Ventforet Kofu

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.

The 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.

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.

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 relegated again at the end of 2011. However, it returned after only one year's absence as champions of division two, Ventforet's first championship in its thirty-six year history. Ventforet remained in division one of the Japanese League until 2017.

• 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–

Key

• Pos. = Position in league; P = Games Played; W = Games won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goal Scored; A = Goals Conceded; GD = Goal Difference; Pts = Points gained
• † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
• Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
• Source: J.League Data Site

• J.League Division 2:

2012

• Shakaijin Cup:

1969

• Kantō Soccer League:

1969, 1970

As of 14 April 2022.[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Kohei Kawata 2 DF  JPN Hidehiro Sugai 3 DF  BRA Renato 4 DF  JPN Hideomi Yamamoto (Captain) 5 DF  JPN Niki Urakami 6 MF  JPN Hideyuki Nozawa 7 MF  JPN Sho Araki 8 MF  JPN Ryohei Arai 9 FW  JPN Kazushi Mitsuhira 10 FW  BRA Willian Lira 11 FW  BRA Bruno Paraíba (on loan from Figueirense FC) 13 DF  JPN Fumitaka Kitatani 14 MF  JPN Riku Nakayama 15 FW  JPN Riku Iijima 16 MF  JPN Koya Hayashida 18 MF  JPN Yoshiki Torikai

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  JPN Jumma Miyazaki 20 MF  JPN Nagi Matsumoto (on loan from Cerezo Osaka) 21 GK  JPN Yuto Koizumi 22 DF  JPN Riku Nozawa 23 DF  JPN Masahiro Sekiguchi 24 MF  JPN Riku Yamada 25 DF  JPN Yuzuki Yamato 26 MF  JPN Toshiki Ishikawa (on loan from Omiya Ardija) 27 MF  JPN Iwana Kobayashi 31 GK  JPN Kosuke Okanishi 33 GK  JPN Kodai Yamauchi 35 DF  JPN Sota Miura DSP 36 FW  JPN Hayata Mizuno DSP 41 MF  JPN Motoki Hasegawa 44 FW  JPN Yamato Naito

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