Júbilo Iwata facts for kids
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Full name | Júbilo Iwata | ||
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Nickname(s) | Júbilo | ||
Founded | 1972 | as Yamaha Motor S.C.||
Stadium | Yamaha Stadium Iwata, Shizuoka |
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Stadium capacity |
15,165 | ||
Owner | Yamaha Motor Company | ||
Chairman | Yoshirou Takahira | ||
Manager | John Hutchinson | ||
League | J2 League | ||
2022 | J1 League, 18th of 18 (relegated) | ||
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Júbilo Iwata (pronounced Joo-bee-loh Ee-wah-tah) is a professional football team from Japan. They are based in Iwata, a city in Shizuoka Prefecture. The team currently plays in the J2 League. They moved down from the J1 League in 2024.
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What Does "Júbilo" Mean?
The team's name Júbilo comes from Spanish and Portuguese. It means 'joy'.
Team History
Early Days and First Wins (1972–1996)
The team started in April 1972 as a company team for Yamaha Motor Corporation. They played in local leagues in Shizuoka and Tōkai. Later, they joined the Japan Soccer League. This league became the J.League in 1992.
Júbilo Iwata won their first big titles in 1982. They won the Emperor's Cup and were promoted to the top division. In the 1987/88 season, they won their first Japanese league title.
In 1993, they finished second in the JFL 1st division. This earned them a spot in the J1 league for 1994. The team brought in Marius Johan Ooft as manager. They also welcomed Brazil's national team captain Dunga. Dunga's ideas about football greatly influenced the club.
The Golden Years (1997–2003)
Between 1997 and 2003, Júbilo Iwata had an amazing time. They won many titles using mostly Japanese players. During these seven years, Júbilo won the J.League title three times. They also finished second three times. They won each of the main domestic cup competitions once.
In 1999, Júbilo became the Champions of Asia. They won the final match against Esteghlal in front of 121,000 fans.
During this successful period, Júbilo set several records in the J.League.
- They scored the most goals in a season (107 goals in 1998).
- They let in the fewest goals in a season (26 goals in 2001).
- They had the biggest goal difference (plus 68 goals in 1998).
- They had their largest win (9–1 against Cerezo Osaka in 1998).
- In 2002, they won both parts of the championship. This was a first in J.League history.
- In the same year, seven of their players were chosen for the J.League Team of the Year. All these records are still held by Júbilo today.
Later Years and Challenges (2003–2015)
After their last cup win in 2003, the team's older players started to retire. New players were not as skilled. Júbilo's strength began to fade. In 2007, the club finished in 9th place, which was their lowest at the time. Their local rivals, Shimizu S-Pulse, started performing better.
In 2008, Júbilo finished 16th out of 18 teams. This was their lowest position ever. But they stayed in J1 by winning a playoff match.
In the 2013 season, they struggled a lot. They did not win their first league match until the 8th week. They never moved higher than 16th place. They were eventually moved down to the J2 League after losing a match in their 31st week. Júbilo was promoted back to J1 in 2015 after finishing second in the J2 League.
Up and Down Seasons (2019–Present)
After finishing 18th in 2019, Iwata was moved down to J2 for 2020. The next year, Júbilo won the J2 League. This meant they were promoted back to the J1 League for the 2022 season.
In 2022, Júbilo did not have a successful season. They were eliminated early from the J.League Cup. In the Emperor's Cup, they lost in the Round of 16.
In October 2022, Júbilo Iwata announced a ban on new player signings for 2023. This ban was put in place by FIFA and the CAS. It was due to issues with a player's contract. The ban did not stop them from promoting youth players or bringing back players from loan.
The team struggled in J1 and stayed in the relegation zone for the last 16 rounds. They were moved down to the J2 League for the 2023 season. However, just one year later, Iwata quickly returned to J1 for the 2024 season. They finished second in the J2 League. This was confirmed with a 2–1 win against Tochigi SC in November 2023. In March 2024, Ryo Germain scored 4 goals in a memorable 5–4 win against Kawasaki Frontale.
