Official Match Day Program (MDP) will be on sale at the 2018 YBC Levain Cup Sec. 6 Vegalta Sendai match on May 16th (Wed). Please purchase it before the game!

[Specifications]
Price: 300 yen (tax included)
Format/Number of pages: B5 variant/24 pages
Release date: May 16 (Wednesday)
Sales location: Ajinomoto Stadium Bookstore
 

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□Cover
Kiichi YAJIMA, who scored his first goal in a J1 official match in the 2018 J.League YBC Levain Cup Group Stage Sec. 5 match against Albirex Niigata, will be featured on the cover!

Interview
This interview features FC Tokyo Academy graduates, number 4 Kazunori YOSHIMOTO and number 29 Makoto OKAZAKI.
Yoshimoto, who changed his jersey number to "4" from the 2018 season, now wears the number "29" that Okazaki used to wear. They both talk about their impressions and feelings towards FC Tokyo. Please take a look!

≪Introducing a little bit of the interview...≫
"(What are you careful about in terms of conditioning?)(Okazaki player) When I don't get enough sleep, my body feels heavy, so I make sure to go to bed at 9pm every night. (Yoshimoto player) Speaking of which, during the overnight stay for J3...". ...Please look forward to the rest on MDP!

□THE POINT OF THIS MATCH
May 16th (Wed) Introducing the highlights of the match against Vegalta Sendai and the key players of the opposing team. Check the past match results and game content, and try to predict the course of the game on the day of the match!

□Focus on
This time, "Focus on" focuses on Kiichi YAJIMA, who scored his first goal in the 2018 J.League YBC Levain Cup Group Stage Sec. 5 J1 official match!
This is a special shot taken by Kenichi Arai, the official photographer who has been taking photos of Kiichi YAJIMA since his academy days, capturing a memorable moment of YAJIMA.

<Club 20th Anniversary Project>

□Blue vs Red Battle Record
The 8th installment following the 10th anniversary project held in MDP magazine in 2008. We will look back on the footsteps of the battles since the 2008 season.
This season, which marks Massimo Ficcadenti's second season as manager, we have players such as two-time J-League top scorer Ryoichi Maeda and experienced Tatsuya Enomoto. In addition, Ryoya Ogawa, who showed great performance in the National High School Soccer Championship, joined the team as we look back on the 2015 season, which was the first time in 11 years to use the two-stage system.

Number History
Introducing the story of jersey number "20" along with its lineage, woven together over 20 years of history.