Tokyo Verdy 1969 is a football team which plays in Division 2 of Japan’s J. League. Verdy’s home stadium is Ajinomoto Stadium, which it shares with F.C. Tokyo, although many home matches are played in other stadiums in Tokyo, including Tokyo National Stadium.
The club was formed in 1969 as the company club of Yomiuri Shimbun; based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, a suburb of Tokyo, Yomiuri FC played in the Japan Soccer League. When the JSL disbanded and reformed as the fully professional J. League in 1993, the team renamed itself Verdy Kawasaki.
Although the club officially dropped “Yomiuri” from the name and spun off from the company, it team remained under Yomiuri’s ownership until 1997, and is currently owned by Nippon Television Network, the broadcast arm of the Yomiuri Group.
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Publish Date: December 31, 1969
Meanwhile, on December 3rd, it was announced that Tokyo Verdy was seeking a management partner, similar to how CyberAgent (the team’s uniform sponsor) and NTV co-owned the team in ‘06 and ‘07. Though the final match of the year was …
Kawasaki Frontale (川崎フロンターレ): Tokyo Verdy v Kawasaki Frontale
Publish Date: December 31, 1969
It would be wrong to talk about “opening exchanges” because that would suggest Verdy had some influence on the game’s early stages. As it was, they spent most of the time looking on as their opponents tested the quality of their …
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Publish Date: December 31, 1969
[Special Report] Inside Tokyo Verdy’s Crisis - Part 1 of 3. In sports, rivals are simply indispensable. Beyond inspiring the fans to raise their voices even higher, the history between two rival teams can overshadow even the most …