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Yokohama F. Marinos
Yokohama F.Marinos is a Japanese football team which participates in the professional J. League. The team is based in Yokohama and was founded as the company team of Nissan. It was originally Yokohama Marinos but after merging with Yokohama Flügel in 1999, it changed to its current name. The team name Marinos means 'sailor' in Spanish.
On 1973, the team started as the Nissan FC based in Yokohama. It took necessary steps like building a friendly relationship with local high schools and universities and starting junior teams for school kids to be a winning team. Under the first paid or professional team manager in Japan Shu Kamo , the team won championships in 1988 and 1989 as well as the JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup winning all three major tournaments in Japan at that time.
In 1991, it joined J. League. The team's home stadiums are International Stadium Yokohama and Mitsusawa Ballpark . It practices in Tozuka Training Center and Kozukue Stadium .
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Current stars
Former stars
- Masami Ihara
- Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
- Yoo Sang-Chul
Titles
- 1995 J. League 1st stage championship, J. League championship
- 2000 J. League 1st stage championship
- 2001 Nabisco Cup championshp
- 2003 J. League 1st stage championship, J. League 2nd stage championship, J. League championship
- 2004 J. League 1st stage championship, J. League championship
Manager
- 1993 - 1994 Shimizu Hidehiko
- 1995 Jorge Sorari (Argentina)
- 1995 - 1996 Hayano Hiroshi
- 1997 - 1998 Javier Ascargorta (Spain)
- 1999 Antonio de la Cruz (Spain)
- 2000 - 2001 Osvaldo Ardiles (Argentina)
- 2001 Shimojo Yoshiaki
- 2001 - 2002 Razaroni (Brazil)
- 2003 - present Okada Takeshi
External link
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