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Kataller Toyama

Summary

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; 17 years ago (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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J. League
Cup		 Emperor's
Cup
Season Div. Tier Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G
2008 JFL 3 18 3rd 34 18 8 8 61 36 25 62 4,306 Not eligible 2nd round
2009 J2 2 18 13th 51 15 16 20 48 58 -10 61 3,740 3rd round
2010 19 18th 36 8 4 24 39 71 -32 28 4,463 2nd round
2011 20 16th 38 11 10 17 36 53 -17 43 3,275 3rd round
2012 22 19th 42 9 11 22 38 59 -21 38 3,324 2nd round
2013 22 18th 42 11 11 20 45 59 -14 44 4,474 2nd round
2014 22 22nd 42 5 8 29 28 74 -46 23 4,266 3rd round
2015 J3 3 13 5th 36 14 10 12 37 36 1 52 2,820 Did not qualify
2016 16 6th 30 13 10 7 37 27 10 49 3,608 2nd round
2017 17 8th 32 13 8 11 37 33 4 47 3,159 2nd round
2018 17 11th 32 12 5 15 41 50 -9 41 2,670 2nd round
2019 18 4th 34 16 10 8 54 31 23 58 2,737 3rd round
2020 † 18 9th 34 15 5 14 52 43 9 50 1,216 Did not qualify
2021 15 4th 28 13 7 8 40 34 6 46 2,780 2nd round
2022 18 6th 34 19 3 12 55 48 7 60 2,872 2nd round
2023 20 3rd 38 19 5 14 59 48 11 62 3,444 3rd round
2024 20 TBD 38 - - - - - - - - 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 edit

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)

Club officials edit

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

Managerial history edit

Manager Nationality Tenure Managerial Record
Start Finish P W D L Win%
Hiroshi Sowa   Japan 1 February 2008 29 September 2010 78 21 18 39 026.92
Takayoshi Amma   Japan 29 September 2010 31 December 2014 173 38 42 93 021.97 [4]
Yasuyuki Kishino   Japan 1 February 2015 27 August 2015
Shigeo Sawairi   Japan 28 August 2015 30 November 2015
Yasutoshi Miura   Japan 1 February 2016 31 January 2017
Tetsurō Uki   Japan 1 February 2017 9 May 2018
Ryō Adachi   Japan 9 May 2018 31 January 2021
Nobuhiro Ishizaki   Japan 1 February 2021 19 September 2022[5]
Michiharu Otagiri   Japan 19 September 2022 present[6]

Kit and colours edit

Colours edit

Kataller Toyama's main colour is blue.

Kit evolution edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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.

External links edit

  • Official site (in Japanese)