Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza (日テレ・東京ヴェルディベレーザ) 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.

History

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.

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Stadium

Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza play their home matches at Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka.

Youth teams

Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Menina is Beleza's football academy. Players such as Aya Miyama and Karina Maruyama have been on its roster. Tokyo Verdy Menina currently plays in the Kantō League Div. 1 (Division 3).

Other sports

Verdy is a multi-sport club and also fields teams in volleyball and triathlon. The Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza's men's football team is the Tokyo Verdy. The club plays in the J2 League, the second tier of football in the country. Founded as Yomiuri FC in 1969, Tokyo Verdy is one of the most decorated clubs in the J.League, with honours including 2 J.League titles, 5 Emperor's Cups, 6 JSL Cup / J.League Cups and an Asian Club Championship title, and the most successful team in Japanese football history with 25 titles. The club was an original member ("Original Ten") of the J.League in 1993.

Coaching staff

Managerial history

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Honours

Continental

Regional

Domestic

NTV Beleza has attained the domestic treble (winning the Nadeshiko League, League Cup, and Empress's Cup) thrice: 2007, 2018 and 2019.

Season-by-season records

Record in AFC Women's Club Championship/AFC Women's Champions League

All results list Tokyo Verdy Beleza's goal tally first.

Transition of team name