Yokohama F. Marinos
横浜F・マリノス

Full name	Yokohama F·Marinos
Nickname(s)	Marinos,Tricolor
Founded	1972; 53 years ago (1972) as Nissan Motor
Stadium	Nissan Stadium
Capacity	72,327
Owner	Nissan (80%) City Football Group (20%)
Chairman	Akihiro Nakayama
Head coach	Patrick Kisnorbo
League	J1 League
2024	J1 League, 8th of 20
Website	www.f-marinos.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Yokohama F. Marinos (横浜F・マリノス,Yokohama Efu Marinosu), stylised asYokohama F·Marinos, is aJapanese professionalfootball club based inYokohama,Kanagawa Prefecture, part of theGreater Tokyo Area. The club competes in theJ1 League, which is the top tier offootball in the country.^[1][2][3]

Having won the J-League title five times and finishing second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team is based inYokohama and was founded as the company team ofNissan Motor. The club was formed by the merger of Yokohama Marinos andYokohama Flügels in1999. The current name is intended to reflect both of the original names. Yokohama F. Marinos is the longest serving team in the top flight of Japanese football, having played at the top level since1982, also making them, along withKashima Antlers, one of onlytwo teams to have competed in Japan's top flight of football every year since its inception.

The team traces its origins to 1972 as theNissan Motors Football Club, based inYokohama. Nissan won promotion to Division 2 Football League in 1976. Under coachShu Kamo, the team won theJapan Soccer League in 1988 and 1989, as well as theJSL Cup in 1988, 1989 and 1990 and theEmperor's Cup in 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989 and 1991. The 1989 team won the "Triple Crown" - all three major tournaments in Japan - with famous players such asKazushi Kimura,Takashi Mizunuma and BrazilianOscar. At the end of the 1991–92 season, the team won theAsian Cup Winners' Cup.

Nissan obtained registration in the newly formedJ.League to acquire professional club status and changed the club's name toYokohama Marinos, a reference to Yokohama's status as a major port city.^[4] In their first seasons as a professional team, Yokohama Marinos continued to win competitions: triumphant in theEmperor's Cup, a second consecutiveAsian Cup Winners' Cup, and their firstJ.League title in 1995. Matches between Yokohama Marinos andVerdy Kawasaki were known as the National Derby.

Park Il-gyu

Thiago

Hatanaka

Matsubara

Theerathon

Kida

Ogihara

Nakagawa

Endo

Marcos

Erik

The usual starting line-up of the2019 J1 League winning team^[5][6]

In 1999, the club was renamedYokohama F. Marinos after the technical and financial merger withYokohama Flügels, which had declared bankruptcy. An F was added to the name to represent the Flügels half of the club. However, many Flügels fans have rejected the new team, feeling that their team was dissolved into the F. Marinos rather than merged with it. As a result, they refused to follow F. Marinos and instead createdYokohama FC, the new city rival of F. Marinos, with the help of public donations and an affiliation withIMG, a talent agency.

In 2000, Marinos were runner-up in the2000 J1 League, whereShunsuke Nakamura was named the best player of the season.

On 27 October 2001, Marinos won theJ.League Cup, defeatingJúbilo Iwata in a 0–0 match where Marinos won the penalty shootout 3–1.

In the 2002 season, Marinos were league runners-up behind Júbilo Iwata.

In 2003 and 2004, Marinos became back-to-back league champions for the second time, in the professional era, with the stars of the team being South KoreansAhn Jung-hwan,Yoo sang-chul and Japanese playersDaisuke Oku,Tatsuhiko Kubo andYuji Nakazawa (who was the best player of the year in 2004). Their coach was the JapaneseTakeshi Okada, who was named the 'Best Coach of the Year' in 2003 and 2004.

From 2005 to 2008, with notable playersHayuma Tanaka,Hideo Ōshima,Daisuke Sakata andKoji Yamase, Marinos didn't achieve any single honours. The highest they reached during this period was the2008 Emperor's Cup semi-final where they were knockout byGamba Osaka in extra time.

