Yokohama F. Marinos

Yokohama F. Marinos (横浜F・マリノス, Yokohama Efu Marinosu) is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.[1][2][3]

Yokohama F. Marinos
Full nameYokohama F·Marinos
Nickname(s)Marinos, Tricolor
Founded1972 (1972)
(as Nissan Motor Football Club)
GroundNissan Stadium
Capacity72,327
OwnerNissan (80%)
City Football Group (20%)
ChairmanRyōji Kurosawa
ManagerAnge Postecoglou
LeagueJ1 League
2020J1 League, 9th of 18
WebsiteClub website

Having won the J-League title four times and finishing second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team is based in Yokohama and was founded as the company team of Nissan Motor. The club was formed by the merger of Yokohama Marinos and Yokohama Flügels in 1999. The current name is intended to reflect both Marinos and Flügels. The team name Marinos means "sailors" in Spanish. Yokohama F. Marinos is the longest serving team in the top flight of Japanese football, having played at the top level since 1982, also making them, along with Kashima Antlers, one of only two teams to have competed in Japan's top flight of football every year since its inception.

History
Nissan F.C. Yokohama Marinos

In 1972, the team started as the Nissan Motor Football Club based in Yokohama, and were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1976. They took necessary steps like building a friendly relationship with local high schools and universities and starting junior teams for school kids to be a winning team. Under the first paid or professional team manager in Japan Shu Kamo, the team won championships in 1988 and 1989 as well as the JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup winning all three major tournaments in Japan at that time.

Graphical timeline of Yokohama football clubs

In 1991, it was one of the founding members of the J.League ("Original Ten"[lower-alpha 1]). In 1998, after losing one of their primary sponsors, it was announced that crosstown rivals Yokohama Flügels would merge with Marinos. Since then, an F was added to the name to represent the Flügels half of the club. Many Flügels fans rejected the merger, rather believing their club to have been dissolved into Marinos. As a result, they refused to follow F. Marinos and instead created Yokohama FC, F. Marinos' new crosstown rivals. In 2010, Shunsuke Nakamura made a comeback to Yokohama F. Marinos.

Since Naoki Matsuda left the team, F. Marinos' number 3 has been retired. Naoki Matsuda had participated 385 matches as a member of F. Marinos. On 2 August, in the year after he left the club, he collapsed during training due to a cardiac arrest after finishing a 15-minute warmup run. Doctors diagnosed his condition as "extremely severe". Two days later, he died at the age of 34. As a result, his ex-number, 3 has been a retired as an active number for this team. On 23 July 2013, Yokohama F. Marinos faced Manchester United in a 3–2 win for a friendly match.

Yokohama F. Marinos won the Emperor's Cup on New Years Day 2014, their first in twenty-one years. On 20 May 2014, it was announced that City Football Group, the holding company of Manchester City F.C., had invested in a minority share of Yokohama F. Marinos, creating a partnership with both the football club and car manufacturer Nissan.[4] The investment is designed to offer an integrated approach to football, marketing, media, commercial, training and medical care consistent with other City Football Group investments such as Manchester City F.C., Melbourne City FC and the New York City FC. City Football Group holds 19.95 percent of Yokohama F. Marinos' existing shares,[5] but through the establishment of a Japan-based subsidiary may seek to eventually own a controlling stake in the club.[6]

Kits and crests

Yokohama F. Marinos utilizes a three colour system composed of blue, white and red.

