2013 V-Varen Nagasaki season

V-Varen Nagasaki
2013 season
Chairman	Ban Noriyuki Miyata
Manager	Takuya Takagi
J. League Division 2	3rd
Emperor's Cup	TBD
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kōichi Satō; Shoma Mizunaga; (4 goals); All: ; Kōichi Satō; Shoma Mizunaga; (4 goals)
Highest home attendance	18,153 vs Gamba Osaka; (9 March 2013)
Lowest home attendance	2,093 vs Kataller Toyama; (20 March 2013)
Average home league attendance	5,508
Home colours	Away colours

The 2013 V-Varen Nagasaki season was V-Varen Nagasaki's first season in the J. League Division 2 after winning the 2012 Japan Football League and gaining promotion.

Key events

20 December 2012: Takuya Takagi is announced as the new coach of V-Varen Nagasaki.^[1]
3 March: V-Varen Nagasaki play their first ever professional match in the J. League Division 2 against Fagiano Okayama at the Kanko Stadium in which the club drew 1–1.^[2] Kōichi Satō scored the club's first goal in the J. League Division 2 in the 25th minute of that match.^[2]
10 March: Nagasaki play their first ever Division 2 match at home at the Nagasaki Athletic Stadium in which they took on 2008 AFC Champions League winners Gamba Osaka in front of 18,153 people.^[3]
20 March: V-Varen Nagasaki win their first ever match in Division 2 when they defeated Kataller Toyama at home.^[4]

Transfers

In:

Out:

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	JPN	Shuto Kono (on loan from F.C. Tokyo)
—	MF	JPN	Yudai Inoue (from Oita Trinita)
—	DF	JPN	Takahiro Yamaguchi (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
—	FW	JPN	Yusei Ogasawara (from Ehime)
—	FW	JPN	Kōichi Satō (from F.C. Gifu)
—	MF	JPN	Sai Kanakubo (from Mito HollyHock)
—	DF	JPN	Ryota Takasugi (from Ehime)
—	GK	JPN	Fumiya Iwamaru (from Roasso Kumamoto)
—	MF	JPN	Kohei Shimoda (from F.C. Tokyo)
—	DF	KOR	Oh Chang-Hyun (from Avispa Fukuoka)
—	MF	JPN	Kohei Yamada (Free Agent)
—	DF	KOR	Cho Min-Woo (on loan from FC Seoul)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	JPN	Shogo Nakatsuru (to Fujieda MYFC)
—	MF	JPN	Shohei Yamamoto (to Kamatamare Sanuki)
—	MF	JPN	Yoshiki Nakai (to Sagawa Printing S.C.)
—	MF	JPN	Junya Yamashiro (to Zweigen Kanazawa)
—	GK	JPN	Kenichi Kondo (released)
—	DF	KOR	Jae-Eun Choi (released)
—	DF	JPN	Masakatsu Tanaka (released)
—	MF	JPN	Yasunobu Matsuoka (released)

J. League Division 2

3 March 2013 Round 1	Fagiano Okayama	1–1	V-Varen Nagasaki	Okayama
15:34 JST	Arata 90'	Report	Satō 25'	Stadium: Kanko Stadium Attendance: 9,687 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

10 March 2013 Round 2	V-Varen Nagasaki	1–3	Gamba Osaka	Nagasaki
13:03 JST	Mizuanga 80'	Report	Hirai 13', 24' Futagawa 35'	Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 18,153 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

17 March 2013 Round 3	Montedio Yamagata	2–0	V-Varen Nagasaki	Tendō, Yamagata
16:04 JST	Yamada 12' Miyasaka 61'	Report		Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 7,161 Referee: Shoichiro Mikami

20 March 2013 Round 4	V-Varen Nagasaki	1–0	Kataller Toyama	Nagasaki
13:04 JST	Satō 72'	Report		Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 2,093 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

