Gainare Tottori
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| Full name | Sports Club Gainare Tottori | ||
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| Nickname | Gainare | ||
| Founded | 1983 | ||
| Stadium | Axis Bird Stadium Tottori, Tottori | ||
| Capacity | 16,033 | ||
| Chairman | Masaki Tsukano | ||
| Manager | Kentaro Hayashi | ||
| League | J3 League | ||
| 2025 | J3 League, 11th of 20 | ||
| Website | gainare | ||
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Gainare Tottori (ガイナーレ鳥取, Gaināre Tottori) are a Japanese football club, based in Tottori, capital of Tottori Prefecture. They play in the J3 League, the Japanese third tier of professional football league. Their team colour is green.
Name origin
Their team name Gainare derives from the Tottori dialect word gaina meaning "great" and Italian sperare meaning "to hope".
Their team mascot was a Japanese horror anime character Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro created by Shigeru Mizuki, a native of Sakaiminato, Tottori.
History
The club was founded in 1983 as Tottori Teachers' Soccer Club (鳥取教員団サッカー部 Tottori Kyōin Dan Sakkā Bu). They opened their gate to players with other professions in 1989, renaming themselves S.C. Tottori. They adopted their current name in 2007.
They were promoted to the Japan Football League after finishing runners-up in the 2001 Regional League play-off. Nonprofit organisation Yamatsumi Sports Club operate the club.
After defeating Arte Takasaki 1–0 on October 3, 2010, in their home stadium, at last they could secure JFL top four after failed attempts on two previous seasons. The confirmation from J. League about their promotion to J2 came on November 29. They won the JFL title on October 24, 2010, with five games remaining.
On the 2013 J2–J3 promotion/relegation playoff, Gainare Tottori lost by 2–1 to Kamatamare Sanuki on aggregate score, and ended up relegated to the newly launched J3 League (from now on the 3rd tier of professional league football) ahead of the 2014 season. The club spent three seasons at the J2 League, and has not returned since their relegation. They are also one of the four teams to have competed in J3 League every year since its inception.
Stadiums
They play their home games mainly at Axis Bird Stadium in Tottori City. Tottori Soccer Stadium is the only stadium in San'in region that meets the J. League requirements.
In recent years, they also play some games at Fuse Athletic Park Stadium in Tottori City, Matsue Athletics Stadium in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture and Hamayama Athletic Park Stadium in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture.
League and cup records
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Div. | Tier | Teams | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | ||
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| 2006 | JFL | 3 | 18 | 11th | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 61 | 62 | -1 | 36 | 1,146 | Not eligible | 2nd round |
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| 2007 | JFL | 3 | 18 | 14th | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 51 | -9 | 39 | 1,755 | Not eligible | 2nd round |
| 2008 | 18 | 5th | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 57 | 37 | 20 | 57 | 3,215 | 1st round | |||
| 2009 | 18 | 5th | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 37 | 28 | 56 | 3,419 | 2nd round | |||
| 2010 | 18 | 1st | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 31 | 33 | 77 | 3,489 | 2nd round | |||
| 2011 | J2 | 2 | 20 | 19th | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 36 | 60 | -24 | 31 | 3,692 | 3rd round | |
| 2012 | 22 | 20th | 42 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 33 | 78 | -45 | 38 | 3,133 | 3rd round | |||
| 2013 | 22 | 22nd | 42 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 38 | 74 | -36 | 31 | 4,097 | 2nd round | |||
| 2014 | J3 | 3 | 12 | 4th | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 53 | 3,069 | 2nd round | |
| 2015 | 13 | 6th | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 50 | 1,932 | 2nd round | |||
| 2016 | 16 | 15th | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 47 | -17 | 30 | 1,898 | 2nd round | |||
| 2017 | 17 | 17th | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 63 | -32 | 21 | 1,559 | 1st round | |||
| 2018 | 17 | 3rd | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 47 | 14 | 53 | 2,657 | 2nd round | |||
| 2019 | 18 | 7th | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 59 | -10 | 50 | 2,228 | 2nd round | |||
| 2020 † | 18 | 5th | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 57 | 703 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2021 † | 15 | 12th | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 36 | 53 | -17 | 29 | 1,186 | 2nd round | |||
| 2022 | 18 | 12th | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 55 | 56 | -1 | 41 | 1,745 | 1st round | |||
| 2023 | 20 | 6th | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 57 | 52 | 5 | 56 | 2,131 | 1st round | |||
| 2024 | 20 | 14th | 38 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 64 | -16 | 47 | 2,434 | 2nd round | 1st round | ||
| 2025 | 20 | 11th | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 49 | -5 | 51 | 2,835 | 1st round | 1st round | ||
| 2026 | 10 | TBD | 18 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2026-27 | 20 | TBD | 38 | TBD | TBD | ||||||||||
- Key
- Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
- Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
- † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
- Source: J.League Data Site
Honours
| Honour | No. | Years |
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| Japan Football League | 1 | 2010 |
| Chugoku Soccer League | 1 | 2000 |
Current squad
- As of 1 August 2026[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Kentaro Hayashi |
| First-team coach | Daichi Niwa Yuki Shimizu |
| Goalkeeper coach | Tetsuya Higashi |
| Technical coach | Shoma Kurata |
| Trainer | Kiyoshi Otani Takato Hiromori |
| Competent | Atsumu Ugata |
| Side affairs | Takuma Kawada |
Managerial history
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
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| Start | Finish | ||
| Yoji Mizuguchi | Japan | February 1, 2007 | August 15, 2007 |
| Witthaya Laohakul |  Thailand | August 23, 2007 | February 1, 2010 |
| Takeo Matsuda | Japan | February 1, 2010 | January 31, 2012 |
| Hideo Yoshizawa | Japan | February 1, 2012 | January 31, 2013 |
| Norio Omura | Japan | December 7, 2013 | August 12, 2013 |
| Koji Maeda | Japan | August 12, 2013 | January 31, 2014 |
| Masanobu Matsunami | Japan | February 1, 2014 | January 31, 2016 |
| Tetsuji Hashiratani | Japan | February 1, 2016 | January 31, 2017 |
| Ryuzo Morioka | Japan | February 1, 2017 | June 4, 2018 |
| Daisuke Sudo | Japan | June 4, 2018 | January 31, 2019 |
| Riki Takagi | Japan | February 1, 2019 | May 4, 2021 |
| Kim Jong-song |  North Korea | May 10, 2021 | June 19, 2023 |
| Kohei Masumoto (caretaker) | Japan | June 20, 2023 | November 24, 2023[2] |
| Kentaro Hayashi | Japan | December 8, 2023[3] | current |
Kit evolution
| Home kit - 1st | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
          2007 - 2008 |
     2009 - 2010 |
    2011 - 2012 |
    2013 |
    2014 |
    2015 |
     2016 |
     2017 |
     2018 |
     2019 |
     2020 |
     2021 |
     2022 |
     2023 |
 2024 |
 2025 |
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| Away kit - 2nd | ||||
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     2007 - 2008 |
    2009 - 2010 |
    2011 - 2012 |
    2013 |
    2014 - 2015 |
    2016 |
     2017 |
     2018 |
     2019 |
     2020 |
     2021 |
     2022 |
     2023 |
   2024 |
 2025 |
     2026 - | ||||
References
- ↑ "トップチーム". ガイナーレ鳥取 オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ↑ "増本 浩平監督 契約満了のお知らせ". ガイナーレ鳥取 オフィシャルサイト. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ↑ "林 健太郎氏 監督就任のお知らせ". ガイナーレ鳥取 オフィシャルサイト. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)