2024 Ventforet Kofu season

The 2024 season is Ventforet Kofu's 59th season in existence and their 7th consecutive season in J2 League. In addition to the domestic league, they also took part in the Emperor's Cup, the J.League Cup and AFC Champions League.

Ventforet Kofu

2024 season
Manager	Yoshiyuki Shinoda (until 1 July) Shinji Otsuka
Stadium	JIT Recycle Ink Stadium
J2 League	16th
Emperor's Cup	Round of 16
J.League Cup	Prime round Quarter-finals
AFC Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Adaílton Peter Utaka (8 each) All: Peter Utaka (11)
Biggest win	Tokushima Vortis 1–5 Ventforet Kofu

Squad

As of 19 April 2024.

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
3	DF	KOR	Taiga Son
4	DF	JPN	Hideomi Yamamoto
5	DF	JPN	Yuta Imazu (vice-captain)
6	MF	JPN	Iwana Kobayashi (vice-captain)
7	MF	JPN	Sho Araki (vice-captain)
8	MF	JPN	Kosuke Taketomi
9	FW	JPN	Kazushi Mitsuhira
10	MF	JPN	Yoshiki Torikai
11	FW	COL	Fabián González
13	FW	JPN	Yukito Murakami
14	MF	JPN	Riku Nakayama
15	FW	JPN	Riku Iijima
16	MF	JPN	Koya Hayashida
18	MF	JPN	Naoto Misawa
19	FW	JPN	Jumma Miyazaki
21	MF	BRA	Renato Augusto

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	JPN	Masahiro Sekiguchi (captain)
24	DF	JPN	Takahiro Iida (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)
26	MF	JPN	Kazuhiro Sato
28	FW	JPN	Hayata Mizuno
29	DF	JPN	Kaito Kamiya
30	FW	JPN	Kotatsu Kumakura DSP
31	GK	JPN	Kakeru Miyashita Type 2
32	GK	KOR	Koh Bong-jo (on loan from Sagan Tosu)
33	GK	JPN	Kodai Yamauchi
34	MF	JPN	Takuto Kimura (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
35	DF	JPN	Taiju Ichinose DSP
40	DF	BRA	Eduardo Mancha
41	MF	JPN	Miki Inoue
44	FW	JPN	Yamato Naito
51	MF	BRA	Adaílton
88	GK	JPN	Tsubasa Shibuya
99	FW	NGA	Peter Utaka

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	JPN	Hikaru Endo (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	JPN	Riku Nozawa (at FC Gifu)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J2 League	25 February 2024	10 November 2024	Matchday 1		24	6	8	10	34	36	−2	025.00
Emperor's Cup	12 June 2024				2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
J.League Cup	4 September 2024				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
AFC Champions League	15 February 2024	21 February 2024	Round of 16	Round of 16	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	000.00
Total					28	8	8	12	39	42	−3	028.57

Last updated: 14 July 2024
Source: Competitions

J2 League

Main article: 2024 J2 League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
14	Mito HollyHock	37	11	11	15	38	48	−10	44
15	Oita Trinita	37	10	13	14	32	45	−13	43
16	Ventforet Kofu	37	11	9	17	51	56	−5	42
17	Ehime FC	37	10	10	17	39	64	−25	40
18	Tochigi SC (R)	37	7	12	18	33	57	−24	33	Relegation to 2025 J3 League

Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2024. 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.
(R) Relegated

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
24	6	8	10	34	36	−2	26	1	4	7	15	21	−6	5	4	3	19	15	+4

Last updated: July 2024.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	D
Position

Updated to match(es) played on July 2024. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The fixtures were released on 23 January 2024.

Tokushima Vortis v Ventforet Kofu

25 February 2024 1	Tokushima Vortis	1–5	Ventforet Kofu	Naruto
19:00 UTC+9				Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium

Mito HollyHock v Ventforet Kofu

2 March 2024 2	Mito HollyHock	1–2	Ventforet Kofu	Mito
19:00 UTC+9				Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito

Fagiano Okayama v Ventforet Kofu

19 May 2024 16	Fagiano Okayama	2–0	Ventforet Kofu	Okayama
19:00 UTC+9	Iwabuchi 11' Lucão 82'			Stadium: City Light Stadium

Ventforet Kofu v Yokohama FC

25 May 2024 17	Ventforet Kofu	1–2	Yokohama FC	Kōfu
19:00 UTC+9				Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium

Fujieda MYFC v Ventforet Kofu

1 June 2024 18	Fujieda MYFC	2–1	Ventforet Kofu	Fujieda
19:00 UTC+9				Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium

Ventforet Kofu v Vegalta Sendai

8 June 2024 19	Ventforet Kofu	1–1	Vegalta Sendai	Kōfu
19:00 UTC+9				Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium

Iwaki FC v Ventforet Kofu

16 June 2024 20	Iwaki FC	1–1	Ventforet Kofu	Iwaki
19:00 UTC+9				Stadium: Hawaiians Stadium Iwaki

Ventforet Kofu v Ehime FC

22 June 2024 21	Ventforet Kofu	1–2	Ehime FC	Kōfu
19:00 UTC+9				Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium

Oita Trinita v Ventforet Kofu

29 June 2024 22	Oita Trinita	0–0	Ventforet Kofu	Ōita
19:00 UTC+9				Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita

Ventforet Kofu v Tokushima Vortis

6 July 2024 23	Ventforet Kofu	1–3	Tokushima Vortis	Kōfu
19:00 UTC+9				Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium

Ventforet Kofu v V-Varen Nagasaki

14 July 2024 24	Ventforet Kofu	2–2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Kōfu
19:00 UTC+9	Akino 47' (o.g.) Utaka 58'		Kato 45+1' Sawada 90+9'	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium

Thespa Gunma v Ventforet Kofu

3 August 2024 25	Thespa Gunma	v	Ventforet Kofu	Maebashi
19:00 UTC+9				Stadium: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2024 Emperor's Cup

Ventforet Kofu v Honda FC

12 June 2024 Second round	Ventforet Kofu	2–0	Honda FC	Kōfu
19:00 UTC+9	Utaka 82', 90+1'			Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium

Cerezo Osaka v Ventforet Kofu

10 July 2024 Third round	Cerezo Osaka	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Ventforet Kofu	Kōfu
19:00 UTC+9	Watanabe 54'		Utaka 46' Torikai 112'	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Ventforet Kofu v Kashima Antlers

21 August 2024 Round of 16	Ventforet Kofu	v	Kashima Antlers	Kōfu
19:00 UTC+9				Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium

J.League Cup

Main article: 2024 J.League Cup