Montedio Yamagata

Montedio Yamagata
モンテディオ山形
Full name	Montedio Yamagata
Nickname(s)	Montedio, The Eagle Bees
Founded	1984; 40 years ago
Ground	ND Soft Stadium
Capacity	20,315
Chairman	Kentaro Aita
Manager	Susumu Watanabe
League	J2 League
2024	J2 League, 4th of 20
Website	montedioyamagata.jp
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Montedio Yamagata (モンテディオ山形, Montedio Yamagata) is a Japanese professional association football club based in Tendo, Yamagata. The club currently playing in J2 League, the Japanese second tier of professional football.

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. This weakened the squad which also suffered many injuries through the year and Montedio were relegated back to J.League Division 2 at the end of 2011. At the end of the season, the manager, Shinji Kobayashi, stepped down even though many fans glorified his accomplishment for the past 4 years.^{[citation needed]}

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
Season	Division	Teams	Pos	P	W	D	L	Pts	J.League Cup	Emperor's Cup
1999	J2	10	7th	36	15	4	17	48	1st round	Quarter-finals
2000		11	10th	40	11	2	27	33	1st round	2nd round
2001		12	3rd	44	27	6	14	80	1st round	3rd round
2002		12	11th	44	6	17	21	35	Not eligible	1st round
2003		12	8th	44	15	10	19	55		3rd round
2004		12	4th	44	19	14	11	71		4th round
2005		12	5th	44	16	16	12	64		4th round
2006		13	8th	48	17	14	17	65		4th round
2007		13	9th	48	15	13	20	58		4th round
2008		15	2nd	42	23	9	10	78		4th round
2009	J1	18	15th	34	10	9	15	39	Group stage	3rd round
2010		18	13th	34	11	9	14	42	Group stage	Quarter finals
2011		18	18th	34	5	23	6	21	1st round	3rd round
2012	J2	22	10th	42	16	13	13	61	Not eligible	3rd round
2013		22	10th	42	16	15	11	59		4th round
2014		22	6th	42	18	14	10	64		Runners up
2015	J1	18	18th	34	4	18	12	24	Group stage	4th round
2016	J2	22	14th	42	11	17	14	47	Not eligible	3rd round
2017		22	11th	42	14	11	17	59		3rd round
2018		22	12th	42	14	14	14	56		Semi-finals
2019		22	6th	42	20	12	10	70		2nd round
2020		22	7th	42	17	14	11	62		Did not qualify
2021		22	7th	42	20	8	14	68		2nd round
2022		22	6th	42	17	13	12	64		2nd round
2023		22	5th	42	21	4	17	67		3rd round
2024		20	4th	38	20	6	12	66	1st round	3rd round
2025		20	TBD	38					TBD	TBD

Key

Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; 'Pts = Points gained
Source: J.League Data Site

Current squad

As of 13 August 2024.^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Masaaki Goto
2	DF	JPN	Taiju Yoshida
3	DF	JPN	Yuta Kumamoto
4	DF	JPN	Keisuke Nishimura
5	DF	JPN	Takashi Abe
6	DF	JPN	Takumi Yamada
7	MF	JPN	Leo Takae
8	MF	JPN	Yudai Konishi
10	MF	JPN	Ryoma Kida
11	FW	JPN	Yoshiki Fujimoto
14	MF	JPN	Koki Sakamoto
15	DF	JPN	Ayumu Kawai
16	GK	JPN	Ko Hasegawa
17	MF	JPN	Chihiro Kato
18	MF	JPN	Shuto Minami
19	DF	JPN	Kazuma Okamoto
20	MF	JPN	Nagi Matsumoto (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)
22	DF	JPN	Hayate Shirowa
23	GK	JPN	Eisuke Fujishima


