Oita Trinita
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| Full name | Oita Trinita | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Trinita (トリニータ, Torinīta) Azzurro (Azūro) Camenaccio (カメナチオ, Kamenachio) | ||
| Founded | 1994 | ||
| Ground | Showa Denko Dome Oita Ōita | ||
| Capacity | 31,997 | ||
| Chairman | Toru Enoki | ||
| Manager | Tomohiro Katanosaka | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2020 | J1 League, 11th of 18 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Ōita Trinita (大分トリニータ, Ōita Torinīta) is a Japanese football club currently playing in J1 League, having been promoted in 2018 after a five-year absence from Japan's top flight. The club's home town is Ōita city, but the club draws support from Beppu, Saiki, and the entire Ōita Prefecture.
The club's name, Trinita, is the Italian translation of the word trinity (trinità), which was the club's original name before being changed in 1999, and Ōita, the club's home town.[1] The combined word expresses the will of the local citizens, companies, and government to support the team. Another connection to the Italian culture can be found in the city nickname Azzurro ("light blue" in English).
The club's home ground is Ōita Bank Dome, also known as the "Big Eye", which was one of the venues built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The club practices at the adjacent football and rugby field, and Ōita City Public Ground.
History[]
The club was formed as Ōita Trinity in 1994 and advanced through the Ōita Prefectural League and the Kyushu League before finishing as the runner-up of the 1996 National League, resulting in promotion to the JFL. In 1999, the club changed its name to Trinita due to copyright infringement concerns. The same year, the club joined J.League Division 2, the second-highest flight in Japanese football (renamed to its current name of J2 League in 2015), and placed third. The club also placed third in 2000, and despite being in contention for promotion until the final game of the season in 2001, finished sixth. The following year, the club won J.League Division 2 and finally earned promotion to the top-flight Division 1. In 2008, the club won the J.League Cup, the first major title won by a Kyūshū club since Yawata Steel SC shared the 1964 Emperor's Cup.[2]
In 2009, the club suffered their worst-ever results in their seven-year history in the top flight, including 14 straight losses in league matches, which is the current worst record in the J.League since the golden goal system was eliminated. The club even fired cup-winning manager Pericles Chamusca in mid-July.[3] On October 25, the club's relegation was confirmed after being held to a 1–1 draw by ten-man Kyoto Sanga F.C., although the club would have faced relegation anyway as they had outstanding loans from the JFL's emergency fund and league rules prohibit clubs with such loans from participating in the top flight.[4]
During the 2012 J.League Division 2 season, Oita Trinita finished in sixth place, qualifying for the promotion playoffs in the first year of its introduction in Japan's second flight as the club had also paid back all its emergency loans that October. Despite being the lowest seed, Oita Trinita defeated Kyoto Sanga F.C. 4–0 in the semi-final and JEF United Ichihara Chiba 1–0 in the final, earning promotion to 2013 J.League Division 1, returning to the top flight after a 5-year absence[5] This time, however, their top flight stay lasted only one season. In 2015 they were further relegated to J3 League after losing in the promotion playoffs to Machida Zelvia on December 6,[6] becoming the first major trophy winner to be relegated to the third tier. The club immediately gained promotion back to J2 League by winning the J3 League title in 2016.
Record as J.League member[]
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| Season | Div. | Teams | Pos. | Attendance/G | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup |
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| 1999 | J2 | 10 | 3rd | 3,886 | 2nd round | 3rd round |
| 2000 | 11 | 3rd | 4,818 | 1st round | 3rd round | |
| 2001 | 12 | 6th | 6,638 | 2nd round | 3rd round | |
| 2002 | 12 | 1st | 12,349 | – | 4th round | |
| 2003 | J1 | 16 | 14th | 21,373 | Group stage | 3rd round |
| 2004 | 16 | 13th | 21,889 | Group stage | 5th round | |
| 2005 | 18 | 11th | 22,080 | Group stage | 5th round | |
| 2006 | 18 | 8th | 20,350 | Group stage | 5th round | |
| 2007 | 18 | 14th | 19,759 | Group stage | 5th round | |
| 2008 | 18 | 4th | 20,322 | Winners | 4th round | |
| 2009 | 18 | 17th | 18,428 | Group stage | 3rd round | |
| 2010 | J2 | 19 | 15th | 10,463 | – | 3rd round |
| 2011 | 20 | 12th | 8,779 | – | 2nd round | |
| 2012 | 22 | 6th | 9,721 | – | 2nd round | |
| 2013 | J1 | 18 | 18th | 11,915 | Group stage | Quarter finals |
| 2014 | J2 | 22 | 7th | 8,422 | – | 3rd round |
| 2015 | 22 | 21st | 7,533 | – | 3rd round | |
| 2016 | J3 | 16 | 1st | 7,771 | – | 3rd round |
| 2017 | J2 | 22 | 9th | 8,063 | – | 3rd round |
| 2018 | 22 | 2nd | 8,907 | – | 2nd round | |
| 2019 | J1 | 18 | 9th | 15,347 | Group stage | Quarter finals |
| 2020 † | 18 | 11th | 5,147 | Group stage | Did not qualify | |
| 2021 | 18 | - |
- Key
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
- † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
- Source: J.League Data Site
Honours[]
- Kyushu Soccer League
- Champions: 1995
- J2 League
- J3 League
- Champions: 2016
- J.League Cup
- Winners: 2008
- Suruga Bank Championship
- Runners-up : 2009
Coaching staff[]
The Coaching Staff for the 2021 J1 League season;
| Position | Staff |
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| First-team Manager |  Tomohiro Katanosaka
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Players[]
Current squad[]
- As of 19 August 2021[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan[]
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Club captains[]
Cui Daewoo (1999)- Tomohiro Katanosaka (2000)
- Tetsuro Uki (2002–2003)
Sandro (2004)- Takayuki Yoshida (2005)
- Takashi Miki (2006–2007)
- Daiki Takamatsu (2008–2010)
- Masashi Miyazawa (2011–2013)
- Kazumichi Takagi (2014)
- Daniel (2015)
- Satoru Yamagishi (2016–2017)
- Akira Takeuchi (January – August 2018)
- Kenji Baba (August – December 2018)
- Yoshinori Suzuki (2019–2020)
- Shun Takagi (2021–present)
Managers[]
Moon Jung-sik 1994–1996- Park Kyung-wha 1997
- Yasunori Haga 1997
- Chico Formiga 1998
- Nobuhiro Ishizaki 1999–2001
- Shinji Kobayashi 2001–2003
Han Berger 2004- Hwangbo Kwan 2005, 2010
- Arie Schans 2003
- Péricles Chamusca 2005–2009
Ranko Popović 2009- Kazuaki Tasaka 2011–2015
- Nobuaki Yanagida 2015
- Tomohiro Katanosaka 2016–
References[]
- ^ "クラブ・選手名鑑 大分トリニータ" [Club · Player's Directory Oita Trinita] (in Japanese). J.League. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "J.League News No.40" (PDF). J.League. November 24, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Andrew Mckirdy (July 9, 2009). "Indecision over Chamusca can only worsen Oita's plight". Japan Times. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "A yellow card for J.League". Japan Times. December 12, 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Andrew Mckirdy (November 24, 2012). "Trinita slip past JEF United to earn promotion to first division". Japan Times. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Machida promoted to J2". J. League. December 8, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ^ "選手・スタッフ一覧". 大分トリニータ公式サイト (in Japanese). 9 November 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
External links[]
- Official Website (in Japanese)
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