Team Rivalries
Júbilo Iwata's biggest rivals are Shimizu S-Pulse. They are from Shizuoka city. This match is called the Shizuoka derby. The club also has rivalries with Kashima Antlers and Yokohama Marinos. These teams often competed for the Japanese league championship in the late 1980s.
In the past, during the Japan Soccer League days, they had a local derby with Honda. This team is from Hamamatsu. But Honda decided not to become a professional team. So, competitive matches between them are rare now. Júbilo also played against another Shizuoka club, Fujieda MYFC, in 2014 and 2023. Iwata won all those matches.
Home Stadium
Júbilo plays their home games at the Yamaha Stadium. The stadium can hold 15,165 people. It is one of the few football stadiums in Japan owned and managed by a club. Many say it is the easiest place to watch a game in Japan.
For big matches, like the Shizuoka derby or games against top J1 teams, Júbilo plays at the larger Ecopa Stadium. This stadium is in Fukuroi City. It was built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Ecopa Stadium is surrounded by nature and can hold 50,000 people.
Júbilo trains at Okubo Ground in Iwata and Iwata Sports Park Yumeria.
Current Squad
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Players on Loan
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Club Leaders
For the 2025 season.
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Manager | ![]() ![]() |
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Team Achievements
Honour | No. | Years |
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Japan Soccer League Division 1/J1 League | 4 | 1987/88, 1997, 1999, 2002 |
Japan Soccer League Division 2/Japan Football League/J2 League | 3 | 1982, 1992, 2021 |
Regional Promotion Series | 2 | 1977, 1978 |
Emperor's Cup | 2 | 1982, 2003 |
J.League Cup | 2 | 1998, 2010 |
Japanese Super Cup | 3 | 2000, 2003, 2004 |
Asian Club Championship | 1 | 1998/99 |
Asian Super Cup | 1 | 1999 |
J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship | 1 | 2011 |
Manager History
Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
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Start | Finish | ||
Ryuichi Sugiyama | ![]() |
1974 | 30 June 1987 |
Kikuo Konagaya | ![]() |
1 July 1987 | 31 December 1991 |
Kazuaki Nagasawa | ![]() |
1 January 1992 | 31 January 1994 |
Hans Ooft | ![]() |
1 February 1994 | 31 January 1997 |
Luiz Felipe Scolari | ![]() |
1 February 1997 | 29 May 1997 |
Takashi Kuwahara | ![]() |
29 May 1997 | 31 January 1998 |
Valmir | ![]() |
1 February 1998 | 31 December 1998 |
Takashi Kuwahara | ![]() |
1 February 1999 | 31 January 2000 |
Gjoko Hadžievski | ![]() |
1 February 2000 | 31 August 2000 |
Masakazu Suzuki | ![]() |
1 September 2000 | 31 January 2003 |
Masaaki Yanagishita | ![]() |
1 February 2003 | 31 January 2004 |
Takashi Kuwahara | ![]() |
1 February 2004 | 31 August 2004 |
Masakazu Suzuki | ![]() |
1 September 2004 | 9 November 2004 |
Masakuni Yamamoto | ![]() |
9 November 2004 | 19 June 2006 |
Adílson Batista | ![]() |
23 June 2006 | 1 September 2007 |
Atsushi Uchiyama | ![]() |
1 September 2007 | 31 August 2008 |
Hans Ooft | ![]() |
2 September 2008 | 31 January 2009 |
Masaaki Yanagishita | ![]() |
1 February 2009 | 31 January 2011 |
Hitoshi Morishita | ![]() |
1 February 2012 | 4 May 2013 |
Tetsu Nagasawa | ![]() |
5 May 2013 | 26 May 2013 |
Takashi Sekizuka | ![]() |
27 May 2013 | 31 January 2014 |
Péricles Chamusca | ![]() |
1 February 2014 | 24 September 2014 |
Hiroshi Nanami | ![]() |
25 September 2014 | 30 June 2019 |
Hideto Suzuki | ![]() |
1 July 2019 | 15 August 2019 |
Minoru Kobayashi | ![]() |
