Gainare Tottori
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| Full name | SC Gainare Tottori Football | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Gainare | ||
| Founded | 1983 | ||
| Ground | Axis Bird Stadium Tottori, Tottori | ||
| Capacity | 16,033 | ||
| Chairman | Masaki Tsukano | ||
| Manager | Kim Jong-song | ||
| League | J3 League | ||
| 2020 | 5th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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SC 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 was 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.
Stadiums[]
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[]
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| Season | Div. | Tms. | Pos. | Attendance/G | Emperor's Cup |
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| 2011 | J2 | 20 | 19th | 3,692 | 3rd round |
| 2012 | 22 | 20th | 3,133 | 3rd round | |
| 2013 | 22 | 22nd | 4,097 | 2nd round | |
| 2014 | J3 | 12 | 4th | 3,069 | 2nd round |
| 2015 | 13 | 6th | 1,932 | 2nd round | |
| 2016 | 16 | 15th | 1,898 | 2nd round | |
| 2017 | 17 | 17th | 1,559 | 1st round | |
| 2018 | 17 | 3rd | 2,657 | 2nd round | |
| 2019 | 18 | 7th | 2,228 | 2nd round | |
| 2020 † | 18 | 5th | 703 | Did not qualify |
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average league attendance
- † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
- Source: J.League Data Site
Current squad[]
As of 20 August 2021. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers[]
| Manager | Tenure | |
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| Start | Finish | |
 Yoji Mizuguchi |
February 1 2007 | August 15 2007 |
 Witthaya Laohakul |
August 23 2007 | February 1 2010 |
| Takeo Matsuda |
February 1 2010 | January 31 2012 |
| Hideo Yoshizawa |
February 1 2012 | January 31 2013 |
| Norio Omura |
December 7 2013 | August 12 2013 |
| Koji Maeda |
August 12 2013 | January 31 2014 |
| Masanobu Matsunami |
February 1 2014 | January 31 2016 |
| Tetsuji Hashiratani |
February 1 2016 | January 31 2017 |
| Ryuzo Morioka |
February 12017 | June 4 2018 |
| Daisuke Sudo |
June 4 2018 | January 31 2019 |
| Riki Takagi |
February 1 2019 | May 4 2021 |
 Kim Jong-song |
May 10 2021 | Current Manager |
References[]
External links[]
- (Japanese) Official Website
- Gainare Tottori
- Football clubs in Japan
- Association football clubs established in 1983
- Sport in Tottori Prefecture
- J.League clubs
- 1983 establishments in Japan
- Japan Football League clubs