Gainare Tottori

Gainare Tottori
ガイナーレ鳥取
Full name Gainare Tottori
Nickname(s) Gainare
Founded 1983 (1983)
Ground Torigin Bird Stadium
Tottori, Tottori
Capacity 16,033
Chairman Masaki Tsukano
Manager Daisuke Sudo
League J3 League
2017 17th
Website Club website

Gainare Tottori (ガイナーレ鳥取, Gaināre Tottori) are a Japanese football club, based in Yonago, Tottori. They play in the J3 League. Their team colour is green.

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

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

History

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.

GeGeGe no Kitaro crest

Stadiums

They play their home games mainly at Torigin Bird Stadium in Tottori City. Tottori Soccer Stadium is the only stadium in San'in region that meets the J. League requirements. As their home town is Yonago, the club tries to persuade the city council to upgrade Higashiyama Athletics Stadium to clear the requirements but the budget constraint of the city council means it is not likely to happen in the near future.

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.

Record as J. League member

Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Emperor's Cup
2011 J2 20 19[1] 3,692[2] 3rd Round
2012 J2 22 20[3] 3,133[4] 3rd Round
2013 J2 22 22[5] 4,097[6] 2nd Round
2014 J3 12 4 3,069 2nd Round
2015 J3 13 6 1,932 2nd Round
2016 J3 16 15 1,898 2nd Round
2017 J3 17 17 1,559 1st Round
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Current squad

As of 15 August, 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Japan GK Takashi Kitano
2 Japan DF Koki Ishii
3 Japan DF Yuki Uchiyama
4 Japan DF Kentaro Kai (on loan from FC Gifu)
6 Japan MF Hayato Ikegaya
7 Japan MF Masataka Kani
8 Brazil FW Fernandinho
9 Brazil FW Leonardo
10 Japan FW Junya Kato
11 Brazil MF Vitor Gabriel
13 Japan MF Masamichi Hayashi
15 Japan MF Yo Uematsu
16 Japan MF Yusuke Hoshino
17 Japan MF Ren Yamamoto
No. Position Player
18 Japan MF Takuto Haraguchi
19 Japan MF Tomomitsu Kobayashi
20 Japan MF Sho Matsumoto
21 Japan GK Ryota Inoue
22 Japan MF Jinyu Nasu
23 Japan MF Rikito Inoue
24 Japan DF Hiroki Okuda
25 Japan MF Daichi Soga
26 Japan MF Hiroto Sese
27 Japan FW Makito Hatanaka
31 Japan GK Ayumu Hosoda
33 Japan DF Yusuke Nishiyama
35 Japan MF Ren Sengoku (on loan from Tochigi SC)
41 Japan MF Naoya Uozato

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
Japan MF Taisei Isoe (to Matsue City FC)

Managers

References

  1. ↑ "League Table; 2011 J.LEAGUE Division 2". J. League. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Attendance; 2012 J.LEAGUE Division 2". J. League. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "League Table; 2012 J.LEAGUE Division 2". J. League. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Attendance; 2012 J.LEAGUE Division 2". J. League. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "League Table; 2013 J.LEAGUE Division 2". J. League. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Attendance; 2013 J.LEAGUE Division 2". J. League. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
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