15 August 2019 | 19 August 2019 |
Fernando Jubero | ![]() |
20 August 2019 | 1 October 2020 |
Masakazu Suzuki | ![]() |
2 October 2020 | 31 January 2021 |
Akira Ito | ![]() |
1 February 2022 | 14 August 2022 |
Hiroki Shibuya | ![]() |
17 August 2022 | 31 January 2023 |
Akinobu Yokouchi | ![]() |
1 February 2023 | 18 December 2024 |
John Hutchinson | ![]() |
19 December 2024 | present |
J.League Records
Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
Season | Div. | Teams | Pos. | P | W (OTW / PKW) | D | L (OTL / PKL) | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup |
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1994 | J1 | 12 | 8th | 44 | 20 | - | 24 | 56 | 69 | -13 | - | 14,497 | Final | 1st round | – | – |
1995 | 14 | 6th | 52 | 28 (- / 0) | - | 23 (- / 1) | 88 | 77 | 11 | 85 | 17,313 | Not held | 2nd round | |||
1996 | 16 | 4th | 30 | 20 (- / 0) | - | 8 (- / 2) | 53 | 38 | 15 | 62 | 13,792 | Group stage | 3rd round | |||
1997 | 17 | 1st | 32 | 20 (3 / 0) | - | 6 (3 / 0) | 72 | 35 | 35 | 66 | 10,448 | Final | Semi-final | |||
1998 | 18 | 2nd | 34 | 26 (0 / 0) | - | 7 (1 / 0) | 107 | 39 | 78 | 78 | 12,867 | Winner | Quarter final | |||
1999 | 16 | 1st | 30 | 14 (3 / -) | 1 | 9 (3 / -) | 52 | 42 | 10 | 49 | 12,273 | Quarter final | Quarter-final | CC | Winner | |
2000 | 16 | 4th | 30 | 17 (2) | 0 | 7 (4) | 67 | 42 | 25 | 55 | 12,534 | Quarter-final | Quarter final | CC | Final | |
2001 | 16 | 2nd | 30 | 18 (8) | 1 | 2 (1) | 63 | 26 | 37 | 71 | 16,650 | Final | 4th round | CC | Final | |
2002 | 16 | 1st | 30 | 18 (8) | 1 | 3 | 72 | 30 | 42 | 71 | 16,564 | Quarter final | Quarter final | – | – | |
2003 | 16 | 2nd | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 34 | 22 | 57 | 17,267 | Semi-final | Winner | |||
2004 | 16 | 5th | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 44 | 10 | 48 | 17,126 | Group stage | Final | CL | Group stage | |
2005 | 18 | 6th | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 41 | 10 | 51 | 17,296 | Quarter-final | Quarter final | CL | Group stage | |
2006 | 18 | 5th | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 68 | 51 | 17 | 58 | 18,002 | Quarter-final | Quarter final | – | – | |
2007 | 18 | 9th | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 54 | 55 | -1 | 49 | 16,359 | Group stage | 5th round | |||
2008 | 18 | 16th | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 48 | -8 | 37 | 15,465 | Group stage | 5th round | |||
2009 | 18 | 11th | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 60 | -10 | 41 | 13,523 | Group stage | 4th round | |||
2010 | 18 | 11th | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 49 | -11 | 44 | 12,137 | Winner | 4th round | |||
2011 | 18 | 8th | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 45 | 8 | 47 | 11,796 | Quarter final | 3rd round | |||
2012 | 18 | 12th | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 53 | 4 | 46 | 13,122 | Group stage | 4th round | |||
2013 | 18 | 17th | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 56 | -16 | 23 | 10,895 | Group stage | Quarter final | |||
2014 | J2 | 22 | 4th | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 67 | 55 | 12 | 67 | 8,774 | Not eligible | 3rd round | ||
2015 | 22 | 2nd | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 72 | 43 | 29 | 82 | 10,041 | 2nd round | ||||
2016 | J1 | 18 | 13th | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 50 | -13 | 36 | 14,611 | Group stage | 3rd round | ||
2017 | 18 | 6th | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 58 | 16,321 | Group stage | Quarter final | |||
2018 | 18 | 16th | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 48 | -13 | 41 | 15,474 | Play-off stage | Quarter final | |||
