V-Varen Nagasaki
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| Nickname(s) | VVN | ||
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| Founded | 2005 (2005) | ||
| Ground | Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki, Isahaya, Nagasaki | ||
| Capacity | 20,246 | ||
| Chairman | Akira Takata | ||
| Manager | Takuya Takagi | ||
| League | J2 League | ||
| 2018 | J1 League, 18th  (relegated) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Current seasonV-Varen Nagasaki (V・ファーレン長崎, Vi Fāren Nagasaki) is a Japanese J1 League football club based in Nagasaki. The club was established in 1985 as Ariake Football Club till they merged with Kunimi Football Club in 2005 and adopted the name they still hold today.
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]
Contents
1 History
1.1 J. League: 2013–
1.2 Financial troubles
2 Club Name
3 Players
3.1 First-team squad
3.2 Out on loan
4 Current technical staff
4.1 Former Coaches
5 Honours
6 References
7 External links
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 J2 League.
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
V-Varen Nagasaki's name can be separated into three parts with their own meanings. The "V" is for Portuguese vitória meaning 'victory' as well as Dutch vrede 'peace' while varen is also Dutch for 'to sail', owing to Nagasaki's heritage as port of call of Portuguese and Dutch traders during the sakoku period in the Tokugawa shogunate (see Dejima). The club's hometown is Nagasaki and through that comes Nagasaki in the name.[4]
Players
First-team squad
As of 29 December 2018.[5][6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current technical staff
As of 1 May 2016 [7]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Takuya Takagi |
| First-team coach | Tamotsu Nakamura |
| Goalkeeper coach | Takanori Miyoshi |
Former Coaches
Toru Sano (−2012)
Takuya Takagi (2013–)
Honours
- J2 League:
- Runner-up (1): 2017
- Japan Football League:
Winners (1): 2012
- Regional Football League Competition:
- Runners-up (1): 2008
- Kyūshū Soccer League:
- Runners-up (1): 2008
References
^ abc "Takagi named V-Varen Nagasaki coach". Japan Times. Retrieved 20 March 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "V-Varen Nagasaki promoted to J1 for first time". The Japan Times Online. 2017-11-11. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
^ "New V-Varen Nagasaki Stadium to Open in 2023" (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ "V・ファーレン マークについて". V-Varen Nagasaki (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2015.
^ "Team Part 1".
^ "Team Part 2".
^ "staff". Retrieved 20 March 2016.
External links
Official Website (Japanese)
