Oita Trinita
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| Full name | Oita Trinita |
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| Nickname(s) | Trinita (トリニータ Torinīta?) Azzurro (Azūro?) Camenaccio (カメナチオ Kamenachio?) |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Ground |
Ōita Bank Dome ("Big Eye") Ōita |
| Capacity | 40,000 |
| Chairman | Hiroshi Aono |
| Manager | Tomohiro Katanosaka |
| League | J2 League |
| 2016 | 1st (promoted from J3) |
| Website | Club home page |
Oita Trinita (大分トリニータ Ōita Torinīta?) is a Japanese football club currently playing in the J2 League. The club's home town is Ōita city, but the club draws support from Beppu, Saiki, and the entire Ōita Prefecture.
The club's name, Trinita, is a portmanteau of the English word trinity, which was the club's original name before being changed in 1999, and Ōita, the club's home town. The combined word expresses the will of the local citizens, companies, and government to support the team.
The club's home ground is Ōita Bank Dome, also known as the "Big Eye", which was one the venues built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The club practices at the adjacent football and rugby field, River Park Inukai, and Ōita City Public Ground.
The team started as Oita Trinity in 1994 and advanced through the Ōita Prefectural League and the Kyushu League before finishing as the runner-up of the 1996 National League, resulting in promotion to the JFL. In 1999, the club changed its name to Trinita due to copyright infringement concerns. The same year, the club 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. In 2008, they won J.League Cup, the first major title won by a Kyūshū club since the former Yawata Steel club's Emperor's Cup wins of the 1960s.
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