Verspah Oita

Japanese football club

Football club

Verspah Oita
ヴェルスパ大分Full name| Verspah Oita

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Founded| 2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Ground| Oita Sports Park
Capacity| 16,000
Chairman| Sanu Toru
Manager| Takashi Yamahashi[1]
League| Japan Football League
2023| 6th of 15
Website| http://verspah.jp/

Home colours

Away colours

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Verspah Oita (ヴェルスパ大分, Verusupa Ōita) is a Japanese football club based in the city of Ōita, capital of Ōita Prefecture. They currently play in the Japan Football League, the fourth tier of Japanese league football.[2] The 2023 season is their 12th consecutive season in the JFL.

## History

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The club was formed in 2003 as Hoyo FC. In 2005 they changed their name to Hoyo Atletico Elan, the name in which they competed for many years in the Kyushu Football League. The club is backed by the Hoyo Group, a digital camera and auto parts manufacturer based in nearby Kunisaki. In 2010 they changed their name to Hoyo Atletico Elan Oita. In 2011, they changed their name to Hoyo AC Elan Oita, won the Kyushu Soccer League and earned third place in the Regional League promotion series, which gave them qualification to compete in the JFL from 2012. Ahead of a league jump, they changed their name to Hoyo Oita on 2012.

In December 2013, the club tried to get closer ties to the community and therefore made another name change, this time to Verspah Oita (ヴェルスパ大分, Verusupa Ōita), for the 2014 season onwards, which the club have kept untouched ever since.[3]

In 2020, Verspah won their first Japan Football League title. The title campaign was fairly unusual, as issues regarding COVID-19 prevented the league to be held normally. The clubs were only able to play the first half of the planned matches, 15 out of 30. The league decided to abandon the season and give the title to the 1st-placed team at that time, which was Verspah Oita. As the club did not have a J3 license at the time, the club was unable to receive promotion to professional league football, despite being a J.League 100 Year Plan club status holders.

In 2021, with the league operating normally with all matches being played, Verspah ended the league season in the 3rd place, but, the same issue was brought up. The club still was not a J3 license holder, and then, could not get promoted to the J3. Their J3 license was issued and granted only in the following 2022 season, which the club finished in 8th place, eight points off the promotion zone.

### Team name

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The current team's name, "Verspah", was coined by combining the Portuguese word "vermelho", which means "red", and the English word "spa", which represents hot springs (after famously known Beppu Onsen), and the initial letter "H" of the former team name Hoyo Oita.

### Home Towns

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The main home towns are Beppu and Yufu. On 28 June 2022, at a J.League Board of Directors meeting,[4] they approved the addition of the Ōita city.

## Historical Logos

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used until 2012 | used 2012–2013

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Hoyo AC Elan Oita crest, used until 2012 | Hoyo Oita crest, used in 2012 and 2013

## League & cup record

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Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated

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League | Emperor's
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Season | Division | Tier | Pos. | P | W (PK) | D | L (PK) | F | A | GD | Pts | Att/G
Hoyo Atletico Elan
2007  | Oita Prefectural League
(Div. 1) | 5 | 2nd | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 48 | 25 |  | –
2008  | 3rd | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 11 | 33 | 22 |  | –
2009  | 1st | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 34 | 25 |  | –
Hoyo Atletico Elan Oita
2010 | Kyushu Soccer
League | 4 | 1st | 16 | 13 (2) | – | 1 (0) | 48 | 8 | 40 | 44 |  | 1st round
Hoyo AC Elan Oita
2011 | Kyushu Soccer
League | 4 | 1st | 18 | 15 (2) | – | 0 (1) | 55 | 11 | 44 | 49 |  | 1st round
Hoyo Oita
2012 | JFL | 3 | 15th | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 57 | -17 | 35 | 479 | 2nd round
2013 | 15th | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 45 | -13 | 32 | 333 | 2nd round
Verspah Oita
2014 | JFL | 4 | 7th | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 33 | 333 | 2nd round
2015 | 10th | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 47 | -7 | 37 | 488 | 2nd round
2016 | 13th | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 42 | -12 | 31 | 488 | –
2017 | 14th | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 46 | -19 | 27 | 407 | 2nd round
2018 | 9th | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 38 | -9 | 39 | 582 | 1st round
2019 | 7th | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 40 | 503 | 1st round
2020 † | 1st | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 32 | 306 | 4th round
2021 † | 3rd | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 24 | 22 | 62 | 386 | Round of 16
2022 | 8th | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 44 | -4 | 43 | 1,590 | 2nd round
2023 | 6th | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 40 | 834 | 3rd round
2024 | TBD | 30 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Did not qualify