In 2012, Yokohama F. Marinos have unveiled a special edition 20th Anniversary jersey.[7]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit supplier Shirt sponsor Notes
1992–1996 Mizuno (J-League) and Adidas (Emperor's Cup)
Nissan
 Kodak
1997–2007 Adidas ANA
2008–2011 Nike
2012– Adidas SANEI ARCHITECTURE
MUGEN ESTATE
NISSHIN OILLIO

Slogans
YearSlogan
2009Enjoy・Growing・Victory
2010ACTIVE
2011ACTIVE 2011
2012All for Win
2013All for Win -Realize
2014All For Win -Fight it out!
2015Integral Goal - All for Win
2016Integral Goal - All for Win
2017Integral Goal - All for Win
2018Brave and Challenging
2019URBAN ELEGANCE TRICOLORE
2020Brave and Challenging BRAVE BLUE
2021Brave and Challenging

Stadiums
Mitsuzawa Stadium, one of the two home stadiums of the Yokohama F. Marinos
International Stadium Yokohama, one of the two home stadiums of the Yokohama F. Marinos

The team's home stadiums are Nissan Stadium, otherwise known as International Stadium Yokohama, and Mitsuzawa Stadium. The team trained at Marinos Town located in the area of Minato Mirai, but moved to Kozukue Field located next to the home ground in 2016.

Players

Current squad

As of 23 January 2021.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  JPN Yohei Takaoka
4 DF  JPN Shinnosuke Hatanaka
5 DF  THA Theerathon Bunmathan
6 MF  JPN Takahiro Ogihara
7 FW  BRA Élber
8 MF  JPN Takuya Kida (captain)
9 FW  BRA Léo Ceará
10 FW  BRA Marcos Júnior
13 DF  BRA Thiago Martins
14 MF  JPN Jun Amano
15 DF  JPN Makito Ito
16 DF  JPN Ryo Takano
18 MF  JPN Kota Mizunuma
19 DF  JPN Yuki Saneto
21 GK  JPN Yuji Kajikawa
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW  JPN Teruhito Nakagawa
24 DF  JPN Tomoki Iwata
25 DF  JPN Ryuta Koike
26 MF  JPN Kota Watanabe
27 DF  JPN Ken Matsubara
30 DF  JPN Shunsuke Hirai
31 GK  JPN Powell Obinna Obi
32 GK  JPN Tomoki Tagawa
33 DF  JPN Takuya Wada
34 GK  JPN Hirotsugu Nakabayashi
35 MF  JPN Ryonosuke Kabayama
37 MF  JPN Tokuto Minami
38 MF  JPN Daizen Maeda
45 FW  JPN Ado Onaiwu

The official club website lists the club mascot as player #0 and the supporters as player #12.

Out on loan

Retired number

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 Naoki Matsuda

Current staff
Position Name
Manager Ange Postecoglou
Head Coach John Hutchison
Coach Hideo Oshima
Coach Shaun Ontong
Physical Coach Damian Kovacevic
GK Coach Shigetatsu Matsunaga
GK Coach Tetsuya Enomoto

International players
Japan
AFC/OFC/CAF
CONMEBOL
UEFA
CONCACAF

Club captains

Uniforms

World Cup players

World Cup 1994

World Cup 1998

World Cup 2002

World Cup 2006

World Cup 2010

World Cup 2014

World Cup 2018

Record
Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G J.League Cup Emperor's Cup Asia
1992 – – – – Group Stage Champions CWC Champions
1993 J1 10 4 16,781 Group Stage Quarter-finals CWC Withdrew
1994 J1 12 6 19,801 Semi-finals Semi-finals – –
1995 J1 14 1 18,326 – Second Round – –
1996 J1 16 8 14,589 Group Stage Third Round CC Group Stage
1997 J1 17 3 9,211 Group Stage Fourth Round – –
1998 J1 18 4 19,165 Group Stage Third Round – –
1999 J1 16 4 20,095 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals – –
2000 J1 16 2 16,644 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals – –
2001 J1 16 13 20,595 Champions Third Round – –
2002 J1 16 2 24,108 Group Stage Fourth Round – –
2003 J1 16 1 24,957 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals – –
2004 J1 16 1 24,818 Quarter-finals Fifth Round CL Group Stage
2005 J1 18 9 25,713 Semi-finals Fifth Round CL Group Stage
2006 J1 18 9 23,663 Semi-finals Quarter-finals – –
2007 J1 18 7 24,039 Semi-finals Fifth Round – –
2008 J1 18 9 23,682 Quarter-finals Semi-finals – –
2009 J1 18 10 22,057 Semi-finals Fourth Round – –
2010 J1 18 8 25,684 Group Stage Fourth Round – –
2011 J1 18 5 21,038 Quarter-finals Semi-finals – –
2012 J1 18 4 22,946 Group Stage Semi-finals – –
2013 J1 18 2 27,496 Semi-finals Champions – –
2014 J1 18 7 23,088 Quarter-finals Third Round CL Group Stage
2015 J1 18 7 24,221 Group Stage Fourth Round – –
2016 J1 18 10 24,004 Semi-finals Semi-finals – –
2017 J1 18 5 24,180 Group Stage Runners-up – –
2018 J1 18 12 21,788 Runners-up 4th Round – –
2019 J1 18 1 27,010 Group Stage 4th Round – –
2020 J1 18 9 7,968 Semi-finals DNQ CL Round of 16