24 March 2013 Round 5	Matsumoto Yamaga	1–1	V-Varen Nagasaki	Matsumoto, Nagano
13:03 JST	Funayama 90'	Report	Mizuanga 65'	Stadium: Matsumotodaira Football Stadium Attendance: 9,038 Referee: Masaaki Toma

31 March 2013 Round 6	V-Varen Nagasaki	3–1	Gainare Tottori	Nagasaki
15:03 JST	Satō 32' Ogasawara 43' Mizuranga 51'	Report	Nagira 67'	Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 2,467 Referee: Haruki Hidaka

7 April 2013 Round 7	Tokushima Vortis	1–2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Naruto, Tokushima
13:04 JST	Own Goal	Report	Kanakubo 41' Mizunaga 90+4'	Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 3,488 Referee: Eiji Kawai

14 April 2013 Round 8	V-Varen Nagasaki	1–0	Roasso Kumamoto	Nagasaki
13:05 JST	Takasugi 85'	Report		Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 5,916 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

17 April 2013 Round 9	Yokohama	1–2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
19:03 JST	Ōkubo 51'	Report	Kanakubo 65' Furube 83'	Stadium: Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium Attendance: 2,690 Referee: Masuya Ueda

21 April 2013 Round 10	V-Varen Nagasaki	0–0	Consadole Sapporo	Nagasaki
13:04 JST		Report		Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,709 Referee: Hiromichi Oka

29 April 2013 Round 11	Ehime	0–2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Matsuyama, Ehime
14:03 JST		Report	Yamada 2' Satō 6'	Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 3,918 Referee: Shoichiro Mikami

3 May 2013 Round 12	V-Varen Nagasaki	1–0	Giravanz Kitakyushu	Nagasaki
13:03 JST	Kanzaki 60'	Report		Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 4,336 Referee: Koji Morikawa

6 May 2013 Round 13	Mito Hollyhock	0–0	V-Varen Nagasaki	Mito, Ibaraki
13:03 JST		Report		Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 4,280 Referee: Taku Nagaya

12 May 2013 Round 14	Tochigi	2–2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
13:03 JST	Cristiano 8' Sugimoto 40'	Report	Yamada 18' Takasugi 90+3'	Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium Attendance: 3,686 Referee: Takuya Maeda

19 May 2013 Round 15	V-Varen Nagasaki	0–1	Kyoto Sanga	Nagasaki
13:03 JST		Report	Own Goal 17'	Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,940 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

26 May 2013 Round 16	V-Varen Nagasaki	2–1	JEF United	Nagasaki
13:03 JST	Inoue 55' Kono 61'	Report	Yazawa 27'	Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,452 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

1 June 2013 Round 17	Thespakusatsu Gunma	1–2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Maebashi, Gunma
00:00 JST	Koyanagi 60' Endo 66' Inui 78'	Summary	Cho Min-Woo 38' Satō 41' Inoue 59' Mizunaga 90+1'	Stadium: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma Attendance: 6,186 Referee: Shoichiro Mikami

8 June 2013 Round 18	Gifu	2–1	V-Varen Nagasaki	Gifu, Gifu
20:00 JST	Masuyama 3' N'Ze 31' Someya 64', 90+4' Hattori 69'	Summary	Satō 5'	Stadium: Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium Attendance: 5,211 Referee: Atsushi Kamimura

15 June 2013 Round 19	V-Varen Nagasaki	2–1	Tokyo Verdy	Isahaya, Nagasaki
19:00 JST	Fujii 10' Inoue 16' Satō 72'	Summary	Fukui 26' Kim Jong-pil 53' Takahara 74'	Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 5,678 Referee: Eiji Kawai

22 June 2013 Round 20	Vissel Kobe	2–0	V-Varen Nagasaki	Kobe
19:00 JST	Tokura 38' Popó 70'	Summary	Yamaguchi 42' Cho Min-Woo 67'	Stadium: Home's Stadium Kobe Attendance: 10,014 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