In 2010, club legendShunsuke Nakamura returned to Yokohama F. Marinos after 8 years and stayed until the end of the2017 J1 League season.

On August 4, 2011, a year after leaving the club, former Marinos playerNaoki Matsuda collapsed during training withMatsumoto Yamaga due to cardiac arrest and died at the age of 34. As a result, his former number 3 has been retired.

And after two semi-final defeats in 2011 and 2012, Marinos won the2013 Emperor's Cup on 1 January 2014, the first after 21 years and in 2013, they were runner-up in theJ.League for the second time in their history.

On 20 May 2014, it was announced that theCity Football Group, a subsidiary ofAbu Dhabi United Group, had invested in a minority stake in Yokohama F. Marinos, creating a partnership with the football club and the automakerNissan.

And after consecutive defeats, such as a loss in the2017 Emperor's Cup Final and in the2018 J.League Cup Final, the team managed to get a good shape thanks to the direction of the Australian coachAnge Postecoglou, which ended 15 years of drought by winning the2019 J1 League title, with emphasis on the participation of Teruhito Nakagawa being the 'Best Player of the Season' and top scorer with 15 goals together with BrazilianMarcos Júnior.

In 2020, Marinos made it out of the2020 AFC Champions League group stage for the first time since theAFC Champions League switched to the current format. The club were drawn in Group H alongside ChineseShanghai SIPG, South KoreanJeonbuk Hyundai Motors and AustralianSydney FC. Marinos qualified to the knockout stages as group leaders with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 losses. However the club was bowed out from the tournament in the Round of 16 losing 3–2 to South KoreanSuwon Samsung Bluewings.

In 2021, Marinos finished in second place 13 points behind league champions,Kawasaki Frontale where on 18 July 2021, Head coachAnge Postecoglou was signed by Scottish club,Celtic whileHideki Matsunaga will be the caretaker for the club until 18 July 2021, Marinos signed another Australian head coach,Kevin Muscat.

In 2022, Kevin Muscat steered the club to win their fifthJ1 League title. The club also finished as group leaders in the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage being placed in Group H alongside South Korean Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, VietnameseHoang Anh Gia Lai and Australian Sydney FC. Marinos qualified to the knockout stages with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 losses where they faced another Japanese sideVissel Kobe in the Round of 16, however, the club suffered a 3–2 defeat to Vissel Kobe thus crashing out from the competition.

In 2023, Marinos than finished as league runners up with 64 points behind Vissel Kobe who got 71 points. Kevin Muscat than guided the club in the2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage being drawn in Group G with ChineseShandong Taishan, South KoreanIncheon United and FilipinoKaya–Iloilo. Marinos finished the group tied with 12 points along with Shandong Taishan and Incheon United but qualified to theround of 16 as group leaders.

On 6 December 2023, Kevin Muscat resigned as the head coach in whichHarry Kewell were appointed as the new head coach of the club on 31 December 2023 becoming the third consecutive Australian manager in the club history. Harry Kewell than guided the club in the round of 16 fixture against ThaiBangkok United, winning the match 3–2 on aggregate withAnderson Lopes scoring an injury time penalty in the 120th minute of extra time during the second leg sending the team to the quarter-finals. Marinos then faced off againstShandong Taishan again in which Marinos won 3–1 on aggregate thus seeing them to the semi-finals against South KoreanUlsan Hyundai. Marinos suffered a 1–0 defeat away in which the club bounced back in the second leg at home winning the match 3–2 thus seeing both club tied with 3–3 on aggregate sending the match into extra time and then penalties shootout. Marinos went on to win the penalties shootout 5–4 where vice-captainEduardo scored the winning penalty to send the team to their first-ever Champions League final against EmiratiAl Ain. They would start losing 0-1 during the first leg at home, but then came back with two goals fromAsahi Uenaka andKota Watanabe to make it 2–1 at the end of the match, but, unfortunately, they'd lose 5–1 away in the second leg (6–3 on aggregate), thus ending as runners-up of the competition.

