Ventforet Kofu
Squad
- Katsuya Ishihara2001current
Hideomi Yamamoto2003current- Atsushi Izawa2008current
Takuma Tsuda2008current- Atsushi Katagiri2009current
Kazunari Hosaka2010current- Hiroki Oka2011current
Masaru Matsuhashi2011current- Miran Kabe2011current
- Kensuke Fukuda2012current
Kohei Morita2012current- Masaki Kinoshita2012current
- Renato Piau de Sa2012current
- Akito Kawamoto2013current
Marquinhos Paraná2013current- Ryohei Arai2013current
- Yuki Hashizume2013current
- Yukio Tsuchiya2013current
- Masato Kurogi2014current
Jader Volnei Spindler2015current
Taisuke Akiyoshi2015current- Billy Celeski2016current
- Derick Ogbu2016current
- Takamitsu Yoshino2016current
Yusuke Tanaka2016current
Lins Lima de Brito2017current- Adaílton dos Santos da Silvacurrent
- Daiki Matsumotocurrent
Hidehiro Sugaicurrent- Hiroto Hataocurrent
- Hokuto Shimodacurrent
- Iwana Kobayashicurrent
- Jumma Miyazakicurrent
- Kazuki Kozukacurrent
- Keita Irumagawacurrent
Ken Yoshidacurrent- Kosuke Okanishicurrent
- Makoto Rindocurrent
- Masaki Watanabecurrent
Masayuki Miuracurrent
Michael Woudcurrent- Riku Nakayamacurrent
- Shinya Hagiharacurrent
- Sho Arakicurrent
- Sho Inagakicurrent
- Shusuke Otacurrent
- Takeshi Shimizucurrent
- Tomohiko Itocurrent
- Yuta Imazucurrent
- Yuta Koidecurrent
- Yutaka Sonedacurrent
- Susumu Katsumata1978–1984
- Yuji Tsukada1980–1988
Yoshiyuki Shinoda1990–1991- Daisuke Ishihara1994–2001
- Takehisa Sakamoto1994–2000
- Yoshimasa Suda1994–1994
- František Mysliveček1995–1995
- Kazuto Saiki1995–1999
- Katsutomo Oshiba1996–1999
- Kenji Nakada1996–2005
- Kiyoshi Nakamura1996–1997
- Marcelo Baron Polanczyk1996–1996
- Masahiro Shimmyo1997–2000
- Mitsunori Yamao1997–1998
Susumu Watanabe1997–2000- Tatsuya Ai1997–2000
- Tetsumasa Kimura1997–1999
- Yusaku Tanioku1997–2002
- Gakuya Horii1998–1999
- Hiroyuki Dobashi1998–2005
- Makoto Kaneko1998–2002
- Marcelo Baron Polanczyk1998–1998
- Satoru Yoshida1998–2001
- Yohei Takayama1998–2000
- Yoshinobu Akao1998–2000
- Atsuto Oishi1999–1999
- Eiichi Uemura1999–1999
- Keiji Koizumi1999–1999
- Michiharu Otagiri1999–1999
- Yasuhiro Yamamura1999–1999
- Yoshio Kitajima1999–1999
- Yuki Imamura1999–1999
- Daichi Fukushima2000–2000
- Fumiyuki Kanda2000–2000
- Hiromasa Azuma2000–2002
- Kazuki Kuranuki2000–2000
- Kim Hwang-jung2000–2001
- Maruco Antônio Urunau2000–2000
- Masahiro Kano2000–2002
- Michihiro Tsuruta2000–2000
Ovidiu Burcă2000–2000- Sandro Luís Zamboni Britzke2000–2000
- Shinichi Fujita2000–2000
- Takuma Sugano2000–2000
- Alex Felipe Nery2001–2001
- Atsushi Mio2001–2001
- Deili Custodio da Silva2001–2001
- Hideaki Matsuura2001–2001
- Hitoshi Matsushima2001–2002
- Jun Mizukoshi2001–2005
- Keisuke Ota2001–2001
Ken Fujita2001–2010
Masatoshi Matsuda2001–2001- Reiji Nakajima2001–2002
- Ricardo de Freitas Carreira2001–2001
- Shinya Hoshido2001–2002
- Takashi Sambonsuge2001–2001
- Teppei Uchida2001–2001
- Tsuyoshi Tanikawa2001–2001
- Vagner da Silva Sarti2001–2001
- Wataru Ota2001–2001
- Yoshitaka Kageyama2001–2003
- Yusuke Kawakita2001–2002
- Alair de Souza Camargo Júnior2002–2006
- Hayato Yano2002–2002
- Jorge Luiz de Amorim Silva2002–2003
- Kazuki Sawada2002–2002
- Kenichi Ego2002–2002
- Koichi Yokozeki2002–2002
- Kosuke Suzuki2002–2002
- Manabu Komatsubara2002–2002
- Masayoshi Yoshida2002–2002
- Naoki Makino2002–2002
