loan	-
20/21	2021-02-01		-	Retired	Transfer	-
13/14	2014-01-31	Shun Nagasawa	Attack - Centre-Forward	Shimizu S-Pulse	Return from loan	-
17/18	2018-02-01	Takuya Takei	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Retired	Transfer	-
17/18	2018-03-22	Kenta Hoshihara	Midfield - Right Midfield	Thespaku. Gunma	Loan	-
18/19	2019-02-01	Kenta Hoshihara	Midfield - Right Midfield	Fujieda MYFC	Transfer	-
16/17	2017-01-31	Hiroyuki Takasaki	Attack - Centre-Forward	Kashima Antlers	Return from loan	-
19/20	2020-01-17	Hiroyuki Takasaki	Attack - Centre-Forward	FC Gifu	Transfer	-
14/15	2015-01-01	Yosuke Nozawa	Goalkeeper	Albirex N. (S)	Transfer	-
23/24	2024-02-01	Taku Inafuku	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Veertien Mie	Loan	-
22/23	2023-02-01	Michihiro Yasuda	Defender - Left-Back	Retired	Transfer	-
24/25	2025-02-01	Víctor Ibáñez	Goalkeeper	Retired	Transfer	-
22/23	2023-03-23	Manato Yamada	Midfield	Unknown	Transfer	-
23/24	2024-01-31	Leon Nozawa	Attack - Centre-Forward	FC Tokyo	Return from loan	-
16/17	2017-01-26	Willians Santana	Attack - Left Winger	Atlético-GO	Transfer	-

Nationality	Players	% of squad
Japan	16	100%

Season	Competition
2025	Emperor's Cup
2025	J. League Cup
2025	J3 League
2024	J. League Cup
2024	J2 League relegation
2024	J3 League
2023	J3 League
2022	Emperor's Cup
2022	J3 League
2021	Emperor's Cup
2021	J2 League
2020	J. League Cup
2020	J2 League
2019	Emperor's Cup
2019	J. League Cup
2019	J1 League
2018	Emperor's Cup
2018	J2 League
2017	Emperor's Cup
2017	J2 League
2016	Emperor's Cup
2016	J1 Play-off
2016	J2 League
2015	Emperor's Cup
2015	J. League Cup
2015	J1 - 1st Stage
2015	J1 - 2nd Stage
2014	Emperor's Cup
2014	J.League Div.2
2013	Emperor's Cup
2013	J.League Div.2
2012	Emperor's Cup
2012	J.League Div.2
2011	Emperor's Cup
2011	Japan Football League
2010	Emperor's Cup
2010	Japan Football League
2009	Emperor's Cup
2008	Emperor's Cup

Date	Comp	Stage	Home	Score	Away	Status
2020-06-29	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	1, 3	Gamba Osaka	L
2020-06-22	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Yokohama F. Marinos	1, 0	Matsumoto Yamaga	L
2020-06-15	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	0, 1	Vegalta Sendai	L
2020-06-01	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	1, 1	Shimizu S-Pulse	D
2020-05-26	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Nagoya Grampus	0, 1	Matsumoto Yamaga	W
2020-05-18	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Kashima Antlers	5, 0	Matsumoto Yamaga	L
2020-05-12	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	0, 0	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	D
2020-05-04	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	0, 2	Cerezo Osaka	L
2020-04-28	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	FC Tokyo	2, 0	Matsumoto Yamaga	L
2020-04-20	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	1, 0	Sagan Tosu	W
2020-04-14	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Shonan Bellmare	1, 1	Matsumoto Yamaga	D
2020-04-06	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	2, 1	Vissel Kobe	W
2020-03-31	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	0, 2	Kawasaki Frontale	L
2020-03-17	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1, 0	Matsumoto Yamaga	L
2020-03-09	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	0, 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	L
2020-03-02	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Oita Trinita	0, 1	Matsumoto Yamaga	W
2020-02-23	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Júbilo Iwata	1, 1	Matsumoto Yamaga	D
2019-12-07	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	1, 1	Shonan Bellmare	D
2019-11-30	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Gamba Osaka	4, 1	Matsumoto Yamaga	L
2019-11-23	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	0, 1	Yokohama F. Marinos	L
2019-11-10	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Sagan Tosu	1, 0	Matsumoto Yamaga	L
2019-11-02	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Cerezo Osaka	1, 1	Matsumoto Yamaga	D
2019-10-18	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	1, 1	Kashima Antlers	D
2019-10-05	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Vegalta Sendai	0, 1	Matsumoto Yamaga	W
2019-09-29	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	0, 0	FC Tokyo	D
2019-09-14	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Vissel Kobe	2, 1	Matsumoto Yamaga	L
2019-08-31	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	0, 0	Oita Trinita	D
2019-08-23	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Urawa Red Diamonds	1, 2	Matsumoto Yamaga	W
2019-08-18	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	1, 1	Nagoya Grampus	D
2019-08-10	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Shimizu S-Pulse	1, 0	Matsumoto Yamaga	L
2019-08-04	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Kawasaki Frontale	0, 0	Matsumoto Yamaga	D
2019-07-20	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	2, 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	D
2019-07-13	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Matsumoto Yamaga	0, 1	Júbilo Iwata	L
2019-07-07	JAP1	REGULAR SEASON	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	1, 1	Matsumoto Yamaga	D

