Montedio Yamagata Explained

Clubname:Montedio Yamagata
モンテディオ山形
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Fullname:Montedio Yamagata
Nickname:Montedio, The Eagle Bees
Ground:ND Soft Stadium
Capacity:20,315
Chairman:Kentaro Aita
Manager:Susumu Watanabe
Current:2023 Montedio Yamagata season
Website:http://www.montedioyamagata.jp/
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is Japanese professional association football club based in Tendo, Yamagata. The club currently playing in J2 League, the Japanese second tier of professional football.

Name origin

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

History

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.

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 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

bgcolor=goldChampionsbgcolor=silverRunners-upThird placebgcolor=palegreenPromotedbgcolor=pinkRelegated
LeagueJ.League
Cup
Emperor's
Cup
Season DivisionTeams
J210 7th 36 15 4 17 48 1st round Quarter-finals
200011 10th 40 11 2 27 33 1st round 2nd round
200112 3rd 44 27 6 14 80 1st round 3rd round
200212 11th 44 6 17 21 35 Not eligible 1st round
200312 8th 44 15 10 19 55 3rd round
200412 4th 44 19 14 11 71 4th round
200512 5th 44 16 16 12 64 4th round
200613 8th 48 17 14 17 65 4th round
200713 9th 48 15 13 20 58 4th round
200815 bgcolor=palegreen2nd 42 239 10 78 4th round
200918 15th 34 10 9 15 39 Group stage 3rd round
201018 13th 34 11 9 14 42 Group stage Quarter finals
201118 bgcolor=pink18th 34 5 23 6 21 1st round 3rd round
2012J2 22 10th 42 16 13 13 61 Not eligible 3rd round
201322 10th42 16 15 11 59 4th round
201422 bgcolor=palegreen6th 42 18 14 10 64 bgcolor=silverRunners up
J118 bgcolor=pink18th 34 4181224 Group stage 4th round
2016J2 22 14th 42 11171447 Not eligible 3rd round
201722 11th 42 14 11 17 59 3rd round
201822 12th 42 14 14 14 56 Semi-finals
201922 6th 42 20 12 10 70 2nd round
202022 7th 42 17 14 11 62 Did not qualify
202122 7th 42 20 8 14 68 2nd round
202222 6th 42 17 13 12 64 2nd round
202322 5th 42 21 4 17 67 3rd round
202420 TBD TBD
Key

Current squad

As of 13 August 2024.[3]

Out on loan

Club officials

Position Name
Manager
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

Manager Nationality Tenure <--!colspan="5"Managerial Record-->
Start Finish -->
Japan 1984 1989-->
Japan 1990 1993-->
Japan 1994-->
1 February 1995 31 January 1999-->
1 February 1999 31 January 2001-->
1 January 2001 31 December 2003-->
1 February 2004 31 January 2006-->
1 February 2006 31 January 2008-->
1 February 2008 31 January 2012-->
1 February 2012 31 January 2014-->
1 February 2014 31 January 2017-->
1 February 2017 31 January 2020-->
1 February 2020 21 April 2021-->
22 April 2021 29 April 2021-->
/ 30 April 2021 4 April 2023-->
4 April 2023 Current-->

General managers

Honours

Honour !!scope=col
No. !scope=colYears
In chronological order-->scope=rowYamagata Prefecture League11989
scope=rowTohoku Soccer League41990, 1991, 1992, 1993

Rivalries

Ōu Honsen (Dewa derby)

See main article: Ōu Honsen. 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.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.j-league.or.jp/club/yamagata/ . ja:Jリーグ – モンテディオ山形 . ja . J. League – Montedio Yamagata . . 29 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021539/http://www.j-league.or.jp/club/yamagata/ . 3 December 2013 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: 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. FromOne co., Ltd. サッカーキング. 24 October 2015 .
  3. Web site: 選手・スタッフ . モンテディオ山形 オフィシャルサイト . 2 February 2022 . ja.
  4. Web site: 中井川茂敏|株式会社フェザンレーヴ. www.faisunreve.co.jp.
  5. Web site: 【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」. 1 May 2019. スポーツ報知.
  6. Web site: 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.