Gainare Tottori (ガイナーレ鳥取, Gaināre Tottori) are a Japanese football club, based in Tottori, capital of Tottori Prefecture. They play in the J3 League, the Japanese third tier of professional football league. Their team colour is green.

Gainare Tottori
ガイナーレ鳥取
Full nameSC Gainare Tottori Football
Nickname(s)Gainare
Founded1983; 41 years ago (1983)
StadiumAxis Bird Stadium
Tottori, Tottori
Capacity16,033
ChairmanMasaki Tsukano
ManagerKentaro Hayashi
LeagueJ3 League
2023J3 League, 6th of 20
Websitehttps://www.gainare.co.jp/

Name origin

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Their team name Gainare derives from the Tottori dialect word gaina meaning "great" and Italian sperare meaning "to hope".

Their team mascot was a Japanese horror anime character Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro created by Shigeru Mizuki, a native of Sakaiminato, Tottori.

History

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The club was founded in 1983 as Tottori Teachers' Soccer Club (鳥取教員団サッカー部 Tottori Kyōin Dan Sakkā Bu). They opened their gate to players with other professions in 1989, renaming themselves S.C. Tottori. They adopted their current name in 2007.

They were promoted to the Japan Football League after finishing runners-up in the 2001 Regional League play-off. Nonprofit organisation Yamatsumi Sports Club operate the club.

After defeating Arte Takasaki 1–0 on October 3, 2010, in their home stadium, at last they could secure JFL top four after failed attempts on two previous seasons. The confirmation from J. League about their promotion to J2 came on November 29. They won the JFL title on October 24, 2010, with five games remaining.

On the 2013 J2–J3 promotion/relegation playoff, Gainare Tottori lost by 2–1 to Kamatamare Sanuki on aggregate score, and ended up relegated to the newly launched J3 League (from now on the 3rd tier of professional league football) ahead of the 2014 season. The club spent three seasons at the J2 League, and has not returned since their relegation. They are also one of the four teams to have competed in J3 League every year since its inception.

Stadiums

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They play their home games mainly at Axis Bird Stadium in Tottori City. Tottori Soccer Stadium is the only stadium in San'in region that meets the J. League requirements.

In recent years, they also play some games at Fuse Athletic Park Stadium in Tottori City, Matsue Athletics Stadium in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture and Hamayama Athletic Park Stadium in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture.

League and cup records

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J. League Cup Emperor's
Cup
Season Div. Tier Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G
SC Tottori
2006 JFL 3 18 11th 34 7 15 12 61 62 -1 36 1,146 Not eligible 2nd round
Gainare Tottori
2007 JFL 3 18 14th 34 10 9 15 42 51 -9 39 1,755 Not eligible 2nd round
2008 18 5th 34 17 6 11 57 37 20 57 3,215 1st round
2009 18 5th 34 16 8 10 65 37 28 56 3,419 2nd round
2010 18 1st 34 24 5 5 64 31 33 77 3,489 2nd round
2011 J2 2 20 19th 38 8 7 23 36 60 -24 31 3,692 3rd round
2012 22 20th 42 11 5 26 33 78 -45 38 3,133 3rd round
2013 22 22nd 42 5 16 21 38 74 -36 31 4,097 2nd round
2014 J3 3 12 4th 33 14 11 8 34 25 9 53 3,069 2nd round
2015 13 6th 36 14 8 14 47 41 6 50 1,932 2nd round
2016 16 15th 30 8 6 16 30 47 -17 30 1,898 2nd round
2017 17 17th 32 4 9 19 31 63 -32 21 1,559 1st round
2018 17 3rd 32 15 8 9 61 47 14 53 2,657 2nd round
2019 18 7th 34 14 8 12 49 59 -10 50 2,228 2nd round
2020 18 5th 34 17 6 11 47 37 10 57 703 Did not qualify
2021 15 12th 28 9 2 17 36 53 -17 29 1,186 2nd round
2022 18 12th 34 12 5 17 55 56 -1 41 1,745 1st round
2023 20 6th 38 14 14 10 57 52 5 56 2,131 1st round
2024 20 TBD 38 2nd round 1st round
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
  • 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site

Honours

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Gainare Tottori Honours
Honour No. Years
Japan Football League 1 2010
Chugoku Soccer League 1 2000

Current squad

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As of 9 August 2024.[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   JPN Kei Sakamoto
4 DF   JPN Seiya Nikaido
6 DF   JPN Hayato Nukui
7 FW   JPN Shunnosuke Matsuki
8 DF   JPN Keita Tanaka
9 FW   JPN Yuta Togashi
11 MF   JPN Atsuki Tojo
13 FW   JPN Ryusei Takao
14 MF   JPN Makoto Fukoin
15 MF   JPN Sota Higashide
16 MF   JPN Sota Maruyama
17 MF   JPN Hideatsu Ozawa
18 FW   JPN Shota Tanaka
19 FW   JPN Naoto Miki
20 MF   JPN Mio Tsuneyasu
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK   JPN Kaito Ioka
22 DF   JPN En Ushida
23 FW   JPN Shinnosuke Kinoshita (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)
26 MF   JPN Fumiya Takayanagi (on loan from Omiya Ardija)
27 MF   JPN Yuhei Nishida
29 DF   JPN Ryuto Koizumi
31 GK   JPN Ryota Koma
32 MF   JPN Taku Ikawa
33 MF   JPN Ariajasuru Hasegawa
34 MF   JPN Daichi Soga
35 FW   JPN Yuto Hasegawa Type 2
39 GK   JPN Riki Sakuraba
41 DF   JPN Kei Oshiro
42 MF   JPN Masaki Kaneura
55 DF   JPN Taiki Yoshii Type 2

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   JPN Hibiki Nagai (on loan at Okinawa SV)
DF   JPN Hibiki Nishio (on loan at Fukuyama City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   JPN Takumi Baba (on loan at FC Kariya)

Coaching staff

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Position Name
Manager   Kentaro Hayashi
Assistant manager   Hiromu Koyano
First-team coach   Daichi Niwa
Goalkeeper coach   Hiroki Abe
Technical coach   Shoma Kurata
Trainer   Kiyoshi Otani
  Sota Maeda
Competent   Atsumu Ugata
Side affairs   Takuma Kawada

Managerial history

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Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Yoji Mizuguchi   Japan February 1, 2007 August 15, 2007
Witthaya Laohakul   Thailand August 23, 2007 February 1, 2010
Takeo Matsuda   Japan February 1, 2010 January 31, 2012
Hideo Yoshizawa   Japan February 1, 2012 January 31, 2013
Norio Omura   Japan December 7, 2013 August 12, 2013
Koji Maeda   Japan August 12, 2013 January 31, 2014
Masanobu Matsunami   Japan February 1, 2014 January 31, 2016
Tetsuji Hashiratani   Japan February 1, 2016 January 31, 2017
Ryuzo Morioka   Japan February 1, 2017 June 4, 2018
Daisuke Sudo   Japan June 4, 2018 January 31, 2019
Riki Takagi   Japan February 1, 2019 May 4, 2021
Kim Jong-song   North Korea May 10, 2021 June 19, 2023
Kohei Masumoto (caretaker)   Japan June 20, 2023 November 24, 2023[2]
Kentaro Hayashi   Japan December 8, 2023[3] current

Kit evolution

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References

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  1. ^ "Top Team" (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  2. ^ "増本 浩平監督 契約満了のお知らせ". ガイナーレ鳥取 オフィシャルサイト. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ^ "林 健太郎氏 監督就任のお知らせ". ガイナーレ鳥取 オフィシャルサイト. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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