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| Full name | AC Nagano Parceiro | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Parceiro | ||
| Founded | 1990; 35 years ago (1990) | ||
| Ground | Nagano U Stadium,Nagano | ||
| Capacity | 15,515 | ||
| Chairman | Teizo Horie | ||
| Manager | Riki Takagi | ||
| League | J3 League | ||
| 2024 | J3 League, 18th of 20 | ||
| Website | www | ||
AC Nagano Parceiro (AC長野パルセイロ,E Shī Nagano Paruseiro) is a Japanesefootball club based inNagano, capital ofNagano Prefecture. They play in theJ3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football.
The club nameparceiro means "partner" inPortuguese.
The history of the club dates back to 1990 when a group of local high school graduates started a football clubNagano Elza SC. The team colours, orange and dark blue, represent Nagano Prefecture, and the team logo uses a lioness named Elza. In 2007, the club changed the name to AC Nagano Parceiro because the name "Elza" had already been trademarked. However, the club decided to keep the team colors and logo.
In 2011, the team's first season in the JFL, they finished in the second place, but the team was not qualified to forJ2 League.J. League Associate Membership status was not granted because the capacity of their stadium did not satisfy the league's requirement (minimum 10,000 seats).
In 2014, the team became the member of the newly founded J3 league, and later acquired the J. League Associate Membership in September as their stadium capacity met the required minimum number of seats.
The main rival of the club is neighbouringMatsumoto Yamaga FC, the matches between them are called the "Shinshū derby".
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Div. | Tier | Teams | Pos. | GP | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | ||
| 20111 | JFL | 3 | 18 | 2nd | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 63 | 2,281 | Not eligible | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | 17 | 2nd | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 34 | 23 | 58 | 2,810 | 3rd round | |||
| 2013 | 18 | 1st | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 61 | 25 | 36 | 72 | 2,339 | 4th round | |||
| 2014 | J3 | 12 | 2nd | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 23 | 35 | 69 | 3,595 | 2nd round | ||
| 2015 | 13 | 3rd | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 28 | 18 | 70 | 4,733 | 2nd round | |||
| 2016 | 16 | 3rd | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 52 | 5,018 | 3rd round | |||
| 2017 | 17 | 5th | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 50 | 4,256 | 4th round | |||
| 2018 | 17 | 10th | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 41 | 3,554 | 2nd round | |||
| 2019 | 18 | 9th | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 49 | 3,000 | 2nd round | |||
| 20202 | 18 | 3rd | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 26 | 19 | 59 | 2,449 | Did not qualify | |||
| 20212 | 15 | 9th | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 36 | 2,518 | 2nd round | |||
| 2022 | 18 | 8th | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 52 | 3,308 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2023 | 20 | 14th | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 52 | 60 | -8 | 50 | 3,528 | 2nd round | |||
| 2024 | 20 | 18th | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 44 | 57 | -13 | 37 | 4,158 | 3rd round | 2nd round | ||
| 2025 | 20 | TBD | 38 | 1st round | TBD | ||||||||||
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Hokushin'etsu Football League | 4 | 2002,2005,2008,2010 |
| Nagano Prefectural Football Championship Emperor's Cup Nagano Prefectural Qualifiers | 11 | 2004, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 |
| Shakaijin Cup | 1 | 2010 |
| Japan Football League | 1 | 2013 |
As of 4 March 2025.[1]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Riki Takagi |
| Assistant manager | Keiichiro Nuno |
| First-team coach | Hideki Ogawa |
| Goalkeeper coach | Junnosuke Schneider |
| Physical coach | Yukinori Motohashi |
| Technical coach | Go Kusunoki |
| Chief trainer | Taiki Hoshina Kotaro Taisha Takayuki Ando |
| Competent | Sena Miura |
| Side affairs | Nozomu Ueki |
| Home kit - 1st | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
          2007 - 2010 |      2011 - 2012 |      2013 |      2014 |      2015 |
     2016 |      2017 |      2018 |      2019 |      2020 |
     2021 |      2022 |    2023 |  2024 |     2025 - |
| Away kit - 2nd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
     2007 - 2010 |      2011 - 2012 |    2013 |      2014 |      2015 |
     2016 |      2017 |      2018 |      2019 |      2020 |
     2021 |      2022 |    2023 |      2024 |     2025 - |
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Finish | ||
| Takanori Kominato | Japan | 1 February 2000 | 31 January 2006 |
| Badú |  Brazil | 16 March 2006 | 31 December 2009 |
| Norihiro Satsukawa | Japan | 1 February 2010 | 31 January 2013 |
| Naohiko Minobe | Japan | 1 February 2013 | 6 August 2015 |
| Hajime Etō | Japan | 5 August 2015 | 31 December 2015 |
| Fumitake Miura | Japan | 1 February 2016 | 31 January 2017 |
| Tetsuya Asano | Japan | 1 January 2017 | 12 June 2018 |
| Yuji Sakakura | Japan | 13 June 2018 | 31 January 2019 |
| Yūji Yokoyama | Japan | 1 February 2019 | 28 October 2021 |
| Hideo Yoshizawa | Japan | 28 October 2021 | 31 January 2022 |
| Yūki Stalph | Japan Germany | 1 February 2022 | 27 August 2023 |
| Riki Takagi | Japan | 30 August 2023 | Current |
