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| Full name | V-Varen Nagasaki | ||
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| Nickname | VVN | ||
| Founded | 2004; 21 years ago (2004) | ||
| Stadium | Peace Stadium Connected by SoftBank, Nagasaki,Nagasaki | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Owner | Japanet Holdings | ||
| Chairman | Hideki Iwashita | ||
| Manager | Takuya Takagi | ||
| League | J2 League | ||
| 2024 | J2 League, 3rd of 20 | ||
| Website | v-varen | ||
 Current season | |||
V-Varen Nagasaki (V・ファーレン長崎,Bi Fāren Nagasaki) is a Japanese professionalfootball club based inNagasaki, Capital ofNagasaki Prefecture. They currently play inJ2 League, the Japanese second tier professional in football league.
The club was established in 1985 asAriake SC until the club decided to merge with Kunimi FC in 2004. The merger led the club to adopt the new name V-Varen Nagasaki in 2005, which has been used ever since.
V-Varen Nagasaki, since 2006, had been contending for theKyūshū Soccer League championship and thus a place in theJapan Football League, but they only won it in November 2008, as second place in theRegional League promotion series.
In January 2009, they applied forJ. League Associate Membership and their application was accepted at the J. League board meeting in February. In2012, they won theJapan Football League title and thus promotion to theJ. League Division 2.[1] Five years later they won promotion to theJ1 League for the first time after finishing runners-up in the2017 season.
In preparation for the club's first season in theJ. League Division 2 the club hired local-bornTakuya Takagi as their coach for the season.[1] On 3 March 2013 V-Varen Nagasaki played in their first ever J. League Division 2 match againstFagiano Okayama at theKanko Stadium inOkayama in which the club drew the match 1–1 withKōichi Satō scoring the first J. League Division 2 goal for V-Varen Nagasaki in the 25th minute. The club then played their first home match in the J. League Division 2 on 10 March 2013 at theNagasaki Athletic Stadium against formerJ. League championsGamba Osaka in which V-Varen Nagasaki lost 3–1 in front of a huge crowd of 18,153.
The club gained promotion into theJ. League Division 2 in 2012 for the first time in their history after finishing as the champions in the2012 Japan Football League and hired Nagasaki nativeTakuya Takagi to coach the club for the2013 season.[1]
On 11 November 2017, the club clinched promotion to theJ1 League for the first time in their history after a 3–1 home win overKamatamare Sanuki.[2]
After facing dire financial difficulties, on 8 March 2017 the club was purchased by Japanet Holdings, the parent company of Japanese television shopping giant Japanet Takata Co., Ltd., becoming a fully owned subsidiary. Japanet have invested significant sums into the club, securing promotion to the top tier of Japanese football and publishing plans to build a new football-specific stadium on the former site of Mitsubishi's Nagasaki shipbuilding operations, opening in 2023.[3]
The "V" in the club's name comes from the Portuguese wordvitória (meaning 'victory') as well as the Dutch wordvrede (meaning 'peace'), whilevaren is the Dutch verb meaning 'to sail', relating to Nagasaki's heritage as port of call of Portuguese and Dutch traders during theSakoku period in theTokugawa shogunate (seeDejima).[4]
V-Varen Nagasaki unveiled a new club logo ahead of the 2025 season.
Their stadium, thePeace Stadium Connected by SoftBank, started construction in downtown Nagasaki in June 2022, and was completed in September 2024. The club played the first competitive match in the new stadium on October 6, 2024, beatingOita Trinita 4-1.SoftBank signed a partnership[5] with V-Varen for 4 years.
V-Varen Nagasaki previously used theTranscosmos Stadium Nagasaki as its home stadium until the end of September 2024.
