Montedio Yamagata

Montedio Yamagata
モンテディオ山形
Full name Montedio Yamagata
Nickname(s) Montedio
Founded 1984 (1984)
Ground ND Soft Stadium
Capacity 20,315
Chairman Takashi Takahashi
Manager Takashi Kiyama
League J2 League
2017 J2 League, 11th
Website Club website

Montedio Yamagata (モンテディオ山形, Montedio Yamagata) is a professional association football club based in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. The club plays in J2 League.

Montedio is a coined word combining the Italian word for "mountain" (Monte) and the word for "God" (Dio).

History

The club was founded in 1984 as NEC Yamagata Soccer Club.[1] It gained the promotion to the Japan Football League (former) in 1994. After renaming itself as Montedio Yamagata in 1996, it has been playing in J. League Division 2 since its inaugural 1999 season.[1]

On November 30, 2008, they were promoted to J. League Division 1 for the first time. They achieved their highest league placing of 13th in 2010. However, in 2011, two strong rental players from Kashima Antlers go back to their own team and this influences the team in a bad way to lead to be relegated back to J.League Division 2 at the end of 2011. On top of that, main reason for going back to Division 2 is because of many injured players in the middle of the season. At the end of the season, the manager, Shinji Kobayashi, stepped down even though many fans glorified his accomplishment for the past 4 years.

Yamagata returned to J1 after three seasons in J2 by winning the promotion playoff final. However, they were back to J2 after only one season.

Current squad

As of 30 January 2018.[2] 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 Tsuyoshi Kodama
2 Brazil DF Jairo Rodrigues
3 Japan DF Naoki Kuriyama
4 Japan DF Kai Miki
5 Japan DF Rikiya Motegi
6 Japan DF Takumi Yamada
7 Japan MF Ryosuke Matsuoka
8 Brazil MF Álvaro Rodrigues
9 Brazil FW Felipe Alves
10 Japan FW Yuji Senuma
11 Japan FW Toyofumi Sakano
14 Japan MF Takuya Honda
15 Japan DF Kenichi Kaga
16 Japan MF Seigo Kobayashi
17 Japan MF Shun Nakamura
No. Position Player
18 Japan MF Shuto Minami
19 Japan MF Ryota Matsumoto
20 Japan MF Kaito Anzai
21 Japan GK Masatoshi Kushibiki
22 Japan FW Shunta Nakamura
23 Japan DF Yuta Kumamoto
25 Japan MF Koya Yuruki
27 Japan FW Shuto Kitagawa
28 Japan GK Hayato Settsu
29 South Korea MF Koo Bon-hyeok
33 Japan DF Ryoma Nishimura
35 Japan DF Tatsuya Sakai
39 Japan FW Masato Nakayama
40 Japan GK Kotaro Iba

Record as J. League member

Season Division Pld Pts W L D Pos (Tms)
1999J23648151747 (10)
200040331127210 (11)
20014480271463 (12)
200244356211711 (12)
200344551519108 (12)
200444711911144 (12)
200544641612165 (12)
200648651717148 (13)
200748581520139 (13)
20084278231092 (15)
2009J134391015915 (18)
201034421114913 (18)
20113421562318 (18)
2012J2426116131310 (22)
2013425916111510 (22)
201442641810146 (22)
2015J134244121818 (18)
2016J2424711141714 (22)
2017J2425914171111 (22)

Managers

References

  1. 1 2 Ｊリーグ – モンテディオ山形 [J. League – Montedio Yamagata] (in Japanese). J. League. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "選手・スタッフ". J. League. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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