Montedio Yamagata(モンテディオ sơn hình,Montedio Yamagata)is aJapaneseprofessionalassociation footballclub based inTendo, Yamagata.The club currently playing inJ2 League,the Japanese second tier of professional football.

Montedio Yamagata
モンテディオ sơn hình
Full nameMontedio Yamagata
Nickname(s)Montedio, Monte
Founded1984;41 years ago(1984)
StadiumND Soft Stadium
Capacity20,315
ChairmanKentaro Aita
ManagerSusumu Watanabe
LeagueJ2 League
2024J2 League, 4th of 20
Websitemontedioyamagata.jp
Current season

Name origin

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Montedio is a coined word combining theItalianword for "mountain" (Monte) and the word for "God" (Dio).

History

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The club based inTsuruokawas founded in 1984 asNECYamagata Soccer Club.[1]It gained the promotion to theJapan Football League (former)in 1994. After renaming itself as Montedio Yamagata in 1996, it has been playing inJ. League Division 2since its inaugural 1999 season.[1]

On 30 November 2008, they were promoted toJ. League Division 1for the first time. They achieved their highest league placing of 13th in 2010. However, in 2011, two strong rental players fromKashima Antlersgo back to their own team. This weakened the squad which also suffered many injuries through the year and Montedio were relegated back to J.League Division 2 at the end of 2011. At the end of the season, the manager,Shinji Kobayashi,stepped down even though many fans glorified his accomplishment for the past 4 years.[citation needed]

Yamagata returned to the J1 after spending three seasons in the J2 by winning the J1/J2 promotion playoff final in 2014. They returned to the J2 for the 2016 season, having spent only one season at the J1.[2]The club is currently playing their 8th consecutive season in the J2 on 2023.

Record as J.League member

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J.League
Cup
Emperor's
Cup
Season Division Teams Pos P W D L Pts
1999 J2 10 7th 36 15 4 17 48 1st round Quarter-finals
2000 11 10th 40 11 2 27 33 1st round 2nd round
2001 12 3rd 44 27 6 14 80 1st round 3rd round
2002 12 11th 44 6 17 21 35 Not eligible 1st round
2003 12 8th 44 15 10 19 55 3rd round
2004 12 4th 44 19 14 11 71 4th round
2005 12 5th 44 16 16 12 64 4th round
2006 13 8th 48 17 14 17 65 4th round
2007 13 9th 48 15 13 20 58 4th round
2008 15 2nd 42 23 9 10 78 4th round
2009 J1 18 15th 34 10 9 15 39 Group stage 3rd round
2010 18 13th 34 11 9 14 42 Group stage Quarter finals
2011 18 18th 34 5 23 6 21 1st round 3rd round
2012 J2 22 10th 42 16 13 13 61 Not eligible 3rd round
2013 22 10th 42 16 15 11 59 4th round
2014 22 6th 42 18 14 10 64 Runners up
2015 J1 18 18th 34 4 18 12 24 Group stage 4th round
2016 J2 22 14th 42 11 17 14 47 Not eligible 3rd round
2017 22 11th 42 14 11 17 59 3rd round
2018 22 12th 42 14 14 14 56 Semi-finals
2019 22 6th 42 20 12 10 70 2nd round
2020 22 7th 42 17 14 11 62 Did not qualify
2021 22 7th 42 20 8 14 68 2nd round
2022 22 6th 42 17 13 12 64 2nd round
2023 22 5th 42 21 4 17 67 3rd round
2024 20 4th 38 20 6 12 66 1st round 3rd round
2025 20 TBD 38 TBD TBD
Key
  • Pos.= Position in league;P= Games played;W= Games won;D= Games drawn;L= Games lost; 'Pts= Points gained
  • Source:J.League Data Site

Current squad

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As of 13 August 2024.[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules;some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK JPN Masaaki Goto
2 DF JPN Taiju Yoshida
3 DF JPN Yuta Kumamoto
4 DF JPN Keisuke Nishimura
5 DF JPN Takashi Abe
6 DF JPN Takumi Yamada
7 MF JPN Leo Takae
8 MF JPN Yudai Konishi
10 MF JPN Ryoma Kida
11 FW JPN Yoshiki Fujimoto
14 MF JPN Koki Sakamoto
15 DF JPN Ayumu Kawai
16 GK JPN Ko Hasegawa
17 MF JPN Chihiro Kato
18 MF JPN Shuto Minami
19 DF JPN Kazuma Okamoto
20 MF JPN Nagi Matsumoto(on loan fromCerezo Osaka)
22 DF JPN Hayate Shirowa
23 GK JPN Eisuke Fujishima
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF JPN Rui Yokoyama
25 MF JPN Shintaro Kokubu
28 MF JPN Kaisei Kano
29 DF JPN Jo Soma
32 GK JPN Taisei Kambayashi
33 DF JPN Toraji Chiba
36 FW JPN Junya Takahashi
40 DF JPN Kiriya Sakamoto
41 FW JPN Yusuke Goto
42 MF JPN Zain Issaka
50 MF JPN Eiji NagaiType 2
51 DF JPN Taiki SugawaraType 2
52 FW JPN Ryotaro InoueType 2
53 MF JPN Hikaru HanzawaType 2
54 GK JPN Rikuto SatoType 2
55 FW JPN Shunmei HorikaneDSP
83 DF JPN Shuta Kikuchi(on loan fromShimizu S-Pulse)
88 MF JPN Shoma Doi
90 FW JPN Akira Silvano Disaro

