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| Full name | Júbilo Iwata | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Júbilo | ||
| Founded | 1972; 53 years ago (1972) as Yamaha Motor S.C. | ||
| Stadium | Yamaha Stadium Iwata, Shizuoka | ||
| Capacity | 15,165[1] | ||
| Owner | Yamaha Motor Company | ||
| Chairman | Yoshirou Takahira | ||
| Manager | John Hutchinson | ||
| League | J2 League | ||
| 2024 | J1 League, 18th of 20 (relegated) | ||
| Website | www | ||
 Current season | |||
Júbilo Iwata (Japanese:ジュビロ磐田,Hepburn:Jubiro Iwata) is a Japanese professionalfootball team based inIwata, located inShizuoka Prefecture. The club competes inJ2 League following relegation fromJ1 League in2024.
The team's nameJúbilo means 'joy' in Spanish and Portuguese.
The team started out as the company team forYamaha Motor Corporation in April 1972. After making its way through theShizuoka andTōkai football leagues, it played in theJapan Soccer League until it reorganized as theJ.League at the end of 1992.
Their first glory happened when they won both theEmperor's Cup and promotion aschampions of the JSL Division 2 in 1982. They won their first Japanese league title in the 1987/88 season. Due to problems in the upcoming professionalization, Yamaha decided to relegate themselves and not be one of the J.League founder members.
They finished in 2nd place of the JFL 1st division, a division below the top flight, in 1993 and were promoted to the J1 league for 1994. The team welcomedMarius Johan Ooft as its manager, as well as theBrazil national team captainDunga and a number of foreign players to build a winning team.[2] Dunga's football philosophy deeply influenced the club, initially as a player and currently as an advisor.
In a seven-year period between1997 and2003, the club won a number of titles relying on Japanese players instead of foreigners who may leave on a transfer during the middle of the season. Within this period Júbilo won the J.League title three times, finished second three more and won each of the domestic cup competitions once. In 1999, Júbilo were also crownedChampions of Asia after winning the final match againstEsteghlal in front of 121,000 spectators at theAzadi Stadium.
In one of the most fruitful periods in J.League history, Júbilo broke several records and created some new ones. Amongst these are the most goals scored in a season (107 in1998); the fewest goals conceded in a season (26 in2001); the biggest goal difference (plus 68 goals in 1998); and the largest win (9–1 againstCerezo Osaka in 1998).[3] In 2002, the team won both stages of the championship, a first in J.League history, and the same year the team had a record seven players selected for the J.LeagueTeam of the Year. All of these records still stand today.
Between 1997 and 2003, Júbilo were one of the most successful teams in the J. League. Over this seven-year spell Jubilo finished outside the top two of J1 just once, winning the league title on three occasions. This period also saw a number of cup final appearances, including winning the Emperor's Cup, the J. League Cup, and the Asian Champions League once each.
Since their last cup triumph in the2003 Emperor's Cup, the squad which took them to such heights began to age. Without similarly skilled replacements coming through the youth team or from outside, Júbilo's power started to fade, and in 2007 the club ended the season in a record worst position of 9th. Perhaps more concerning to Júbilo supporters is their eclipse in recent seasons by bitterlocal rivalsShimizu S-Pulse who, in ending the season above Júbilo every year since2006, have become Shizuoka prefecture's premier performing team. In2008 they finished 16th out of 18 – their lowest position in the 18-club table – but kept their J1 position by defeatingVegalta Sendai in the promotion/relegation playoff.
In2013 season, it took them until 8th week to make their first win in the league matches, and never move up higher than 16th since they were ranked down to 17th as of the end of 5th week. Then eventually suffered their first relegation to2014 J.League Division 2 after they were defeated bySagan Tosu at their 31st week match.Júbilo were promoted back to J1 in2015 after finishing runners-up.
After an 18th-place finish in 2019, Iwata were relegated to J2 for 2020. The following year, Júbilo won J2 and were promoted for the2022 J1 League season.
In 2022, Júbilo couldn't find their way into success throughout the season, with forgettable campaigns being made in each competition. In theJ.League Cup, the team saw an early elimination at the group stage, finishing third at their group after losing half of their fixtures. In theEmperor's Cup, they were eliminated in the Round of 16 byTokyo Verdy at extra-time, despite looking promising after 5–2 win againstMatsumoto Yamaga on the 2nd round.
