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Júbilo Iwata
ジュビロ磐田
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Full name Júbilo Iwata
Nickname(s) Júbilo
Founded 1970
Ground Yamaha Stadium,
Iwata, Shizuoka
Shizuoka Stadium
Fukuroi, Shizuoka
(Capacity: 16,893 &
51,349)
Chairman Yoshio Mabuchi
Manager Masaaki Yanagishita
League J. League
2008 J. League, 16th
Home colours
Away colours

Júbilo Iwata (ジュビロ磐田 Jubiro Iwata?) is a professional Japanese football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 (J1). The team name Júbilo means 'exultation' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium. For big fixtures such as the Shizuoka Derby with Shimizu S-Pulse and against some of the top teams in J1, Júbilo play at the much larger Ecopa Stadium in Fukuroi City, a venue built specifically for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals. They practice at Okubo Ground in Iwata and Iwata Sports Park Yumeria.

One of the most successful teams in the J. League, Júbilo have three times won the J. League title and three times finished as runners up. Júbilo hold the distinction of being Japan's most successful team in international club football, making three successive appearances in the Asian Club Cup final, being champions once and runners up twice.

Yamaha Motor is no longer the main club sponsor, but links between them and the club are still present and referred to.

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History

Origins and rise to the top

The team started out as the company team for Yamaha Motor Corporation in 1970. After making its way through the Shizuoka and Tōkai football leagues, it played in the Japan Soccer League until it reorganized as the J. League at the end of 1992.

Their first glory happened when they won both the Emperor's Cup and promotion as champions of the JSL Division 2 in 1982. They won their first Japanese league title in the 1987/88 season. Due to problems in the upcoming professionalization, Yamaha decided to relegate themselves and not be one of the J. League founder members.

They finished in 2nd place of the JFL 1st division, a division below the top flight, in 1993 and were promoted to the J1 league for 1994. The team welcomed Marius Johan Ooft as its manager, as well as the Brazilian national team captain Dunga and a number of foreign players to build a winning team. Dunga's football philosophy deeply influenced the club, initially as a player and currently as an advisor.

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Glory Years

In a seven year period between 1997 and 2003, the club won a number of titles relying on Japanese players instead of foreigners who may leave on a transfer during the middle of the season. Within this period Júbilo won the J. League title three times, finished second three more and won each of the domestic cup competitions once. In 1999 they were also crowned Champions of Asia after winning the first of three successive Asian Club Cup final appearances, the competition which has since been reformatted as the AFC Champions League.

One of the most fruitful periods in J. League history, Júbilo broke several records and created some new ones. Amongst these are the most goals scored in a season (107 in 1998); the fewest goals conceded in a season (26 in 2001); the biggest goal difference (plus 68 goals in 1998); and the largest win (9-1 against Cerezo Osaka in 1998. In 2002, the team won both stages of the championship, a first in J. League history, and the same year the team had a record seven players selected for the J. League Team of the Year. All of these records still stand today.

Today

Since their last cup triumph in the 2003 Emperor's Cup, the squad which took them to such heights began to age. Without similarly skilled replacements coming through the youth team or from outside, Júbilo's power started to fade, and in 2007 the club ended the season in a record worst position of 9th. Perhaps more concerning to Júbilo supporters is their eclipse in recent seasons by bitter local rivals Shimizu S-Pulse who, in ending the season above Júbilo every year since 2006, have become Shizuoka prefecture's premier performing team. In 2008 they finished 16th out of 18 - their lowest position in the 18-club table - but kept their J1 position by defeating Vegalta Sendai in the promotion/relegation playoff.

The team's inspirational leader and talisman is Masashi Nakayama who is affectionately called Taicho, lit. captain, and Gon.

Honours

Rivalries

Júbilo's closest professional rivals are S-Pulse from Shizuoka. Júbilo also has rivalries with Kashima Antlers and Yokohama Marinos, with whom they traded the Japanese league championship since the late 1980's. During the Japan Soccer League days they had a more local derby with Honda, across the Tenryu in Hamamatsu, but as Honda has long resisted professionalism, competitive matches between them since 1994 are a rarity.

