Yokohama F. Marinos

Yokohama F. Marinos
横浜F・マリノス

Full name

Yokohama F. Marinos

Nickname(s)

Founded

1972

Ground

Nissan Stadium (International Stadium Yokohama)
Kohoku-ku, Yokohama

Capacity

72,327

Chairman

Shigeo Hidaritomo

Manager

Hiroshi Hayano (2007 - )

League

J. League Div.1

2006

9th Place





Home colours





Away colours

Yokohama F. Marinos (横浜F・マリノス, Yokohama Efu Marinosu^?) is a Japanese football team which participates in the professional J. League. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, the team is one of the most successful in terms of J-League titles. The team is based in Yokohama and was founded as the company team of Nissan Motors. It was originally the Yokohama Marinos but after merging with the Yokohama Flügels in 1999, it changed to its current name. The team name Marinos means 'sailors' in Spanish.

In 1973, the team started as the Nissan FC of the Japan Soccer League based in Yokohama. It 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.

In 1991, it was one of the founding members of the J. League. The team's home stadiums are Nissan Stadium (International Stadium Yokohama) and Mitsuzawa Stadium. It practices in the newly constructed Marinos Town in the Minato Mirai area of Yokohama.

Players

Current Squad

As of August 11, 2007

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Tetsuya Enomoto
2	DF	Eltinho
3	DF	Naoki Matsuda
4	DF	Daisuke Nasu
6	MF	Yoshiharu Ueno
7	MF	Hayuma Tanaka
8	FW	Marques
9	FW	Takayuki Suzuki
10	MF	Koji Yamase
11	FW	Daisuke Sakata
13	DF	Takanobu Komiyama
14	MF	Kenta Kano
15	FW	Hideo Oshima
16	MF	Koji Yoshimura
17	FW	Takayuki Yoshida
18	FW	Norihisa Shimizu
19	MF	Takashi Inui
20	FW	Mike Havenaar

No.	Position	Player
21	GK	Daijiro Takakuwa
22	DF	Yuji Nakazawa (captain)
23	DF	Masakazu Tashiro
25	MF	Fumiya Yamamoto
26	DF	Yusuke Tanaka
27	FW	Yosuke Saito
28	DF	Takashi Amano
29	MF	Aria Jasuru Hasegawa
30	DF	Yuzo Kurihara
31	GK	Hiroki Iikura
32	MF	Yukihiro Yamase
34	MF	Taku Ishihara
35	DF	Ryuji Kawai
36	GK	Yota Akimoto
37	GK	Yasuhiro Tominaga

Notable Players

World Cup Players

World Cup 1994

World Cup 1998

World Cup 2002

Naoki Matsuda

World Cup 2006

Yuji Nakazawa

Team Record

J.League

Season	League	Place	GP	Pts	Win	Draw	Lose	Average Crowd
1993	J1 1st stage	3 / 10	18	-	11	-	7	16,781
	J1 2nd stage	3 / 10	18	-	10	-	8
	J1 Total	4 / 10	36	-	21	-	15
1994	J1 1st stage	9 / 12	22	-	8	-	14	19,801
	J1 2nd stage	3 / 12	22	-	14	-	8
	J1 Total	6 / 12	44	-	22	-	22
1995	J1 1st stage	Champions / 14	26	52	17	-	9	18,326
	J1 2nd stage	3 / 14	26	46	15	-	11
	J1 Total	Champions / 14	52	98	32	-	20
1996	J1	3 / 16	30	63	21	-	9	14,589
1997	J1 1st stage	5 / 17	16	28	11	-	5	9,211
	J1 2nd stage	3 / 17	16	32	12	-	4
	J1 Total	3 / 17	32	60	23	-	9
1998	J1 1st stage	4 / 18	17	32	11	-	6	19,165
	J1 2nd stage	4 / 18	17	32	11	-	6
	J1 Total	4 / 18	34	64	22	-	12
1999	J1 1st stage	7 / 16	15	23	8	1	6	20,095
	J1 2nd stage	3 / 16	15	30	10	2	3
	J1 Total	5 / 16	30	53	18	3	9
2000	J1 1st stage	Champions / 16	15	30	10	0	5	16,644
	J1 2nd stage	5 / 16	15	24	8	1	6
	J1 Total	Runners-up / 16	30	54	18	1	11
2001	J1 1st stage	15 / 16	15	11	3	2	10	20,595
	J1 2nd stage	10 / 16	15	19	6	3	6
	J1 Total	13 / 16	30	30	9	5	16
2002	J1 1st stage	Runners-up / 16	15	33	11	3	1	24,108
	J1 2nd stage	6 / 16	15	22	8	1	6
	J1 Total	Runners-up / 16	30	55	19	4	7
2003	J1 1st stage	Champions / 16	15	32	10	2	3	24,957
	J1 2nd stage	Champions / 16	15	26	7	5	3
	J1 Total	Champions / 16	30	58	17	7	6
2004	J1 1st stage	Champions / 16	15	36	11	3	1	24,818
	J1 2nd stage	6 / 16	15	23	6	5	4
	J1 Total	Champions / 16	30	59	17	8	5
2005	J1	9 / 18	34	48	12	12	10	25,713
2006	J1	9 / 18	34	45	13	6	15	23,663
2007	J1

Other Domestic Competitions

See other domestic competitions record

Major International Competitions

Season	Competition	Result	Average Crowd
1992-93	Asian Cup Winners Cup	Champions	?
1996-97	AFC Champions League	Quarter-finals	?
2004	A3 Champions Cup	Runners-up	?
2004	AFC Champions League	Round 1	?
2005	A3 Champions Cup	3rd	?
2005	AFC Champions League	Round 1	?

Titles

Nissan FC

Japan Soccer League: (2) 1988/1989, 1989/1990
JSL Cup: (3) 1988, 1989, 1990
Emperor's Cup: (5) 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991
Asian Cup Winners Cup: (1) 1991/1992

Yokohama Marinos

J. League 1st stage: (1) 1995
J. League championship: (1) 1995
Asian Cup Winners Cup: (1) 1992/1993

Yokohama F.Marinos

J. League 1st stage: (3) 2000, 2003, 2004
J. League 2nd stage: (1) 2003
J. League Championship: (2) 2003, 2004
J. League Cup: (1) 2001

Managers

Manager	Nat.	Tenure
Hidehiko Shimizu	Japan	1993-1994
Jorge Solari	Argentina	1995
Hiroshi Hayano	Japan	1995-1996
Xavier Azkargorta	Spain	1997-1998
Antonio de la Cruz	Spain	1999
Osvaldo Ardiles	Argentina	2000-2001
Yoshiaki Shimojo	Japan	2001
Sebastião Lazaroni	Brazil	2001-2002
Yoshiaki Shimojo	Japan	2002
Takeshi Okada	Japan	2003-2006
Takashi Mizunuma	Japan	2006
Hiroshi Hayano	Japan	2007-

Trivia

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The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.

A fictional character named Mamoru Izawa from the popular Captain Tsubasa manga, becomes a professional soccer player and joins Yokohama F. Marinos.

External links

Official website (Japanese)/(English)

Preceded by Yamaha Motors	Japanese Football Champions 1988/89	Succeeded by Yamaha Motors
Preceded by Verdy Kawasaki	J-League Champions 1995	Succeeded by Kashima Antlers
Preceded by Júbilo Iwata	J-League Champions 2003-2004	Succeeded by Gamba Osaka