Honours

Yokohama Marinos / Yokohama F. Marinos

Domestic

Asia

Nissan Motor Football Club

Domestic

Asia

Awards

Yokohama Marinos / Yokohama F. Marinos

J.League MVP:

J.League Top Scorer :

J.League Rookie of the Year:

J.League Manager of the Year:

J.League awards Fair Play:

J.League Mensal MVP :

J.League Best XI:

Best XI AFC Champions League:

MVP J.League Cup:

New hero J.League Cup:

Managers
ManagerNat.Tenure
Hidehiko Shimizu Japan1993–94
Jorge Solari Argentina1995
Hiroshi Hayano Japan1995–96
Xabier Azkargorta SpainJuly 1, 1997 – June 30, 1998
Gert Engels GermanySept 1998 – Dec 98
Antonio de la Cruz Spain1999
Osvaldo Ardiles ArgentinaJan 1, 2000 – Dec 31, 2000
Yoshiaki Shimojo Japan2001
Sebastião Lazaroni Brazil2001–02
Yoshiaki Shimojo Japan2002
Takeshi Okada JapanJan 1, 2003 – Aug 24, 2006
Takashi Mizunuma JapanAug 25, 2006 – Dec 31, 2006
Hiroshi Hayano JapanJan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007
Takashi Kuwahara JapanJan 1, 2008 – July 17, 2008
Kokichi Kimura JapanJuly 18, 2008 – Dec 31, 2009
Kazushi Kimura JapanFeb 16, 2010 – Dec 31, 2011
Yasuhiro Higuchi JapanDec 30, 2011 – Dec 7, 2014
Erick Mombaerts FranceDec 16, 2014 – Jan 1, 2018
Ange Postecoglou AustraliaJan 1, 2018 –

In the Captain Tsubasa manga series, one character was player of Yokohama Marinos and is the midfielder Mamoru Izawa.

Notes
  1. The Original Ten of the J.League in 1992 were Kashima Antlers, Urawa Red Diamonds, JEF United Ichihara, Verdy Kawasaki, Yokohama Marinos, Yokohama Flügels, Shimizu S-Pulse, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Gamba Osaka and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

References
  1. "Sanfrecce players shoulder blame for Moriyasu's surprise resignation". The Japan Times. 9 July 2017.
  2. "Sanfrecce salvage point against in-form Marinos". The Japan Times. 8 July 2017.
  3. "Amano's timely strike leads Marinos past FC Tokyo". The Japan Times. 18 June 2017.
  4. "Manchester City reveals plan to invest in Yokohama F. Marinos". The Japan Times. AFP-JiJI. May 20, 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  5. "英マンチェスターＣ、横浜マリノスに19.95％出資". Nikkei. May 20, 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  6. Kano, Shintaro (December 31, 2014). "Soccer: Man City group to open Japan front, look to increase stake in Marinos". Kyodo News. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  7. 2012/13 KITS Yokohama F. Marinos adidas 20th Anniversary Jersey
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