Shinji Kobayashi (小林伸二, Kobayashi Shinji, born August 24, 1960) is a Japanese football manager and a former player, who currently head coach of J2 League club Tochigi SC.

Playing career[edit]

Kobayashi was born in Unzen on August 24, 1960. After graduating from Osaka University of Commerce, he joined Mazda in 1983. He played until 1992.

Coaching career[edit]

After retirement, Kobayashi started coaching career at Mazda (later Sanfrecce Hiroshima). He became a coach for top team and manager for youth team until 1999. He moved to Avispa Fukuoka in 2000, and Oita Trinita in 2001. In June 2001, at Oita Trinita, he was promoted to manager. In 2002, he led the club to won J2 League champions and the club was promoted to J1 League. He managed until 2003. In July 2004, he signed with Cerezo Osaka and managed until April 2006. After that, he managed J2 League club Montedio Yamagata (2008-2011), Tokushima Vortis (2012-2015) and Shimizu S-Pulse (2016-2017). He managed 4 J2 League clubs and he promoted all clubs to J1 League. In 2019, he signed with J3 League club Giravanz Kitakyushu.^[1]

Club statistics[edit]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Total
1983	Mazda	JSL Division 1
1984		JSL Division 2
1985/86		JSL Division 2
1986/87		JSL Division 1
1987/88		JSL Division 1
1988/89		JSL Division 2
1989/90
1990/91			11	1			2	0	13	1
1991/92		JSL Division 1	0	0			0	0	0	0
Total	Japan		11	1	0	0	2	0	13	1
Career total			11	1	0	0	2	0	13	1

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of 21 May 2024^[2]^[3]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Oita Trinita	2001	2003	107	52	25	30	048.60
Cerezo Osaka	2004	2006	57	21	16	20	036.84
Montedio Yamagata	2008	2011	144	49	33	62	034.03
Tokushima Vortis	2012	2015	160	49	38	73	030.63
Shimizu S-Pulse	2016	2017	76	33	19	24	043.42
Giravanz Kitakyushu	2019	2021	118	45	31	42	038.14
Giravanz Kitakyushu	2023	2023	13	3	2	8	023.08
Tochigi SC	2024	Present	1	0	0	1	000.00
Total			676	252	164	260	037.28

References[edit]

^ Giravanz Kitakyushu(in Japanese)

^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

^ "Soccer D.B. : 2023 Shinji Kobayashi Head Coach Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

External links[edit]

Shinji Kobayashi manager profileatJ.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Montedio Yamagata(in Japanese)

v t e Tochigi SC – current squad
1 Kawata 2 Hiramatsu 3 Kurosaki 4 Sato 5 Otani 6 Omori 7 Ishida 9 Ismaila 10 Mori 14 Dohi 15 Okuda 17 Fujitani 18 Kawana 19 Oshima 20 Ide 21 Kim M.J. 22 Aoshima 23 Fukushima 24 Kambe 27 Tanno 29 Yano 30 Fukumori 31 Nakajima 32 Miyazaki 33 Costa 38 Kobori 40 Takashima 41 Park Y.J. 42 Minamino 44 Ageishi 47 Yoshino Manager: Kobayashi

Current J2 League managers

Shinji Kobayashi managerial positions

v t e Oita Trinita – managers
Moon (1994–96) Park (1997) Haga (1997) Formiga (1998) Ishizaki (1999–01) Kobayashi (2001–03) Berger (2004) Hwangbo (2005) Schans (2005) Chamusca (2005–09) Matsuyama (2009) Popović (2009) Hwangbo (2010) Tasaka (2011–15) Yanagida (2015) Katanosaka (2016–21) Shimotaira (2022–23) Katanosaka (2024–)

Cerezo Osaka – managers

Emilio (1994–96)

Sowa (1996)

Culpi (1997)

Matsuki (1998)

Desaeyere (1999)

Soejima (2000–01)

João Carlos (2001)

Nishimura (2001–03)

Tsukada (2003)

Nadoveza (2004)

Muzurović (2004)

Pobor (2004)

Kobayashi (2004–06)

Tsukada (2006)

Tsunami (2007)

Kishi (2007)

Culpi (2007–11)

Soares (2012)

Culpi (2012–13)

Popović (2014)

Pezzaiuoli (2014)

Y. Okuma (2014)

Autuori (2015)

K. Okuma (2015–16)

Yoon (2017–18)

Lotina (2019–20)

Culpi (2021)

Kogiku (2021–)

v t e Montedio Yamagata – managers
Sugisawa (1994) Ishizaki (1995–98) Ueki (1999–00) Hashiratani (2001–03) Suzuki (2004–05) Higuchi (2006–07) Kobayashi (2008–11) Okuno (2012–13) Ishizaki (2014–16) Kiyama (2017–19) Ishimaru (2020–21) Sato (2021) Cklamovski (2021–23) Watanabe (2023–)

v t e Tokushima Vortis – managers
Tanaka (2005–06) Azuma (2006) Imai (2007) Minobe (2008–11) Kobayashi (2012–15) Nagashima (2016) Rodríguez (2017–20) Poyatos (2021–22) Labaien (2023) Yoshida (2023–24) Masuda (2024–)

Shimizu S-Pulse – managers

Leão (1992–94)

Pedro (1994)

Rivellino (1994)

Miyamoto (1995)

Ardiles (1996–98)

Perryman (1999–00)

Zemunović (2000–02)

Oki (2003)

Gyotoku (2003)

Antoninho (2004)

Ishizaki (2004)

Hasegawa (2005–10)

Ghotbi (2011–14)

Oenoki (2014–15)

Tasaka (2015)

Kobayashi (2016–17)

Jönsson (2018–19)

Shinoda (2019)

Cklamovski (2020)

Hiraoka (2020)

Lotina (2021)

Hiraoka (2021–22)

Shinoda (a.i.) (2022)

Zé Ricardo (2022–23)

Akiba (2023–)

v t e Giravanz Kitakyushu – managers
Yonashiro (2010) Miura (2011–12) K. Hashiratani (2013–16) Harada (2017) Morishita (2018) T. Hashiratani (2018) Kobayashi (2019–21) Amano (2022) Tasaka (2023) Kobayashi (2023–)

v t e Tochigi SC – managers
Hashiratani (2007–08) Matsuda (2009–13) Matsumoto (2013) Sakakura (2014–15) Kurata (2015) Yokoyama (2016–18) Tasaka (2019–21) Tokisaki (2022–23) Tanaka (2024) Kobayashi (2024–)

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