V-Varen Nagasaki

V-Varen Nagasaki (V・ファーレン長崎, Vi Fāren Nagasaki) is a Japanese J2 League football club based in Nagasaki. The club was established in 1985 as Ariake SC till they merged with Kunimi FC in 2004 and adopted the present name in 2005.

V-Varen Nagasaki
Full nameV-Varen Nagasaki
Nickname(s)VVN
Founded2004 (2004)
GroundTranscosmos Stadium Nagasaki,
Isahaya, Nagasaki
Capacity20,246
OwnerJapanet Holdings
ChairmanHaruna Takata
ManagerHiroshi Matsuda
LeagueJ2 League
2021J2 League, 4th of 22
WebsiteClub website

The club gained promotion into the J. League Division 2 in 2012 for the first time in their history after finishing as the champions in the 2012 Japan Football League and hired Nagasaki native Takuya Takagi to coach the club for the 2013 season.[1]

On 11 November 2017, the club clinched promotion to the J1 League for the first time in their history after a 3-1 home win over Kamatamare Sanuki.[2]

History

V-Varen Nagasaki, since 2006, had been contending for the Kyūshū Soccer League championship and thus a place in the Japan Football League, but they only won it in November 2008, as second place in the Regional League promotion series.

In January 2009, they applied for J. League Associate Membership and their application was accepted at the J. League board meeting in February. In 2012, they won the Japan Football League title and thus promotion to the J. League Division 2.[1] Five years later they won promotion to the J1 League for the first time after finishing runners-up in the 2017 season.

J. League: 2013–

In preparation for the club's first season in the J. League Division 2 the club hired local-born Takuya Takagi as their coach for the season.[1] On 3 March 2013 V-Varen Nagasaki played in their first ever J. League Division 2 match against Fagiano Okayama at the Kanko Stadium in Okayama in which the club drew the match 1–1 with Kōichi Satō scoring the first J. League Division 2 goal for V-Varen Nagasaki in the 25th minute. The club then played their first home match in the J. League Division 2 on 10 March 2013 at the Nagasaki Athletic Stadium against former J. League champions Gamba Osaka in which V-Varen Nagasaki lost 3–1 in front of a huge crowd of 18,153.

Financial troubles

After facing dire financial difficulties, on 8 March 2017 the club was purchased by Japanet Holdings, the parent company of Japanese television shopping giant Japanet Takata Co.,Ltd., becoming a fully owned subsidiary. Japanet have invested significant sums into the club, securing promotion to the top tier of Japanese football and publishing plans to build a new football-specific stadium on the former site of Mitsubishi's Nagasaki shipbuilding operations, opening in 2023.[3]

Club name

The "V" in the club's name comes from the Portuguese word vitória (meaning 'victory') as well as the Dutch word vrede (meaning 'peace'), while varen is the Dutch verb meaning 'to sail', relating to Nagasaki's heritage as port of call of Portuguese and Dutch traders during the sakoku period in the Tokugawa shogunate (see Dejima).[4]

League and cup record
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League League
Cup		 Emperor's
Cup
SeasonDivTeamsPos.GPWDLFAGDPtsAttendance/G
2009 JFL1811th34128143843-5442,7632nd round
2010 185th3415811503812532,5252nd round
2011 185th3315117614417561,5132nd round
2012 171st342075572433673,6562nd round
2013 J2226th421991448408666,1672nd round
2014 2214th4212161445423524,839Round of 16
2015 226th4215151242339604,9312nd round
2016 2215th421017153951-12475,2252nd round
2017 222nd4224810594118805,9412nd round
2018 J11818th3486203959-203011,225Group stage3rd round
2019 J22212th42175205761-4567,737Semi-final
2020 † 223rd4223118663927803,714Did not qualify
2021 † 224th4223910694425784,9564th round
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games Played; W = Games won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals Difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
  • † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site

Honours
Further information: List of V-Varen Nagasaki seasons
Runner-up (1): 2017
Winners (1): 2012
Runners-up (1): 2008
Runners-up (1): 2008

Current squad

As of 19 Jun 2021.[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  JPN Masaya Tomizawa
3 DF  JPN Masashi Kamekawa
4 DF  BRA Freire
5 DF  JPN Takuma Shikayama
6 MF  BRA Caio César
7 FW  BRA Edigar Junio
8 MF  JPN Ryota Isomura
9 FW  JPN Cayman Togashi
10 MF  BRA Luan
11 FW  JPN Keiji Tamada
13 MF  JPN Masaru Kato
14 MF  JPN Takumi Nagura
15 DF  JPN Hijiri Kato
16 FW  JPN Seiya Maikuma
17 MF  JPN Hiroki Akino
18 FW  JPN Ryohei Yamazaki
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  JPN Takashi Sawada
20 MF  JPN Yohei Otake
21 GK  JPN Toru Takagiwa (On loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
22 DF  JPN Yuya Kuwasaki
23 DF  JPN Shunya Yoneda
24 DF  JPN Yusei Egawa
25 DF  JPN Ryo Shinzato
26 DF  JPN Hiroshi Futami
27 FW  JPN Ken Tokura
28 MF  BRA Wellington Rato (On loan from Atlético Goianiense)
30 GK  JPN Kenta Tokushige
31 GK  JPN Gaku Harada (On loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
32 FW  COL Víctor Ibarbo
33 FW  JPN Asahi Uenaka
34 MF  JPN Seiya Satsukida
35 MF  JPN Taisei Abe

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  JPN Junki Hata (at Tochigi SC)

Kit Evolution
FP 1st
2005 - 2006
2007 - 2008
2009 - 2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021 -
FP 2nd
2005 - 2006
2007 - 2008
2009 - 2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 - 2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021 -
FP other
2015
peace prayer
2016
peace prayer
2017
peace prayer
2018
peace prayer
2019
peace prayer

Managers
ManagerNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Fumiaki Iwamoto Japan20052007
Yoshinori Higashikawa Japan20082009
Toru Sano Japan20102012
Takuya Takagi Japan20132018
Makoto Teguramori Japan20192020
Takayuki Yoshida Japan20212021
Hiroshi Matsuda Japan2021

References
  1. "Takagi named V-Varen Nagasaki coach". Japan Times. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  2. "V-Varen Nagasaki promoted to J1 for first time". The Japan Times Online. 11 November 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. "New V-Varen Nagasaki Stadium to Open in 2023" (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. "V・ファーレン マークについて". V-Varen Nagasaki (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  5. "Team Part 1".
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