On 19 October 2022, Júbilo Iwata announced through their media accounts that for both transfers windows of the 2023 season, the club would be unable to make new signings after a ban was imposed byFIFA and theCAS. The ban, however, didn't applied to youth team promotions of Júbilo's academy system, and for players returning from loan transfers. The decision was made based on issues regardingFabián González's contract with the club, as the player supposedly cancelled a contract signed with an unnamed Thai club without a justifiable reason. According to Júbilo, at the time of his signing (in the pre-season) they were unaware of the previous contract González signed with the Thai club. The situation became public after the Thai club left a complaint highlighting the transfer issue situation toFIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber in April 2022. González was also imposed a punishment by FIFA, being suspended from any participation in official matches for four months.[4] The transfer ban also led to a provisional contract cancellation of Shu Morooka on 17 November 2022, who had during the season signed a provisional contract for the 2023 season, after graduating from university.[5] Then, on the same day, it was announced he would joinKashima Antlers instead.[6] Later on 20 December, the club filed an appeal about theCAS decision over the subject, but it was denied on 22 December.[7]
The situation in J1 became much worse for the club, spending the last 16 rounds of the top-flight league without leaving relegation zone, resulted another drop to J2 League for2023 season, which confirmed on the penultimate round. Nonetheless, just a year later, Iwata eventually made a swift return to J1 for the2024 season by finishing as runners-up of the second-tier, obtained a 2–1 away win in the final matchweek of the season againstTochigi SC on 12 November 2023 and favoured by results of another matches in the same day.[8][9] On 1 March 2024,Ryo Germain scored 4 goals in a memorable 5–4 league away win againstKawasaki Frontale.
Thefiercest professional rivals of Júbilo Iwata areShimizu S-Pulse fromShizuoka.[10] The club also have rivalries with bothKashima Antlers andYokohama Marinos, with whom they traded theJapanese league championship since the late 1980s. During theJapan Soccer League days, they had a more local derby withHonda, across theTenryu inHamamatsu, but as Honda has long resisted professionalism, competitive matches between them since 1994 are a rarity. Júbilo also competed with another Shizuoka club,Fujieda MYFC in2014 Emperor's Cup as well as2023 J2 League, all won by Iwata side. OnJ3 League, there areAzul Claro Numazu, although neither clubs have ever faced one another in a competitive match.
Júbilo plays their home games at theYamaha Stadium. The stadium has aseating capacity of 15,165 people. It is one of the few dedicated football stadiums in Japan that are operated and managed by the club. It is said to be the easiest place to watch a game in Japan.
For big fixtures such as theShizuoka Derby withShimizu S-Pulse and against some of the top teams in J1, Júbilo would play at the much largerEcopa Stadium inFukuroi City, a venue built specifically for the2002 FIFA World Cup finals. The stadium surrounded by the rich nature of Mt. Ogasa and full of greenery, is the largest multi-purpose stadium in the prefecture, boasting a fully equipped facility that can accommodate 50,000 people.
Júbilo use both Okubo Ground inIwata and Iwata Sports Park Yumeria as training grounds.[11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For the 2025 season.
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Sports director |  Toshiya Fujita |
| Head Coach |  John Hutchinson |
| Assistant Coach | Fumitake Miura Yasumasa Nishino |
| Goalkeeping coach | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi |
| Physical coach | Kentaro Chuman |
| Assistant physical coach | Ryosuke Inada |
| Chief analyst | Kiyotaka Sakai |
| Analyst | Takashi Harada |
| Chief trainer | Takahiro Abe |
| Physiotherapist | Toyohiro Oshiro |
| Athletic trainer | Yusuke Otsuga Kazumasa Terui |
| Chief manager | Yuichi Kiyan |
| Manager | Hideki Masaki Satoru Tanigawa |
| Interpreter | Hiroaki Akasaka Antonio Danilo Hideki Uehara Gabriel |
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Promotion Series | 2 | 1977, 1978 |
| Emperor's Cup | 2 | 1982,2003 |
| Japan Soccer League Division 2 | 1 | 1982 |
| Japan Soccer League Division 1 | 1 | 1987/88 |
