Yokohama F. Marinos


Yokohama F. Marinos is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.
Having won the J-League title four times and finishing second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team is based in Yokohama and was 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 is 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.

History

In 1972, the team started as the Nissan Motors Football Club 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 comeback 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.

Kits and crests

Yokohama F. Marinos utilizes a three colour system composed of blue, white and red.
In 2012, Yokohama F. Marinos have unveiled a special edition 20th Anniversary jersey.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

PeriodKit supplierShirt sponsorNotes
1992–1996Mizuno and Adidas
Nissan
Kodak
1997–2007Adidas
Nissan
ANA
2008–2011Nike
Nissan
ANA
2012–presentAdidas
Nissan
SANEI ARCHITECTURE / MUGEN ESTATE

Slogans

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, but moved to Kozukue Field located next to the home ground in 2016.

Players

Current squad

As of 11 January 2020.
The official club website lists the club mascot as player #0 and the supporters as player #12.

Out on loan

Retired number

Current staff

International players

Captains Yokohama F. Marinos

World Cup players

World Cup 1994
World Cup 1998
World Cup 2002
World Cup 2006
World Cup 2010
World Cup 2014
World Cup 2018

Honours

Yokohama Marinos / Yokohama F. Marinos

Domestic
Asia
Domestic
Asia

Yokohama Marinos / Yokohama F. Marinos

J.League MVP:
Shunsuke Nakamura, Yuji Nakazawa, Teruhito Nakagawa
J.League Top Scorer:
Ramón Díaz, Teruhito Nakagawa, Marcos Júnior
J.League Rookie of the Year:
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Daisuke Nasu, Kazuma Watanabe
J.League Manager of the Year:
Takeshi Okada
J.League Champion Manager of the Year:
Ange Postecoglou
J.League awards Fair Play:
Daisuke Sakata
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
J.League Best XI 2019:
Teruhito Nakagawa, Marcos Júnior, Takuya Kida, Thiago Martins
MVP J.League Cup:
Tatsuya Enomoto
New Hero J.League Cup:
Manabu Saito, Keita Endo

Nissan Motors Football Club

MVP Japan Soccer League:
Tetsuji Hashiratani, Kazushi Kimura
Top Scorer Japan Soccer League:
Renato, Renato
Leaders assists Japan Soccer League:
Kazushi Kimura, Takashi Mizunuma
Best goalkeeper Japan Soccer League:
Shigetatsu Matsunaga, Shigetatsu Matsunaga
Rookie of the Year Japan Soccer League:
Koichi Hashiratani, Masami Ihara
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

Managers

In popular culture

In the Captain Tsubasa manga series, one character was player of Yokohama Marinos and is the midfielder Mamoru Izawa.