End of season...

VERDY ended this long season at the 7th spot of the J2.
Not a good season for the Greens.

7 VERDY, 51 games-74 pts (21-11-19), 68/61 +7.

Vegalta Sendai, Shonan Bellmare & Cerezo Osaka are promoted in the J1 next season.

Oita Trinita, JEF Utd Chiba & Kashiwa Reysol are relegated to the J2.

Giravanz Kitakyushyu will be in the J2 next year (promoted from the JFL).

So, it will be 19 teams in that division in 2010. Round robin, 36 games per team.

GO VERDY, DASH 2K10 !

Financially Troubled ? No way !

Tokyo Verdy have survived the danger of being forced out of the J League after meeting sponsorship revenue requirements for next season.

Good news for Mighty Verdy, former J League Giants.

VERDY, your legend will never die... NEVER !

On the pitch, only 3 games remaining til the end of this boring J2 season.

VERDY, ALWAYS, FOREVER !

VERDY 2-0 Mito

Good win today at Ajinomoto for Tokyo Verdy, 2-0 over Mito Hollyhock.
Kazu Iio and Yukio Tsuchiya on the score for the Greens.

First game & first win for our new Verdy Manager.

UP VERDY !

So long...

Tokyo Verdy 0-1 Ventforet Kofu
FC Gifu 1-1 Tokyo Verdy (Leandro, 6th goal)

44/51 games...

So Long...

Bad end of season...

TOKYO VERDY 2-1 Thespa (2 goals by Kazuki Hiramoto)
Yokohama FC 2-0 TOKYO VERDY
TOKYO VERDY 2-4 Cerezo (Kawano & Tsuchiya)
Tosu 2-1 TOKYO VERDY (Kosei Shibasaki)

9 games remaining until the end (51 games).

Up & Down...

1 win & 1 loss,

Tokyo Verdy 0-2 Vegalta Sendai
Tokushima Vortis 0-1 Tokyo Verdy
(21st goal by striker Masashi OGURO)

We are still in mid table of the J2.

UP VERDY UPPPPPPP !

Ehime FC 3-1 TOKYO VERDY

Another loss in Orange County.
Takizawa on the score for the Greens.

Next game: Vegalta Sendai.

GO VERDY !

Tokyo Verdy 0-1 Kataller Toyama

... Sad loss at home for the Buzzards. The promotion is far away, but we still believe !

No One Likes Us !

3 results !

Fagiano Okayama 3-2 TOKYO VERDY (Hiroki Kawano, and an own goal for us)

TOKYO VERDY 1-2 Consadole Sapporo (First goal by Genki Nagasato)

Sagan Tosu 0-0 TOKYO VERDY

UP THE GREENS !

Tokyo Verdy 3-0 FC Gifu

Fantastic win today at Ajinomoto, another victory in the rain !

3 goals: Masashi OGURO, Kosei SHIBASAKI & LEANDRO on the score for the Greens.

Yokohama FC 3-1 VERDY

Huge loss for the Buzzards at Yokohama... 3 goals in the 1st half...

Masashi OGURO have scored his 19th goal.

Next step is FC Gifu.

We Love U Verdy !

Tokyo Verdy 1-2 Kofu

Bad loss for us, a 1-2 defeat by Ventforet, on a late goal (89th minute...)

Masashi OGURO scores another goal, his 18th of the season (Top J2 Scorer)

Here are the standings:

1 Bellmare & Cerezo 60 points
3 Vegalta 57
4 Ventforet 56
5 VERDY 49

Next game in an away trip to Yokohama FC.

GO GREEN BUZZARDS !

Tochigi 0-3 TOKYO VERDY

6 IN A ROW !

Another victory for the Mighty Green Buzzards, with a 3-0 away win at Tochigi.
2 goals by Masashi OGURO, and another one from Kazuki HIRAMOTO !

UP TOKYO VERDY, UP !!!

TOKYO VERDY 4-0 Tokushima

5 wins in a row for the Green Buzzards !

Oguro *2, Hiramoto & Kawano.

UP UP UP MIGHTY TOKYO VERDY !!!

Roasso Kumamoto 0-2 TOKYO VERDY

At Kumamoto, Super Verdy grabs 3 points, with a 2-0 score !

First goal by Kazuki Hiramoto, and a PK by Leandro (4th of the year).

In the standings:

1 Bellmare 57
2 Cerezo 56
3 Vegalta 51
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4 Ventforet 49
5 VERDY 43
...

We can still believe of one of the 3 spots !

