J-league is back !

But Mighty Verdy have lost at Komazawa vs Ehime FC, 1-2.

DF Yukio Tsuchiya on the score for the greens, after 2 goals by the Tangerines...

More details to come & highlights.

Win or loose, GO VERDY !!

Roasso 1-0 VERDY

Opening rainy day in Kumamoto, as Verdy falls to Roasso 1-0, on a Shingo Nejime (ex-Verdy) goal.

Here are some highlights:



Lineup: Shibasaki-Fukuda, Tomisawa, Tschuiya, Takahashi, Fukatsu-Iio, Kawano, Kikuoka-Hiramoto, Ichikawa.
Subs in: Kobayashi, Maranha & Inoue.

Next game on sunday: Mito Hollyhock at Ajinomoto.

UP THE GREEN MACHINE !!

J2 Round 1 !!

Mighty Verdy will open the 2011 J2 season in Roasso Kumamoto, KK Wing Stadium.
Hope for a good start, 3 points, and some good stuff by the Boys in Green. Interesting to see the 2 FW Hiramoto and Maranhao together !

In my crystal ball: ROASSO 2-3 VERDY (Hiramoto, Maranhao*2)

Around the league, we will keep an eye on our rival: FC Tokyo will take on Tosu tomorrow at Ajinomoto. C'mon u Sagan !!

Forever Green.

2011 SQUAD

GK,
#1 DOI
#26 SHIBASAKI
#34 ARAI

DF,
#17 TSUCHIYA
#14 TOMISAWA
#18 MORI
#2 FUKUDA
#3 YOSHIDA
#23 TAKAHASHI

MF,
#5 SAEKI
#6 SUGAWARA
#8 Y. TAKAGI
#10 KIKUOKA
#15 KIM
#19 ABE
#22 WADA
#21 Y. KOBAYASHI

FW,
#25 HIRAMOTO
#11 MARANHAO
#16 IIO
#7 KAWANO
#13 INOUE
#9 HIRASHIGE
#27 ICHIKAWA

First game on sunday, at KK Wing Stadium, Roasso.

C'mon U VERDY! Green Power.

2010 in review

J2 Results 2010 !
VERDY 1-2 Roasso Kumamoto
Giravanz Kitakyushu 1-0 VERDY
VERDY 0-2 Kashiwa Reysol
VERDY 1-1 Avispa Fukuoka
Ehime FC 1-0 VERDY
FC Gifu 0-1 VERDY
VERDY 1-2 Ventforet Kofu
Mito Hollyhock 0-4 VERDY
VERDY 1-1 Sagan Tosu
Consadole Sapporo 0-0 VERDY
VERDY 2-0 Thespa Kusatsu
Fagiano Okayama 0-1 VERDY
Jef Utd Chiba 2-1 VERDY
VERDY 1-1 Yokohama FC
Oita Trinita 1-1 VERDY
VERDY 1-0 Kataller Toyama
--------WORLD CUP--------
Tochigi SC 0-1 VERDY
VERDY 1-1 Tokushima Vortis
Ventforet Kofu 0-1 VERDY
Kashiwa Reysol 0-1 VERDY
VERDY 2-1 Consadole Sapporo
Roasso Kumamoto 3-2 VERDY
VERDY 2-0 FC Gifu
Yokohama FC 3-2 VERDY
VERDY 0-0 Tochigi SC
Tokushima Vortis 2-3 VERDY
VERDY 4-0 Giravanz Kitakyushu
Thespa Kusatsu 1-0 VERDY
VERDY 1-0 Fagiano Okayama
Sagan Tosu 0-1 VERDY
VERDY 0-1 Oita Trinita
Kataller Toyama 2-3 VERDY
VERDY 1-2 Jef Utd Chiba
Avispa Fukuoka 3-2 VERDY
VERDY 1-0 Ehime FC
VERDY 3-1 Mito Hollyhock

Goal Scorers !
#25 Kazuki HIRAMOTO 10
#7 Hiroki KAWANO 4
#16 Kazunori IIO 5
#24 T. TAKAGI 6
#10 T. KIKUOKA 3
#8 Kosei SHIBASAKI 3
#5 Naoya SAEKI 1
#14 Seitaro TOMISAWA 2
#17 Yukio TSUCHIYA 2
#19 Takuma ABE 3
# Shuto MINAMI 1
# Shohei TAKAHASHI 1
# Y. TAKAGI 5
#2 Kensuke FUKUDA 1

WE'LL NEVER DIE ! SAVED !

Cash-strapped former Japanese champions Tokyo Verdy have been thrown a lifeline after signing a sponsorship deal with a sports store chain.

Verdy's five-year deal with Xebio paves the way for the club to continue their business operations in 2011 subject to approval by the J-League.

Verdy, J-League champions in 1993 and 1994, are currently fifth in the second division and pushing for promotion back to the top flight.

The J-League told Reuters on Wednesday that Verdy could receive formal approval after a special board meeting on Oct. 29.

"The board will have to approve Verdy's promotion if they finish inside the top three," the J-League told Reuters. "They will have to meet the J-League's conditions."

Last year Nippon Television Network Corp., which held a 98.8 percent stake in the club, withdrew their financial backing.

"There was no time to wait for a 'white knight' to appear," Verdy President Hideyuki Hanyu told Japan's Nikkan Sports. "After talks with Xebio several companies decided to invest."

The J-League had ordered Verdy to secure sponsorship revenue of at least 540 million yen ($6.62 million) but they failed to do so. Hanyu, however, has outlined an increased budget of 800 million yen.

"If things go to plan we hope to be able to announce a new administration by mid-November," said Hanyu.

Japanese sport has been hit hard by the global financial crisis, which has seen the world's largest carmaker Toyota and Japan's number two manufacturer Honda quit Formula One.

Subaru, Suzuki and Kawasaki have also pulled out of motorsport, while local soccer, rugby and ice hockey have all felt the economic pinch.

FANTASTIC NEWS !

VERDY 4-0 Kitakyushyu

Easy win for the buzzards.
Yoshiuki Takagi, T. Takagi *2 and DF Tsuchiya on the score!

Check out this free kick, enough said:



SAVE OUR VERDY !!!