Veertien MIE
ヴィアティン三重
Full nameVeertien MIE
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
StadiumToin Stadium
Yokkaichi Central Greenery Stadium
Capacity5,142
10,000
ChairmanDaisuke Gotō
ManagerYasuhiro Higuchi
LeagueJapan Football League
202310th of 15
WebsiteClub website

Veertien Mie (ヴィアティン三重, Viatin Mie) is a Japanese football club based between Kuwana and Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. They currently play in the Japan Football League, Japanese fourth tier of league football.

History

"Veertien" means "fourteen" in Dutch, after Johan Cruijff's playing number. As with V-Varen Nagasaki, their colours are orange with traces of blue.[1] Founded as Veertien FC in 2012 to bring a team from Mie Prefecture to professional football in Japan, Doru Isac was invited to overview the activities at the club. After using the name Veertien Kuwana for two seasons from 2013, they converted the identity from the 2015 season to Veertien Mie.[2]

Results came rapidly, since the club was able to clinch five promotions in a row, from the 3rd division of the Mie Prefectural League to the Japan Football League for the 2017 season. They also featured in one edition of the Emperor's Cup, reaching the 2nd round in 2014 and losing to Cerezo Osaka only after extra time.

League and cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League Emperor's
Cup
Shakaijin
Cup
Season League Tier Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G
2012 Mie Prefectural
League Division 3
8 - 2nd 10 6 2 2 32 13 19 20 Did not qualify Not eligible
Veertien Kuwana
2013 Mie Prefectural
League Division 2[3]
7 8 2nd 14 12 2 0 76 6 70 38 Did not qualify Not eligible
2014 Mie Prefectural
League Division 1[4]
8 1st 14 12 2 0 107 9 98 38 2nd round
Veertien Mie
2015 Tōkai Adult Soccer
League (Div. 2)
6 8 1st 14 12 1 1 61 8 53 37 Did not qualify 1st round
2016 Tōkai Adult Soccer
League (Div. 1)
5 8 3rd 14 9 3 2 43 18 25 30 3rd
2017 JFL 4 16 12th 30 7 8 15 35 46 -11 29 792 Not eligible
2018 11th 30 9 8 13 40 52 -12 35 849
2019 10th 30 10 9 11 38 34 4 39 1,040 3rd round
2020 6th 15 6 3 6 17 16 1 21 925 Not eligible
2021 17 11th 32 10 10 12 40 43 -3 40 605 Did not qualify
2022 16 7th 30 12 9 9 43 29 14 45 1,779
2023 15 10th 28 9 8 11 35 32 3 35 1,338 2nd round
2024 16 TBA 30 TBC
Key

Current squad

As of 17 August 2023.[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
1 GK Japan JPN Kenta Mori
2 DF Japan JPN Kenshiro Tanioku (captain)
3 DF Japan JPN Ryo Hozumi
4 DF Japan JPN Masafumi Terada
5 MF Japan JPN Tetsuya Kanno
7 MF Japan JPN Reiji Morinushi
8 MF Japan JPN Tomoya Sawa
9 FW Japan JPN Shogo Otake
10 FW Japan JPN Shota Tamura
11 DF Japan JPN Hayato Ueda
13 MF Japan JPN Kaito Anzai
15 FW North Korea PRK Ryang Hyon-ju
16 MF Japan JPN Takuto Hashimoto
17 DF Japan JPN Shun Nogaito
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Brazil BRA Efrain Rintaro (on loan from FC Osaka)
19 DF Japan JPN Shintaro Kodama
20 MF North Korea PRK Kim Song-sun
21 GK Japan JPN Shohei Nomura
22 FW Japan JPN Kenta Kawanaka
24 DF Japan JPN Naoki Ikeda
25 DF Japan JPN Noritaka Fujisawa
27 MF Japan JPN Hiromu Amemiya
28 FW Japan JPN Atsushi Yoshida
31 GK Japan JPN Kota Sanada (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
33 DF Japan JPN Taisei Ishii (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
35 MF Japan JPN Kensuke Terao
40 DF Japan JPN Kaito Suzuki

Coaching staff

As of the 2023 season

Position Staff
Manager Japan Yasuhiro Higuchi
Sports director & Assistant manager Japan Tomohiro Wanami
Goalkeeper coach Japan Kazuki Kishigami
Athletic trainer Japan Yasuke Abe
Trainer Japan Yoshiyuki Senga
Japan Yusuke Kuroda
Japan Hiroki Yamazaki
Competent Japan Shota Kiguchi

Managerial history

As of the February 2022

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Eishi Kaizu  Japan 1 February 2014 31 December 2019
Nobuhiro Ueno  Japan 1 February 2019 21 June 2021
Yoshihiko Yamamoto  Japan 22 June 2021 31 January 2022
Yasuhiro Higuchi  Japan 1 February 2022 Current

Kit evolution

FP 1st
2018
2019
2020
FP 2nd
2018
2019
2020

References

  1. ^ "ヴィアティン三重公式サイト◆三重県にJリーグを!!". www.veertien.jp. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ "チーム名称「ヴィアティン三重」へ変更のお知らせ" (Press release). Veertien Mie. 9 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Veertien 2013 Record". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Veertien 2014 Record". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. ^ "2023 PLAYER & STAFF". veertien.jp (in Japanese). Veertien Mie. Retrieved 9 March 2023.