Yamaha Stadium
Iwata, Japan
Formerly: Yamaha Higashiyama Stadium, Júbilo Iwata Stadium
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. owns the ground it plays on. The name changed that same year, back from Júbilo Iwata Stadium to the shorter Yamaha Stadium — the third title the ground has carried since it opened as Yamaha Higashiyama Stadium in 1978.
The playing surface is Tifton grass, a warm-season Bermuda variety, overseeded with cool-season ryegrass through the winter to hold its condition; the perimeter and track areas around it are artificial turf.
The capacity has moved in both directions. Expansions in 1985 and again in 1994/1995 took it to 19,000, and the record attendance belongs to that period: 17,543 for the visit of Shimizu S-Pulse on 9 November 1996, a J.League match Júbilo won 2–1. The 2013 renovation put a new south stand behind one of the goals and brought the official figure down to 15,165.
The redevelopment of 1993/1994 was the one that mattered for competition: it brought the ground up to J.League standard. In 2003 it staged the Emperor's Cup final, Kashima Antlers beating Kyoto Purple Sanga. Larger finals go elsewhere — the National Stadium, Saitama Stadium — and Iwata keeps the league fixtures.
Who plays here
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Júbilo Iwata
154 matches
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep | Júbilo Iwata — Kataller Toyama | 0:1 |
| 26 Aug | Júbilo Iwata — Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 0:1 |
| 22 Aug | Júbilo Iwata — Tokushima Vortis | 2:1 |
| 8 Aug | Júbilo Iwata — Blaublitz Akita | 1:1 |
| 6 Jun | Júbilo Iwata — Osaka | 1:1 |
| 16 May | Júbilo Iwata — Fujieda MYFC | 0:3 |
| 2 May | Júbilo Iwata — Iwaki | 1:1 |
| 25 Apr | Júbilo Iwata — FC Gifu | 1:0 |