Kataller Toyama

The idea of a merged club had been discussed by the Toyama Prefectural Football Association as early as 2005, but discussions had come to nothing at the time.

On September 10, 2007, YKK (owner of YKK AP SC) and Hokuriku Electric Power Company (owner of ALO's Hokuriku), agreed with merging their clubs to aim promotion to the J.League in response of eager request by the TPFA. According to Tulip TV, local broadcasting company, over twenty companies informally promised to invest in the new club. In the media briefing, the governor of Toyama Prefecture also participated.

TPFA has founded an organisation named "Civic Football Club Team of Toyama Prefecture (富山県民サッカークラブチーム)" with two major economic organisation and representatives of Hokuriku Electric Power Company and YKK. The Japan Football League confirmed that the merged club would compete in the JFL from the 2008 season. [1]

They applied for J.League Associate Membership in January 2008, then their application was accepted at the board meeting of J.League on February 19, 2008. On November 23 they secured qualification for promotion to the J2 League, and on December 1 promotion was made official by J.League.[2]

In 2014, after a six-year stint at the J2, Kataller Toyama was relegated to the J3 ahead of the 2015 season after a J2 bottom-place finish. The club has since then played at the J3 and will play their tenth consecutive season at Japan's third division.

The word "kataller" is a portmanteau of the phrase katare (勝たれ) which in Toyama dialect means "to win", and the French aller, "to go". The phrase is also intended to be a pun of Italian cantare, "to sing", and of native Japanese katare (語れ), "to talk" (written with a different kanji character).[1]

The crest is shaped in the form of a tulip, the official Toyama Prefecture flower.

Key

As of 7 February 2024.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Tomoki Tagawa (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) 2 MF  JPN Kosei Wakimoto 4 DF  JPN Kyosuke Kamiyama 5 DF  JPN Junya Imase 6 MF  JPN Shunta Sera 7 MF  JPN Yoji Sasaki 8 MF  JPN Daichi Matsuoka 9 FW  JPN Shosei Usui 10 FW  BRA Matheus Leiria 11 FW  JPN Kohei Matsumoto (on loan from Ventforet Kofu) 14 DF  JPN Ryusei Shimodo 15 MF  BRA Gabriel Henrique 16 MF  JPN Hiroya Sueki 17 MF  JPN Hiroyuki Tsubokawa 18 MF  JPN Takumi Ito

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  JPN Naoki Inoue 20 MF  JPN Musashi Oyama 22 MF  JPN Nobuyuki Shiina 23 DF  JPN Shumpei Nishiya 24 MF  JPN Yosuke Kawai 25 MF  JPN Shosaku Yasumitsu 26 DF  JPN Atsushi Nabeta 27 FW  JPN Tsubasa Yoshihira 28 MF  JPN Sho Fuseya (on loan from Machida Zelvia) 30 DF  JPN Akira Osako 31 GK  JPN Kazuki Saito 33 MF  JPN Yoshiki Takahashi 42 GK  JPN Toshiki Hirao 46 DF  JPN Yuki Kawakami 47 MF  JPN Tatsuhiko Noguchi (on loan from Fagiano Okayama)

• Official site (in Japanese)