Aggregated from 34 completed matches across all competitions in season 2019.

Record 6W-13D-15L 0.91 pts/game

Goals scored 21 0.62 per match

Goals conceded 40 1.18 per match

Goal difference -19

Clean sheets 8 24% of matches

Failed to score 16 47% of matches

Home vs Away

Home record 2W-8D-7L 10-18 goals

Away record 4W-5D-8L 11-22 goals

Highlights

Biggest win 1, 0 Nagoya Grampus vs Matsumoto Yamaga · May 26, 2020

Heaviest loss 0, 5 Kashima Antlers vs Matsumoto Yamaga · May 18, 2020

Affiliated B-teams, reserve squads and youth/development teams.

Matsumoto Yamaga Reserves -

Matsumoto Yamaga U18 -

Season 16 players · sum across all competitions for selected season

Player	Pos	Nat	Mat	Min	G	A	G+A	Pen	YC	RC	G/90	A/90	G+A/90
Issei Ouchi	Goalkeeper	Japan	28	2,550	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Takato Nonomura	Defender - Centre-Back	Japan	23	730	2	0	2	0	4	1	0.25	0.00	0.25
Kaiga Murakoshi	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Japan	27	425	6	0	6	0	0	0	1.27	0.00	1.27
Yusuke Kikui	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Japan	26	351	8	3	11	2	4	0	2.05	0.77	2.82
Sora Tanaka	Attack - Centre-Forward	Japan	23	314	10	0	10	2	0	0	2.87	0.00	2.87
Kazuaki Mawatari	Defender - Right-Back	Japan	7	214	1	0	1	1	2	0	0.42	0.00	0.42
Shoma Kanda	Goalkeeper	Japan	2	210	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Jiyo Ninomiya	Defender - Centre-Back	Japan	14	45	2	0	2	1	3	0	4.00	0.00	4.00
Shohei Takahashi	Defender - Centre-Back	Japan	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Hisashi Ohashi	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Japan	19	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Reo Yasunaga	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Japan	25	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Ryuhei Yamamoto	Defender - Left-Back	Japan	24	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Taiki Miyabe	Defender - Centre-Back	Japan	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Taku Inafuku	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Japan	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Justin Homma	Defender - Right-Back	Japan	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Haruki Nishimura	Goalkeeper	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00

Frequently asked about Matsumoto Yamaga

What is Matsumoto Yamaga?

Matsumoto Yamaga is a professional football club based in Japan, competing in J3 League.

How many players are in Matsumoto Yamaga's squad?

Matsumoto Yamaga currently has 16 players in the first-team squad in our database.

What league does Matsumoto Yamaga play in?

Matsumoto Yamaga plays in J3 League.