29 June 2013 Round 21	V-Varen Nagasaki	0–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Isahaya, Nagasaki
19:00 JST	Iwama 56'	Summary	Miyamoto 25' Park Gon 74' Funayama 87'	Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 6,971 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

3 July 2013 Round 22	Giravanz Kitakyushu	1–2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Kitakyushu
20:00 JST	Hakkaku 39' Kotegawa 63' Watanabe 90+1'	Summary	Miyamoto 45' (o.g.) Yamaguchi 60' Fujii 80' Oh Chang-Hyun 90+1'	Stadium: Honjō Athletic Stadium Attendance: 2,105 Referee: Shoichiro Mikami

7 July 2013 Round 23	V-Varen Nagasaki	2–1	Montedio Yamagata	Isahaya, Nagasaki
19:00 JST	Yamaguchi 21' 32' Takasugi 36' Kono 56' Cho Min-Woo 81'	Summary	Nakashima 18'	Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,249 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

14 July 2013 Round 24	V-Varen Nagasaki	1–0	Thespakusatsu Gunma	Isahaya, Nagasaki
19:00 JST	Satō 12' 86' Yamada 52' Takasugi 58'	Summary	Trinidad Lopes Ederson 33'	Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,981 Referee: Haruki Hidaka

20 July 2013 Round 25	Kataller Toyama	1–1	V-Varen Nagasaki	Toyama, Toyama
19:00 JST	Kim Young-Keun 20' Funatsu 35' Ikehata 41' Seo Yong-Duk 86'	Summary	Ogasawara 39' Kono 77'	Stadium: Toyama Athletic Stadium Attendance: 4,141 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
25	13	7	5	30	23	+7	46	8	2	2	14	8	+6	5	5	3	16	15	+1

Last updated: 14 July 2013.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	D

Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 2013. Source: soccerway.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad

First-team squad

As of 6 April 2013 ^[5]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Fumiya Iwamaru
2	DF	JPN	Takahiro Yamaguchi (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
3	DF	JPN	Daisuke Fujii
4	DF	JPN	Ryota Takasugi
5	DF	JPN	Kazuya Kawabata
6	MF	JPN	Yusuke Maeda
7	MF	JPN	Shinsaku Mochidome
8	FW	JPN	Shota Matsuhashi
9	FW	JPN	Satoshi Nakayama
10	MF	JPN	Yukihiko Sato
11	MF	JPN	Daisuke Kanzaki
13	FW	JPN	Ryota Arimitsu
14	MF	JPN	Shuto Kono (on loan from F.C. Tokyo)
15	FW	JPN	Shoma Mizunaga
16	MF	JPN	Yudai Iwama


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	JPN	Kenta Furube
18	FW	JPN	Kōichi Satō
19	FW	JPN	Yusei Ogasawara
20	DF	JPN	Takuya Sugiyama
21	GK	JPN	Junki Kanayama
22	MF	JPN	Yudai Inoue
23	DF	NZL	Michael Fitzgerald
24	FW	JPN	Atsushi Matsuo
25	FW	JPN	Kazuya Okamura
26	MF	JPN	Sai Kanakubo
27	DF	KOR	Cho Min-Woo (on loan from FC Seoul)
28	MF	JPN	Kohei Shimoda
30	DF	KOR	Oh Chang-Hyun
31	GK	JPN	Yoshinobu Harada
33	MF	JPN	Kohei Yamada

Technical staff

As of 24 May 2013 ^[5]

Position	Name
Manager	Takuya Takagi
First-team coach	Nakamura
Goalkeeper coach	Takanori Miyoshi

