Montedio Yamagata (モンテディオ山形, Montedio Yamagata) is Japanese professional association football club based in Tendo, Yamagata. The club currently playing in J2 League, the Japanese second tier of professional football.
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| Full name | Montedio Yamagata | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Montedio, The Eagle Bees | ||
| Founded | 1984 | ||
| Ground | ND Soft Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 20,315 | ||
| Chairman | Kentaro Aita | ||
| Head coach | Susumu Watanabe | ||
| League | J2 League | ||
| 2023 | J2 League, 5th of 22 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Name origin edit
Montedio is a coined word combining the Italian word for "mountain" (Monte) and the word for "God" (Dio).
History edit
The club based in Tsuruoka 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.[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 edit
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | J.League Cup |
Emperor's Cup | ||||||||
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| Season | Division | Teams | Pos | GP | 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 | TBD | 1st round | TBD | ||||||
- Key
- Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; 'Pts = Points gained
- Source: J.League Data Site
Current squad edit
As of 19 April 2024.[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan edit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club officials edit
| Position | Name |
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| Head coach |  Susumu Watanabe
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| Assistant head coaches | Jin Sato Ken Iwase Keisuke Kaizaki Ren Yumitani
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| Goalkeeper coach | Yusaburo Matsuoka
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| Physical coach | Kenta Hamabe
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| Performance coordinator | Yosuke Kyoya
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| Analyst | Kanta Hashiba
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| Trainer | Tsukasa Sato Hiraku Toguri So Adachi
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| Team operations coordinator | Masahiro Sasaki
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| Manager | Takuya Fukai Takaaki Sakai
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Managerial history edit
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
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| 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 edit
Shigetoshi Nakaigawa – 1986–1997, 2007–2019 [4][5]
Honours edit
- Emperor's Cup:
- Runners-up (1): 2014
- Tohoku Soccer League
- Yamagata Prefecture League
- Champions (1): 1989
Award winners edit
The following players have won the awards while at NECY/Montedio:
- JFL Best XI
- Daiki Wakamatsu (1998)
- Yukihiko Sato (1998)
Kit evolution edit
| 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 - | |||
| 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 - |
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| Other Kits - 3rd | |||||
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     2013 Summer 3rd |
2018 3rd |
   2018 New breed debut[6] |
   2019 Natsuni |
     2021 Natsuni | |
     2022 Natsuuni |
 2023 3rd |
     2023 Natsuuni |
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Rivalries edit
Ōu Honsen (Dewa derby) edit
NEC Yamagata and TDK first met in 1990 in old Tohoku regional football league. The two clubs have been based in former Dewa Province, and their rivalry is renamed as Ōu Honsen (奥羽本戦) after the Japan Railways Ōu Main Line (奥羽本線) in 2021.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ FromOne co., Ltd (24 October 2015). "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.
- ^ "選手・スタッフ". モンテディオ山形 オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "中井川茂敏｜株式会社フェザンレーヴ". www.faisunreve.co.jp.
- ^ "【山形】元ＧＭ・中井川取締役が退任 チーム愛語る「自分の子供のようなもの」". スポーツ報知. 1 May 2019.
- ^ "〜米どころ山形〜新品種本格デビュー記念ユニフォーム" (Press release). 公式サイト. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "東北日本海側の最強を決める戦い「奥羽本戦」". モンテディオ山形 オフィシャルサイト.
External links edit
- (in Japanese) Official Site
- Montedio Squad