FC Tokyo on Thursday confirmed that current manager Massimo Ficcadenti will depart the club at the end of the 2015 season.

The Italian led the capital club to their best-ever finish in the first division, with a team-best 63 points in the MEIJI YASUDA J1 League.

Tokyo were declared first-stage runners’ up, although their points total ultimately proved insufficient to send them to the post-season MEIJI YASUDA J.League championship.

Ficcadenti will continue to lead the club over the remainder of their Emperor’s Cup campaign though, beginning with their December 26 quarter-final against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.