Player statistics

As of 27 May 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		J. League Division 2		Emperor's Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	JPN	Fumiya Iwamaru	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	JPN	Takahiro Yamaguchi	16	0	16+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	JPN	Daisuke Fujii	10	0	9+1	0	0+0	0
4	DF	JPN	Ryota Takasugi	11	2	11+0	2	0+0	0
5	DF	JPN	Kazuya Kawabata	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	JPN	Yusuke Maeda	11	0	1+10	0	0+0	0
7	MF	JPN	Shinsaku Mochidome	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
8	FW	JPN	Shota Matsuhashi	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
9	FW	JPN	Satoshi Nakayama	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	JPN	Yukihiko Sato	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
11	MF	JPN	Daisuke Kanzaki	7	1	6+1	1	0+0	0
13	FW	JPN	Ryota Arimitsu	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
14	MF	JPN	Shuto Kono	7	1	3+4	1	0+0	0
15	FW	JPN	Shoma Mizunaga	16	4	13+3	4	0+0	0
16	MF	JPN	Yudai Iwama	16	0	16+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	JPN	Kenta Furube	16	1	8+8	1	0+0	0
18	FW	JPN	Kōichi Satō	16	4	12+4	4	0+0	0
19	FW	JPN	Yusei Ogasawara	15	1	15+0	1	0+0	0
20	DF	JPN	Takuya Sugiyama	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK	JPN	Junki Kanayama	13	0	13+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	JPN	Yudai Inoue	15	1	14+1	1	0+0	0
23	DF	NZL	Michael Fitzgerald	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
24	FW	JPN	Atsushi Matsuo	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
25	FW	JPN	Kazuya Okamura	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
26	MF	JPN	Sai Kanakubo	14	2	12+2	2	0+0	0
27	DF	KOR	Cho Min-Woo	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	JPN	Kohei Shimoda	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0
30	DF	KOR	Oh Chang-Hyun	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
31	GK	JPN	Yoshinobu Harada	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	JPN	Kohei Yamada	13	2	10+3	2	0+0	0

Source:

Top Scorers

Place	Position	Name	J. League Division 2	Total
1	FW	Kōichi Satō	4	4
1	FW	Shoma Mizunaga	4	4
3	DF	Ryota Takasugi	2	2
	MF	Sai Kanakubo	2	2
	MF	Kohei Yamada	2	2
6	MF	Daisuke Kanzaki	1	1
	MF	Kenta Furube	1	1
	FW	Yusei Ogasawara	1	1
	MF	Shuto Kono	1	1
	MF	Yudai Inoue	1	1
		TOTALS	19	19

Disciplinary record

Nationality	Position	Name
Nationality	Position	Name	J. League Division 2		Emperor's Cup		Total
	DF	Daisuke Fujii	2	1	0	0	2	1
	DF	Kohei Shimoda	1	1	0	0	1	1
	DF	Ryota Takasugi	3	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	Shuto Kono	2	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Yusei Ogasawara	2	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Kōichi Satō	2	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Takahiro Yamaguchi	2	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Yudai Iwama	2	0	0	0	2	0
	GK	Junki Kanayama	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Sai Kanakubo	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Kohei Yamada	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Shoma Mizunaga	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Yusuke Maeda	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Yudai Inoue	1	0	0	0	1	0
		TOTALS	22	2	0	0	22	2

References

^ "Takagi named V-Varen Nagasaki coach". Japan Times. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b "FAGIANO OKAYAMA VS. V-VAREN NAGASAKI 1 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
^ "V-VAREN NAGASAKI VS. GAMBA OSAKA 1 – 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
^ "V-VAREN NAGASAKI VS. KATALLER TOYAMA 1 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Team". V-Varen Nagasaki. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

[1] "Takagi named V-Varen Nagasaki coach". Japan Times. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[FirstMatchMarch-2] "FAGIANO OKAYAMA VS. V-VAREN NAGASAKI 1 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[FirstHomeMatch-3] "V-VAREN NAGASAKI VS. GAMBA OSAKA 1 – 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[FirstWinMarch-4] "V-VAREN NAGASAKI VS. KATALLER TOYAMA 1 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[Team-5] "Team". V-Varen Nagasaki. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

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