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Bi Fāren Nagasaki is a Japanese professional football club based in Nagasaki, Capital of Nagasaki Prefecture. They currently play in J2 League, the Japanese second tier professional in football league.
V-Varen Nagasaki, since 2006, had been contending for the Kyūshū Soccer League championship and thus a place in the Japan Football League, but they only won it in November 2008, as second place in the Regional League promotion series.
In January 2009, they applied for J. League Associate Membership and their application was accepted at the J. League board meeting in February. In 2012, they won the Japan Football League title and thus promotion to the J. League Division 2. Five years later they won promotion to the J1 League for the first time after finishing runners-up in the 2017 season.
The club gained promotion into the J. League Division 2 in 2012 for the first time in their history after finishing as the champions in the 2012 Japan Football League and hired Nagasaki native Takuya Takagi to coach the club for the 2013 season.
On 11 November 2017, the club clinched promotion to the J1 League for the first time in their history after a 3–1 home win over Kamatamare Sanuki.
V-Varen Nagasaki unveiled a new club logo ahead of the 2025 season.
V-Varen Nagasaki previously used the Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki as its home stadium until the end of September 2024.
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Notice of Coach Yusuke Murakami's retirement.
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J. League: 2013 –
In preparation for the club's first season in the J. League Division 2 the club hired local-born Takuya Takagi as their coach for the season. On 3 March 2013 V-Varen Nagasaki played in their first ever J. League Division 2 match against Fagiano Okayama at the Kanko Stadium in Okayama in which the club drew the match 1–1 with Kōichi 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 the Nagasaki Athletic Stadium against former J. League champions Gamba Osaka in which V-Varen Nagasaki lost 3–1 in front of a huge crowd of 18,153.
Financial troubles
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.
Club name
The "V" in the club's name comes from the Portuguese word vitória (meaning 'victory') as well as the Dutch word vrede (meaning 'peace'), while varen is the Dutch verb meaning 'to sail', relating to Nagasaki's heritage as port of call of Portuguese and Dutch traders during the Sakoku period in the Tokugawa shogunate (see Dejima).
Stadium
Their stadium, the Peace 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, beating Oita Trinita 4-1. SoftBank signed a partnership with V-Varen for 4 years.
League and cup record
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated 2008 Did not qualify 2009 2010 2nd round 2011 2nd round 2012 2nd round 2013 2nd round 2014 Round of 16 2015 2nd round 2016 2017 2nd round 2018 2019 2020 † Did not qualify 2021 † 4th round 2022 2023 2nd round 2024 Round of 16 2025 20|| TBA ||38 || || || || || || || || ||2nd round|TBD
Honours
+V-Varen Nagasaki honours
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Current squad
Out on loan
Coaching staff
2025 Official club staff.
Takuya Takagi Ryotaro Tanaka Akira Ito
Naoyuki SaitoTakanori Miyoshi Yukimura Yoshizawa Daiki Makino Keita Kikuchi Jefferson Youei Tonaki
Tetsuya OzawaTakeshi Mochizuki Akira Migitaka
Yujiro Sakae
Hiroaki ShibataTakashi Yonetani Toshiya Wada Keita Kusunoki
Managerial history
31 January 2008
13 June 2009
30 June 2009
31 January 2010
31 January 2013
31 January 2019
31 January 2021
3 May 2021
6 May 2021
12 June 2022
30 June 2022
31 December 2023
17 June 2025
present
Kit evolution
Home kits - 1st Away kits - 2nd Alternative kits - 3rd
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