are a Japanese football club, based in Tottori, capital of Tottori Prefecture. They play in the J3 League, the Japanese third tier of professional football league. Their team colour is green.
Name origin Their team name Gainare derives from the Tottori dialect word gaina meaning "great" and Italian sperare meaning "to hope".
Their team mascot was a Japanese horror anime character Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro created by Shigeru Mizuki, a native of Sakaiminato, Tottori.
History The club was founded in 1983 as Tottori Teachers' Soccer Club (鳥取教員団サッカー部 Tottori Kyōin Dan Sakkā Bu). They opened their gate to players with other professions in 1989, renaming themselves S.C. Tottori. They adopted their current name in 2007.
They were promoted to the Japan Football League after finishing runners-up in the 2001 Regional League play-off. Nonprofit organisation Yamatsumi Sports Club operate the club.
After defeating Arte Takasaki 1–0 on October 3, 2010, in their home stadium, at last they could secure JFL top four after failed attempts on two previous seasons. The confirmation from J. League about their promotion to J2 came on November 29. They won the JFL title on October 24, 2010, with five games remaining.
On the 2013 J2–J3 promotion/relegation playoff, Gainare Tottori lost by 2–1 to Kamatamare Sanuki on aggregate score, and ended up relegated to the newly launched J3 League (from now on the 3rd tier of professional league football) ahead of the 2014 season. The club spent three seasons at the J2 League, and has not returned since their relegation. They are also one of the four teams to have competed in J3 League every year since its inception.
Stadiums They play their home games mainly at Axis Bird Stadium in Tottori City. Tottori Soccer Stadium is the only stadium in San'in region that meets the J. League requirements.
In recent years, they also play some games at Fuse Athletic Park Stadium in Tottori City, Matsue Athletics Stadium in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture and Hamayama Athletic Park Stadium in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture.
League and cup records ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated League J. League Cup Emperor'sCupSeason Div. Tier Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G SC Tottori2006JFL 3 18 11th 34 7 15 12 61 62 -1 36 1,146 Not eligible2nd roundGainare Tottori2007JFL 318 14th 34 10 9 15 42 51 -9 39 1,755 Not eligible2nd round200818 5th 34 17 6 11 57 37 20 57 3,215 1st round200918 5th 34 16 8 10 65 37 28 56 3,419 2nd round201018 1st 34 24 5 5 64 31 33 77 3,489 2nd round2011J2220 19th 38 8 7 23 36 60 -24 31 3,692 3rd round201222 20th 42 11 5 26 33 78 -45 38 3,133 3rd round201322 22nd 42 5 16 21 38 74 -36 31 4,097 2nd round2014J3312 4th 33 14 11 8 34 25 9 53 3,069 2nd round201513 6th 36 14 8 14 47 41 6 50 1,932 2nd round201616 15th 30 8 6 16 30 47 -17 30 1,898 2nd round201717 17th 32 4 9 19 31 63 -32 21 1,559 1st round201817 3rd 32 15 8 9 61 47 14 53 2,657 2nd round201918 7th 34 14 8 12 49 59 -10 50 2,228 2nd round2020 †18 5th 34 17 6 11 47 37 10 57 703 Did not qualify2021 †15 12th 28 9 2 17 36 53 -17 29 1,186 2nd round202218 12th 34 12 5 17 55 56 -1 41 1,745 1st round202320 6th 38 1414 10 57 52 5 56 2,131 1st round202420 14th 38 13 8 15 48 64 -16 47 2,434 2nd round 1st round202520 11th 38 15 6 17 44 49 -5 51 2,835 1st round 1st round202610 TBD 18 N/A N/A2026-2720 TBD 38 TBD TBD Key
Honours +Gainare Tottori HonoursHonourNo.YearsJapan Football League12010Chugoku Soccer League12000
Current squad
Out on loan
Coaching staff Position NameManager Kentaro HayashiFirst-team coach Daichi Niwa Yuki ShimizuGoalkeeper coach Tetsuya HigashiTechnical coach Shoma KurataTrainer Kiyoshi Otani Takato HiromoriCompetent Atsumu UgataSide affairs Takuma Kawada
Managerial history Manager Nationality Tenure Start Finish Yoji Mizuguchi February 1, 2007 August 15, 2007Witthaya Laohakul August 23, 2007 February 1, 2010Takeo Matsuda February 1, 2010 January 31, 2012Hideo Yoshizawa February 1, 2012 January 31, 2013Norio Omura December 7, 2013 August 12, 2013 Koji Maeda August 12, 2013 January 31, 2014Masanobu Matsunami February 1, 2014 January 31, 2016Tetsuji Hashiratani February 1, 2016 January 31, 2017Ryuzo Morioka February 1, 2017June 4, 2018Daisuke Sudo June 4, 2018 January 31, 2019Riki Takagi February 1, 2019 May 4, 2021Kim Jong-song May 10, 2021 June 19, 2023Kohei Masumoto (caretaker) June 20, 2023 November 24, 2023Kentaro Hayashi December 8, 2023 current
Kit evolution Home kit - 1st
Away kit - 2nd
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