Montedio Yamagata

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.

Montedio Yamagata
モンテディオ山形
Full nameMontedio Yamagata
Nickname(s)Montedio, The Eagle Bees
Founded1984 (1984)
GroundND Soft Stadium
Capacity20,315
ChairmanKentaro Aita
Head coachSusumu Watanabe
LeagueJ2 League
2023J2 League, 5th of 22
WebsiteClub website

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.[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 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
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J.League
Cup		 Emperor's
Cup
SeasonDivision TeamsPosGPWDLPts
1999J2 107th3615417481st roundQuarter-finals
2000 1110th4011227331st round2nd round
2001 123rd4427614801st round3rd round
2002 1211th446172135Not eligible1st round
2003 128th44151019553rd round
2004 124th44191411714th round
2005 125th44161612644th round
2006 138th48171417654th round
2007 139th48151320584th round
2008 152nd4223910784th round
2009 J11815th341091539Group stage3rd round
2010 1813th341191442Group stageQuarter finals
2011 1818th345236211st round3rd round
2012 J22210th4216131361Not eligible3rd round
2013 2210th42161511594th round
2014 226th4218141064Runners up
2015J1 1818th344181224Group stage4th round
2016 J22214th4211171447Not eligible3rd round
2017 2211th42141117593rd round
2018 2212th4214141456Semi-finals
2019 226th42201210702nd round
2020 227th4217141162Did not qualify
2021 227th4220814682nd round
2022 226th42171312642nd round
2023 225th4221417673rd round
2024 20TBD1st roundTBD
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

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Masaaki Goto
2 DF Japan JPN Taiju Yoshida
3 DF Japan JPN Yuta Kumamoto
4 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Nishimura
5 DF Japan JPN Takashi Abe
6 DF Japan JPN Takumi Yamada
7 MF Japan JPN Leo Takae
8 MF Japan JPN Yudai Konishi
9 FW Japan JPN Ryo Arita
10 MF Japan JPN Ryoma Kida
11 FW Japan JPN Yoshiki Fujimoto
14 MF Japan JPN Koki Sakamoto
15 DF Japan JPN Ayumu Kawai
16 GK Japan JPN Ko Hasegawa
17 MF Japan JPN Chihiro Kato
18 MF Japan JPN Shuto Minami
19 DF Japan JPN Kazuma Okamoto
20 MF Japan JPN Nagi Matsumoto (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)
23 GK Japan JPN Eisuke Fujishima
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Japan JPN Rui Yokoyama
25 MF Japan JPN Shintaro Kokubu
28 MF Japan JPN Kaisei Kano
29 DF Japan JPN Jo Soma
32 GK Japan JPN Taisei Kambayashi
33 DF Japan JPN Toraji Chiba
34 FW Japan JPN Kanato Abe
36 FW Japan JPN Junya Takahashi
37 MF Japan JPN Naohiro Sugiyama (on loan from Gamba Osaka)
40 DF Japan JPN Kiriya Sakamoto
41 FW Japan JPN Yusuke Goto
42 MF Japan JPN Zain Issaka
50 MF Japan JPN Eiji Nagai Type 2
51 DF Japan JPN Taiki Sugawara Type 2
52 FW Japan JPN Ryotaro Inoue Type 2
53 MF Japan JPN Hikaru Hanzawa Type 2
54 GK Japan JPN Rikuto Sato Type 2
83 DF Japan JPN Shuta Kikuchi (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Japan JPN Keita Yoshioka (at Blaublitz Akita)
— MF Japan JPN Takayuki Arakaki (at FC Gifu)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Japan JPN Wataru Tanaka (at Kagoshima United)
— FW Japan JPN Towa Arakawa (at Brazil CRAC)

Club officials
Position Name
Head coachJapan Susumu Watanabe
Assistant head coachesJapan Jin Sato
Japan Ken Iwase
Japan Keisuke Kaizaki
Japan Ren Yumitani
Goalkeeper coachJapan Yusaburo Matsuoka
Physical coachJapan Kenta Hamabe
Performance coordinatorJapan Yosuke Kyoya
AnalystJapan Kanta Hashiba
TrainerJapan Tsukasa Sato
Japan Hiraku Toguri
Japan So Adachi
Team operations coordinatorJapan Masahiro Sasaki
ManagerJapan Takuya Fukai
Japan Takaaki Sakai

Managerial history
ManagerNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Shoichi KatoJapanJapan19841989
Masanobu TashiroJapanJapan19901993
Naoki SugisawaJapanJapan1994
Nobuhiro Ishizaki Japan1 February 199531 January 1999
Shigeharu Ueki Japan1 February 199931 January 2001
Kōichi Hashiratani Japan1 January 200131 December 2003
Jun Suzuki Japan1 February 200431 January 2006
Yasuhiro Higuchi Japan1 February 200631 January 2008
Shinji Kobayashi Japan1 February 200831 January 2012
Ryōsuke Okuno Japan1 February 201231 January 2014
Nobuhiro Ishizaki Japan1 February 201431 January 2017
Takashi Kiyama Japan1 February 201731 January 2020
Kiyotaka Ishimaru Japan1 February 202021 April 2021
Jin Satō Japan22 April 202129 April 2021
Peter Cklamovski Australia/ North Macedonia30 April 20214 April 2023
Susumu Watanabe Japan4 April 2023Current

General managers
  • Japan Shigetoshi Nakaigawa – 1986–1997, 2007–2019 [4][5]

Honours

Award winners

The following players have won the awards while at NECY/Montedio:

  • JFL Best XI
    • Japan Daiki Wakamatsu (1998)
    • Japan Yukihiko Sato (1998)

Kit evolution
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 -
Other Kits - 3rd
2013
Summer 3rd
2018 3rd
2018
New breed debut[6]
2019
Natsuni
2021
Natsuni
2022
Natsuuni
2023
3rd
2023
Natsuuni

Rivalries

Ōu Honsen (Dewa derby)

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
  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. 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.
  3. "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.
  4. "中井川茂敏｜株式会社フェザンレーヴ". www.faisunreve.co.jp.
  5. "【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.
  6. "〜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.
  7. "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.
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