# 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.

## 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.

## Current squad

Updated to 23 August 2023.
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 | Kanto Soccer League (Div. 2) | 6 | 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 | Kanto Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 6th | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -8 | 17 |
| 2012 | Kanto Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 3rd | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 29 |
| 2013 | Kanto Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 2nd | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 38 |
| 2014 | Kanto Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 6th | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| 2015 | Kanto Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 6th | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 23 | -3 | 20 |
| 2016 | Kanto Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 4th | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 28 |
| 2017 | Kanto Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 5th | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 27 |
| 2018 | Kanto Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 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 | Tochigi Prefectural League | 7 | 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 | Kanto Soccer League (Div. 2) | 6 | 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