Yokohama derby

• The classic among the most representative teams in the city ofYokohama, Yokohama F. Marinos,Yokohama FC andYSCC Yokohama. Between 1993 and 1998, the Yokohama derby corresponded only to the departure between the lateYokohama Flügels and Yokohama F. Marinos.

Kanagawa derby

• This is the derby played by theKanagawa prefecture teams, currently the most important match is that of Yokohama F. Marinos andKawasaki Frontale. Other Kanagawa derby rivals includeShonan Bellmare,Yokohama FC andYSCC Yokohama.

Previously,Verdy Kawasaki and the extinctYokohama Flügels were Kanagawa derby rivals. With Verdy moving to Tokyo from Kawasaki, matches between the two clubs are no longer considered Kanagawa derbies.

Yokohama F. Marinos utilizes a three colour system composed of blue, white and red.

In 2012, Yokohama F. Marinos have unveiled a special edition 20th Anniversary jersey

Home - 1st kits
1992	1993 - 1994	1995 - 1996	1997 - 1998	1999 - 2000
2001	2002	2003	2004 - 2005	2006
2007	2008 - 2009	2010	2011	2012
2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
2023	2024	2025

Away - 2nd kits
1992	1993 - 1996	1997 - 1998	1999 - 2000	2001 - 2002
2003 - 2004	2005 - 2006	2007	2008 - 2009	2010
2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
2021	2022	2023	2024	2024

Other - 3rd kits
1993 3rd	2001 - 2002 3rd	2004 ACL 1st	2009 Yokohama Port 150th anniversary	2012 20 year anniversary
2013 PSM Memorial	2014 ACL 1st	2014 ACL 2nd	2014 commemoration of the 2014 Emperor's Cup victory	2015 Cup 1st
2015 CUP 2nd	2016 Cup 1st	2016 CUP 2nd	2016 Yokohama Port Opening Commemorative	2017 CUP 1st
2017 Cup 2nd	2017 SP	2018 SP	2019 SP Yokohama 160th Anniversary	2020 SP
2021 SP	2022 SP	2023 SP	2024 SP

The team's home stadiums areNissan Stadium, otherwise known as International Stadium Yokohama, andMitsuzawa Stadium. The team trained at Marinos Town located in the area ofMinato Mirai, but moved to Kozukue Field located next to the home ground in 2016.

The club's official theme song is "We Are F. Marinos" by Japanese duoYuzu.^[7] The song was first released in 2005, with the song being used at games up to today, sometimes having mascot Marinos-kun dance to the song on a pedestal on the running track of Nissan Stadium.

As of 14 March 2025.^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN William Popp 2 DF  JPN Katsuya Nagato 6 MF  JPN Kōta Watanabe 7 FW  BRA Élber 8 MF  JPN Takuya Kida(captain) 9 FW  JPN Daiya Tōno 10 FW  BRA Anderson Lopes(vice-captain) 11 FW  BRA Yan Matheus 13 DF  COL Jeison Quiñónes 14 FW  JPN Asahi Uenaka 15 DF  IDN Sandy Walsh 16 DF  JPN Ren Katō 17 MF  JPN Kenta Inoue 19 GK  JPN Park Il-gyu 20 MF  JPN Jun Amano 21 GK  JPN Hiroki Iikura(vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 FW  JPN Ryō Miyaichi 25 MF  JPN Tōichi Suzuki 27 DF  JPN Ken Matsubara(vice-captain) 28 MF  JPN Riku Yamane 31 GK  JPN Ryoya Kimura 33 DF  JPN Kosei Suwama 34 MF  JPN Takuto Kimura 39 DF  JPN Taiki Watanabe 41 MF  JPN Kosuke MatsumuraDSP 42 MF  JPN Kohei Mochizuki 43 DF  JPN Reno Noguchi 44 DF  AUS Thomas Deng(vice-captain) 45 MF  TOG Kodjo Aziangbe 46 FW  JPN Hiroto AsadaType 2 47 DF  JPN Kazuya Yamamura

