# 2023 Ventforet Kofu season

The 2023 season was Ventforet Kofu's 58th season in existence and the club's sixth consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Ventforet Kofu participated in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup. The club make their debut in the AFC Champions League, having secured their place after winning the Emperor's Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 20 February 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 |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Kohei Kawata |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hidehiro Sugai |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Hideomi Yamamoto (Captain) |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Sodai Hasukawa (on loan from FC Tokyo) |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Iwana Kobayashi |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Sho Araki |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kosuke Taketomi |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Kazushi Mitsuhira |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Motoki Hasegawa |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kohei Matsumoto |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Sota Miura |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Riku Nakayama |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Riku Iijima |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Koya Hayashida |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Manato Shinada (on loan from FC Tokyo) |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Yoshiki Torikai |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Jumma Miyazaki |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Hikaru Endo |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Tsubasa Shibuya |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Riku Nozawa |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Masahiro Sekiguchi |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Nagi Matsumoto (on loan from Cerezo Osaka) |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Yuzuki Yamato |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Kazuhiro Sato |
| 28 | FW | JPN | Hayata Mizuno |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kaito Kamiya (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 33 | GK | JPN | Kodai Yamauchi |
| 35 | DF | JPN | Taiju Ichinose |
| 40 | DF | BRA | Eduardo Mancha |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Kodai Dohi (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 44 | FW | JPN | Yamato Naito |
| 77 | FW | BRA | Getulio (on loan from Tombense FC) |
| 99 | FW | NGA | Peter Utaka |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J2 League | 19 February 2023 | 12 November 2023 | Matchday 1 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 042.86 |
| Emperor's Cup | 21 June 2023 | 2 August 2023 | Second round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 033.33 |
| AFC Champions League | 19 September 2023 | 21 February 2024 | Group stage | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 75 | 68 | +7 | 041.51 |
Last updated: 27 May 2023 Source: Soccerway

### J2 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 6 | JEF United Chiba | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 67 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 7 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 65 | |
| 8 | Ventforet Kofu | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 64 | |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 62 | |
| 10 | Fagiano Okayama | 42 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 58 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2023. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 18 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.