Montedio Yamagata
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Montedio Yamagata is a professional association football (soccer) club based in Yamagata Prefecture
in Japan
. The club plays in J. League Division 1.
Montedio is a coined word combining two Italian words Monte ("Mountain") and Dio ("God").
Yamagata Soccer Club. 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.
On November 30, 2008, they were promoted to J. League Division 1 for the first time. They achieved their highest league placing of 13th in 2010 before being relegated back to Division 2 at the end of 2011.
(on loan)
Yamagata Prefecture
-Fruit:Yamagata Prefecture is the largest producer of cherries and pears in Japan. A large quantity of other kinds of fruits such as grapes, apples, peaches, melons, persimmons and watermelons are also produced.- Demographics :...
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The club plays in J. League Division 1.
Montedio is a coined word combining two Italian words Monte ("Mountain") and Dio ("God").
History
The club was founded in 1984 as NECNEC
, a Japanese multinational IT company, has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government....
Yamagata Soccer Club. It gained the promotion to the Japan Football League (former)
Japan Football League (former)
The former was an association football league that existed from 1992 to 1998. Also known as the JFL, it was the 2nd tier of the Japanese football hierarchy following J...
in 1994. After renaming itself as Montedio Yamagata in 1996, it has been playing in J. League Division 2 since its inaugural 1999 season.
On November 30, 2008, they were promoted to J. League Division 1 for the first time. They achieved their highest league placing of 13th in 2010 before being relegated back to Division 2 at the end of 2011.
Current players
As of July 22, 2011(on loan)
Season by season results and managers
| Year | League | Played | Points | Wins | Losses | Draws | Place | Manager | General Manager | Average Crowd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Former JFL | 30 | ― | 10 | 20 | ― | 13 (16) |  Naoki Sugisawa |
― | |
| 1995 | 30 | 41 | 13 | 17 | ― | 10 (16) | Nobuhiro Ishizaki |
― | ||
| 1996 | 30 | 49 | 16 | 14 | ― | 8 (16) | ― | |||
| 1997 | 30 | 56 | 19 | 11 | ― | 5 (16) | ― | |||
| 1998 | 30 | 64 | 22 | 8 | ― | 3 (16) | ― | |||
| 1999 1999 J. League Division 2 -Final table:... |
J2 | 36 | 48 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 7 (10) | Shigeharu Ueki |
― | 2,980 |
| 2000 2000 J. League Division 2 -Final table:... |
40 | 33 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 10 (11) | ― | 3,468 | ||
| 2001 2001 J. League Division 2 -Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Kyoto Purple Sanga won the championship.-Final table:... |
44 | 80 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 3 (12) | Koichi Hashiratani |
― | 4,391 | |
| 2002 2002 J. League Division 2 The 2002 J. League Division 2 season is the 31st season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 4th season since the establishment of J2 League.... |
44 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 11 (12) | ― | 3,755 | ||
| 2003 2003 J. League Division 2 The 2003 J. League Division 2 season is the 32nd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 5th season since the establishment of J2 League.... |
44 | 55 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 8 (12) | ― | 4,370 | ||
| 2004 2004 J. League Division 2 The 2004 J. League Division 2 season is the 33rd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 6th season since the establishment of J2 League.... |
44 | 71 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 4 (12) | Jun Suzuki Jun Suzuki Jun Suzuki may refer to:* Jun Suzuki , Japanese football player currently playing for Avispa Fukuoka* Jun Suzuki , former Japanese football player currently coaching Japanese club Omiya Ardija... |
― | 6,420 | |
| 2005 2005 J. League Division 2 The 2005 J. League Division 2 season is the 34th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 7th season since the establishment of J2 League.... |
44 | 64 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 5 (12) | ― | 5,949 | ||
| 2006 2006 J. League Division 2 The 2006 J. League Division 2 season is the 35th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 8th season since the establishment of J2 League.... |
48 | 65 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 8 (13) | Yasuhiro Higuchi Yasuhiro Higuchi Yasuhiro Higuchi is a former Japanese football player.-References:*... |
― | 5,058 | |
| 2007 2007 J. League Division 2 The 2007 J. League Division 2 season is the 36th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 9th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on March 3 and ended on December 1.... |
48 | 58 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 9 (13) | ― | |||
| 2008 2008 J. League Division 2 The 2008 J. League Division 2 season is the 37th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 10th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season started on March 8 and ended on December 6.... |
42 | 78 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 2 (15) | Shinji Kobayashi |
― | 6,273 | |
| 2009 | J1 | 34 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 15 (18) | ― | 12,056 | |
| 2010 2010 J. League Division 1 The 2010 J. League Division 1 season was the 46th season of the top-flight club football in Japan and the 18th season since the establishment of J1 League. The season began on March 6 and ended on December 4.... |
34 | 42 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 13 (18) | ― | 11,710 |