Oita Trinita

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Oita Trinita 大分トリニータ
Full name	Oita Trinita
Nickname(s)	-
Founded	1994
Ground	Kyushu Oil Dome ("Big Eye") Ōita (Capacity 43,254)
Chairman	Hiroshi Mizohata
Manager	Pericles Chamusca (Sep. 2005 -)
League	J. League Div.1
2007	14th Place
Home colours 　 Away colours

Oita Trinita (大分トリニータ, Ōita Torinīta^?) is a J. League team. The team name Trinita can be considered either a combination of the English word trinity and Ōita, or the Italian word trinità. The dual meaning expresses the will of the citizens, companies, and local governments to support the team.

The team's home town is Ōita city, but the club draws support from Beppu, Saiki and the entire Ōita Prefecture. Its home ground is Kyushu Oil Dome also called "Big Eye" and practices at the adjacent football and rugby field, River Park Inukai, and Ōita City Public Ground.

Contents 1 History 2 Team Record 2.1 J.League 2.2 Other domestic competitions 2.2.1 Emperor's Cup 2.2.2 J. League Cup 3 Honours 4 Players 4.1 Current squad 4.2 Notable players 5 Managers 6 Official Links

[edit] History

The youngest team currently playing in J1, the team started as Oita Trinity in 1994 and advanced through the Ōita Prefectural League, Kyushu League and finished as the runner-up at the 1996 National League, resulting in promotion to the JFL. In 1999, they changed their name to Trinita due to a copyright infringement, joined the J2 league and placed third. The team also placed third in 2000, and despite being in competition for promotion till the last game, it finished in sixth the next season. The following year, it won the J2 league championship and finally earned promoted to the J1 league.

[edit] Team Record

[edit] J.League

Season League Place GP Pts Win Draw Lose Average Crowd 1999 J2 3 / 10 36 63 21 3 12 3,886 2000 J2 3 / 11 40 81 26 3 11 4,818 2001 J2 6 / 12 44 78 25 4 15 6,638 2002 J2 Champions / 12 44 94 28 10 6 12,349 2003 J1 1st stage 14 / 16 15 15 4 3 8 21,373 J1 2nd stage 16 / 16 15 11 1 8 6 J1 Total 14 / 16 30 26 5 11 14 2004 J1 1st stage 10 / 16 15 17 5 2 8 21,889 J1 2nd stage 16 / 16 15 13 3 4 8 J1 Total 13 / 16 30 30 8 6 16 2005 J1 11 / 18 34 43 12 7 15 22,080 2006 J1 8 / 18 34 47 13 8 13 20,350 2007 J1 14 / 18 34 41 12 5 17 19,759

Key to colors           Played in 1st division league           Played in 2nd division league

[edit] Other domestic competitions

[edit] Emperor's Cup Season Result 1999 3rd Round 2000 3rd Round 2001 3rd Round 2002 4th Round 2003 3rd Round 2004 5th Round 2005 5th Round 2006 5th Round 2007 5th Round

[edit] J. League Cup Season Result 1999 2nd Round 2000 1st Round 2001 2nd Round 2002 Didn't qualify 2003 Group Stage 2004 Group Stage 2005 Group Stage 2006 Group Stage 2007 Group Stage

[edit] Honours

• 2002 - J2 league championship

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

As of February 22, 2008

No. Position Player 1 GK Shusaku Nishikawa 2 DF Ryo Kobayashi 3 MF Robert 4 DF Yuki Fukaya 5 MF Edmilson 6 DF Masato Morishige 7 MF Teppei Nishiyama 8 MF Mu Kanazaki 10 FW Ueslei 11 MF Shingo Suzuki 13 FW Daiki Takamatsu 14 MF Akihiro Ienaga 16 GK Seigo Shimokawa 17 DF Yuichi Nemoto

No. Position Player 18 FW Hiroshi Ichihara 19 FW Shunsuke Maeda 20 FW Daisuke Takahashi 21 FW Masaru Matsuhashi 22 DF Taikai Uemoto 23 GK Ryosuke Ishida 24 DF Tetsuya Yamazaki 25 DF Hiroyuki Kobayashi 26 DF Tatsuya Ikeda 27 MF Koki Kotegawa 28 MF Hiroshi Kiyotake 29 GK Keisuke Shimizu 30 MF Yudai Inoue 33 DF Yoshiaki Fujita

[edit] Notable players

• Will
• Dodô
• Magno Alves
• Rodrigo Mendes
• Richard Witschge
• Patrick Zwaanswijk
• Lorenzo Staelens
• Andrzej Kubica
• Choi Moon-Sik
• Kim Dong Hyun
• Takuya Jinno
• Akira Kaji
• Kazuya Maekawa
• Ryuji Michiki
• Tsukasa Umesaki

[edit] Managers

Manager	Nat.	Tenure
Nobuhiro Ishizaki	Japan	1999-2001
Shinji Kobayashi	Japan	2001-2003
Han Berger	Netherlands	2004
Hwangbo Kwan	South Korea	2005
Arie Schans	Netherlands	2005
Pericles Chamusca	Brazil	2005-

[edit] Official Links

http://www.oita-trinita.co.jp/

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