Yokohama F. Marinos
Association football club in Japan
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Yokohama F. Marinos (横浜F・マリノス, Yokohama Efu Marinosu), stylised as Yokohama F·Marinos, is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.[1][2][3]
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| Full name | Yokohama F·Marinos | ||
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| Nicknames | Marinos, Tricolor | ||
| Founded | 1972 as Nissan Motor | ||
| Stadium | Nissan Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 72,327 | ||
| Owners |
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| Chairman | Akihiro Nakayama | ||
| Manager | Hideo Ōshima | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2025 | J1 League, 15th of 20 | ||
| Website | www | ||
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| 2008 |  Manchester City* |
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| 2009–2012 | |
| 2013 |  New York City FC§ |
| 2014 |  Melbourne City* |
 Yokohama F. Marinos*§ | |
| 2015–2016 | |
| 2017 |  Montevideo City* |
 Girona*§ | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 |  Shenzhen Peng City*§ |
 Mumbai City† | |
| 2020 |  Lommel* |
 Troyes* | |
| 2021 | |
| 2022 |  Palermo*§ |
| 2023 |  Bahia*§ |
The club was founded as the company team of Nissan Motor. The club was formed by the merger of Yokohama Marinos and Yokohama Flügels in 1999, but has carried on the history and visual identity of Marinos. The current name is intended to reflect both of the original names. Yokohama F. Marinos is 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 the league was professionalized.
Marinos are one of the most successful clubs in the country winning 5 J1 League titles, 7 Emperor's Cup, 1 J.League Cup and 1 Japanese Super Cup. Continentally, the club also won the Asian Cup Winners' Cup on two occasions successfully defending their title in the 1991–92 and 1992–93 season.
History
Origins as Nissan Motors (1972–1991)
The club traces its origins to 1972 as the Nissan Motors Football Club, based in Yokohama. Nissan won promotion to Division 2 Football League in 1976. Under coach Shu Kamo, the team won the Japan Soccer League in 1988 and 1989, as well as the JSL Cup in 1988, 1989 and 1990 and the Emperor's Cup in 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989 and 1991. The 1989 team won the "Triple Crown" - all three major tournaments in Japan - with famous players such as Kazushi Kimura, Takashi Mizunuma and Brazilian Oscar. At the end of the 1991–92 season, the team won the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
Founding member of the J.League (1992–1998)
With the creation of the professional J.League in the early 1990s, Nissan obtained registration in the newly formed J.League to acquire professional club status and changed the club's name to Yokohama Marinos in 1993 where the club became one of the league’s founding members The name “Marinos” is derived from the Spanish word for sailors, reflecting Yokohama’s identity as one of Japan’s most historic port cities.[4]
In their first seasons as a professional team, Yokohama Marinos continued to win competitions: triumphant in the Emperor's Cup, a second consecutive Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and their first J.League title in 1995. Matches between Yokohama Marinos and Verdy Kawasaki were known as the National Derby.
As Yokohama F. Marinos (1999–present)
In 1999, the club was renamed Yokohama F. Marinos after the technical and financial merger with Yokohama Flügels, which had declared bankruptcy. An F was added to the name to represent the Flügels half of the club. However, many Flügels fans have rejected the new team, feeling that their team was dissolved into the F. Marinos rather than merged with it. As a result, they refused to follow F. Marinos and instead created Yokohama FC, the new city rival of F. Marinos, with the help of public donations and an affiliation with IMG, a talent agency.
In 2000, Marinos were runner-up in the 2000 J1 League, where Shunsuke Nakamura was named the best player of the season.
On 27 October 2001, Marinos won the J.League Cup, defeating Júbilo Iwata in a 0–0 match where Marinos won the penalty shootout 3–1.
In the 2002 season, Marinos were league runners-up behind Júbilo Iwata.
Back-to-back league champions
In 2003 and 2004, Marinos became back-to-back league champions for the second time, in the professional era, with the stars of the team being South Koreans Ahn Jung-hwan, Yoo sang-chul and Japanese players Daisuke Oku, Tatsuhiko Kubo and Yuji Nakazawa (who was the best player of the year in 2004). Their coach was the Japanese Takeshi Okada, who was named the 'Best Coach of the Year' in 2003 and 2004.
