Ventforet Kofu
Japanese J2 League · Japan
- League
- Japanese J2 League
- Country
- Japan
- Founded
- 1965
- Stadium
- JIT Recycle Ink Stadium
- Capacity
- 17,000
- Website
- www.ventforet.jp
Upcoming matches on SportMetrics
About
Ventforet Kofu (ヴァンフォーレ甲府, Vanfōre Kōfu) is a Japanese football (soccer) club from Kōfu in Yamanashi Prefecture. The team competes in the J2 League. Its home ground is the Kose Sports Stadium. The word "Ventforet" is a compound formed from two French root words: "vent" (wind) and "forêt" (forest). The name alludes to the famous phrase Fū-rin-ka-zan (風林火山）that Takeda Shingen, a prominent Kōfu-based daimyō in the Sengoku period, emblazoned on his war banners. The phrase contains four similies: as swift as the wind; as silent as a forest; as fierce as fire; as immovable as a mountain.