Total | Home | Away | |
---|---|---|---|
Matches played | 36 | 18 | 18 |
Wins | 22 | 12 | 10 |
Draws | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Losses | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Goals for | 72 | 43 | 29 |
Goals against | 25 | 14 | 11 |
Clean sheets | 15 | 5 | 10 |
Failed to score | 8 | 3 | 5 |
Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza (日テレ・東京ヴェルディベレーザ, Nittere Tōkyō Verudi Berēza) is a women's professional football team that plays in Japan's WE League. It is based in the Kita, Itabashi, Inagi, Hino, Tama, and Tachikawa wards of Tokyo.
They have won 52 major Asian and national titles, the most of any team in the WE League. They have produced many players for the women's national team, youth national team and other teams in Japan and abroad.
The club was founded as the women's team of Yomiuri SC (currently Tokyo Verdy) by Yomiuri Shimbun in 1981 and named Yomiuri SC Ladies Beleza. Its team name, "Beleza", is Portuguese for "beauty". It was a founding member of the Nadeshiko League (the Japan Women's Football League) in 1989 and is the only Japanese women's club to have never been relegated. In 1999, the club was transferred to Nippon TV and the club name was changed to NTV Beleza. In 2000, the team name was changed to Nippon TV Beleza. In September 2009, Nippon TV withdrew from management. However, the club signed a new contract for naming rights with Nippon TV, and since 2020 its name has been Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza. The team joined the WE League for the 2021-2022 season as a founding member.