From 2005 to 2008, with notable players Hayuma Tanaka, Hideo Ōshima, Daisuke Sakata and Koji Yamase, Marinos didn't achieve any single honours. The highest they reached during this period was the 2008 Emperor's Cup semi-final where they were knockout by Gamba Osaka in extra time.
In 2010, club legend Shunsuke Nakamura returned to Yokohama F. Marinos after 8 years and stayed until the end of the 2017 J1 League season.
On 4 August 2011, a year after leaving the club, former Marinos player Naoki Matsuda collapsed during training with Matsumoto Yamaga due to cardiac arrest and died at the age of 34. As a result, his former number 3 has been retired.
And after two semi-final defeats in 2011 and 2012, Marinos won the 2013 Emperor's Cup on 1 January 2014, the first after 21 years and in 2013, they were runner-up in the J.League for the second time in their history.
Owned by City Football Group
On 20 May 2014, it was announced that the City Football Group, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi United Group, had invested in a minority stake in Yokohama F. Marinos, creating a partnership with the football club and the automaker Nissan.
And after consecutive defeats, such as a loss in the 2017 Emperor's Cup Final and in the 2018 J.League Cup Final, the team managed to get a good shape thanks to the direction of the Australian coach Ange Postecoglou, which ended 15 years of drought by winning the 2019 J1 League title, with emphasis on the participation of Teruhito Nakagawa being the 'Best Player of the Season' and top scorer with 15 goals together with Brazilian Marcos Júnior.
In 2020, Marinos made it out of the 2020 AFC Champions League group stage for the first time since the AFC Champions League switched to the current format. The club were drawn in Group H alongside Chinese Shanghai SIPG, South Korean Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Australian Sydney FC. Marinos qualified to the knockout stages as group leaders with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 losses. However the club was bowed out from the tournament in the Round of 16 losing 3–2 to South Korean Suwon Samsung Bluewings.
In 2021, Marinos finished in second place 13 points behind league champions, Kawasaki Frontale where on 18 July 2021, Head coach Ange Postecoglou was signed by Scottish club, Celtic while Hideki Matsunaga will be the caretaker for the club until 18 July 2021, Marinos signed another Australian head coach, Kevin Muscat.
In 2022, Kevin Muscat steered the club to win their fifth J1 League title. The club also finished as group leaders in the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage being placed in Group H alongside South Korean Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Vietnamese Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Australian Sydney FC. Marinos qualified to the knockout stages with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 losses where they faced another Japanese side Vissel Kobe in the Round of 16, however, the club suffered a 3–2 defeat to Vissel Kobe thus crashing out from the competition.
In 2023, Marinos than finished as league runners up with 64 points behind Vissel Kobe who got 71 points. Kevin Muscat than guided the club in the 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage being drawn in Group G with Chinese Shandong Taishan, South Korean Incheon United and Filipino Kaya–Iloilo. Marinos finished the group tied with 12 points along with Shandong Taishan and Incheon United but qualified to the round of 16 as group leaders.
On 6 December 2023, Kevin Muscat resigned as the head coach in which Harry Kewell were appointed as the new head coach of the club on 31 December 2023 becoming the third consecutive Australian manager in the club history. Harry Kewell than guided the club in the round of 16 fixture against Thai Bangkok United, winning the match 3–2 on aggregate with Anderson Lopes scoring an injury time penalty in the 120th minute of extra time during the second leg sending the team to the quarter-finals. Marinos then faced off against Shandong Taishan again in which Marinos won 3–1 on aggregate thus seeing them to the semi-finals against South Korean Ulsan Hyundai. Marinos suffered a 1–0 defeat away in which the club bounced back in the second leg at home winning the match 3–2 thus seeing both club tied with 3–3 on aggregate sending the match into extra time and then penalties shootout. Marinos went on to win the penalties shootout 5–4 where vice-captain Eduardo scored the winning penalty to send the team to their first-ever Champions League final against Emirati Al Ain. They would start losing 0-1 during the first leg at home, but then came back with two goals from Asahi Uenaka and Kota Watanabe to make it 2–1 at the end of the match, but, unfortunately, they'd lose 5–1 away in the second leg (6–3 on aggregate), thus ending as runners-up of the competition.
