V-Varen Nagasaki
V・ファーレン長崎
Full nameV-Varen Nagasaki
Nickname(s)VVN
Founded2004 (2004)
StadiumTranscosmos Stadium Nagasaki,
Isahaya, Nagasaki
Capacity20,246
OwnerJapanet Holdings
ChairmanHideki Iwashita
ManagerFábio Carille
LeagueJ2 League
2023J2 League, 7th of 22
WebsiteClub website

V-Varen Nagasaki (V・ファーレン長崎, Vi Fāren Nagasaki) is a Japanese football club based in Nagasaki, Capital of Nagasaki Prefecture. They currently play in J2 League, the Japanese second tier professional in football league.

History

The club was established in 1985 as Ariake SC until the club decided to merge with Kunimi FC in 2004. The merger led the club to adopt the new name V-Varen Nagasaki in 2005, which has been used ever since.

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.

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]

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]

Stadium

V-Varen Nagasaki will have Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki as its home stadium until 2023.

Their new stadium, Peace Stadium Connected by Softbank, has been in construction since 2022, and its scheduled to be completed around August 2024. The club plans to the new stadium on 10 October 2024. Softbank signed a sponsor partnership with V-Varen for 4 years.

League and cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
LeagueJ League
Cup		Emperor's
Cup
SeasonDivTeamsPos.PWDLFAGDPtsAttendance/G
2009 JFL1811th34128143843-5442,763Not eligible2nd 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 J22212th42175205761-4567,737Not eligibleSemi-final
2020 † 223rd4223118663927803,714Did not qualify
2021 † 224th4223910694425784,9564th round
2022 2211th421511165054-4565,061Round of 16
2023 227th42181113705614657,3002nd round
2024 20TBA38
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = 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

Current squad

As of 18 August 2023.[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 Japan JPN Masaya Tomizawa
2 MF Brazil BRA Marcos Guilherme
3 DF Japan JPN Jun Okano
4 DF Brazil BRA Valdo
5 DF Japan JPN Ryo Okui
6 MF Japan JPN Yuya Kuwasaki
8 MF Japan JPN Asahi Masuyama
9 FW Spain ESP Juanma Delgado
13 MF Japan JPN Masaru Kato
14 MF Japan JPN Takumi Nagura
17 MF Japan JPN Hiroki Akino
18 DF Japan JPN Yuta Imazu
19 MF Japan JPN Takashi Sawada
20 MF Japan JPN Yohei Otake
21 GK Japan JPN Go Hatano (on loan from FC Tokyo)
23 DF Japan JPN Shunya Yoneda
25 DF Japan JPN Kazuki Kushibiki
26 MF Japan JPN Raiju Obuchi
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW Japan JPN Ken Tokura
28 DF Japan JPN Shunki Takahashi
30 GK Serbia SRB Luka Radotic
31 GK Japan JPN Gaku Harada
32 FW Japan JPN Serigne Saliou Diop
33 MF Japan JPN Tsubasa Kasayanagi
35 MF Japan JPN Taisei Abe
36 DF Spain ESP Carlos Gutiérrez
37 MF Japan JPN Gijo Sehata
38 MF Japan JPN Kaito Matsuzawa
40 DF Japan JPN Haruki Shirai
41 FW Japan JPN Homare Ikeda Type 2
42 MF Japan JPN Kojiro Ito Type 2
43 FW Japan JPN Aoto Nanamure Type 2
45 FW Japan JPN Hinata Miyazaki Type 2
46 DF Japan JPN Malcolm Tsuyoshi Moyo DSP
47 MF Brazil BRA Matheus Jesus
50 MF Japan JPN Keita Nakamura

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
34 MF Japan JPN Seiya Satsukida (at Reilac Shiga)
39 DF Brazil BRA Kaique Mafaldo (at Omiya Ardija)
— DF Japan JPN Kota Muramatsu (at Giravanz Kitakyushu)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Brazil BRA Cristiano (at Ventforet Kofu)
— FW Japan JPN Koya Okuda (at Zweigen Kanazawa)

Coaching staff

For the 2023 season.

PositionStaff
Technical directorJapan Yoshiya Takumura
ManagerBrazil Fábio Carille
Assistant managerBrazil Leandro Cuca
First-team coachJapan Naoyuki Saito
Japan Yusuke Murakami
Brazil Denis Faria Luup
Goalkeeper coachJapan Tomoaki Ishino
Physical coachBrazil César Carvalho Mendes
Japan Toshiki Yoshimitsu
Fitness coachJapan Naoki Hayakawa
Japan Yujiro Sakae
Japan Ryota Suzuki
Chief trainerJapan Takeshi Mochizuki
PhysiotherapistJapan Takanori Sugiyama
InterpreterJapan Tonaki Jefferson Youei
Brazil Antônio Danilo Uehara
Japan Anthony Inamura
Chief kit managerJapan Takashi Yonetani
Kit ManagerJapan Toshiya Wada
KitJapan Keita Kusunoki
Japan Keito Nozaki
Japan Asuka Takegoshi

Managerial history

ManagerNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Fumiaki Iwamoto Japan1 February 200531 January 2008
Yoshinori Higashikawa Japan1 February 200813 June 2009
Takeshi Okubo Japan4 June 200930 June 2009
Fumiaki Iwamoto Japan1 July 200931 January 2010
Tōru Sano Japan1 February 201031 January 2013
Takuya Takagi Japan1 February 201331 January 2019
Makoto Teguramori Japan1 February 201931 January 2021
Takayuki Yoshida Japan1 February 20213 May 2021
Kazuki Satō Japan4 May 20216 May 2021
Hiroshi Matsuda Japan4 May 2021Current

Kit evolution

Home kits - 1st
2005 - 2006
2007 - 2008
2009 - 2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Away kits - 2nd
2005 - 2006
2007 - 2008
2009 - 2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 - 2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Alternative kits - 3rd
2015
Peace Memorial
2016
Peace Memorial
2017
Peace Memorial
2018
Peace Memorial
2019
Peace Memorial
2021
Peace Memorial
2022
Peace Memorial

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ "選手プロフィール". v-varen.com. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
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