Kataller Toyama

Kataller Toyama (カターレ富山, Katāre Toyama) is a football club based in Toyama, Capital of Toyama Prefecture. The club currently plays in J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football.

Kataller Toyama
カターレ富山
Full nameKataller Toyama
Founded2007 (2007) as Kataller Toyama
StadiumToyama Athletic Recreation Park Stadium
Toyama, Toyama
Capacity28,494
ChairmanEiji Sakai
ManagerMichiharu Otagiri
LeagueJ3 League
2023J3 League, 3rd of 20
WebsiteClub website

History

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.

Name and crest

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.

League & cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
LeagueJ. League
Cup
Emperor's
Cup
SeasonDiv.TierTeamsPos.PWDLFAGDPtsAttendance/G
2008 JFL3183rd341888613625624,306Not eligible2nd round
2009 J221813th511516204858-10613,7403rd round
2010 1918th3684243971-32284,4632nd round
2011 2016th381110173653-17433,2753rd round
2012 2219th42911223859-21383,3242nd round
2013 2218th421111204559-14444,4742nd round
2014 2222nd4258292874-46234,2663rd round
2015 J33135th3614101237361522,820Did not qualify
2016 166th3013107372710493,6082nd round
2017 178th321381137334473,1592nd round
2018 1711th32125154150-9412,6702nd round
2019 184th3416108543123582,7373rd round
2020 189th341551452439501,216Did not qualify
2021 154th28137840346462,7802nd round
2022 186th341931255487602,8722nd round
2023 203rd3819514594811623,4443rd round
2024 20TBD38-------- TBA
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
  • 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site

Current squad

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 Japan JPN Tomoki Tagawa (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
2 MF Japan JPN Kosei Wakimoto
4 DF Japan JPN Kyosuke Kamiyama
5 DF Japan JPN Junya Imase
6 MF Japan JPN Shunta Sera
7 MF Japan JPN Yoji Sasaki
8 MF Japan JPN Daichi Matsuoka
9 FW Japan JPN Shosei Usui
10 FW Brazil BRA Matheus Leiria
11 FW Japan JPN Kohei Matsumoto (on loan from Ventforet Kofu)
14 DF Japan JPN Ryusei Shimodo
15 MF Brazil BRA Gabriel Henrique
16 MF Japan JPN Hiroya Sueki
17 MF Japan JPN Hiroyuki Tsubokawa
18 MF Japan JPN Takumi Ito
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Japan JPN Naoki Inoue
20 MF Japan JPN Musashi Oyama
22 MF Japan JPN Nobuyuki Shiina
23 DF Japan JPN Shumpei Nishiya
24 MF Japan JPN Yosuke Kawai
25 MF Japan JPN Shosaku Yasumitsu
26 DF Japan JPN Atsushi Nabeta
27 FW Japan JPN Tsubasa Yoshihira
28 MF Japan JPN Sho Fuseya (on loan from Machida Zelvia)
30 DF Japan JPN Akira Osako
31 GK Japan JPN Kazuki Saito
33 MF Japan JPN Yoshiki Takahashi
42 GK Japan JPN Toshiki Hirao
46 DF Japan JPN Yuki Kawakami
47 MF Japan JPN Tatsuhiko Noguchi (on loan from Fagiano Okayama)

Club officials

Position Name
Manager Japan Michiharu Otagiri
Assistant manager Japan Yasuo Manaka
Goalkeeper coach Japan Hiroaki Iidaka
Physical coach Japan Takahiro Kiuchi
Technical staff Japan Yuito Nakao
Interpreter Japan Irala Gabriel Kitamura
Chief trainer Japan Kazuyuki Yamamoto
Trainer Japan Kei Shinohara
Competent Japan Ryohei Taniguchi
Side affairs Japan Takaharu Shirasaki

Managerial history

ManagerNationalityTenureManagerial Record
StartFinishPWDLWin%
Hiroshi Sowa Japan1 February 200829 September 2010 78 21 18 39 026.92
Takayoshi Amma Japan29 September 201031 December 2014 173 38 42 93 021.97 [4]
Yasuyuki Kishino Japan1 February 201527 August 2015
Shigeo Sawairi Japan28 August 201530 November 2015
Yasutoshi Miura Japan1 February 201631 January 2017
Tetsurō Uki Japan1 February 20179 May 2018
Ryō Adachi Japan9 May 201831 January 2021
Nobuhiro Ishizaki Japan1 February 202119 September 2022[5]
Michiharu Otagiri Japan19 September 2022present[6]

Kit and colours

Colours

Kataller Toyama's main colour is blue.

Kit evolution

References

  1. "カターレ富山 プロフィール" [Kataller Toyama; Club profile] (in Japanese). J. League. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  2. "Three clubs admitted to J. League". Japan Times. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  3. "カターレ富山公式ウェブサイト". カターレ富山公式ウェブサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
  5. "Coach Ishizaki's resignation". kataller.co.jp. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  6. "Coach Michiharu Odagiri Announces Inaugural Press Conference". kataller.co.jp. Retrieved 20 September 2022.


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