Team image
Kits and crests
Yokohama F. Marinos utilizes a three colour system composed of blue, white and red.
In 2012, Yokohama F. Marinos have unveiled a special edition 20th Anniversary jersey
Rivalries
- The main local rivalry of Yokohama F. Marinos is with fellow Yokohama-based club Yokohama FC. Matches between the two sides are known as the Yokohama Derby. Although the two teams spent many years in different divisions of the J.League system, the rivalry intensified after Yokohama FC achieved promotion to the J1 League and began facing Yokohama F. Marinos more regularly in league competition. An additional historical element of the rivalry comes from the fact that Yokohama FC was formed in 1999 by supporters of the dissolved Yokohama Flügels after the merger that created Yokohama F. Marinos.
Kanagawa derby
- This is the derby played by the Kanagawa prefecture teams, currently the most important match is that of Yokohama F. Marinos and Kawasaki Frontale. Other Kanagawa derby rivals include Shonan Bellmare, Yokohama FC and YSCC Yokohama.
Previously, Verdy Kawasaki and the extinct Yokohama Flügels were Kanagawa derby rivals. With Verdy moving to Tokyo from Kawasaki, matches between the two clubs are no longer considered Kanagawa derbies.
Slogan
| Year | Slogan |
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| 2009 | Enjoy・Growing・Victory |
| 2010 | ACTIVE |
| 2011 | ACTIVE 2011 |
| 2012 | All for Win |
| 2013 | All for Win -Realize |
| 2014 | All For Win -Fight it out! |
| 2015–2017 | Integral Goal - All for Win |
| 2018 | Brave and Challenging |
| 2019 | URBAN ELEGANCE TRICOLORE |
| 2020 | Brave and Challenging BRAVE BLUE |
| 2021–2024 | Brave and Challenging |
| 2025 | Be a Stunner |
Theme song
The club's official theme song is "We Are F. Marinos" by Japanese duo Yuzu.[7] The song was first released in 2005, with the song being used at games up to today, sometimes having mascot Marinos-kun dance to the song on a pedestal on the running track of Nissan Stadium.
In popular culture
In the manga series – Captain Tsubasa, one of the characters was Yokohama Marinos midfielder Mamoru Izawa.[citation needed]
Stadium
Nissan Stadium serves as the primary home ground of Yokohama F. Marinos. Located in the city of Yokohama, the stadium is the largest football venue in Japan, with a seating capacity of 71,624 spectators.
Opened in 1998, the stadium was originally known as International Stadium Yokohama and was constructed as one of the main venues for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which was jointly hosted by Japan and South Korea. It famously hosted the final of the tournament, where Brazil national team defeated the Germany national team to win the FIFA World Cup.
Before moving permanently to Nissan Stadium in 1999, the club frequently used NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium for home matches during the early years of the J.League which can hold up to 15,454 capacity of spectators. Yokohama F. Marinos began using NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium as their home ground in 1993, when the professional J.League was inaugurated
Training centre
Yokohama F. Marinos previously trained at Marinos Town, a dedicated training complex located in the Minato Mirai district of Yokohama. The facility served as the club’s main training base for the first team, youth teams and academy.
Opened in 2007, Marinos Town included several training pitches, a clubhouse, fitness and rehabilitation facilities, as well as areas for youth development. The complex also hosted training sessions open to supporters and was used for community events, strengthening the club’s connection with fans.
However, the facility was closed in 2016 as part of the redevelopment of the Minato Mirai area. Following its closure, Yokohama F. Marinos moved their training operations to new facilities within Yokohama, including the F. Marinos Sports Park in the Shin-Yokohama area.
Marinos Town was widely regarded as one of the most recognisable club training centres in Japanese football during its years of operation and played an important role in the development of players within the Yokohama F. Marinos organisation.
