- Address: 2500 Shingai, Iwata
- Country: Japan
- Capacity: 15,000
- Opened: 1978
- Main use: Football, rugby union
- Tenants: Júbilo Iwata (football), Shizuoka Blue Revs (rugby union)
Extra stadium info – Yamaha Stadium
Júbilo Iwata and the Shizuoka Blue Revs both use the Yamaha Stadium for home matches. The Shizuoka Blue Revs played numerous matches in the top-flight rugby union league of Japan. The club was founded in 1984 under a different name. In 2004, they finished third place in the first-ever edition of the Japanese top-flight rugby union league. The club which is currently known as the Shizuoka Blue Revs finished below the Japanese rugby union champions one year later.
Júbilo Iwata
Júbilo Iwata was founded in 1972 under a different name. They won the Japanese top-flight football league several times. The club which is currently known as Júbilo Iwata were crowned football champions of Japan in 1988 for the first time in their history. They won the title after winning 12 of the 22 domestic league games. 10 of those 22 games ended in a draw. In 1997, Júbilo Iwata were crowned Japanese football champions for the second time in their history. They won the title after winning twice against the Kashima Antlers, the first Asian football club in a world championship final. Júbilo Iwata drew an average home attendance of 10,000 during that domestic league season.
The Asian championship for football clubs
On 28 April 1999, Júbilo Iwata reached the final of the Asian championship for football clubs for the first time in their history. They reached the final after winning a penalty shoot-out against Al-Ain FC from the United Arab Emirates. In 1999, Júbilo Iwata were crowned Asian football champions for the first time in their history after beating Esteghlal from Iran 2-1. Hideto Suzuki and Masashi Nakayama both scored for Júbilo Iwata in the final of the Asian football championship. The former Iranian midfielder Sirous Dinmohammadi, who moved to the German side 1. FSV Mainz 05 in 1999, scored the only goal for Esteghlal in the final.
More finals
Between 1999 and 2001, Júbilo Iwata reached three consecutive finals of the Asian championship for football clubs. They lost two of those finals after winning the first one. Júbilo Iwata faced Al-Hilal, the first sports club from Saudi Arabia with 10 million followers on its main social media page, in their second Asian championship final. The next year, they lost their third Asian championship final against the Suwon Samsung Bluewings from the Republic of Korea, commonly known as South Korea.
