is a Japanese football club based in Tokyo. It is the oldest Japanese football club, founded in 1917, and it was the first to win the

Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or also Japan FA Cup is a Japanese football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football match in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J.League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, ...

, the top national cup in Japan. Very much like Sheffield F.C. in England or Queen's Park F.C. in

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, its staunch amateur ideals forced it by the wayside as company clubs, and later fully professionalized clubs, took over the game. The club now participates in the Tokyo Shakaijin League Division 1, seventh level of the

Japanese football league system The Japanese association football league system is organized in a pyramidal shape similar to football league systems in many other countries around the world. The leagues are bound by the principle of promotion and relegation; however, there are ...

, since its founding in 1967. It earned second place in 1978 and 1983. Its farm team, Tōshū club also participates in the prefectural league.

Titles

: 1921. * Tokyo Shakaijin League: 2016.

References

創立100年。初代天皇杯王者！日本最古のサッカークラブチーム『東京蹴球団』に見るマインドとは

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{{Authority control Football clubs in Japan Association football clubs established in 1917 Emperor's Cup winners Football clubs in Tokyo 1917 establishments in Japan