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| Full name | SC Gainare Tottori Football | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Gainare | ||
| Founded | 1983 | ||
| Stadium | Axis Bird Stadium Tottori, Tottori | ||
| Capacity | 16,033 | ||
| Chairman | Masaki Tsukano | ||
| Manager | Kohei Masumoto (caretaker) | ||
| League | J3 League | ||
| 2023 | J3 League, 6th of 20 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Gainare Tottori (ガイナーレ鳥取, Gaināre Tottori) are a Japanese football club, based in Tottori, capital of Tottori Prefecture. They play in the J3 League, the Japanese third tier of professional football league. Their team colour is green.
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 anime character Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro created by Shigeru Mizuki, a native of Sakaiminato, Tottori.
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 Japan Football League after finishing runners-up in the 2001 Regional League play-off. Nonprofit organisation Yamatsumi Sports Club operate the club.
After defeating Arte Takasaki 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 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 Kamatamare Sanuki 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 play their home games mainly at Axis Bird Stadium in Tottori City. Tottori Soccer Stadium is the only stadium in San'in region that meets the J. League requirements.
In recent years, they also play some games at Fuse Athletic Park Stadium in Tottori City, Matsue Athletics Stadium in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture and Hamayama Athletic Park Stadium in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture.
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | Emperor's Cup | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Div. | Tier | Teams | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | |
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| 2006 | JFL | 3 | 18 | 11th | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 61 | 62 | -1 | 36 | 1,146 | 2nd round |
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| 2007 | JFL | 3 | 18 | 14th | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 51 | -9 | 39 | 1,755 | 2nd round |
| 2008 | 18 | 5th | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 57 | 37 | 20 | 57 | 3,215 | 1st round | ||
| 2009 | 18 | 5th | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 37 | 28 | 56 | 3,419 | 2nd round | ||
| 2010 | 18 | 1st | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 31 | 33 | 77 | 3,489 | 2nd round | ||
| 2011 | J2 | 2 | 20 | 19th | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 36 | 60 | -24 | 31 | 3,692 | 3rd round |
| 2012 | 22 | 20th | 42 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 33 | 78 | -45 | 38 | 3,133 | 3rd round | ||
| 2013 | 22 | 22nd | 42 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 38 | 74 | -36 | 31 | 4,097 | 2nd round | ||
| 2014 | J3 | 3 | 12 | 4th | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 53 | 3,069 | 2nd round |
| 2015 | 13 | 6th | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 50 | 1,932 | 2nd round | ||
| 2016 | 16 | 15th | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 47 | -17 | 30 | 1,898 | 2nd round | ||
| 2017 | 17 | 17th | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 63 | -32 | 21 | 1,559 | 1st round | ||
| 2018 | 17 | 3rd | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 47 | 14 | 53 | 2,657 | 2nd round | ||
| 2019 | 18 | 7th | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 59 | -10 | 50 | 2,228 | 2nd round | ||
| 2020 † | 18 | 5th | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 57 | 703 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2021 † | 15 | 12th | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 36 | 53 | -17 | 29 | 1,186 | 2nd round | ||
| 2022 | 18 | 12th | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 55 | 56 | -1 | 41 | 1,745 | 1st round | ||
| 2023 | 20 | 6th | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 57 | 52 | 5 | 56 | 2,131 | 1st round | ||
| 2024 | 20 | TBD | 38 | |||||||||||
As of 8 September 2023.[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For the 2023 season.[2]
| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Kohei Masumoto
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| Assistant manager | Hiromu Koyano
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| First-team coach | Yasutaka Shimizu
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| Goalkeeper coach |  Kim Jong-dal
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| Trainer | Sota Maeda
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| Conditioning trainer | Hitoshi Kuboki
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| Competent | Atsumu Ugata
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| Side affairs | Hajime Iwasa Tatsuya Yamanaka
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| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | |
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| Start | Finish | ||
| Yoji Mizuguchi | Japan |
February 1, 2007 | August 15, 2007 |
| Witthaya Laohakul |  Thailand |
August 23, 2007 | February 1 ,2010 |
| Takeo Matsuda | Japan |
February 1, 2010 | January 31, 2012 |
| Hideo Yoshizawa | Japan |
February 1, 2012 | January 31, 2013 |
| Norio Omura | Japan |
December 7, 2013 | August 12, 2013 |
| Koji Maeda | Japan |
August 12, 2013 | January 31, 2014 |
| Masanobu Matsunami | Japan |
February 1, 2014 | January 31, 2016 |
| Tetsuji Hashiratani | Japan |
February 1, 2016 | January 31, 2017 |
| Ryuzo Morioka | Japan |
February 1, 2017 | June 4, 2018 |
| Daisuke Sudo | Japan |
June 4, 2018 | January 31, 2019 |
| Riki Takagi | Japan |
February 1, 2019 | May 4, 2021 |
| Kim Jong-song |  North Korea |
May 10, 2021 | June 19, 2023 |
| Kohei Masumoto (caretaker) | Japan |
June 20, 2023 | current |
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