2019 | 18 | 18th | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 51 | -22 | 31 | 15,277 | Play-off stage | 4th round | |||
2020 † | J2 | 22 | 6th | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 58 | 47 | 11 | 63 | 3,214 | Not eligible | Did not qualify | ||
2021 † | 22 | 1st | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 75 | 42 | 33 | 91 | 5,968 | Quarter final | ||||
2022 | J1 | 18 | 18th | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 57 | -25 | 30 | 9,942 | Group stage | Round of 16 | ||
2023 | J2 | 22 | 2nd | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 74 | 44 | 30 | 75 | 10,446 | Group stage | 3rd round | ||
2024 | J1 | 20 | 18th | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 68 | -21 | 38 | 13,817 | 2nd round | 2nd round | ||
2025 | J2 | 20 | TBD | 38 | TBD | 2nd round |
- 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
- OTW / PKW = Overtime wins / Penalty kicks wins (1997 & 1998 seasons). For 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002, this means Overtime wins only.
- OTL / PKL = Overtime losses / Penalty kicks losses (1997 and 1998 seasons). For 1999, 2000 & 2001, this means Overtime losses only.
- Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
- † In 2020 & 2021, attendances were lower due to the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.
- Source: J.League Data Site
Players in the FIFA World Cup
The following players were chosen for their country's World Cup team while playing for Júbilo Iwata:
Dunga (1998)
Hiroshi Nanami (1998)
Masashi Nakayama (1998, 2002)
Toshihiro Hattori (1998, 2002)
Takashi Fukunishi (2002, 2006)
Kim Jin-Kyu (2006)
Yūichi Komano (2010)
Masahiko Inoha (2014)
Award Winners
The following players won awards while playing for Júbilo Iwata:
- J.League Player of the Year
Dunga (1997)
Masashi Nakayama (1998)
Toshiya Fujita (2001)
Naohiro Takahara (2002)
- J.League Top Scorer
Masashi Nakayama (1998, 2000)
Naohiro Takahara (2002)
Ryoichi Maeda (2009, 2010)
- J.League Best XI
Hiroshi Nanami (1996, 1997, 1998, 2002)
Dunga (1997, 1998)
Tomoaki Ōgami (1997)
Masashi Nakayama (1997, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Daisuke Oku (1998)
Toshiya Fujita (1998, 2001, 2002)
Makoto Tanaka (1998)
Takashi Fukunishi (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Arno van Zwam (2001)
Toshihiro Hattori (2001)
Go Oiwa (2001)
Hideto Suzuki (2002)
Makoto Tanaka (2002)
Naohiro Takahara (2002)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (2006)
Ryoichi Maeda (2009, 2010)
Yūichi Komano (2012)
- J.League Rookie of the Year
- J.League Cup MVP
Nobuo Kawaguchi (1998)
Ryoichi Maeda (2010)
- J.League Cup New Hero Award
Hiroshi Nanami (1996)
Naohiro Takahara (1998)
- J2 League Top Scorer
Club Captains
Shinichi Morishita(1994)
Mitsunori Yoshida (1995)
Masashi Nakayama (1996–1998)
Toshihiro Hattori (1999–2005)
Takashi Fukunishi (2006)
Hideto Suzuki (2007)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (2008)
Ryo Takano (2009)
Daisuke Nasu (2010–2011)
Daiki Yamada (2012–2013)
Daisuke Matsui (2014)
Ryoichi Maeda (2014)
Kota Ueda (2015–2016)
Kentaro Oi (2017)
Nagisa Sakurauchi (2018–2020)
Hiroki Yamada (2021–)
Famous Former Players
Players who have played for their country's national team:
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Team Uniforms Over Time
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Third kits | ||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Summer Night Challenge |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 30th Anniversary |
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See also
In Spanish: Júbilo Iwata para niños