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules;some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW JPN Ryo Arita(atKagoshima United)
34 FW JPN Kanato Abe(atBriobecca Urayasu)
DF JPN Keita Yoshioka(atBlaublitz Akita)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF JPN Takayuki Arakaki(atFC Gifu)
MF JPN Wataru Tanaka(atKagoshima United)
FW JPN Towa Arakawa(atVeertien Mie)

Club officials

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Position Name
Manager Susumu Watanabe
Assistant manager Jin Sato
Ken Iwase
First-team coach Keisuke Kaizaki
Ren Yumitani
Goalkeeper coach Yusaburo Matsuoka
Physical coach Kenta Hamabe
Performance coordinator Yosuke Kyoya
Analyst Kanta Hashiba
Trainer Tsukasa Sato
Hiraku Toguri
So Adachi
Team operations coordinator Masahiro Sasaki
General affairs Takuya Fukai
Takaaki Sakai

Managerial history

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Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Shoichi Kato Japan 1984 1989
Masanobu Tashiro Japan 1990 1993
Naoki Sugisawa Japan 1994
Nobuhiro Ishizaki Japan 1 February 1995 31 January 1999
Shigeharu Ueki Japan 1 February 1999 31 January 2001
Kōichi Hashiratani Japan 1 January 2001 31 December 2003
Jun Suzuki Japan 1 February 2004 31 January 2006
Yasuhiro Higuchi Japan 1 February 2006 31 January 2008
Shinji Kobayashi Japan 1 February 2008 31 January 2012
Ryōsuke Okuno Japan 1 February 2012 31 January 2014
Nobuhiro Ishizaki Japan 1 February 2014 31 January 2017
Takashi Kiyama Japan 1 February 2017 31 January 2020
Kiyotaka Ishimaru Japan 1 February 2020 21 April 2021
Jin Satō Japan 22 April 2021 29 April 2021
Peter Cklamovski Australia/North Macedonia 30 April 2021 4 April 2023
Susumu Watanabe Japan 4 April 2023 Current

General managers

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Honours

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Montedio Yamagata honours
Honour No. Years
Yamagata Prefecture League 1 1989
Tohoku Soccer League 4 1990,1991,1992,1993

Kit evolution

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Home Kit 1st
1999
2000–2002
2003–2004
2005 - 2006
2007
2008–2009
2010–2011
2012–2013
2014
2015–2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025 -
Away Kit 2nd
1999
2000–2003
2004
2005–2006
2007
2008–2009
2010–2011
2012–2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025 -
Other Kits - 3rd
2013
Summer 3rd
2018 3rd
2018
New breed debut[6]
2019
Natsuni
2021
Natsuni
2022
Natsuuni
2023
3rd
2023
Natsuuni
2024
Natsuuni

Rivalries

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Ōu Honsen (Dewa derby)

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NEC YamagataandTDKfirst met in 1990 in oldTohokuregional football league. The two clubs have been based in formerDewa Province,and their rivalry is renamed asŌu Honsen( áo vũ bổn chiến ) after theJapan RailwaysŌu Main Line( áo vũ bổn tuyến ) in 2021.[7]

References

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  1. ^abJリーグ – モンテディオ sơn hình[J. League – Montedio Yamagata] (in Japanese).J. League.Archived fromthe originalon 3 December 2013.Retrieved29 November2013.
  2. ^FromOne co., Ltd (24 October 2015)."Sơn hình のJ2 hàng cách が quyết định, 4 niên ぶりJ1もここまでわずか4 thắng…1 niên で nghịch lệ り".サッカーキング.
  3. ^"Tuyển thủ ・スタッフ".モンテディオ sơn hình オフィシャルサイト(in Japanese).Retrieved2 February2022.
  4. ^"Trung tỉnh xuyên mậu mẫn | chu thức hội xã フェザンレーヴ".www.faisunreve.co.jp.
  5. ^"【 sơn hình 】 nguyên GM・ trung tỉnh xuyên thủ đế dịch が thối nhậm チーム ái ngữ る “Tự phân の tử cung のようなもの” ".スポーツ báo tri.1 May 2019.
  6. ^"〜 mễ どころ sơn hình 〜 tân phẩm chủng bổn cách デビュー ký niệm ユニフォーム"(Press release). Công thức サイト. 29 August 2018.Retrieved3 September2018.
  7. ^"Đông bắc nhật bổn hải trắc の tối cường を quyết める chiến い “Áo vũ bổn chiến” ".モンテディオ sơn hình オフィシャルサイト.
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