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club, based in Tottori, capital of

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. They play in the

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, the Japanese third tier of professional football league. Their team colour is green.

Name origin

Their team name ''Gainare'' derives from the Tottori dialect word ''gaina'' meaning "great" and Italian ''sperare'' meaning "to hope". Their team mascot was a Japanese horror

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, a native of

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History

The club was founded in 1983 as Tottori Teachers' Soccer Club (鳥取教員団サッカー部　''Tottori Kyōin Dan Sakkā Bu''). They opened their gate to players with other professions in 1989, renaming themselves ''S.C. Tottori''. They adopted their current name in 2007. They were promoted to the

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after finishing runners-up in the 2001 Regional League play-off.

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Yamatsumi Sports Club operate the club. After defeating

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1–0 on October 3, 2010, in their home stadium, at last they could secure JFL top four after failed attempts on two previous seasons. The confirmation from

J. League The , commonly a.k.a. shortened to the , and officially known as the for sponsorship with Meiji Yasuda Life, is the men's association football league in Japan. It is responsible for organizing Japan's major professional football tournaments, i ...

about their promotion to J2 came on November 29. They won the JFL title on October 24, 2010, with five games remaining. On the 2013 J2–J3 promotion/relegation playoff, Gainare Tottori lost by 2–1 to

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on aggregate score, and ended up relegated to the newly launched J3 League (from now on the 3rd tier of professional league football) ahead of the 2014 season. The club spent three seasons at the J2 League, and has not returned since their relegation. They are also one of the four teams to have competed in J3 League every year since its inception.

Stadiums

They play their home games mainly at

Axis Bird Stadium The is a 16,033-capacity multi-purpose stadium in Tottori, Tottori. The stadium is home to J3 League side Gainare Tottori. The stadium hosted Ecuador's national selection during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. It was formerly known as Tottori Stadium ...

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. Tottori Soccer Stadium is the only stadium in

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that meets the J. League requirements. In recent years, they also play some games at Fuse Athletic Park Stadium in

, Matsue Athletics Stadium in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture and Hamayama Athletic Park Stadium in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture.

League and cup records

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Honours

Current squad

Out on loan

Coaching staff

Managerial history

Kit evolution

References

External links

* {{Japanese Club Football, group=clubs Football clubs in Japan Association football clubs established in 1983 Sport in Tottori Prefecture J.League clubs 1983 establishments in Japan Japan Football League clubs