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | J League Cup | Emperor's Cup | ||||||||||||
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| Season | Div | Teams | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | ||
| 2008 | Kyushu | 18 | 2nd | 18 | 14 | 1(1) | 2 | 76 | 10 | 66 | 46 | Not eligible | Did not qualify | |
| 2009 | JFL | 18 | 11th | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 43 | -5 | 44 | 2,763 | 2nd round | |
| 2010 | 18 | 5th | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 38 | 12 | 53 | 2,525 | 2nd round | ||
| 2011 | 18 | 5th | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 44 | 17 | 56 | 1,513 | 2nd round | ||
| 2012 | 17 | 1st | 34 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 57 | 24 | 33 | 67 | 3,656 | 2nd round | ||
| 2013 | J2 | 22 | 6th | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 40 | 8 | 66 | 6,167 | 2nd round | |
| 2014 | 22 | 14th | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 45 | 42 | 3 | 52 | 4,839 | Round of 16 | ||
| 2015 | 22 | 6th | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 60 | 4,931 | 2nd round | ||
| 2016 | 22 | 15th | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 39 | 51 | -12 | 47 | 5,225 | 2nd round | ||
| 2017 | 22 | 2nd | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 59 | 41 | 18 | 80 | 5,941 | 2nd round | ||
| 2018 | J1 | 18 | 18th | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 59 | -20 | 30 | 11,225 | Group stage | 3rd round |
| 2019 | J2 | 22 | 12th | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 57 | 61 | -4 | 56 | 7,737 | Not eligible | Semi-final |
| 2020† | 22 | 3rd | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 66 | 39 | 27 | 80 | 3,714 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2021† | 22 | 4th | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 44 | 25 | 78 | 4,956 | 4th round | ||
| 2022 | 22 | 11th | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 54 | -4 | 56 | 5,061 | Round of 16 | ||
| 2023 | 22 | 7th | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 70 | 56 | 14 | 65 | 7,300 | 2nd round | ||
| 2024 | 20 | 3rd | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 74 | 39 | 36 | 75 | 9,814 | Playoff round | Round of 16 | |
| 2025 | 20 | TBA | 38 | 2nd round | TBD | |||||||||
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Football League | 1 | 2012 |
| Kyushu Soccer League | 1 | 2006 |
| Nagasaki Prefectural Football Championship Emperor's Cup Nagasaki Prefectural Qualifiers | 6 | 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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2025 Official club staff.[7]
Notice of Coach Yusuke Murakami's retirement.[8]
| Position | Staff name |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Takuya Takagi |
| Head coach | Ryotaro Tanaka |
| Coaches | Akira Ito Naoyuki Saito |
| Goalkeeper coach | Takanori Miyoshi |
| Analytic coach | Yukimura Yoshizawa |
| Chief physical coach | Daiki Makino |
| Physical coach | Keita Kikuchi |
| Interpreter | Jefferson Youei Tonaki Tetsuya Ozawa |
| Chief trainer | Takeshi Mochizuki |
| Trainers | Akira Migitaka Yujiro Sakae Hiroaki Shibata |
| Chief manager | Takashi Yonetani |
| General manager | Toshiya Wada |
| Kit man | Keita Kusunoki |
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Finish | ||
| Fumiaki Iwamoto | Japan | 1 February 2005 | 31 January 2008 |
| Yoshinori Higashikawa | Japan | 1 February 2008 | 13 June 2009 |
| Takeshi Okubo | Japan | 4 June 2009 | 30 June 2009 |
| Fumiaki Iwamoto | Japan | 1 July 2009 | 31 January 2010 |
| Tōru Sano | Japan | 1 February 2010 | 31 January 2013 |
| Takuya Takagi | Japan | 1 February 2013 | 31 January 2019 |
| Makoto Teguramori | Japan | 1 February 2019 | 31 January 2021 |
| Takayuki Yoshida | Japan | 1 February 2021 | 3 May 2021 |
| Kazuki Satō | Japan | 4 May 2021 | 6 May 2021 |
| Hiroshi Matsuda | Japan | 4 May 2021 | 12 June 2022 |
| Takeo Harada (caretaker) | Japan | 13 June 2022 | 30 June 2022 |
| Fábio Carille |  Brazil | 1 July 2022 | 31 December 2023 |
| Takahiro Shimotaira | Japan | 1 February 2024 | 17 June 2025[9] |
| Takuya Takagi | Japan | 22 June 2025 | present |
| Home kits - 1st | ||||
          2005 - 2006 |      2007 - 2008 |      2009 - 2010 |      2011 |      2012 |
     2013 |      2014 |     2015 |      2016 |    2017 |
     2018 |      2019 |      2020 |      2021 |      2022 |
    2023 |      2024 |      2025 - | ||
| Away kits - 2nd | ||||
     2005 - 2006 |      2007 - 2008 |      2009 - 2010 |      2011 |      2012 |
     2013 |      2014 - 2015 |      2016 |      2017 |      2018 |
     2019 |      2020 |      2021 |      2022 |    2023 |
     2024 |      2025 - | |||
| Alternative kits - 3rd | ||||
   2015 Peace Memorial |    2016 Peace Memorial |    2017 Peace Memorial |      2018 Peace Memorial |      2019 Peace Memorial |
     2021 Peace Memorial |     2022 Peace Memorial |      2023 Peace Memorial |      2024 Peace Prayer |      2024 Peace Stadium Opening Celebration |
