League champions Gamba Osaka in which V-Varen Nagasaki lost 3–1 in front of a huge crowd of 18,153.

[1] On 11 November 2017, the club clinched promotion to the J1 League for the first time in their history after a 3–1 home win over Kamatamare Sanuki.

Japanet have invested significant sums into the club, securing promotion to the top tier of Japanese football and publishing plans to build a new football-specific stadium on the former site of Mitsubishi's Nagasaki shipbuilding operations, opening in 2023.

The club played the first competitive match in the new stadium on October 6th, 2024. beating Oita Trinita 4-1.

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.