Academy development
The base category of Yokohama F. Marinos started in 1986, before the opening of the J-League, and it is divided into 3 categories U-12, U-15 and U-18 and these are some of the best players formed at the base of Marinos, Shunsuke Nakamura, Manabu Saito, Jungo Fujimoto, Mike Havenaar, Hiroki Iikura, Takashi Amano, Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Tetsuya Enomoto, Yuzo Kurihara, Hayuma Tanaka, Yuki Kaneko, Daisuke Sakata, Naohiro Ishikawa, Rikizo Matsuhashi, Eitaro Matsuda, Kota Yamada, Keita Endo, Ryo Takano, Takuya Kida, Andrew Kumagai, Yuji Ono, Jun Amano, Sho Matsumoto, Jin Hanato, Kota Mizunuma, Takashi Kanai, Masakazu Tashiro, Yota Akimoto etc. ... .[8]
- All Japan Club Youth Soccer Tournament
- JFA Prince League Kanto
- Prince Takamado Trophy
- J-Youth Cup
- JFA Championship
- Danone Nations Cup
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Season
Kit evolution
| Home - 1st kits | ||||
          1992 |
     1993 - 1994 |
     1995 - 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 |
     2026 - | |
| Away - 2nd kits | ||||
     1992 |
     1993 - 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 |
     2026 - | ||||
| Other - 3rd kits | ||||
     1993 3rd |
     2001 - 2002 3rd |
  2004 ACL 1st |
   2009 Yokohama Port 150th anniversary |
   2012 20 year anniversary |
   2013 PSM Memorial |
     2014 ACL 1st |
     2014 ACL 2nd |
   2014 commemoration of the 2014 Emperor's Cup victory |
     2015 Cup 1st |
     2015 CUP 2nd |
     2016 Cup 1st |
    2016 CUP 2nd |
     2016 Yokohama Port Opening Commemorative |
    2017 CUP 1st |
   2017 Cup 2nd |
 2017 SP |
    2018 SP |
    2019 SP Yokohama 160th Anniversary |
   2020 SP |
    2021 SP |
     2022 SP |
     2023 SP |
     2024 SP |
     2025 SP |
Affiliated clubs
- City Football Group (2014–present)
In 2014, City Football Group acquired a minority stake in Yokohama F. Marinos, establishing a strategic partnership that has allowed collaboration in areas such as coaching methods, sports science, and youth development. Through this relationship, the club has developed closer links with teams such as Manchester City and Melbourne City.
Players
First-team squad
- As of 23 February 2026.[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The official club website lists the club mascot as player #0 and the supporters as player #12.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Retired number
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Management and staff
| Position[10] | Name |
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| Manager | Hideo Oshima |
| Fitness coach | Tomoo Tsukoshi |
| Goalkeeper coach | Shigetatsu Matsunaga |
| Assistant goalkeeper coach | Tetsuya Enomoto |
| Conditioning coach | Yusuke Tanaka |
| Chief analyst | Satoru Okada |
| Analyst | Jun Yamaguchi |
| Performance data analyst | Yuki Masui |
Honours
| Type | Honours | Titles | Season |
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| League | J1 League | 5 | 2003, 2004, 2019, 2022 |
| Japan Soccer League Division 1 | 2 | 1988–89, 1989–90 | |
| All Japan Senior Football Championship | 1 | 1976 | |
| Cup | Emperor's Cup | 7 | 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991 1992, 2013 |
| J.League Cup | 1 | 2001 | |
| Japanese Super Cup | 1 | 2023 | |
| JSL Cup | 3 | 1988, 1989, 1990 | |
| Continental | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 1991–92, 1992–93 |
Bold is for those competition that are currently active.