UP VERDY UP

Tokyo VERDY 2-0 Ehime FC

Another win for Tokyo Verdy !
A 2-0 win over Ehime at Ajinomoto.
First goal by Shohei Takahashi (17 years old) & Leandro.

Standings, after 25 games:

1 Shonan Bellmare 54 points
2 Cerezo Osaka 53
3 Vegalta Sendai 50
4 Ventforet Kofu 49
5 TOKYO VERDY 40
...

Next game on Wednesday at Roasso Kumamoto !

GO VERDY GOOOOOOOOO !!!

Avispa Fukuoka 1-2 TOKYO VERDY

Great win for the Buzzards in Fukuoka, Hakatanomori Stadium today !

Leandro & Masahi OGURO (pk) on the score for us.

UP UP UP UP UP VERDY ! DASH !!!

TOKYO VERDY 2-1 Shonan Bellmare

Great win today at the National Stadium !
A 2-1 win over the J2 leader Shonan Bellmare !
Kosei Shibasaki and top scorer Masashi Oguro have scored for us.
In the standings and after 23 games, we are on the 7th spot.

GO VERDY GO !!!

Vegalta Sendai 2-2 TOKYO VERDY

Good result for the Buzzards today at Sendai, with a solid draw 2-2.

Kosei Shibasaki and Yukio Tsuchiya on the score for the Greens.

VERDY 0-0 Mito Hollyhock

A scoreless draw at National Stadium today.

We are still in the mid-table of the J2.

Next step is Sendai to face Vegalta !

GO VERDY GO !

Article

Excellent article du site de la FIFA sur l'histoire de VERDY.
Nice article about Verdy's history on the FIFA website.

http://fr.fifa.com/classicfootball/news/newsid=1046553.html

Toyama 0-3 VERDY

Easy win for the Buzzards in Toyama today, with a 3-0 score.
First goal for midfielder Takizawa. Oguro & Hayashi have scored too, as usual !

UP Verdy UP !

Cerezo vs VERDY 2-2

Good result for the Mighty Greens in Nagai Stadium, Osaka.

Goals scored by Masashi Oguro, his 10th of the season !
MF Kosei Shibasaki scores a great goal too, his third of the year.

Anyway, after 19 games Tokyo Verdy is 8th in the standings.
(7W-5D-7L)- 20/22.

Up Verdy UP !!!

Next game is next sunday, an away trip to Toyama to face Kataller.

Predictions !

Here are my predictions for the J2 season 2009:

1 Cerezo Osaka 2 Consadole Sapporo 3 TOKYO VERDY
4 Vegalta Sendai 5Shonan Bellmare 6Ventforet Kofu
7 Avispa Fukuoka 8 Yokohama FC 9 Sagan Tosu
10 Mito Hollyhock 11 FC Gifu 12 Ehime FC
13 Roasso Kumamoto 14 Thespa Kusatsu 15 Tochigi SC
16 Fagiano Okayama 17 Tokushima Vortis 18 Kataller Toyama

2 Days remaining until the first kick off ...

2009 Schedule

The season kick off on march 7th, with an away game at Tokushima Vortis.
Next, 2 games at Ajinomoto, vs Cerezo Osaka and vs newcomer from JFL Kataller Toyama.

51 games until december 5th.

GO VERDY GO !

2009 Squad !

Here are the numbers:

1 Yoichi Doi
2 Kensuke Fukuda
4 Masaki Iida
5 Takahiro Kawamura *
6 Tomo Sugawara
7 Hiroki Kawano
8 Kosei Shibasaki
9 Masashi Oguro
10 Leandro Lessa Azevedo
11 Leonardo Augusto Vieira Moreira *
13 Taira Inoue
14 Seitaro Tomisawa
15 Kunihiko Takizawa *
16 Kazunori Iio
17 Yukio Tsuchiya
18 Genki Nagasato *
19 Yuzo Funakoshi
20 Kazuya Iwakura *
21 Yoshinari Takagi
22 Toshihiro Hattori
23 Masato Fujita *
24 Masahiro Nasukawa *
25 Kazuki Hiramoto
26 Takahiro Shibasaki
27 Ryohei Hayashi *
28 Kento Tsurumaki *
29 Takuya Wada *
30 Yu Tomidokoro*
31 Jumpei Shinmura
34 Tomoyuki Suzuki

Relegation... again...

Bad end of season for the Mighty Green Buzzards with an heartbreaking loss 0-2 against Kawasaki Frontale.
Damn !
Another relegation, after just one season in J1.

Hope 2009 will be better ! Do it like in 2007 !