Vertfee Yaita

Vertfee Yaita (ヴェルフェ矢板, Verufe Yaita) is a Japanese football club from Yaita, Tochigi Prefecture. They set to play in the second division of Kantō Soccer League, part of Japanese Regional Leagues from 2025 after relegation from Division 1.

Vertfee Yaita
ヴェルフェ矢板

Full name	Vertfee Yaita
Nickname(s)	Vertfee
Founded	1978; 47 years ago (1978)
Stadium	Yaita City Sports Park Stadium Yaita, Tochigi
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Takayoshi Ohmori
Manager	Keisuke Minowa
League	Kantō Soccer League (Div. 2)
2024	Kanto Div. 1, 10th of 10 (relegated)
Website	vertfee.com
Home colours Away colours

History

The team was founded in 1978.

The club name "Vertfee" is a combination of two words which mean "green" (Vert) and "fairy" (fee) in French.^[1]

Current squad

Updated to 23 August 2023.^[2]

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 3 DF  JPN Takuya Uesawa 4 MF  JPN Ryusei Fujita 5 MF  JPN Yuto Kashibuchi 6 MF  JPN Naoki Akiya 7 MF  JPN Ren Akazawa 8 MF  JPN Naoto Tokoi 9 FW  JPN Shuto Kamimura 10 MF  JPN Taiga Kanzaki 11 MF  JPN Satoshi Seki 13 MF  JPN Ryosuke Watanabe 14 FW  JPN Brandon Goda 15 DF  JPN Toshiki Masubuchi 16 DF  JPN Wataru Tomioka 17 FW  JPN Taiga Utsumi

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  JPN Taisei Kimura 19 MF  JPN Shunki Muroi 20 DF  JPN Sora Hiraoka 21 GK  JPN Kohei Hoshi 22 DF  JPN Yusei Iwata 23 MF  JPN Tatsuya Murakami 24 MF  JPN Yuji Ono 25 DF  JPN Hayato Ikeda 27 MF  JPN Hideyuki Ochi 29 DF  JPN Yusho Ishikawa 30 MF  JPN Takuya Kokubo 33 DF  JPN Seiya Kato 34 GK  JPN Naoto Nagashima 36 MF  JPN Ryotaro Kawashima

Coaching staff

For the 2023 season.

Position	Name
Manager	Keisuke Minowa
Assistant manager	Nobuhisa Kobayashi
Goalkeeper coach	Seiji Shishido
Competent	Shun Kazama
Trainer	Tatsuya Igawa Chiaki Matsumoto Ayumu Endo Shinya Akiyama Sota Akutsu

League record

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

Season	League	Tier	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
2008	Kanto Soccer League (Div. 2)	6	3rd	14	8	1	5	26	15	11	25
2009			1st	14	12	1	1	37	15	22	37
2010	Kanto Soccer League (Div. 1)	5	4th	14	6	2	6	20	20	0	20
2011			6th	14	5	2	7	21	29	-8	17
2012			3rd	18	8	5	5	27	20	7	29
2013			2nd	18	11	5	2	32	17	15	38
2014			6th	18	6	7	5	25	24	1	25
2015			6th	18	5	5	8	26	23	-3	20
2016			4th	18	8	4	6	23	23	0	28
2017			5th	18	8	3	7	29	23	6	27
2018			9th	18	3	3	12	17	33	-16	12
2019	Kanto Soccer League (Div. 2)	6	8th	18	4	6	8	18	24	-6	18
2020	Tochigi Prefectural League	7	3rd	6	4	0	2	22	9	13	12
2021			1st	9	9	0	0	43	0	43	27
2022	Kanto Soccer League (Div. 2)	6	9th	18	3	7	8	16	23	-7	16
2023			2nd	18	12	1	5	30	24	6	37
2024	Kanto Soccer League (Div. 1)	5	10th	18	4	1	13	13	39	-26	13
2025	Kanto Soccer League (Div. 2)	6	TBD	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Key

• Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained