Gainare Tottori

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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
ManagerKohei Masumoto (caretaker)
LeagueJ3 League
2023J3 League, 6th of 20
WebsiteClub website

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.

Name origin[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Stadiums[edit]

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[edit]

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
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[edit]

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

Current squad[edit]

As of 22 March 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 Japan JPN Kei Sakamoto
4 DF Japan JPN Seiya Nikaido
6 DF Japan JPN Hayato Nukui
7 FW Japan JPN Shinnosuke Matsuki
8 DF Japan JPN Keita Tanaka
9 FW Japan JPN Yuta Togashi
10 MF Japan JPN Hiroto Sese
11 MF Japan JPN Atsuki Tojo
13 FW Japan JPN Ryusei Takao
14 MF Japan JPN Makoto Fukoin
15 MF Japan JPN Sota Higashide
16 MF Japan JPN Sota Maruyama
17 MF Japan JPN Hideatsu Ozawa
18 FW Japan JPN Shota Tanaka
19 FW Japan JPN Naoto Miki
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Japan JPN Mio Tsuneyasu
21 GK Japan JPN Kaito Ioka
22 DF Japan JPN En Ushida
27 MF Japan JPN Yuhei Nishida
29 DF Japan JPN Ryuto Koizumi
31 GK Japan JPN Ryota Koma
32 MF Japan JPN Taku Ikawa
33 MF Japan JPN Ariajasuru Hasegawa
34 MF Japan JPN Daichi Soga
35 FW Japan JPN Yuto Hasegawa Type 2
39 GK Japan JPN Riki Sakuraba
41 DF Japan JPN Kei Oshiro
55 DF Japan JPN Taiki Yoshii Type 2
42 MF Japan JPN Masaki Kaneura

Out on loan[edit]

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

Coaching staff[edit]

For the 2023 season.[2]

Position Name
Manager Japan Kohei Masumoto
Assistant manager Japan Hiromu Koyano
First-team coach Japan Yasutaka Shimizu
Goalkeeper coach South Korea Kim Jong-dal
Trainer Japan Sota Maeda
Conditioning trainer Japan Hitoshi Kuboki
Competent Japan Atsumu Ugata
Side affairs Japan Hajime Iwasa
Japan Tatsuya Yamanaka

Managerial history[edit]

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 current

Kit evolution[edit]

Home kit - 1st
2007 - 2008
2009 - 2010
2011 - 2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -
Away kit - 2nd
2007 - 2008
2009 - 2010
2011 - 2012
2013
2014 - 2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 -

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Top Team" (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Coaching Staff 2023". www.gainare.co.jp/. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

External links[edit]