Yokohama Marinos
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| Full name | Yokohama F·Marinos |
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| Nickname(s) | Marinos, Tricolore |
| Founded | 1972, as Nissan Motors F.C. |
| Ground |
Nissan Stadium (International Stadium Yokohama) Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama |
| Capacity | 72,327 |
| Owner |
Nissan Motor Company (80%) City Football Group (20%) |
| Chairman | Toru Hasegawa |
| Manager | Erick Mombaerts |
| League | J1 League |
| 2016 | J1 League, 10th |
| Website | Club home page |
Yokohama F. Marinos (横浜F・マリノス Yokohama Efu Marinosu?) is a Japanese association football team that participates in the J1 League. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team are based in Yokohama and were founded as the company team of Nissan Motors. The club was formed by the merger of Yokohama Marinos and Yokohama Flügels in 1999. The current name is intended to reflect both Marinos and Flügels. The team name Marinos means "sailors" in Spanish. Yokohama F. Marinos are the longest serving team in the top flight of Japanese football having played at the top level since 1982, also making them, along with Kashima Antlers, one of only two teams to have competed in Japan's top flight of football every year since its inception.
In 1972, the team started as the Nissan Motors F.C. based in Yokohama, and were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1976. They took necessary steps like building a friendly relationship with local high schools and universities and starting junior teams for school kids to be a winning team. Under the first paid or professional team manager in Japan Shu Kamo, the team won championships in 1988 and 1989 as well as the JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup winning all three major tournaments in Japan at that time.
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