Sagan Tosu

In February 1997, Sagan was established as a new club which virtually took over Tosu Futures, which became insolvent in the previous month, and were admitted to participate Japan Football League from 1997 to 1998, as well as J. League Cup in 1997 as a preferential measure, although J. League Associate Membership status was not awarded to Sagan. In 1999 they were admitted to the new J. League Division 2 (J2) as one of the "Original Ten", which were the ten first members of the J2. They remained at the league until their promotion to J1 at the end of the 2011 season. Little by little, Sagan Tosu started to establish itself as one of the top clubs in the country with the new President & Chief Operating Officer Minoru Takehara, who is also part owner of the club.[1]

In their first season at the J1 League in 2012, confounding the prediction of many critics about their immediate relegation to J2, they have been maintaining their position between 5th and 11th places all the way through the season, except on Matchweek 2, in which they were ranked 13th. They were ranked third after the 33rd week, having a chance to qualify for the 2013 AFC Champions League if they hadn't lost to Yokohama F. Marinos in the last match of the season. However, they have lost to Yokohama by 0–1, wrapping up the season in 5th place, while Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Nagoya Grampus and were ranked 3rd. They also became the first club in Asia to sign a partnership with Warrior Sports,[2] who sponsor many overseas clubs, including English side Liverpool.

In 2013, they made it to the semi-finals of the Emperor's Cup for the first time in the club's history, becoming the first club based in Kyushu to make it to the semi-finals of the Emperor's Cup since Nippon Steel Yawata had done in the 1981 edition. In 2013, they invited A-League team Sydney FC along with the former Italian international player Alessandro Del Piero, for a Japan Tour for the first time.[3]

In 2014, the club had been in their most successful season in the J1 League, being ranked on the top of 2014 J1 League on the 1st, 2nd, 13th, and 18th matchweek. However, the club made an announcement on 8 August which announced the termination of contract with the head coach Yoon Jung-Hwan all of a sudden, despite the apparently good season.[4] During the course of the year, they continued on its international expansion and started a partnership with Italian side Juventus, for its Juventus Under-16 Japan Tour 2014.[5] On 10 July 2018, the club reached an agreement with former FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League winner, Fernando Torres. The aging star would play 35 games for the side, netting 5 goals before finally hanging up his boots on his star-studded career.

As of 26 April 2024.[8]

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  ESP Arnau Riera 2 DF  JPN Kosuke Yamazaki 3 DF  JPN Seiji Kimura (on loan from FC Tokyo) 5 MF  JPN So Kawahara 6 MF  JPN Akito Fukuta 7 MF  JPN Kohei Tezuka 8 MF  JPN Hikaru Nakahara 9 FW  JPN Atsushi Kawata 10 MF  JPN Fuchi Honda 11 FW  BRA Vinícius Araújo 13 FW  JPN Ayumu Yokoyama 14 MF  JPN Naoyuki Fujita (captain) 16 DF  JPN Katsunori Ueebisu 18 MF  JPN Shota Hino 19 MF  JPN Kentaro Moriya 20 DF  KOR Kim Tae-hyeon 21 MF  JPN Yuki Horigome 22 FW  JPN Cayman Togashi

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  JPN Taichi Kikuchi 25 MF  JPN Ryohei Watanabe 27 MF  JPN Yoshiki Narahara 28 DF  JPN Yusuke Maruhashi 29 DF  JPN Taisei Inoue DSP 31 GK  JPN Masahiro Okamoto 32 FW  JPN Keisuke Sakaiya 34 DF  JPN Shiva Tafari Nagasawa 36 DF  JPN Fumiya Kitajima 41 FW  JPN Ryonosuke Kabayama 42 DF  JPN Wataru Harada 47 FW  JPN Daichi Suzuki Type 2 48 DF  JPN Yuya Kuroki Type 2 51 GK  KOR Lee Yun-sung 71 GK  JPN Park Il-gyu (vice-captain) 88 MF  JPN Yoichi Naganuma 99 FW  BRA Marcelo Ryan

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  KOR Koh Bong-jo (at Ventforet Kofu) — GK  JPN Kei Uchiyama (at Fujieda MYFC) — DF  JPN Dai Hirase (at Renofa Yamaguchi FC) — DF  JPN Ryotaro Takeuchi (at Criacao Shinjuku)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  JPN Koma Osato (at Reilac Shiga FC) — MF  JPN Shunya Sakai (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki) — FW  JPN Oji Kawanami (at FC Gifu)

Sagan Tosu U-18

As of 16 April 2024.

The main U-18 team of Sagan Tosu currently plays in the Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League, the top-flight league for U-18 clubs in the country. Only the registered players for the competition will be displayed.[9]

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 Kota Imoto 2 DF  JPN Shuya Furutachi 3 DF  JPN Kanta Uchimaru 4 DF  JPN Shotaro Oba 5 DF  JPN Teppei Ikematsu 6 MF  JPN Haruki Yamasaki 7 MF  JPN Tentaro Onuki 8 MF  JPN Sena Morimoto 9 MF  JPN Tomomichi Yoza 10 FW  JPN Daichi Suzuki 11 FW  JPN Shion Watanabe 12 GK  JPN Kosei Tanaka 13 DF  JPN Yuto Kakimoto 14 MF  JPN Ryu Sakurada 15 FW  JPN Shion Shinkawa

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  JPN Yuya Kuroki 17 DF  JPN Hikaru Yamaguchi 18 MF  JPN Tokito Mizumaki 19 MF  JPN Ryoma Koga 20 MF  JPN Aitaro Higashiguchi 21 MF  JPN Konosuke Haraguchi 22 MF  JPN Kento Yamamura Chidi 23 MF  JPN Yuki Suzuki 24 MF  JPN Tokia Ikeda 25 FW  JPN Yuto Tanaka 26 FW  JPN Yuta Shimoda 27 DF  JPN Junnosuke Iwamura 31 MF  JPN Ren Ono 32 FW  JPN Rentaro Harada 40 GK  JPN Teyan Tani

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