Oita Trinita
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is a J. League team. The team name Trinita can be considered either a combination of the English word trinity and Oita, or the Italian word trinità. The dual meaning expresses the will of the citizens, companies, and local governments to support the team.The team's home town is Oita, Oita as well as Beppu, Saiki and the entire Oita prefecture. Its home ground is Kyushu Oil Dome also called "Big Eye" and practices at the adjacent football and rugby field, River Park Inukai, and Oita City Public Ground.
The team started as Oita Trinity in 1994 and advanced through the Oita prefectural league, Kyushu league and finished as the runner-up at the 1996 national league, resulting in promotion to the JFL. In 1999, they changed their name to Trinita due to a copyright infringement, 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.
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- 2002 - J2 league championship
| Japan Professional Football League Members in 2006 season |
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| Division 1 (J1) | |
| Niigata | Kashima | Chiba | Omiya | Urawa | FC Tokyo | Kawasaki | Yokohama FM | |
| Kofu | Shimizu | Iwata | Nagoya | Kyoto | G.Osaka | C.Osaka | Hiroshima | Fukuoka | Oita | |
| Division 2 (J2) | |
| Sapporo | Sendai | Yamagata | Mito | Kusatsu | Kashiwa Tokyo V. | Yokohama FC | Shonan | Kobe | Tokushima | Ehime | Tosu | |
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