- Naoki Urata2002–2002
- Shinya Nasu2002–2007
- Tatsuya Tsuruta2002–2003
- Tetsuya Oishi2002–2003
- Tomoyoshi Tsurumi2002–2002
- Tsuyoshi Nakao2002–2002
- Yosuke Ikehata2002–2010
- Yukihiro Aoba2002–2005
- Yusuke Yoshizaki2002–2002
- Arata Sugiyama2003–2009
- Daisuke Sudo2003–2007
- Daisuke Tonoike2003–2003
- Hidehito Shirao2003–2005
- Kensaku Abe2003–2009
- Kotaro Yamazaki2003–2007
- Makoto Watanabe2003–2004
- Masaharu Nishi2003–2003
- Michiharu Sugimoto2003–2003
- Osvaldo José Martins Júnior2003–2003
- Takafumi Ogura2003–2005
- Takeshi Honda2003–2003
- Takuma Tsuda2003–2007
- Taro Hasegawa2003–2007
- Torashi Shimazu2003–2005
- Yuzo Wada2003–2003
- Daisuke Matsushita2004–2006
- Hideaki Tominaga2004–2004
- Hirotaka Uchibayashi2004–2004
Hirotoshi Yokoyama2004–2005- Ichizo Nakata2004–2004
- Kazuki Tsuda2004–2004
- Kenta Suzuki2004–2007
- Leandro Cesar de Sousa2004–2004
- Marcelo Baron Polanczyk2004–2004
Rodrigo Vergilio2004–2004- Takafumi Kanazawa2004–2004
- Toshiki Chino2004–2006
- Yuya Sato2004–2006
- Alex Oliveira2005–2005
- Hayato Suzuki2005–2005
- Jader Volnei Spindler2005–2006
- Kazunari Hosaka2005–2008
- Michitaka Akimoto2005–2010
- Tatsuya Tsuruta2005–2009
Yohei Onishi2005–2010- Yuki Inoue2005–2008
- André Luiz de Souza Silva2006–2006
- Gakuya Horii2006–2006
- Hiroyuki Ishida2006–2006
- Josimar Rodrigues Souza Roberto2006–2008
- Jun Uruno2006–2008
Kentaro Hayashi2006–2009- Shingo Morita2006–2006
- Takehito Shigehara2006–2007
- Tomoyoshi Tsurumi2006–2008
- Tsutomu Matsuda2006–2006
- Alberto Luiz de Souza2007–2007
- Daisuke Kanzaki2007–2008
- Dženan Radončić2007–2007
- Junya Kuno2007–2009
- Ken Yorii2007–2008
- Kentaro Suzuki2007–2007
- Shigeru Sakurai2007–2008
- Shogo Tokihisa2007–2009
- Shota Kimura2007–2008
- Takafumi Mikuriya2007–2009
- Takahiro Kuniyoshi2007–2010
Tatsuya Masushima2007–2007- Toshiaki Haji2007–2008
- Tsubasa Oshima2007–2007
- Atsushi Mio2008–2009
- Bruno Rodrigues2008–2009
- João Sales2008–2008
- Luis Carlos dos Santos Martins2008–2008
- Masafumi Maeda2008–2009
- Naoki Wako2008–2009
Yutaka Yoshida2008–2011
Daniel Silva dos Santos2009–2011- Hiroshi Morita2009–2009
- José Antônio Martins Galvão2009–2009
Kota Ogi2009–2010- Luis Carlos dos Santos Martins2009–2012
- Marcelo Labarthe2009–2009
- Masaru Matsuhashi2009–2010
Naoki Hatada2009–2012- Weberton Correia dos Santos2009–2009
- Yuki Koike2009–2011
- Daisuke Matsushita2010–2010
- Hiroki Aratani2010–2011
Masaki Yanagawa2010–2010
Mike Havenaar2010–2011
Paulo Antonio de Oliveira2010–2011- Shinya Kato2010–2010
- Toshihiko Uchiyama2010–2011
- Yoshifumi Kashiwa2010–2013
Yuji Yabu2010–2011- Yuki Horigome2010–2015
- Daisuke Ichikawa2011–2011
- Daisuke Tomita2011–2012
- Davi José Silva do Nascimento2011–2012
- Genki Nagasato2011–2012
- Kim Jin-kyu2011–2011
- Kota Ogi2011–2015
Rudnei da Rosa2011–2011- Teruaki Kobayashi2011–2011
Teruyoshi Itō2011–2013
Tomoya Uchida2011–2011- Yoshirō Abe2011–2011
- Yusuke Inuzuka2011–2011
- Douglas Marques dos Santos2012–2013
- Gabriel Pimba2012–2012
- Hidetoshi Miyuki2012–2013
- Hiroyuki Takasaki2012–2012
Kentaro Shigematsu2012–2012- Kota Aoki2012–2012
Naoaki Aoyama2012–2014- Sho Sasaki2012–2014
- Shogo Fujimaki2012–2013
- Éldis Fernando Damasio2012–2012
Anderson Patric Aguiar Oliveira2013–2013- Gilsinho2013–2014
Hugo Almeida2013–2013