The official club website lists the club mascot as player #0 and the supporters as player #12.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 MF  JPN Eitarō Matsuda(atSagan Tosu) — GK  JPN Tomoki Tagawa(atKataller Toyama)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  JPN Manato Yoshida(atOita Trinita) — FW  JPN Yuki Murakami(atEhime FC)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  JPN Naoki Matsuda

Position[9]	Name
Manager (interim)	Patrick Kisnorbo
Assistant manager	Ryo Adachi Hideo Oshima
Fitness coach	Tomoo Tsukoshi
Goalkeeper coach	Shigetatsu Matsunaga
Assistant goalkeeper coach	Tetsuya Enomoto
Conditioning coach	Yusuke Tanaka
Chief analyst	Satoru Okada
Analyst	Jun Yamaguchi
Performance data analyst	Yuki Masui

Manager	Nationality	Tenure
		Start	Finish
Hidehiko Shimizu	Japan	1993	1994
Jorge Solari	Argentina	1995	1995
Hiroshi Hayano	Japan	1995	1996
Xabier Azkargorta	Spain	1997	August 1998
Antonio de la Cruz	Spain	August 1998	1999
Osvaldo Ardiles	Argentina	Jan 1, 2000	Dec 31, 2000
Yoshiaki Shimojo	Japan	2001	2001
Sebastião Lazaroni	Brazil	2001	2002
Yoshiaki Shimojo	Japan	2002	Dec 31, 2002
Takeshi Okada	Japan	Jan 1, 2003	Aug 24, 2006
Takashi Mizunuma	Japan	Aug 25, 2006	Dec 31, 2006
Hiroshi Hayano	Japan	Jan 1, 2007	Dec 31, 2007
Takashi Kuwahara	Japan	Jan 1, 2008	July 17, 2008
Kokichi Kimura	Japan	July 18, 2008	Dec 31, 2009
Kazushi Kimura	Japan	Feb 16, 2010	Dec 31, 2011
Yasuhiro Higuchi	Japan	Dec 30, 2011	Dec 7, 2014
Erick Mombaerts	France	Dec 16, 2014	Jan 1, 2018
Ange Postecoglou	Australia	Jan 1, 2018	June 10, 2021
Hideki Matsunaga (caretaker)	Japan	June 10, 2021	July 18, 2021
Kevin Muscat	Australia	July 18, 2021	December 13, 2023
Harry Kewell	Australia	Dec 31, 2023	July 15, 2024
John Hutchinson (interim)	Malta	July 16, 2024	December 9, 2024
Steve Holland	England	December 17, 2024	April 18, 2025
Patrick Kisnorbo (interim until May 5, 2025)	Australia	April 18, 2025	present

This list includes players that were called up to their national teams while playing at Yokohama F. Marinos, either to participate in official or friendly competitions, friendly matches or in training camps.

• Shigetatsu Matsunaga 1993
• Masami Ihara 1994–1998
• Yoshiharu Ueno 1999–2000
• Norio Omura 2001
• Naoki Matsuda 2002–2003
• Daisuke Oku 2004
• Naoki Matsuda 2005–2006
• Yuji Nakazawa 2007
• Ryuji Kawai 2008–2009
• Yuzo Kurihara 2010
• Shunsuke Nakamura 2011–2016
• Manabu Saito 2017
• Yuji Nakazawa 2018
• Takuya Kida 2019–present

The list includes players who were called up to their national teams while playing at Yokohama F. Marinos, to represent their country in theFIFA World Cup .

