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
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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

Fagiano Okayama v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Gamba Osaka

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

Montedio Yamagata v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Kataller Toyama

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

Matsumoto Yamaga v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Gainare Tottori

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

Tokushima Vortis v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Roasso Kumamoto

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

Yokohama v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Consadole Sapporo

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

Ehime v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Giravanz Kitakyushu

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

Mito Hollyhock v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

Tochigi v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Kyoto Sanga

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v JEF United

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

Thespakusatsu Gunma v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

Gifu v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Tokyo Verdy

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

Vissel Kobe v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Avispa Fukuoka

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

Giravanz Kitakyushu v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Montedio Yamagata

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Thespakusatsu Gunma

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

Kataller Toyama v V-Varen Nagasaki

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
				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: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Top Scorers

Place	Position	Nationality	Name	J. League Division 2	Emperor's Cup	Total
1	FW		Kōichi Satō	4	0	4
	FW		Shoma Mizunaga	4	0	4
3	DF		Ryota Takasugi	2	0	2
	MF		Sai Kanakubo	2	0	2
	MF		Kohei Yamada	2	0	2
6	MF		Daisuke Kanzaki	1	0	1
	MF		Kenta Furube	1	0	1
	FW		Yusei Ogasawara	1	0	1
	MF		Shuto Kono	1	0	1
	MF		Yudai Inoue	1	0	1
			TOTALS	19	0	19

Disciplinary record

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

See also

• 2013 in Japanese football
• List of V-Varen Nagasaki seasons

References

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