is a football club based in Hachinohe, a city in the southeastern part of

Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the eas ...

in Japan. They currently play in the

J3 League or simply J3 is the third division of . It was established in 2013 as the third-tier professional association football league in Japan. The third-tier nationwide league is a relatively recent development in Japanese football with a first attempt ...

. The name Vanraure comes from the combination of two Italian words: ''derivante'', meaning "origin"; and ''australe'', meaning "southern". It thus refers to the origin of the club in the southern area of Hachinohe, in the former village of Nangō.

History

The club was founded in 2006 as a merger of two football clubs; Hachinohe Industry SC (八戸工業サッカークラブ) and Nango FC (南郷FC) and joined Tōhoku League Division 2 North. Since 2008 the club's aim was to become a professional club and join J.League. In 2011, because of Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the two blocks of Tōhoku Division 2 temporarily merge into a single group, with no promotion, and Vanraure won the merged Division 2 title for the first time. In 2012 they were back to Division 2 North and they were only able to finish in second place to Ganju Iwate but won the promotion playoff against

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, who were also promoted because Fukushima United gained promotion to JFL. With the introduction of

for 2014, the club applied for

J. League Associate Membership J.League 100 Year Plan club status, is a status given to Japanese non-league football clubs. The applicant must have an intention to become a professional club and to join the professional league, J.League, that governs the top three levels of the ...

in June 2013 and got the approval in September 2013. But because of the stadium not met the requirements yet, their J3 license has been postponed until next evaluation in 2014 and only can get promotion to J3 until 2015. Because of vacancies left by some clubs that made up the J3 League, JFL had to select other clubs besides the 2013 Regional League promotion series winners who have submitted an application. Vanraure was selected as one of four clubs by application to get promotion and competed in JFL for the first time in 2014. In July 2015, Vanraure won the Apertura Championship but lost to Clausura champion Sony Sendai FC on penalties in the two-leg championship stage after a tie on aggregate. After a couple of attempts, Vanraure finally got promoted to

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; they achieved 3rd place behind Honda FC and FC Osaka, a sufficient result to unlock a professional spot for 2019.

League & cup record

;Key

Honours

Japan Football League The also known as simply the JFL is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, positioned beneath the three divisions of the J.League. The league features fully professional teams that hold J.League associate membership a ...

** Apertura Champions (1) : 2015 ** Runners-up (1): 2015 * Tōhoku League Division 1 ** Runners-up (1): 2013 * Tōhoku League Division 2 North ** Runners-up (2): 2010, 2012 * Tōhoku League Division 2 ** Winners (1): 2011

Current squad

As of ''28 April 2022''.

Club officials

''Of the 2022 season''

Managerial history

Kit evolution

References

External links

Official Site (Japanese)
{{Japanese Club Football, group=clubs Football clubs in Japan J.League clubs Sports teams in Aomori Prefecture Japan Football League clubs Hachinohe Association football clubs established in 2006 2006 establishments in Japan