Records and statistics
As of 27 March 2026.
| Rank | Player | Years | Club appearance |
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| 1 | Yuji Nakazawa |
2002–2018 | 613 |
| 2 | Naoki Matsuda |
1995–2010 | 488 |
| 3 | Yuzo Kurihara |
2002–2019 | 440 |
| 4 | Shunsuke Nakamura |
1997–2002,
2010–2016 |
408 |
| 5 | Yoshiharu Ueno |
1994–2007 | 378 |
| 6 | Takuya Kida |
2012–present | 368 |
| 7 | Shingo Hyodo |
2008–2016 | 359 |
| 8 | Hiroki Iikura |
2005–2019,
2023–present |
329 |
| 9 | Tetsuya Enomoto |
2002–2016 | 325 |
| 10 | Daisuke Sakata |
2001–2010 | 318 |
| Rank | Player | Club appearance | Total goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shunsuke Nakamura |
408 | 83 |
| 2 | Anderson Lopes |
157 | 81 |
| 3 | Shoji Jo |
122 | 64 |
| 4 | Daisuke Sakata |
318 | 61 |
| 5 |  David Bisconti |
145 | 60 |
| 6 | Ramón Díaz |
83 | 55 |
| 7 | Marquinhos |
102 | 49 |
| 8 | Teruhito Nakagawa |
186 | 48 |
| 9 | Sho Ito |
178 | 47 |
| 10 | Manabu Saitō |
255 | 46 |
- Biggest wins: 11–0 vs
Semen Padang (March 1993) - Heaviest defeats: 0–6 vs Urawa Red Diamonds (1 December 1985)
- Youngest ever debutant: Hiroto Asada ~ 16 years 9 months 21 days old (On 6 November 2024 vs
Buriram United) - Oldest ever player:
Dutra ~ 40 years 11 months 16 days old (On 27 July 2014 vs Nagoya Grampus) - Youngest goal scorers: Takefusa Kubo ~ 17 years 2 months 22 days old (On 26 Augusr 2018 vs Vissel Kobe)
- Oldest goal scorers: Yuji Nakazawa ~ 40 years 1 months 14 days old (On 8 April 2014 vs Kawasaki Frontale)
Award winners
As of the end of the 2025 season.
Domestic
Shunsuke Nakamura (2000, 2013)- Yuji Nakazawa (2004)
- Teruhito Nakagawa (2019)
- Tomoki Iwata (2022)
Ramón Díaz (1993)- Teruhito Nakagawa (2019)
- Marcos Júnior (2019)
- Daizen Maeda (2021)
- Anderson Lopes (2023, 2024)
- Masami Ihara (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
- Shigetatsu Matsunaga (1993)
- Ramón Díaz (1993)
- Masaharu Suzuki (1995)
- Shunsuke Nakamura (1999, 2000, 2013)
- Naoki Matsuda (2000, 2002)
- Daisuke Oku (2003, 2004)
- Tatsuhiko Kubo (2003)
- Yuji Nakazawa (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013)
- Dutra (2004)
- Takuya Kida (2019)
- Teruhito Nakagawa (2019)
- Marcos Júnior (2019)
- Thiago Martins (2019)
- Daizen Maeda (2021)
- Kota Mizunuma (2022)
- Ryuta Koike (2022)
- Tomoki Iwata (2022)
- Yohei Takaoka (2022)
- Élber (2022)
- Anderson Lopes (2023, 2024)
- Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1995)
- Daisuke Nasu (2003)
- Kazuma Watanabe (2009)
- Takeshi Okada (2003; 2004)
Ange Postecoglou (2019)- Kevin Muscat (2022)
- Daisuke Sakata (2007)
- Yuji Nakazawa (2015, 2017)
- Shunsuke Nakamura (March 2013)
- Tetsuya Enomoto (October 2013)
- Manabu Saito (August 2015)
- Shunsuke Nakamura (October 2015)
- Manabu Saito (October 2016, November 2016)
- Yuji Nakazawa (June 2017)
- Takuya Kida (May 2019)
- Teruhito Nakagawa (October 2019)
- Erik (September 2020)
- Léo Ceará (August 2021)
- Kota Mizunuma (June 2022)
- Tomoki Iwata (September 2022)
- Tatsuya Enomoto (2001)
- Manabu Saito (2013)
- Keita Endo (2018)
- Riku Yamane (2024)
Continental
- Takuya Kida (2020)
- Teruhito Nakagawa (2020)
FIFA World Cup players
The list includes players who were called up to their national teams while playing at Yokohama F. Marinos, to represent their country in the FIFA World Cup:
- Yuji Nakazawa
- Shunsuke Nakamura
AFC Asian Cup