• 1994 FIFA World Cup:Ramón Medina Bello
• 1998 FIFA World Cup:Masami Ihara,Shoji Jo,Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi,Norio Omura,César Sampaio
• 2002 FIFA World Cup:Naoki Matsuda
• 2006 FIFA World Cup:Yuji Nakazawa
• 2010 FIFA World Cup: Yuji Nakazawa,Shunsuke Nakamura
• 2014 FIFA World Cup:Manabu Saito
• 2018 FIFA World Cup:Milos Degenek

Key

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1989–90	Asian Club Championship	Qualifying round (Group 6)	Liaoning	0–1		2nd out of 4
			Hap Kuan	9–0
			Chadongcha	2–0
		Group A	Kuala Lumpur City	2–1		1st out of 3
			Fanja	1–0
		Final	Liaoning	1–2	1–1	2–3
1990–91	Asian Club Championship	Qualifying round (Group 7)	April 25	0–1		3rd out of 3
			Liaoning	2–3
1991–92	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals	East Bengal	4–0	3–1	4–1
		Semi-finals	Pupuk Kaltim	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Final	Al-Nassr	5–0	1–1	6–1
1992–93	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Second round	Pupuk Kaltim	3–1	1–1	4–2
		Semi-finals	SHB Đà Nẵng	3–0	1–1	4–1
		Final	Persepolis	1–1	1–0	2–1
1993–94	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Philippine Air Force	5–0	1–0	6–0
		Quarter-finals	Semen Padang	11–0	1–2	12–2
		Semi-finals	South China	w/o
1996–97	Asian Club Championship	First round	GD Artilheiros	w/o
		Second round	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Quarter-finals (East Asia Group)	Pohang Steelers	2–2		3rd out of 4
			Seongnam FC	2–3
			New Radiant	10–0
2004	AFC Champions League	Group G	Bình Định	6–0	3–0	2nd out of 4
			Persik Kediri	4–0	4–1
			Seongnam FC	1–2	1–0
	A3 Champions Cup	Table	Seongnam FC	0–3		2nd out of 4
			Shanghai Shenhua	2–0
			Shanghai International	2–1
2005	AFC Champions League	Group F	Shandong Taishan	0–1	1–2	2nd out of 4
			PSM Makassar	3–0	2–0
			Police Tero	2–0	2–1
	A3 Champions Cup	Table	Pohang Steelers	1–1		3rd out of 4
			Shenzhen Jianlibao	2–0
			Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–3
2014	AFC Champions League	Group G	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	0–3	4th out of 4
			Guangzhou	1–1	1–2
			Melbourne Victory	3–2	0–1
2020	AFC Champions League	Group H	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4–1	2–1	1st out of 4
			Sydney FC	4–0	1–1
			Shanghai Port	1–2	1–0
		Round of 16	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–3
2022	AFC Champions League	Group H	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–1	1–1	1st out of 4
			Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	2–0	2–1
			Sydney FC	3–0	1–0
		Round of 16	Vissel Kobe	2–3
2023–24	AFC Champions League	Group G	Incheon United	2–4	1–2	1st out of 4
			Shandong Taishan	3–0	1–0
			Kaya-Iloilo	3–0	2–1
		Round of 16	Bangkok United	1–0 (a.e.t.)	2–2	3–2
		Quarter-finals	Shandong Taishan	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Semi-finals	Ulsan Hyundai	3–2 (a.e.t.)	0–1	3–3 (5–4p)
		Final	Al Ain	2–1	1–5	3–6
2024–25	AFC Champions League Elite	League stage(East region)	Gwangju	3–7		1st out of 11
			Ulsan HD	4–0
			Shandong Taishan	2–2 (Voided)
			Buriram United	5–0
			Pohang Steelers	2–0
			Central Coast Mariners	4–0
			Shanghai Shenhua	1–0
			Shanghai Port	2–0
		Round of 16	Shanghai Port	4–1	1–0	5–1
		Quarter-finals	Al Nassr

• AFC Champions League: 9 appearances

  1989–90: Runners-up

  1990–91: Group stage

  1996–97: Quarter-finals

  2004: Group stage

  2005: Group stage

  2014: Group stage

  2020: Round of 16

  2022: Round of 16

  2023–24: Runners-up

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

  1991–92:Winners

  1992–93:Winners

  1993–94: Semi-finals

J.League MVP Award:

