Oita Trinita
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| Full name | Oita Trinita | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Trinita (トリニータ, Torinīta) Azzurro (Azūro) Camenaccio (カメナチオ, Kamenachio) | ||
| Founded | 1994 | ||
| Ground | Ōita Bank Dome ("Big Eye") Ōita | ||
| Capacity | 40,000 | ||
| Chairman | Hiroshi Aono | ||
| Manager | Tomohiro Katanosaka | ||
| League | J3 League | ||
| 2015 | J2, 21st (Relegated via playoff) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Oita Trinita (大分トリニータ, Ōita Torinīta) is a Japanese football club currently playing in the J3 League team. The team name Trinita can be considered either a combination of the English word trinity and Ōita, or the Italian word trinità. The dual meaning expresses the will of the citizens, companies, and local governments to support the team.
The team's home town is Ōita city, but the club draws support from Beppu, Saiki and the entire Ōita Prefecture. Its home ground is Oita Bank Dome also called "Big Eye" and practices at the adjacent football and rugby field, River Park Inukai, and Ōita City Public Ground.
History
The team started as Oita Trinity in 1994 and advanced through the Ōita Prefectural League, Kyushu League and finished as the runner-up at the 1996 National League, resulting in promotion to the JFL. In 1999, they changed their name to Trinita due to a copyright infringement, joined the J2 league and placed third. The team also placed third in 2000, and despite being in competition for promotion till the last game, it finished in sixth the next season. The following year, it won the J2 league championship and finally earned promoted to the J1 league. In 2008, they won J.League Cup, the first major title won by a Kyūshū club since the former Yawata Steel club's Emperor's Cup wins of the 1960s.[1]
In 2009 season, they suffered worst-ever results in their seven-year J1 history, including 14-game straight loss for league matches, which is the current worst record of J.League since Golden goal system is eliminated, at the earlier stage. They even fired cup-winning manager Pericles Chamusca in mid July.[2] On October 25, their relegation to J2 from 2010 season is determined after being held to a 1–1 draw by ten-man Kyoto Sanga F.C.. Though, according to J.League's regulation, Oita would face relegation anyway due to the acceptance of official funding (by the regulation, any team receive this funding will not be allowed staying in Division 1, unless paid back in the future).[3]
In their 3rd year in J.League Division 2 in 2012, they finished at 6th place. As the introduction of promotion playoffs and they had paid back the fund on October, they were given chance of promotion. They defeated Kyoto Sanga F.C. by 4–0 at the semi-final and JEF United Ichihara Chiba 1–0 at the final, thus to be promoted to 2013 J.League Division 1, back to the top division first time since 2008 season.[4] This time, however, their top flight stay lasted only one season. In 2015 they were relegated to J3 League after losing promotion playoffs to Template:Fb team Zelvia on December 6,[5] thereby becoming the first major trophy winner to be relegated to the third tier.
Record as J.League member
| Season | Div. | Tms. | Pos. | Attendance/G | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup |
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| 1999 | J2 | 10 | 3 | 3,886 | 2nd Round | 3rd Round |
| 2000 | J2 | 11 | 3 | 4,818 | 1st Round | 3rd Round |
| 2001 | J2 | 12 | 6 | 6,638 | 2nd Round | 3rd Round |
| 2002 | J2 | 12 | 1 | 12,349 | – | 4th Round |
| 2003 | J1 | 16 | 14 | 21,373 | Group Stage | 3rd Round |
| 2004 | J1 | 16 | 13 | 21,889 | Group Stage | 5th Round |
| 2005 | J1 | 18 | 11 | 22,080 | Group Stage | 5th Round |
| 2006 | J1 | 18 | 8 | 20,350 | Group Stage | 5th Round |
| 2007 | J1 | 18 | 14 | 19,759 | Group Stage | 5th Round |
| 2008 | J1 | 18 | 4 | 20,322 | Winners | 4th Round |
| 2009 | J1 | 18 | 17 | 18,428 | Group Stage | 3rd Round |
| 2010 | J2 | 19 | 15 | 10,463 | – | 3rd Round |
| 2011 | J2 | 20 | 12 | 8,779 | – | 2nd Round |
| 2012 | J2 | 22 | 6 | 9,721 | – | 2nd Round |
| 2013 | J1 | 18 | 18 | 11,915 | Group Stage | Quarterfinals |
| 2014 | J2 | 22 | 7 | 8,422 | – | 3rd Round |
| 2015 | J2 | 22 | 21 | 7,533 | – | 3rd Round |
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average league attendance
- Source: J.League Data Site
Honours
- J2 League
- J.League Cup
- Winners: 2008
- Suruga Bank Championship
- Runners-up : 2009
Players
Current squad
As of 15 January 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Moon Jung-sik 1994–1996- Park Kyung-wha 1997
Yasunori Haga 1997
Chico Formiga 1998- Nobuhiro Ishizaki 1999–2001
- Shinji Kobayashi 2001–2003
Han Berger 2004- Hwangbo Kwan 2005, 2010
- Arie Schans 2003
- Péricles Chamusca 2005–2009
Ranko Popović 2009- Kazuaki Tasaka 2011–2015
- Nobuaki Yanagida 2015
- Tomohiro Katanosaka 2016–
References
- ^ "J.League News No.40" (PDF). J.League. November 24, 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Andrew Mckirdy (July 9, 2009). "Indecision over Chamusca can only worsen Oita's plight". Japan Times. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "A yellow card for J.League". Japan Times. December 12, 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Andrew Mckirdy (November 24, 2012). "Trinita slip past JEF United to earn promotion to first division". Japan Times. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Machida promoted to J2". J. League. December 8, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
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