Ōita Trinita is a Japanese football club currently playing in J1 League, having been promoted in 2018 after a 5-year absence from Japan’s top flight. The club’s home town is Ōita city, but the club draws support from Beppu, Saiki, and the entire Ōita Prefecture.
The club’s name, Trinita, is the Italian translation of the word trinity (trinità), which was the club’s original name before being changed in 1999, and Ōita, the club’s home town. The combined word expresses the will of the local citizens, companies, and government to support the team. Others connection to the italian culture can be found in the city nickname Azzurro (light blue in English).
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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 | Showa Denko Dome Oita Ōita |
Capacity | 31,997 |
Chairman | Toru Enoki |
Manager | Tomohiro Katanosaka |
League | J1 League |
2020 | J1 League, 11th of 18 |
Website | Club website |
Honours
- J2 League
- Champions: 2002
- Runner-ups: 2018
- Play-offs Winners: 2012
- J3 League
- Champions: 2016
- J.League Cup
- Winners: 2008
- Suruga Bank Championship
- Runners-up : 2009
Team Roster
2021 Team Roster (Updated 15-03-2021) |
Manager : Tomohiro Katanosaka |
Shun Takagi (Goalkeeper) |
William Popp (Goalkeeper) |
Konosuke Nishikawa (Goalkeeper) |
Shun Yoshida (Goalkeeper) |
Yuki Kagawa |
Yuto Misao |
Keisuke Saka |
Kenta Fukumori |
Yuki Kobayashi |
Rei Matsumoto |
Yamato Machida |
Yuya Takazawa |
Naoki Nomura |
Hokuto Shimoda |
Kohei Isa |
Henrique Trevisan (Brazil) (on loan from Estoril) |
Yuta Koide |
Arata Watanabe |
Kenta Inoue |
Kazuki Fujimoto |
Katsunori Ueebisu |
Shun Nagasawa |
Kaoru Takayama |
Seigo Kobayashi |
Hayato Kurosaki |
Pereira (Brazil) (on loan from Atlético-GO) |
Keita Takahata |
Yushi Hasegawa |
Ryosuke Tone |
Masaki Yumiba |
Kento Haneda |
Yusei Yashiki |
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–