| Japan Football League | 1 | 1992 |
| J1 League | 3 | 1997,1999,2002 |
| J.League Cup | 2 | 1998,2010 |
| Asian Club Championship | 1 | 1998/99 |
| Asian Super Cup | 1 | 1999 |
| Japanese Super Cup | 3 | 2000,2003,2004 |
| J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship | 1 | 2011 |
| J2 League | 1 | 2021 |
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Finish | ||
| Ryuichi Sugiyama | Japan | 1974 | 30 June 1987 |
| Kikuo Konagaya | Japan | 1 July 1987 | 31 December 1991 |
| Kazuaki Nagasawa | Japan | 1 January 1992 | 31 January 1994 |
| Hans Ooft |  Netherlands | 1 February 1994 | 31 January 1997 |
| Luiz Felipe Scolari | Brazil | 1 February 1997 | 29 May 1997 |
| Takashi Kuwahara | Japan | 29 May 1997 | 31 January 1998 |
| Valmir | Brazil | 1 February 1998 | 31 December 1998 |
| Takashi Kuwahara | Japan | 1 February 1999 | 31 January 2000 |
| Gjoko Hadžievski |  Macedonia | 1 February 2000 | 31 August 2000 |
| Masakazu Suzuki | Japan | 1 September 2000 | 31 January 2003 |
| Masaaki Yanagishita | Japan | 1 February 2003 | 31 January 2004 |
| Takashi Kuwahara | Japan | 1 February 2004 | 31 August 2004 |
| Masakazu Suzuki | Japan | 1 September 2004 | 9 November 2004 |
| Masakuni Yamamoto | Japan | 9 November 2004 | 19 June 2006 |
| Adílson Batista | Brazil | 23 June 2006 | 1 September 2007 |
| Atsushi Uchiyama | Japan | 1 September 2007 | 31 August 2008 |
| Hans Ooft | Netherlands | 2 September 2008 | 31 January 2009 |
| Masaaki Yanagishita | Japan | 1 February 2009 | 31 January 2011 |
| Hitoshi Morishita | Japan | 1 February 2012 | 4 May 2013 |
| Tetsu Nagasawa | Japan | 5 May 2013 | 26 May 2013 |
| Takashi Sekizuka | Japan | 27 May 2013 | 31 January 2014 |
| Péricles Chamusca | Brazil | 1 February 2014 | 24 September 2014 |
| Hiroshi Nanami | Japan | 25 September 2014 | 30 June 2019 |
| Hideto Suzuki | Japan | 1 July 2019 | 15 August 2019 |
| Minoru Kobayashi | Japan | 15 August 2019 | 19 August 2019 |
| Fernando Jubero |  Spain | 20 August 2019 | 1 October 2020 |
| Masakazu Suzuki | Japan | 2 October 2020 | 31 January 2021 |
| Akira Ito | Japan | 1 February 2022 | 14 August 2022 |
| Hiroki Shibuya | Japan | 17 August 2022 | 31 January 2023 |
| Akinobu Yokouchi | Japan | 1 February 2023 | 18 December 2024 |
| John Hutchinson | Malta | 19 December 2024 | present |
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| Season | Div. | Teams | Pos. | P | W(OTW / PKW) | D | L(OTL / PKL) | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Asia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | J1 | 12 | 8th | 44 | 20 | - | 24 | 56 | 69 | -13 | - | 14,497 | Final | 1st round | – | – |
| 1995 | 14 | 6th | 52 | 28(- / 0) | - | 23(- / 1) | 88 | 77 | 11 | 85 | 17,313 | Not held | 2nd round | |||
| 1996 | 16 | 4th | 30 | 20(- / 0) | - | 8(- / 2) | 53 | 38 | 15 | 62 | 13,792 | Group stage | 3rd round | |||
| 1997 | 17 | 1st | 32 | 20(3 / 0) | - | 6(3 / 0) | 72 | 35 | 35 | 66 | 10,448 | Final | Semi-final | |||
| 1998 | 18 | 2nd | 34 | 26(0 / 0) | - | 7(1 / 0) | 107 | 39 | 78 | 78 | 12,867 | Winner | Quarter final | |||
| 1999 | 16 | 1st | 30 | 14(3 / -) | 1 | 9(3 / -) | 52 | 42 | 10 | 49 | 12,273 | Quarter final | Quarter-final | CC | Winner | |
| 2000 | 16 | 4th | 30 | 17(2) | 0 | 7(4) | 67 | 42 | 25 | 55 | 12,534 | Quarter-final | Quarter final | CC | Final | |
| 2001 | 16 | 2nd | 30 | 18(8) | 1 | 2(1) | 63 | 26 | 37 | 71 | 16,650 | Final | 4th round | CC | Final | |
| 2002 | 16 | 1st | 30 | 18(8) | 1 | 3 | 72 | 30 | 42 | 71 | 16,564 | Quarter final | Quarter final | – | – | |
| 2003 | 16 | 2nd | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 34 | 22 | 57 | 17,267 | Semi-final | Winner | |||
| 2004 | 16 | 5th | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 44 | 10 | 48 | 17,126 | Group stage | Final | CL | Group stage | |
| 2005 | 18 | 6th | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 41 | 10 | 51 | 17,296 | Quarter-final | Quarter final | CL | Group stage | |
| 2006 | 18 | 5th | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 68 | 51 | 17 | 58 | 18,002 | Quarter-final | Quarter final | – | – | |
| 2007 | 18 | 9th | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 54 | 55 | -1 | 49 | 16,359 | Group stage | 5th round | |||
| 2008 | 18 | 16th | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 48 | -8 | 37 | 15,465 | Group stage | 5th round | |||
| 2009 | 18 | 11th | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 60 | -10 | 41 | 13,523 | Group stage | 4th round | |||
