2023 Ventforet Kofu season

Ventforet Kofu
2023 season
Chairman	Kazuyuki Umino
Manager	Yoshiyuki Shinoda
Stadium	JIT Recycle Ink Stadium
J2 League	8th
Emperor's Cup	Second round
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Average home league attendance	7,664
Biggest win	Mito HollyHock 2–4 Ventforet Kofu
Biggest defeat	Ventforet Kofu 0–3 Vegalta Sendai
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022 2024 →
	All statistics correct as of 13 May 2023.

The 2023 season is Ventforet Kofu's 58th season in existence and the club's sixth consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Ventforet Kofu will participate in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup. The club will be making their debut in the AFC Champions League, having secured their place after winning the Emperor's Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 February 2023.^[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
4	DF	JPN	Hideomi Yamamoto (Captain)
5	DF	JPN	Sodai Hasukawa (on loan from FC Tokyo)
6	MF	JPN	Iwana Kobayashi
7	MF	JPN	Sho Araki
8	MF	JPN	Kosuke Taketomi
9	FW	JPN	Kazushi Mitsuhira
10	MF	JPN	Motoki Hasegawa
11	FW	JPN	Kohei Matsumoto
13	DF	JPN	Sota Miura
14	MF	JPN	Riku Nakayama
15	FW	JPN	Riku Iijima
16	MF	JPN	Koya Hayashida
17	MF	JPN	Manato Shinada (on loan from FC Tokyo)
18	MF	JPN	Yoshiki Torikai
19	FW	JPN	Jumma Miyazaki


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	JPN	Hikaru Endo
21	GK	JPN	Tsubasa Shibuya
22	DF	JPN	Riku Nozawa
23	DF	JPN	Masahiro Sekiguchi
24	MF	JPN	Nagi Matsumoto (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)
25	DF	JPN	Yuzuki Yamato
26	MF	JPN	Kazuhiro Sato
28	FW	JPN	Hayata Mizuno
29	DF	JPN	Kaito Kamiya (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
33	GK	JPN	Kodai Yamauchi
35	DF	JPN	Taiju Ichinose ^DSP
40	DF	BRA	Eduardo Mancha
41	MF	JPN	Kodai Dohi (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
44	FW	JPN	Yamato Naito
77	FW	BRA	Getulio (on loan from Tombense FC)
99	FW	NGA	Peter Utaka

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J2 League	19 February 2023	12 November 2023	Matchday 1	42	18	10	14	60	50	+10	042.86
Emperor's Cup	21 June 2023	2 August 2023	Second round	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	033.33
AFC Champions League	19 September 2023	21 February 2024	Group stage	8	3	2	3	12	13	−1	037.50
Total				53	22	13	18	75	68	+7	041.51

Last updated: 27 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

J2 League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
6	JEF United Chiba	42	19	10	13	61	53	+8	67	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
7	V-Varen Nagasaki	42	18	11	13	70	56	+14	65
8	Ventforet Kofu	42	18	10	14	60	50	+10	64
9	Oita Trinita	42	17	11	14	54	56	−2	62
10	Fagiano Okayama	42	13	19	10	49	49	0	58

Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.

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
18	10	2	6	24	19	+5	32	6	1	3	13	9	+4	4	1	3	11	10	+1

Last updated: 27 May 2023.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W
Position	18	16	17	11	6	5	4	6	7	7	4	6	5	6	8	7	4

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.^[2]

18 February 2023 1	Ventforet Kofu	1–2	Montedio Yamagata	Kōfu
13:09	Iijima 59' Taketomi 70' Yamamoto 76'	Report	Dellatorre 9' Tiago Alves 77' (pen.)	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 9,573 Referee: Hirokazu Otsubo

25 February 2023 2	Ventforet Kofu	1–1	Tokushima Vortis	Kōfu
12:00	Eduardo Mancha 45+1'	Report	Miyazaki 17' Nishino 49' Sugimoto 77' Cacá 84'	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 5,633 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

5 March 2023 3	Tokyo Verdy	0–0	Ventforet Kofu	Chōfu
14:03		Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 8,448 Referee: Reo Tanaka

11 March 2023 4	Ventforet Kofu	2–1	Fujieda MYFC	Kōfu
12:00	Taketomi 37' Hasegawa 71'	Report	Kubo 63' Arai 80' Sugita 90+3'	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 6,941 Referee: Keisuke Nobori