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
* Att/G = Average home league attendance
* † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic

## Honours

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Verspah Oita Honours  Honour  | No.  | Years

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Oita Prefecture League 3rd Division  | 1  | 2005
Oita Prefecture League 2nd Division  | 1  | 2006
Oita Prefecture League 1st Division  | 1  | 2009
Kyushu League | 2  | 2010, 2011
Japan Football League | 1  | 2020

## Current squad

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As of 30 May 2024.[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  JPN | Takashi Himeno
2  | DF |  JPN | Takuma Hamasaki
3  | DF |  JPN | Konosuke Fukumiya
4  | DF |  JPN | Daigo Nishimura (vice-captain)
5  | MF |  JPN | Tatsumi Hineno
6  | DF |  JPN | Hikaru Ishigami
7  | MF |  JPN | Takumi Nakano
8  | MF |  JPN | Kenta Hori
9  | FW |  JPN | Yusuke Imamura
10  | MF |  JPN | Takaki Fukumitsu
11  | MF |  JPN | Keitaro Suzuki
14  | MF |  JPN | Kazuho Yamasaki
15  | DF |  JPN | Ryuya Ikeuchi
17  | MF |  JPN | Takumi Fujimoto
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18  | FW |  JPN | Makoto Nakamura
19  | MF |  JPN | Kai Shigeta
20  | GK |  JPN | Shun Sato
21  | MF |  JPN | Kanta Kokura
22  | MF |  JPN | Kosei Uryu
23  | DF |  JPN | Yu Miyamoto (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)
24  | FW |  JPN | Tsubasa Sasaki
25  | DF |  JPN | Soma Ito
26  | DF |  JPN | Tsubasa Ito
28  | MF |  JPN | Itsuki Ajima
29  | DF |  JPN | Shun Taketa
30  | DF |  JPN | Tsutomu Murata
31  | GK |  JPN | Jumpei Toyoda
40  | FW |  JPN | Takuto Nakai

## Club staff

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Position  | Staff

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Manager |  Takashi Yamahashi
Assistant manager |  Gen Nakamura
First-team coach |  Toyoki Hasegawa
Kazuya Sakamoto
Goalkeeper coach |  Masao Noda
Physical coach |  Shota Maki
Trainer |  Ryo Hanada
Kit man |  Ryota Sakamoto
Side affairs |  Chiharu Suzukawa

## Managerial history

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Manager | Nationality | Tenure

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Start | Finish
Haruo Yuki |  Japan | 1 January 1, 2012 | 31 December 2015
Tōru Sano |  Japan | 1 February 2016 | 31 January 2018
Shigemitsu Sudō |  Japan | 1 February 2018 | 31 January 2021
Takashi Yamahashi |  Japan | 1 February 2021 | Current

## References

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1. ^ "New Manager for 2021". verspah.jp. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
2. ^ "Japan - Verspah Oita - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
3. ^ "ニュース一覧 | HOYO大分". hoyo-oita.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12.
4. ^ "Addition of Oita City as Hometown". verspah.jp. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
5. ^ "選手紹介". verspah.jp. Retrieved August 2, 2022.

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