Gainare Tottori

Football club infobox
clubname = Gainare Tottori
ガイナーレ鳥取

| fullname = Gainare Tottori
nickname = nihongo|Gainare|ガイナーレ|"Gaināre"
founded = 1983
ground = Torigin Bird Stadium
Tottori, Tottori
Higashiyama Athletic Park Stadium
Yonago, Tottori
capacity = 16,033 (Torigin Bird Stadium)
15,000 (Higashiyama Athletic Park Stadium)
chairman = flagicon|Japan Masaki Tsukano
manager = flagicon|Thailand Witthaya Laohakul(2007-)
league = Japan Football League
season = 2007
position = 14th
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nihongo|Gainare Tottori|ガイナーレ鳥取|Gaināre Tottori are a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture. They play in the Japan Football League. Their team colour is green.

Their nickname "Gainare" derives from a Tottori dialect "gaina" meaning "strong".

Their team mascot is well-known 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' Football 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. 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.

tadiums

They play their home games mainly at Higashiyama Athletic Park Stadium in Yonago City for day games as well as Tottori Soccer Stadium in Tottori City for night games. Tottori Soccer Stadium is the only stadium in San'in region that meets the J. League requirements. As their home town is Yonago, the club tries to persuade the city council to upgrade Higashiyama Stadium to clear the requirements but the budget constraint of the city council means it is not likely to happen in the near future.

In recent years, they also play some games at Fuse Athletic Park Stadium in Tottori City, Matsue Athletic Stadium in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture and Hamayama Athletic Park Stadium in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture.

Results in JFL

2001: 16th
2002: 13th
2003: 10th
2004: 14th
2005: 12th
2006: 11th
2007: 14th

taff

"As of February 24 2008"
*manager: flagicon|Thailand Witthaya Laohakul
*Head Coach: flagicon|Japan Tamotsu Nakamura
*Coach: flagicon|Japan Hisao Kikkawa
*GK Coach: flagicon|Japan Takanori Miyoshi
*Team Doctor: flagicon|Japan Naohumi Takada
*Trainer: flagicon|Japan Hideki Ikenaga
*Trainer: flagicon|Japan Shoji Motegi

Current squad

"As of September 18, 2008" Fs player|no=30|nat=Japan|name=Norio Omura|pos=DF|（2008 Season Capten）

2008 Season transfers

"As of September 30, 2008" ;In

;OUT

External links

*(Japanese) [http://www.gainare.net/ Official Website]

Japan Football League
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J. League