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	JPN	Rui Yokoyama
25	MF	JPN	Shintaro Kokubu
28	MF	JPN	Kaisei Kano
29	DF	JPN	Jo Soma
32	GK	JPN	Taisei Kambayashi
33	DF	JPN	Toraji Chiba
36	FW	JPN	Junya Takahashi
40	DF	JPN	Kiriya Sakamoto
41	FW	JPN	Yusuke Goto
42	MF	JPN	Zain Issaka
50	MF	JPN	Eiji Nagai ^{Type 2}
51	DF	JPN	Taiki Sugawara ^{Type 2}
52	FW	JPN	Ryotaro Inoue ^{Type 2}
53	MF	JPN	Hikaru Hanzawa ^{Type 2}
54	GK	JPN	Rikuto Sato ^{Type 2}
55	FW	JPN	Shunmei Horikane ^DSP
83	DF	JPN	Shuta Kikuchi (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
88	MF	JPN	Shoma Doi
90	FW	JPN	Akira Silvano Disaro

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	JPN	Ryo Arita (at Kagoshima United)
34	FW	JPN	Kanato Abe (at Briobecca Urayasu)
—	DF	JPN	Keita Yoshioka (at Blaublitz Akita)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	JPN	Takayuki Arakaki (at FC Gifu)
—	MF	JPN	Wataru Tanaka (at Kagoshima United)
—	FW	JPN	Towa Arakawa (at Veertien Mie)

Club officials

Position	Name
Manager	Susumu Watanabe
Assistant manager	Jin Sato Ken Iwase
First-team coach	Keisuke Kaizaki Ren Yumitani
Goalkeeper coach	Yusaburo Matsuoka
Physical coach	Kenta Hamabe
Performance coordinator	Yosuke Kyoya
Analyst	Kanta Hashiba
Trainer	Tsukasa Sato Hiraku Toguri So Adachi
Team operations coordinator	Masahiro Sasaki
General affairs	Takuya Fukai Takaaki Sakai

Managerial history

Manager	Nationality	Tenure
Manager	Nationality	Start	Finish
Shoichi Kato	Japan	1984	1989
Masanobu Tashiro	Japan	1990	1993
Naoki Sugisawa	Japan	1994
Nobuhiro Ishizaki	Japan	1 February 1995	31 January 1999
Shigeharu Ueki	Japan	1 February 1999	31 January 2001
Kōichi Hashiratani	Japan	1 January 2001	31 December 2003
Jun Suzuki	Japan	1 February 2004	31 January 2006
Yasuhiro Higuchi	Japan	1 February 2006	31 January 2008
Shinji Kobayashi	Japan	1 February 2008	31 January 2012
Ryōsuke Okuno	Japan	1 February 2012	31 January 2014
Nobuhiro Ishizaki	Japan	1 February 2014	31 January 2017
Takashi Kiyama	Japan	1 February 2017	31 January 2020
Kiyotaka Ishimaru	Japan	1 February 2020	21 April 2021
Jin Satō	Japan	22 April 2021	29 April 2021
Peter Cklamovski	Australia/ North Macedonia	30 April 2021	4 April 2023
Susumu Watanabe	Japan	4 April 2023	Current

General managers

Shigetoshi Nakaigawa – 1986–1997, 2007–2019 ^[4]^[5]

Honours

Montedio Yamagata honours
Honour	No.	Years
Yamagata Prefecture League	1	1989
Tohoku Soccer League	4	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

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	2024

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	2024

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]

Battle of Ōshū

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "中井川茂敏｜株式会社フェザンレーヴ". www.faisunreve.co.jp.
^ "【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.
^ "〜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.
^ "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.

External links

(in Japanese) Official website
Montedio Squad

[jlg-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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Club	Players History All articles
Stadium	ND Soft Stadium Yamagata
Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Notable matches	2014 Emperor's Cup Final 2014 J. League Division 2 Playoff Final
Former stadiums	Tsuruoka Stadium Akagawa ground Yamagata Municipal Stadium Akanegaoka Athletic Field
Rivalries	Tohoku derby Michinoku derby Tenchijin derby Ōu Honsen Battle of Ōshū