Team Record

J.League

Season League Place GP Pts Win Draw Lose Average Crowd
1994 J1 1st stage 7 / 12 22 - 9 - 13 14,497
J1 2nd stage 7 / 12 22 - 11 - 11
J1 Total 8 / 12 44 - 20 - 24
1995 J1 1st stage 5 / 14 26 45 15 - 11 17,313
J1 2nd stage 9 / 14 26 40 13 - 13
J1 Total 6 / 14 52 85 28 - 24
1996 J1 4 / 16 30 62 20 - 10 13,792
1997 J1 1st stage 6 / 17 16 26 9 - 7 10,448
J1 2nd stage Champions / 17 16 40 14 - 2
J1 Total Champions / 17 32 66 23 - 9
1998 J1 1st stage Champions / 18 17 39 13 - 4 12,867
J1 2nd stage Runners-up / 18 17 39 13 - 4
J1 Total Runners-up / 18 34 78 26 - 8
1999 J1 1st stage Champions / 16 15 34 12 0 3 12,273
J1 2nd stage 12 / 16 15 15 5 1 9
J1 Total Champions / 16 30 49 17 1 12
2000 J1 1st stage 5 / 16 15 25 9 0 6 12,534
J1 2nd stage 3 / 16 15 30 10 0 5
J1 Total 4 / 16 30 55 19 0 11
2001 J1 1st stage Champions / 16 15 36 13 1 1 16,650
J1 2nd stage Runners-up / 16 15 35 13 0 2
J1 Total Runners-up / 16 30 71 26 1 3
2002 J1 1st stage Champions / 16 15 36 13 1 1 16,564
J1 2nd stage Champions / 16 15 35 13 0 2
J1 Total Champions / 16 30 71 26 1 3
2003 J1 1st stage Runners-up / 16 15 31 9 4 2 17,267
J1 2nd stage 3 / 16 15 26 7 5 3
J1 Total Runners-up / 16 30 57 16 9 5
2004 J1 1st stage Runners-up / 16 15 34 11 1 3 17,126
J1 2nd stage 13 / 16 15 14 3 5 7
J1 Total 5 / 16 30 48 14 6 10
2005 J1 6 / 18 34 51 14 9 11 17,296
2006 J1 5 / 18 34 58 17 7 10 18,002
2007 J1 9 / 18 34 49 15 4 15 16,359
2008 J1 16 / 18 34 37 10 7 17 15,465
2009 J1 '

Other Domestic Competitions

See other domestic competitions record

Major International Competitions

Season Competition Result Average Crowd
1998-99 Asian Club Championship Champions ?
1999 Asian Super Cup Champions ?
1999-00 Asian Club Championship Runners-up ?
2000-01 Asian Club Championship Runners-up ?
2001 FIFA Club World Cup Cancelled -
2003 A3 Champions Cup 4th -
2004 AFC Champions League Round 1 ?
2005 AFC Champions League Round 1 ?

Players

Current Squad

As of November 18, 2009

No. Position Player
1 Japan GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
2 Japan DF Hideto Suzuki
3 Japan DF Takayuki Chano
4 Japan DF Kentaro Ohi
5 Japan MF Yuichi Komano
6 Japan DF Daisuke Nasu
8 Brazil FW Gilsinho
9 Japan FW Masashi Nakayama (captain)
10 Japan MF Sho Naruoka
11 Japan MF Norihiro Nishi
13 Japan FW Hiroki Bandai
14 Japan MF Shinji Murai
15 Japan DF Kenichi Kaga
16 Japan DF Jo Kanazawa
17 Japan MF Yusuke Inuzuka
No. Position Player
18 Japan FW Ryoichi Maeda
19 Japan DF Ryu Okada
20 Japan MF Shuto Yamamoto
21 Japan GK Shinya Yoshihara
22 Japan FW Robert Cullen
23 Japan MF Kosuke Yamamoto
24 Japan MF Takuya Matsuura
25 Japan FW Ryohei Yamazaki
27 Japan MF Kota Ueda
28 Japan MF Keisuke Funatani
30 Japan DF Shinnosuke Honda
31 Japan GK Naoki Hatta
32 Japan GK Takuya Ohata
33 South Korea FW Lee Keun-Ho
South Korea DF Lee Gang-Jin

Out on loan

No. Position Player
Japan GK Kenya Matsui (to Kyoto Sanga F.C.)
Japan DF Kyohei Suzaki (to F.C. Gifu)
Brazil MF Rodrigo (to RC Strasbourg)
Japan FW Yuki Oshitani (to F.C. Gifu)

For recent transfers, see List of Japanese football transfers winter 2009-10.

Notable Players

World Cup Players

World Cup 1998

World Cup 2002

World Cup 2006

Managers

Manager Nat. Tenure
Kazuaki Nagasawa  Japan 1993
Hans Ooft  Netherlands 1994-1996
Luiz Felipe Scolari  Brazil 1997
Takashi Kuwahara  Japan 1997
Valmir  Brazil 1998
Takashi Kuwahara  Japan 1999
Gjoko Hadžievski  Macedonia 2000
Masakazu Suzuki  Japan 2000-2002
Masaaki Yanagishita  Japan 2003
Takashi Kuwahara  Japan 2004
Masakazu Suzuki  Japan 2004
Masakuni Yamamoto  Japan 2004-2006
Adílson Dias Batista  Brazil 2006-2007
Atsushi Uchiyama  Japan 2007-2008
Hans Ooft  Netherlands 2008
Masaaki Yanagishita  Japan 2009-

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Achievements
Preceded by
Pohang Steelers
South Korea
Champions of Asia
1998-99
Succeeded by
Al-Hilal
Saudi Arabia

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