José Ortigoza2013–2013- Kazuki Hiramoto2013–2013
- Kohei Kawata2013–2013
Koki Mizuno2013–2014- Lenny Fernandes Coelho2013–2013
- Masahiro Kaneko2013–2014
Naotake Hanyu2013–2013
William Pottker2013–2013
Cristiano da Silva2014–2016
Irfan Bachdim2014–2014- Koki Wakasugi2014–2017
- Shohei Abe2014–2015
Takuma Abe2014–2015- Thiago Quirino2014–2014
Adriano Ferreira Martins2015–2015- Bruno Dybal2015–2015
Junya Itō2015–2015- Kohei Kawata2015–2015
- Koji Noda2015–2015
- Luis Carlos dos Santos Martins2015–2015
- William Henrique2015–2015
- Jose Nilson dos Santos Silva2016–2016
- Luiz Eduardo dos Santos Gonzaga2016–2020
Toshio Shimakawa2017–2018
Takayuki Seto2018–2018- Takuya Akiyama2018–2018
Peter Utaka2019–2019
Tatsushi Koyanagi2019–2021- Holneiker Mendes2020–2021
- Mike Havenaar2020–2020
- Riki Matsuda2020–2020
- Manato Shinada2023–2023
- Peter Utaka2023–2024
- Riku Matsuda2023–2023
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Career & Clubs
Kofu Club (1965–1994)
The club was founded in 1965 when the old boys' club of Kofu Dai-ichi High School, the Kakujo Club, started to recruit graduates of other high schools with the intention of promotion to the Japan Soccer League and was formed as Kofu Club. Kofu Club was formed by volunteers, unlike other mainstream football clubs at that time in Japan, whose players were mostly the employees of their sponsoring companies. Kofu Club joined the newly formed JSL Division 2 in 1972. They stayed there until the conclusion of the league in 1992 when it became a founding member of the former Japan Football League.
Ventforet Kofu (1995–present)
The club was renamed Ventforet Kofu in 1995 and joined J.League Division 2 in 1999 when it was formed. The club survived a difficult period between 1999 and 2001, when it suffered from financial troubles as well as miserable results on the pitch, including a streak of twenty-five consecutive losses. Ventforet finished bottom for three seasons in succession and was dubbed as "Excess baggage of J2". Ventforet improved in 2002, and in 2005 finished third, gaining promotion to the Japanese first division by winning the promotion/relegation play-offs against Kashiwa Reysol. However, the team was relegated with a week remaining in the 2007 season. At the end of 2010 season, the team was promoted a second time. Despite having striker Mike Havenaar contend for the Top Scorer award in division one the following year, the club was…
Kanto League: 1967–71 (as Kofu Club) Division 2 (JSL Div. 2): 1972–91 (as Kofu Club) Division 3 (former JFL Div. 2): 1992–93 (as Kofu Club) Division 2 (former JFL): 1994–98 (Kofu Club until 1994, Ventforet Kofu since 1995) Division 2 (J.League Div. 2): 1999–05 Division 1 (J.League Div. 1): 2006–07 Division 2 (J.League Div. 2): 2008–10 Division 1 (J.League Div. 1): 2011 Division 2 (J.League Div. 2): 2012 Division 1 (J.League Div. 1): 2013–2017 Division 2 (J.League Div. 2): 2018–
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Identifiers & aliases
Ventforet Kofu is a Japanese professional football club from Kōfu in Yamanashi Prefecture. The team currently competes in the J2 League, Japanese second tier of professional football, hosting their home matches in the JIT Recycle Ink Stadium, located in Kōfu.
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