| 2010 | 18 | 11th | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 49 | -11 | 44 | 12,137 | Winner | 4th round | |||
| 2011 | 18 | 8th | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 45 | 8 | 47 | 11,796 | Quarter final | 3rd round | |||
| 2012 | 18 | 12th | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 53 | 4 | 46 | 13,122 | Group stage | 4th round | |||
| 2013 | 18 | 17th | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 56 | -16 | 23 | 10,895 | Group stage | Quarter final | |||
| 2014 | J2 | 22 | 4th | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 67 | 55 | 12 | 67 | 8,774 | Not eligible | 3rd round | ||
| 2015 | 22 | 2nd | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 72 | 43 | 29 | 82 | 10,041 | 2nd round | ||||
| 2016 | J1 | 18 | 13th | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 50 | -13 | 36 | 14,611 | Group stage | 3rd round | ||
| 2017 | 18 | 6th | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 58 | 16,321 | Group stage | Quarter final | |||
| 2018 | 18 | 16th | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 48 | -13 | 41 | 15,474 | Play-off stage | Quarter final | |||
| 2019 | 18 | 18th | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 51 | -22 | 31 | 15,277 | Play-off stage | 4th round | |||
| 2020† | J2 | 22 | 6th | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 58 | 47 | 11 | 63 | 3,214 | Not eligible | Did not qualify | ||
| 2021† | 22 | 1st | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 75 | 42 | 33 | 91 | 5,968 | Quarter final | ||||
| 2022 | J1 | 18 | 18th | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 57 | -25 | 30 | 9,942 | Group stage | Round of 16 | ||
| 2023 | J2 | 22 | 2nd | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 74 | 44 | 30 | 75 | 10,446 | Group stage | 3rd round | ||
| 2024 | J1 | 20 | 18th | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 68 | -21 | 38 | 13,817 | 2nd round | 2nd round | ||
| 2025 | J2 | 20 | TBD | 38 | TBD | TBD | ||||||||||
The following players have been selected by their country in theWorld Cup, while playing for Júbilo Iwata:
Dunga (1998)Hiroshi Nanami (1998)Masashi Nakayama (1998,2002)Toshihiro Hattori (1998,2002)Takashi Fukunishi (2002,2006)
Kim Jin-Kyu (2006)Yūichi Komano (2010)Masahiko Inoha (2014)The following players have won the awards while at Júbilo Iwata:
Dunga (1997)Masashi Nakayama (1998)Toshiya Fujita (2001)Naohiro Takahara (2002)Masashi Nakayama (1998, 2000)Naohiro Takahara (2002)Ryoichi Maeda (2009, 2010)Hiroshi Nanami (1996, 1997, 1998, 2002)Dunga (1997, 1998)Tomoaki Ōgami (1997)Masashi Nakayama (1997, 1998, 2000, 2002)Daisuke Oku (1998)Toshiya Fujita (1998, 2001, 2002)Makoto Tanaka (1998)Takashi Fukunishi (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003)Arno van Zwam (2001)Toshihiro Hattori (2001)Go Oiwa (2001)Hideto Suzuki (2002)Makoto Tanaka (2002)Naohiro Takahara (2002)Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (2006)Ryoichi Maeda (2009, 2010)Yūichi Komano (2012)Robert Cullen (2005)Nobuo Kawaguchi (1998)Ryoichi Maeda (2010)Hiroshi Nanami (1996)Naohiro Takahara (1998)
Jay Bothroyd (2015)Shinichi Morishita(1994)Mitsunori Yoshida (1995)Masashi Nakayama (1996–1998)Toshihiro Hattori (1999–2005)Takashi Fukunishi (2006)Hideto Suzuki (2007)Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (2008)Ryo Takano (2009)Daisuke Nasu (2010–2011)Daiki Yamada (2012–2013)Daisuke Matsui (2014)Ryoichi Maeda (2014)Kota Ueda (2015–2016)Kentaro Oi (2017)Nagisa Sakurauchi (2018–2020)Hiroki Yamada (2021–)Players with senior international caps:
| Home kits 1st | ||||
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          1994 - 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 kits 2nd | ||||
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     1994 - 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 - | |||
| Third kits | ||||
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    2003 3rd |      2005 Friendly match |      2013 20 Anniversary 3rd |      2016 Midsummer decisive battle |      2017 Midsummer challenge |
 2017 3rd |      2018 Limited |      2019 Summer Night Challenge |    2020 Limited |   2021 Limited |
     2023 30th Anniversary |      2024 3rd | |||
In themanga seriesCaptain Tsubasa, three characters were players of Júbilo Iwata. The midfielders Taro Misaki and Hanji Urabe, and the defender Ryo Ishizaki.
| Achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | Champions of Asia 1998–99 | Succeeded by |
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