Gainare Tottori facts for kids
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| Full name | SC Gainare Tottori Football | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Gainare | ||
| Founded | 1983 | ||
| Stadium | Axis Bird Stadium Tottori, Tottori |
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16,033 | ||
| Chairman | Masaki Tsukano | ||
| Manager | Kim Jong-song | ||
| League | J3 League | ||
| 2022 | J3 League, 12th of 18 | ||
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SC Gainare Tottori (ガイナーレ鳥取, Gaināre Tottori) are a Japanese football club, based in Tottori, Tottori. They play in the J3 League. Their team colour is green.
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.
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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.
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 | Emperor's Cup |
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| Season | Div. | Tier | Teams | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | |
| 2007 | JFL | 3 | 18 | 14th | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 51 | -9 | 39 | 1,755 | 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 | TBD | 38 | TBD | ||||||||||
- Key
- Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
- † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
- Source: J.League Data Site
Honours
- Japan Football League
- Champions (1) 2010
Current squad
As of 25 July 2022.
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Coaching Staff
| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Kim Jong-song |
| Assistant manager |  Kohei Masumoto |
| First Team coach | Shimizu Yasutaka |
| Goalkeeper coach | Koichi Toyoshima |
| Trainer | Kiyoshi Otani |
| Conditioning trainer | Hitoshi Kuboki |
| Competent | Atsumu Ugata |
| Side affairs | Hajime Iwasa |
Managerial history
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
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| 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 | Korea DPR |
May 10, 2021 | Current |
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