Full name Yokohama F·Marinos Chairman Toru Hasegawa Manager Erick Mombaerts Founded 1972 Parent organization Nissan | Ground Capacity 72,327 2016 J1 League, 10th League J1 League Nickname(s) Marinos, Tricolore | |
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Ground Nissan Stadium
(International Stadium Yokohama)
Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama Owner Nissan Motor Company (80%)
City Football Group (20%) Location Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Arenas/Stadiums International Stadium Yokohama, Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium Profiles | ||
Yokohama F. Marinos (横浜F・マリノス, Yokohama Efu Marinosu) is a Japanese association football team that participates in the J1 League. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team are based in Yokohama and were founded as the company team of Nissan Motors. The club was formed by the merger of Yokohama Marinos and Yokohama Flügels in 1999. The current name is intended to reflect both Marinos and Flügels. The team name Marinos means "sailors" in Spanish. Yokohama F. Marinos are the longest serving team in the top flight of Japanese football having played at the top level since 1982, also making them, along with Kashima Antlers, one of only two teams to have competed in Japan's top flight of football every year since its inception.
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History
In 1972, the team started as the Nissan Motors F.C. based in Yokohama, and were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1976. They 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. In 1998, after losing one of their primary sponsors, it was announced that crosstown rivals Yokohama Flügels would merge with Marinos. Since then, an F was added to the name to represent the Flügels half of the club. Many Flügels fans rejected the merger, rather believing their club to have been dissolved into Marinos. As a result, they refused to follow F. Marinos and instead created Yokohama FC, F. Marinos' new crosstown rivals. In 2010, Shunsuke Nakamura made a come-back to Yokohama F. Marinos.
Since Naoki Matsuda left the team, F.Marinos' number 3 has been retired. Naoki Matsuda had participated 385 matches as a member of F.Marinos. On 2 August, in the year after he left the club, he collapsed during training due to a cardiac arrest after finishing a 15-minute warmup run. Doctors diagnosed his condition as "extremely severe". Two days later, he died at the age of 34. As a result, his ex-number, 3 has been a retired as an active number for this team. On 23 July 2013, Yokohama F. Marinos faced Manchester United in a 3–2 win for a friendly match.
Yokohama F. Marinos won the Emperor's Cup on New Years Day 2014, their first in twenty-one years. On 20 May 2014, it was announced that City Football Group, the holding company of Manchester City F.C., had invested in a minority share of Yokohama F. Marinos, creating a partnership with both the football club and car manufacturer Nissan. The investment is designed to offer an integrated approach to football, marketing, media, commercial, training and medical care consistent with other City Football Group investments such as Manchester City F.C., Melbourne City FC and the New York City FC. City Football Group holds 19.95 percent of Yokohama F. Marinos' existing shares, but through the establishment of a Japan-based subsidiary may seek to eventually own a controlling stake in the club.
Stadiums
The team's home stadiums are Nissan Stadium, otherwise known as International Stadium Yokohama, and Mitsuzawa Stadium. The team trained at Marinos Town located in the area of Minato Mirai, however, moved to Kozukue Field located next to the home ground in 2016.
Current squad
As of 17 January 2017.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
The official club website lists the club mascot as player #0 and the supporters as player #12.
Retired Number
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Out on loan
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World Cup Players
World Cup 1994
World Cup 1998
World Cup 2002
World Cup 2006
World Cup 2010
World Cup 2014
Nissan Motors FC
Domestic
Asia
Yokohama Marinos / Yokohama F.Marinos
Domestic
Asia
Awards
J.League MVP: Shunsuke Nakamura (2000, 2013), Yuji Nakazawa (2004)
J.League Top Scorer: Ramón Díaz (1993)
J.League Rookie of the Year: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1995), Daisuke Nasu (2003), Kazuma Watanabe (2009)
J.League Manager of the Year: Takeshi Okada (2003–04)
J.League awards Fair Play: Daisuke Sakata (2007)
J.League Best XI 1993: Shigetatsu Matsunaga, Masami Ihara, Ramón Díaz
J.League Best XI 1994: Masami Ihara
J.League Best XI 1995: Masami Ihara, Masaharu Suzuki
J.League Best XI 1996: Masami Ihara
J.League Best XI 1997: Masami Ihara
J.League Best XI 1999: Shunsuke Nakamura
J.League Best XI 2000: Naoki Matsuda, Shunsuke Nakamura
J.League Best XI 2002: Naoki Matsuda
J.League Best XI 2003: Yuji Nakazawa, Daisuke Oku, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Dutra
J.League Best XI 2004: Yuji Nakazawa, Daisuke Oku, Dutra
J.League Best XI 2005: Yuji Nakazawa
J.League Best XI 2008: Yuji Nakazawa
J.League Best XI 2013: Yuji Nakazawa, Shunsuke Nakamura
MVP J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Tatsuya Enomoto (2001)
New Hero J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Manabu Saito (2013)
MVP Japan Soccer League: Tetsuji Hashiratani (1988–89), Kazushi Kimura (1989–90)
Top Scorer Japan Soccer League: Renato (1989–90), Renato (1990–91)
Leaders assists Japan Soccer League: Kazushi Kimura (1984), Takashi Mizunuma (1986–87)
Best goalkeeper Japan Soccer League: Shigetatsu Matsunaga (1988–89), Shigetatsu Matsunaga (1990–91)
Rookie of the Year Japan Soccer League: Koichi Hashiratani (1983), Masami Ihara (1990–91)
Best XI Japan Soccer League 1983: Takeshi Koshida, Nobutoshi Kaneda, Kazushi Kimura, Koichi Hashiratani
Best XI Japan Soccer League 1984: Takashi Mizunuma, Kazushi Kimura, Koichi Hashiratani
Best XI Japan Soccer League 1985–86: Kazushi Kimura
Best XI Japan Soccer League 1986–87: Takashi Mizunuma
Best XI Japan Soccer League 1987–88: Jose Oscar Bernardi, Toru Sano, Takashi Mizunuma
Best XI Japan Soccer League 1988–89: Shigetatsu Matsunaga, Jose Oscar Bernardi, Toru Sano, Takashi Mizunuma, Kazushi Kimura, Kenta Hasegawa, Koichi Hashiratani
Best XI Japan Soccer League 1989–90: Tetsuji Hashiratani, Shinji Tanaka, Kazushi Kimura, Renato
Best XI Japan Soccer League 1990–91: Shigetatsu Matsunaga, Tetsuji Hashiratani, Renato
Best XI Japan Soccer League 1991–92: Shigetatsu Matsunaga, Tetsuji Hashiratani, Masami Ihara