The list includes players who were called up to their national teams while playing at Yokohama F. Marinos, to represent their country in the AFC Asian Cup:
- Satoru Noda (1988)
- Masami Ihara (1992)
- Shigetatsu Matsunaga (1992)
- Takahiro Yamada (1992)
- Takuya Jinno (1992)
- Toshinobu Katsuya (1992)
- Masami Ihara (1996)
- Norio Omura (1996)
- Atsuhiro Miura (2000)
- Naoki Matsuda (2000, 2004)
- Shunsuke Nakamura (2000)
- Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (2000)
- Yuji Nakazawa (2004, 2007)
FIFA Confederations Cup
The list includes players who were called up to their national teams while playing at Yokohama F. Marinos, to represent their country in the FIFA Confederations Cup
Olympic players
The following players have represented their country at the Summer Olympic Games whilst playing for Yokohama F. Marinos:
Club captains
- Shigetatsu Matsunaga (1993)
- Masami Ihara (1994–1998)
- Yoshiharu Ueno (1999–2000)
- Norio Omura (2001)
- Naoki Matsuda (2002–2003)
- Daisuke Oku (2004)
- Naoki Matsuda (2005–2006)
- Yuji Nakazawa (2007)
- Ryuji Kawai (2008–2009)
- Yuzo Kurihara (2010)
- Shunsuke Nakamura (2011–2016)
- Manabu Saito (2017)
- Yuji Nakazawa (2018)
- Takuya Kida (2019–present)
Former players
This list includes players that were called up to their national teams while playing at Yokohama F. Marinos, either to participate in official or friendly competitions, friendly matches or in training camps.
Managerial history
| Manager | Period | Honours |
|---|---|---|
| Jiro Adachi |
1 February 1972–31 January 1974 | |
| Shu Kamo |
1 February 1974–31 January 1984 | – 1976 All Japan Senior Football Championship |
| Tamotsu Suzuki |
1 February 1985–Middle of 1985 | – 1985 Emperor's Cup |
| Shu Kamo (2) |
Middle of 1985–30 June 1989 | – 1988 Emperor's Cup
– 1988–89 Japan Soccer League Division 1 |
| José Oscar Bernardi |
1 July 1989–30 June 1991 | – 1989 Emperor's Cup
– 1989–90 Japan Soccer League Division 1 |
| Hidehiko Shimizu | 1 July 1991–31 January 1995 | – 1991 Emperor's Cup |
| Jorge Solari | 1 February 1995–8 June 1995 | |
| Hiroshi Hayano | 9 June 1995–31 January 1997 | – 1995 J.League |
| Xabier Azkargorta | 1 February 1997–19 August 1998 | |
| Antonio de la Cruz | 19 August 1998–31 December 1999 | |
| Osvaldo Ardiles | 1 February 2000–24 May 2001 | |
| Yoshiaki Shimojo | 25 May 2001–31 July 2001 | |
| Sebastião Lazaroni | 1 August 2001–14 October 2002 | – 2001 J.League Cup |
| Yoshiaki Shimojo (2) | 15 October 2002–31 January 2003 | |
| Takeshi Okada | 1 February 2003–24 August 2006 | – 2003 J1 League |
| Takashi Mizunuma | 25 August 2006–31 January 2007 | |
| Hiroshi Hayano (2) | 1 February 2007–31 January 2008 | |
| Takashi Kuwahara | 1 February 2008–17 July 2008 | |
| Kokichi Kimura | 18 July 2008–31 January 2010 | |
| Kazushi Kimura | 16 February 2010–31 January 2012 | |
| Yasuhiro Higuchi | 1 February 2012–31 May 2015 | – 2013 Emperor's Cup |
| Erick Mombaerts | 1 February 2014–31 January 2018 | |
| Ange Postecoglou | 1 February 2018–9 June 2021 | – 2019 J1 League |
| Hideki Matsunaga (caretaker) | 10 June 2021–17 July 2021 | |
| Kevin Muscat | 18 July 2021–31 December 2023 | – 2022 J1 League |
| Harry Kewell | 1 January 2024–15 July 2024 | |
 John Hutchinson (caretaker) | 16 July 2024–9 December 2024 | |
| Steve Holland | 17 December 2024–18 April 2025 | |
| Patrick Kisnorbo | 18 April 2025–19 June 2025 | |