• Shunsuke Nakamura (2000; 2013)
• Yuji Nakazawa (2004)
• Teruhito Nakagawa (2019)
• Tomoki Iwata (2022)

J.League Top Scorer:

• Ramón Díaz (1993)
• Teruhito Nakagawa (2019)
• Marcos Júnior (2019)
• Daizen Maeda (2021)
• Anderson Lopes (2023)
• Anderson Lopes (2024)

J.League Rookie of the Year:

• Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1995)
• Daisuke Nasu (2003)
• Kazuma Watanabe (2009)

J.League Manager of the Year:

• Takeshi Okada (2003; 2004)
• Ange Postecoglou (2019)
• Kevin Muscat (2022)

J.League Fair Play Award:

• Daisuke Sakata (2007)
• Yuji Nakazawa (2015; 2017)

J.League Monthly MVP:

• Shunsuke Nakamura (March 2013)
• Tetsuya Enomoto (October 2013)
• Manabu Saito (August 2015)
• Shunsuke Nakamura (October 2015)
• Manabu Saito (October 2016; November 2016)
• Yuji Nakazawa (June 2017)
• Takuya Kida (May 2019)
• Teruhito Nakagawa (October 2019)
• Erik (September 2020)
• Leo Ceara (August 2021)
• Kota Mizunuma (June 2022)
• Tomoki Iwata (September 2022)

J.League Best XI:

• 1993:Shigetatsu Matsunaga,Masami Ihara,Ramón Díaz
• 1994:Masami Ihara
• 1995:Masami Ihara,Masaharu Suzuki
• 1996:Masami Ihara
• 1997:Masami Ihara
• 1999:Shunsuke Nakamura
• 2000:Naoki Matsuda,Shunsuke Nakamura
• 2002:Naoki Matsuda
• 2003:Yuji Nakazawa,Daisuke Oku,Tatsuhiko Kubo,Dutra
• 2004:Yuji Nakazawa,Daisuke Oku,Dutra
• 2005:Yuji Nakazawa
• 2008:Yuji Nakazawa
• 2013:Yuji Nakazawa,Shunsuke Nakamura
• 2019:Teruhito Nakagawa,Marcos Júnior,Takuya Kida,Thiago Martins
• 2021:Daizen Maeda
• 2022:Élber,Kota Mizunuma,Tomoki Iwata,Ryuta Koike,Yohei Takaoka
• 2023:Anderson Lopes
• 2024:Anderson Lopes

AFC Champions League Best XI:

• 2020:Takuya Kida,Teruhito Nakagawa

J.League Cup MVP:

• 2001:Tatsuya Enomoto

J.League Cup New Hero:

• 2013:Manabu Saito
• 2018:Keita Endo

In themanga series –Captain Tsubasa, one of the characters was Yokohama Marinos midfielder Mamoru Izawa.^{[citation needed]}

The base category of Yokohama F. Marinos started in 1986, before the opening of the J-League, and it is divided into 3 categories U-12, U-15 and U-18 and these are some of the best players formed at the base of Marinos,Shunsuke Nakamura,Manabu Saito,Jungo Fujimoto,Mike Havenaar,Hiroki Iikura,Takashi Amano,Hiroyuki Taniguchi,Tetsuya Enomoto,Yuzo Kurihara,Hayuma Tanaka,Yuki Kaneko,Daisuke Sakata,Naohiro Ishikawa,Rikizo Matsuhashi,Eitaro Matsuda,Kota Yamada,Keita Endo,Ryo Takano,Takuya Kida,Andrew Kumagai,Yuji Ono,Jun Amano,Sho Matsumoto,Jin Hanato,Kota Mizunuma,Takashi Kanai,Masakazu Tashiro,Yota Akimoto etc. ....^[10]

• All Japan Club Youth Soccer Tournament
• JFA Prince League Kanto
• Prince Takamado Trophy
• J-Youth Cup
• JFA Championship
• Danone Nations Cup

Wikimedia Commons has media related toYokohama F. Marinos.

• Official website(in Japanese)
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