The Ventforet Kofu Chronicle
The terraces1 Sep 2031
The mood at Ventforet Kofu has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad1 Sep 2031
Iwana Kobayashi has been here 15 seasons
240 appearances across 15 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Player ratings1 Sep 2031
Nobody could get near Kotatsu Kumakura
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match30 Aug 2031
No end in sight to Ventforet Kofu's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ventforet Kofu has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad1 Sep 2031
Kai Shibato in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ventforet Kofu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match30 Aug 2031
3 matches without a goal for Ventforet Kofu
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Market1 Sep 2031
One of our own: Daichi Minamino joins the Ventforet Kofu first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daichi Minamino is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market1 Sep 2031
Akira Ito steps up from the Ventforet Kofu academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Akira Ito has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market1 Sep 2031
Ventforet Kofu promote Yuki Kawashima from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yuki Kawashima has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Shoya Ueda steps up from the Ventforet Kofu academy
- Transfer targets The window shuts on the Tsubasa Nishizawa deal
- Match A bad afternoon for Ventforet Kofu against Omiya Ardija