Emperor's cup 2026:The club's journey continues.

On October 7th, Okayama visited Chiba to face the division 1 rival, JEF United Chiba. This September, the club defeated the rival at Fukuda Denshi Arena for the first time in the club's history. At this Round 3, that was expected to be reproduced.


After the kickoff, the club aggressively kept attacking forward. However, they couldn't find the net even through they created several chances. After the break, the head coach, Kiyama sent fresh players such as Shirai, Na Sang-ho and Oberdan. In the 64th minute, Matsumoto smash the net with his superb strike. Later, the red-uniformed men successfully kept a clean sheet, securing their ticket to the next round.