Montedio Yamagata

Montedio Yamagata (モンテディオ山形, Montedio Yamagata) is a professional association football club based in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. The club plays in J2 League.

Montedio Yamagata
モンテディオ山形
Full nameMontedio Yamagata
Nickname(s)Montedio
Founded1984 (1984)
GroundND Soft Stadium
Capacity20,315
ChairmanTakashi Takahashi
ManagerKiyotaka Ishimaru
LeagueJ2 League
2019J2 League, 6th
WebsiteClub website

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

History

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

On 30 November 2008, they were promoted to J. League Division 1 for the first time. They achieved their highest league placing of 13th in 2010. However, in 2011, two strong rental players from Kashima Antlers go back to their own team and this influences the team in a bad way to lead to be relegated back to J.League Division 2 at the end of 2011. On top of that, main reason for going back to Division 2 is because of many injured players in the middle of the season. At the end of the season, the manager, Shinji Kobayashi, stepped down even though many fans glorified his accomplishment for the past 4 years.

Yamagata returned to J1 after three seasons in J2 by winning the promotion playoff final. However, they were back to J2 after only one season.[2]

Current squad

As of 28 June 2020.[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  JPN Naoki Kuriyama
4 DF  JPN Kai Miki
5 DF  JPN Hiroki Noda
6 DF  JPN Takumi Yamada
7 MF  JPN Kenya Okazaki
8 MF  JPN Hayata Komatsu
9 FW  BRA Vinícius Araújo
10 MF  JPN Atsutaka Nakamura
11 FW  JPN Yuya Yamagishi
13 FW  JPN Shuhei Otsuki
14 MF  JPN Takuya Honda
15 DF  JPN Toshiaki Miyamoto
16 FW  JPN Shuto Kitagawa
17 MF  JPN Shun Nakamura
18 MF  JPN Shuto Minami
19 DF  JPN Ryota Matsumoto
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  JPN Taiki Kato
21 GK  JPN Masatoshi Kushibiki
22 FW  JPN Shunta Nakamura
23 DF  JPN Yuta Kumamoto
24 DF  JPN Kazuma Takayama
25 MF  JPN Rui Sueyoshi
26 DF  JPN Kenya Onodera
28 GK  JPN Hayato Settsu
29 MF  JPN Mutsuki Hirooka
30 GK  JPN Akihiro Sato
31 DF  JPN Riku Handa
32 GK  KOR Min Seong-Jun
33 FW  JPN Junya Takahashi
36 DF  JPN Masahito Onoda
40 MF  JPN Ryoma Watanabe

Record as J. League member
Season Division Pld Pts W L D Pos (Tms)
1999J2 League3648151747 (10)
200040331127210 (11)
20014480271463 (12)
200244356211711 (12)
200344551519108 (12)
200444711911144 (12)
200544641612165 (12)
200648651717148 (13)
200748581520139 (13)
20084278231092 (15)
2009J1 League34391015915 (18)
201034421114913 (18)
20113421562318 (18)
2012J2 League426116131310 (22)
2013425916111510 (22)
201442641810146 (22)
2015J1 League34244121818 (18)
2016J2 League424711141714 (22)
2017425914171111 (22)
2018425614141412 (22)
201942702010126 (22)

Managers
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References
  1. Ｊリーグ – モンテディオ山形 [J. League – Montedio Yamagata] (in Japanese). J. League. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. co.,Ltd, FromOne. "山形のJ2降格が決定、4年ぶりJ1もここまでわずか4勝…1年で逆戻り". サッカーキング.
  3. "チーム". Montedio Yamagata. Retrieved 15 May 2020.


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