19 March 2023 5	Fagiano Okayama	2–3	Ventforet Kofu	Okayama
13:00	Yanagi 26' Wakasa 40' Sakuragawa 45'	Report	Shinada 3', 45+4' Inoue 32'	Stadium: City Light Stadium Referee: Tom Nield (England)

26 March 2023 6	Mito HollyHock	2–4	Ventforet Kofu	Mito
14:00	Ohara 32' Teranuma 77'	Report	Matsumoto 39' Mitsuhira 48' Utaka 49', 90+1'	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 2,475 Referee: Dai Matsumoto

1 April 2023 7	Ventforet Kofu	1–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kōfu
12:00	Shinada 57' Hasegawa 82'	Report		Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 11,643 Referee: Yuzo Sutani

8 April 2023 8	Ventforet Kofu	0–3	Vegalta Sendai	Kōfu
13:03		Report	Nakajima 25' Yamada 45+2' Goke 51'	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 6,804 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

12 April 2023 9	V-Varen Nagasaki	2–1	Ventforet Kofu	Isahaya
19:03	Kato 68' Masuyama 78' Edigar Junio 82' (pen.)	Report	Mitsuhira 19'	Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki Attendance: 3,815 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

16 April 2023 10	Ventforet Kofu	1–0	Tochigi SC	Kōfu
12:00	Utaka 78'	Report	Omori 52'	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 6,143 Referee: Toru Kakinuma

22 April 2023 11	Ventforet Kofu	1–0	Machida Zelvia	Kofu
14:00	Utaka 41' Sugai 57' Matsumoto 90+2'	Report	Takae 55'	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 6,494 Referee: Koji Takasaki

29 April 2023 12	Thespakusatsu Gunma	2–1	Ventforet Kofu	Maebashi
14:03	Nagakura 59' Okamoto 76'	Report	Araki 31' Mitsuhira 47' Kobayashi 74' Hayashida 87'	Stadium: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma Attendance: 4,371 Referee: Reo Tanaka

3 May 2023 13	Ventforet Kofu	1–0	Iwaki FC	Kōfu
13:00	Utaka 39'	Report	Endo 31' Kondo 90+7'	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 10,561 Referee: Tomokazu Sato

7 May 2023 14	Roasso Kumamoto	2–0	Ventforet Kofu	Kumamoto
13:00	Ishikawa 35', 87' Aihara 2' Tashiro 2'	Report	Kobayashi 53'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

13 May 2023 15	Ventforet Kofu	0–1	JEF United Chiba	Kofu
14:00	Taketomi 76'	Report	Tanaka 52' Nishikubo 68' Miki 29', 84'	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 5,184 Referee: Keisuke Nobori

17 May 2023 16	Blaublitz Akita	0–1	Ventforet Kofu	Akita
18:00				Stadium: Soyu Stadium

21 May 2023 17	Zweigen Kanazawa	0–1	Ventforet Kofu	Kanazawa
13:00				Stadium: Ishikawa Athletics Stadium

Emperor's Cup

7 June Second round	V-Varen Nagasaki	0–1	Ventforet Kofu	Isahaya
19:00 JST		Report Report	Edigar Junio 7' (o.g.)	Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki Attendance: 2,304 Referee: Toru Kakinuma

12 July Third round	Kashima Antlers	1–1 (a.e.t.) (10–11 p)	Ventforet Kofu	Kōfu
19:05	Kakita 62'	Report	Nozawa 51'	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 6,301 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
	Penalties
	Pituca Higuchi Doi Sekigawa Nakama Anzai Matsumura Ueda Shoji Oki Suzuki Pituca Higuchi		Sugai Getúlio Hasegawa Utaka Mancha Nozawa Shinada Hasukawa Matsumoto Kobayashi Shibuya Sugai Getúlio

AFC Champions League

References

^ "2022 Top Players" (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ FromOne co., Ltd. "【日程一覧】2023明治安田生命J2リーグ". サッカーキング.

External links

Official website

[1] "2022 Top Players" (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 April 2022.

[2] FromOne co., Ltd. "【日程一覧】2023明治安田生命J2リーグ". サッカーキング.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	10	2	6	24	19	+5	32	6	1	3	13	9	+4	4	1	3	11	10	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	10	2	6	24	19	+5	32	6	1	3	13	9	+4	4	1	3	11	10	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	10	2	6	24	19	+5	32	6	1	3	13	9	+4	4	1	3	11	10	+1