AC Nagano Parceiro

This article is about the men's football club based in Japan. For the women's team, see AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies.

AC Nagano Parceiro (AC長野パルセイロ, E Shī Nagano Paruseiro) is a Japanese football club based in Nagano, capital of Nagano Prefecture. They play in the J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football.

AC Nagano Parceiro
AC長野パルセイロ

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.parceiro.co.jp
Home colours Away colours

Name origin

The club name parceiro means "partner" in Portuguese.

History

The history of the club dates back to 1990 when a group of local high school graduates started a football club Nagano 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 for J2 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.

Rivalries

The main rival of the club is neighbouring Matsumoto Yamaga FC, the matches between them are called the "Shinshū derby".

League and cup record

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

Key

• Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
• Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
• ¹ Played only 33 games due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami preventing Sony Sendai FC from hosting home matches
• ² 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
• Source: J.League data site

Honours

AC Nagano Parceiro Honours

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

Current squad

As of 24 July 2025.^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Ken Tajiri 2 DF  JPN Shuichi Sakai (on loan from Kataller Toyama) 3 DF  JPN Kohei Tomita 4 DF  JPN Ei Gyotoku (on loan from Nagoya Grampus) 5 MF  JPN Yushi Hasegawa 6 DF  JPN Shun Kudo 7 DF  JPN Yuya Ono 8 MF  JPN Takashi Kondo 9 MF  JPN Ryoji Fujimori 10 MF  JPN Reo Yamanaka 11 FW  JPN Kohei Shin 13 MF  JPN Hirata Konishi 14 MF  JPN Naoki Sanda 15 MF  JPN Kakeru Higuchi 16 DF  JPN Koki Ishii 17 MF  JPN Kyoji Kutsuna 18 FW  JPN Kensei Ukita

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  JPN Keisuke Ito 20 FW  JPN Haru Kano 21 GK  JPN Sota Matsubara (on loan from JEF United Chiba) 22 MF  JPN Keisuke Yoshida 23 MF  KOR Lim Ji-hoon (on loan from Suwon Samsung Bluewings) 24 DF  JPN Kazuya Sunamori 25 MF  JPN Kosuke Tanaka 27 DF  JPN Yuta Suzuki 28 MF  JPN Kotaro Fujikawa 31 GK  JPN Kotaro Makino 33 MF  JPN Kazuya Ando 35 MF  KOR Lee Seung-won 46 MF  JPN Shuntaro Koga 47 MF  JPN Koken Kato 50 DF  JPN Shogo Shiori Type 2 77 MF  BRA Thales Paula (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)

Coaching staff

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

Kit evolution

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 -

Managerial history

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