AFC Champions League Elite News: Machida Zelvia vs Al-Ittihad Confirmed Line-ups

By Lucas Pereira, FootballPredictions.NET, 17:30 17/04/2026

We are building up to the Machida Zelvia vs Al-Ittihad AFC Champions League Elite clash which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the team sheets are in.

Let’s look at the starting eleven for Machida Zelvia which has been officially confirmed as:

Machida Zelvia

Kōsei Tani #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Kotaro Hayashi #26
Defender
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Yūta Nakayama #19
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Gen Shōji #3
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kobe, Japan
Daihachi Okamura #50
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Hotaka Nakamura #88
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Neta Lavi
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Israel
Place of birth: Ramat HaShofet, Israel
Hiroyuki Mae #16
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hoikkado, Japan
Sang-ho Na
Forward
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Korea Republic
Place of birth: Damyang, Korea Republic
Erik Nascimento de Lima #27
Also known as Erik
Forward
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Nova Repartimento , Brazil
Tete Yengi #99
Forward
Height: 1.97m
Weight: 89kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Australia
Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia
Substitutes: Arai, Y (G), Morita, T (G), Drešević, I (D), Mochizuki, H (D), Cha, J (M), Shimoda, H (M), Sento, K (M), Shirasaki, R (M), Masuyama, A (F), Kuwayama, K (F), Fujio, S (F), Tokumura, F.

The team sheet line-up for Al-Ittihad has also been confirmed as:

Al-Ittihad

Predrag Rajković
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Serbia
Place of birth: Negotin, Serbia
Kadesh, H
Keller, S
Pereira, D
Mario Mitaj
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 22
Al Shanqiti, M
Fabio Henrique Tavares
Also known as Fabinho
Midfielder
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Campinas, Brazil
Houssem Aouar
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Algeria
Place of birth: Lyon, France
Fernandes, R
Diaby, M
Youssef En-Nesyri #19
Forward
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Morocco
Place of birth: Fez, Morocco
Substitutes: Al Mermesh, O (G), Simić, J (D), Sharahili, A (D), Al Nashri, A (M), Al Ghamdi, F (M), Bergwijn, S (F), Al Obud, A (F), Ilenikhena, G (F), Al-Absi, M, Fallatah, M, Al-Ghamdi, A, Al-Julaydan, A.

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Machida Zelvia
Al-Ittihad
1 - 0
👉 Al-Ittihad to win
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