| Hideo Ōshima | 19 June 2025–present |
Season by season record
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| Season | Div. | Teams | Pos. | Attendance/G | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Asia | |
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| 1992 | – | – | – | – | Group stage | Winners | CWC | Winners |
| 1993 | J1 | 10 | 4th | 16,781 | Quarter-final | CWC | Withdrew | |
| 1994 | 12 | 6th | 19,801 | Semi-final | Semi-final | – | ||
| 1995 | 14 | 1st | 18,326 | – | 2nd round | |||
| 1996 | 16 | 8th | 14,589 | Group stage | 3rd round | CC | Group stage | |
| 1997 | 17 | 3rd | 9,211 | Round of 16 | – | |||
| 1998 | 18 | 4th | 19,165 | 3rd round | ||||
| 1999 | 16 | 4th | 20,095 | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | |||
| 2000 | 16 | 2nd | 16,644 | |||||
| 2001 | 16 | 13th | 20,595 | Winners | 3rd round | |||
| 2002 | 16 | 2nd | 24,108 | Group stage | Round of 16 | |||
| 2003 | 16 | 1st | 24,957 | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | |||
| 2004 | 16 | 1st | 24,818 | Round of 16 | CL | Group stage | ||
| 2005 | 18 | 9th | 25,713 | Semi-final | CL | Group stage | ||
| 2006 | 18 | 9th | 23,663 | Quarter-final | – | |||
| 2007 | 18 | 7th | 24,039 | Round of 16 | ||||
| 2008 | 18 | 9th | 23,682 | Quarter-final | Semi-final | |||
| 2009 | 18 | 10th | 22,057 | Semi-final | Round of 16 | |||
| 2010 | 18 | 8th | 25,684 | Group stage | ||||
| 2011 | 18 | 5th | 21,038 | Quarter-final | Semi-final | |||
| 2012 | 18 | 4th | 22,946 | Group stage | ||||
| 2013 | 18 | 2nd | 27,496 | Semi-final | Winners | |||
| 2014 | 18 | 7th | 23,088 | Quarter-final | 3rd round | CL | Group stage | |
| 2015 | 18 | 7th | 24,221 | Group stage | Round of 16 | – | ||
| 2016 | 18 | 10th | 24,004 | Semi-final | Semi-final | |||
| 2017 | 18 | 5th | 24,180 | Group stage | Runners-up | |||
| 2018 | 18 | 12th | 21,788 | Runners-up | Round of 16 | |||
| 2019 | 18 | 1st | 27,010 | Group stage | ||||
| 2020 † | 18 | 9th | 7,968 | Semi-final | Did not qualify | CL | Round of 16 | |
| 2021 † | 20 | 2nd | 8,991 | Play-off | 2nd round | – | ||
| 2022 | 18 | 1st | 19,811 | Quarter-final | 3rd round | CL | Round of 16 | |
| 2023 | 18 | 2nd | 27,716 | Semi-final | 3rd round | CL | Runner-up | |
| 2024 | 20 | 9th | 24,843 | Semi-final | Semi-final | CLE | Quarter-final | |
| 2025 | 20 | 15th | 26,577 | Quarter-final | 2nd round | |||
| 2026 | 10 | TBD | N/A | N/A | ||||
| 2026-27 | 20 | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||||
- Key
- Pos. = Position
- Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
- † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
- Source: J.League Data Site
Continental record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–90 | Asian Club Championship | Qualifying round (Group 6) |
Liaoning |
0–1 | 2nd out of 4 | |
 Hap Kuan |
9–0 | |||||
 Chadongcha |
2–0 | |||||
| Group A |  Kuala Lumpur City |
2–1 | 1st out of 3 | |||
 Fanja |
1–0 | |||||
| Final | Liaoning |
1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | ||
| 1990–91 | Asian Club Championship | Qualifying round (Group 7) |
April 25 |
0–1 | 3rd out of 3 | |
| Liaoning |
2–3 | |||||
| 1991–92 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Quarter-finals | East Bengal |
4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Semi-finals |  Pupuk Kaltim |
2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
