| 2004 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager |  Hideki Matsunaga | ||
| Stadium | Kose Sports Park Stadium | ||
| J. League 2 | 7th | ||
| Emperor's Cup | 4th Round | ||
| Top goalscorer |  Baron (14) | ||
2004 Ventforet Kofu season
| 2004 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Hideki Matsunaga | ||
| Stadium | Kose Sports Park Stadium | ||
| J. League 2 | 7th | ||
| Emperor's Cup | 4th Round | ||
| Top goalscorer | Baron (14) | ||
2004 Ventforet Kofu season
| Competitions | Position |
|---|---|
| J. League 2 | 7th / 12 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | 4th Round |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Kyoto Purple Sanga | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 69 |
| 6 | Vegalta Sendai | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 62 | 66 | −4 | 59 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 44 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 58 |
| 8 | Yokohama FC | 44 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 52 |
| 9 | Mito HollyHock | 44 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 33 | 60 | −27 | 37 |
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| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J. League 2 | Emperor's Cup | Total | |||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
| 1 | GK | Kensaku Abe | May 13, 1980 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 39 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | DF | Hideaki Tominaga | August 27, 1976 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 38 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | DF | Takuma Tsuda | October 4, 1980 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 29 | 4 | ||||
| 4 | DF | Hideomi Yamamoto | June 26, 1980 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 18 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | DF | Yukihiro Aoba | July 26, 1979 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | DF | Kenji Nakada | October 4, 1973 (aged 30) | cm / kg | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | MF | Hiroyuki Dobashi | November 27, 1977 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | MF | Kazuki Kuranuki | November 10, 1978 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 41 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | FW | Daisuke Sudo | April 25, 1977 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 24 | 3 | ||||
| 10 | MF | Ken Fujita | August 27, 1979 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 28 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | FW | Takafumi Ogura | July 6, 1973 (aged 30) | cm / kg | 40 | 6 | ||||
| 13 | MF | Hirotaka Uchibayashi | June 27, 1983 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | MF | Katsuya Ishihara | October 2, 1978 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 36 | 3 | ||||
| 15 | DF | Alair | January 27, 1982 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | FW | Baron | January 19, 1974 (aged 30) | cm / kg | 23 | 14 | ||||
| 16 | FW | Careca | April 13, 1983 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | MF | Toshiki Chino | July 19, 1985 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | DF | Takafumi Kanazawa | April 25, 1981 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | DF | Yosuke Ikehata | June 7, 1979 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | MF | Jun Mizukoshi | January 15, 1975 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 29 | 3 | ||||
| 21 | GK | Torashi Shimazu | August 20, 1978 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | GK | Daisuke Matsushita | October 31, 1981 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | FW | Kotaro Yamazaki | October 19, 1978 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 18 | 5 | ||||
| 24 | DF | Kazuki Tsuda | July 26, 1982 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | MF | Kenta Suzuki | September 16, 1985 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | FW | Taro Hasegawa | August 17, 1979 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 17 | 3 | ||||
| 27 | FW | Hidehito Shirao | September 30, 1980 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 28 | MF | Shinya Nasu | December 29, 1978 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 29 | MF | Makoto Watanabe | September 25, 1980 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | GK | Yuya Satō | February 10, 1986 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | MF | Emerson | March 21, 1978 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | DF | Lê | July 6, 1979 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 32 | DF | Arata Sugiyama | July 25, 1980 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | DF | Ichizo Nakata | April 19, 1973 (aged 30) | cm / kg | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | MF | Hirotoshi Yokoyama | May 9, 1975 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 12 | 0 | ||||
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