Júbilo Iwata
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| Full name | Júbilo Iwata |
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| Nickname(s) | Júbilo |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Ground |
Yamaha Stadium, Iwata, Shizuoka |
| Capacity | 15,165 |
| Owner | Yamaha |
| Chairman | Yoshirou Takahira |
| Manager | Hiroshi Nanami |
| League | J1 League |
| 2016 | J1 League, 13th |
| Website | Club home page |
Júbilo Iwata (Japanese: ジュビロ磐田 Hepburn: Jubiro Iwata?) is a professional Japanese association football team that will play in the J1 League. The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese. The team's hometown is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium. For big fixtures such as the Shizuoka Derby with Shimizu S-Pulse and against some of the top teams in J1, Júbilo play at the much larger Ecopa Stadium in Fukuroi City, a venue built specifically for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals. They practice at Okubo Ground in Iwata and Iwata Sports Park Yumeria.
One of the most successful teams in the J.League, Júbilo have three times won the J.League title and three times finished as runners up. Júbilo hold the distinction of being Japan's most successful team in international club football, making three successive appearances in the Asian Club Cup final, being champions once and runners up twice.
The team started out as the company team for Yamaha Motor Corporation in 1970. After making its way through the Shizuoka and Tōkai football leagues, it played in the Japan Soccer League until it reorganized as the J.League at the end of 1992.
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