| Final |  Al-Nassr |
5–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | ||
| 1992–93 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Second round | Pupuk Kaltim |
3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Semi-finals |  SHB Đà Nẵng |
3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | ||
| Final |  Persepolis |
1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 1993–94 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | First round |  Philippine Air Force |
5–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| Quarter-finals | Semen Padang |
11–0 | 1–2 | 12–2 | ||
| Semi-finals |  South China |
w/o | ||||
| 1996–97 | Asian Club Championship | First round | GD Artilheiros |
w/o | ||
| Second round | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | ||
| Quarter-finals (East Asia Group) |
 Pohang Steelers |
2–2 | 3rd out of 4 | |||
| Seongnam FC |
2–3 | |||||
 New Radiant |
10–0 | |||||
| 2004 | AFC Champions League | Group G | Bình Định |
6–0 | 3–0 | 2nd out of 4 |
| Persik Kediri |
4–0 | 4–1 | ||||
| Seongnam FC |
1–2 | 1–0 | ||||
| A3 Champions Cup | Table | Seongnam FC |
0–3 | 2nd out of 4 | ||
| Shanghai Shenhua |
2–0 | |||||
| Shanghai International |
2–1 | |||||
| 2005 | AFC Champions League | Group F | Shandong Taishan |
0–1 | 1–2 | 2nd out of 4 |
| PSM Makassar |
3–0 | 2–0 | ||||
 Police Tero |
2–0 | 2–1 | ||||
| A3 Champions Cup | Table | Pohang Steelers |
1–1 | 3rd out of 4 | ||
| Shenzhen Jianlibao |
2–0 | |||||
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
1–3 | |||||
| 2014 | AFC Champions League | Group G | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
2–1 | 0–3 | 4th out of 4 |
| Guangzhou |
1–1 | 1–2 | ||||
| Melbourne Victory |
3–2 | 0–1 | ||||
| 2020 | AFC Champions League | Group H | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
4–1 | 2–1 | 1st out of 4 |
| Sydney FC |
4–0 | 1–1 | ||||
| Shanghai Port |
1–2 | 1–0 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
2–3 | ||||
| 2022 | AFC Champions League | Group H | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
0–1 | 1–1 | 1st out of 4 |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai |
2–0 | 2–1 | ||||
| Sydney FC |
3–0 | 1–0 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Vissel Kobe |
2–3 | ||||
| 2023–24 | AFC Champions League | Group G | Incheon United |
2–4 | 1–2 | 1st out of 4 |
| Shandong Taishan |
3–0 | 1–0 | ||||
| Kaya-Iloilo |
3–0 | 2–1 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Bangkok United |
1–0 (a.e.t.) |
2–2 | 3–2 | ||
| Quarter-finals | Shandong Taishan |
1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
| Semi-finals | Ulsan Hyundai |
3–2 (a.e.t.) |
0–1 | 3–3 (5–4 p) | ||
| Final |  Al Ain |
2–1 | 1–5 | 3–6 | ||
| 2024–25 | AFC Champions League Elite | League stage (East region) | Gwangju |
3–7 | 1st out of 11 | |
| Ulsan HD |
4–0 | |||||
| Shandong Taishan |
2–2 (Voided) | |||||
| Buriram United |
5–0 | |||||
| Pohang Steelers |
2–0 | |||||
| Central Coast Mariners |
4–0 | |||||
| Shanghai Shenhua |
1–0 | |||||
| Shanghai Port |
2–0 | |||||
| Round of 16 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | |||
| Quarter-finals | Al Nassr |
1–4 | ||||
Performance in AFC competitions
- AFC Champions League Elite: 10 appearances
- Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Yokohama F. Marinos at J.League (in English) (archived 25 June 2013)