Kataller Toyama

Kataller Toyama
カターレ富山

Full name	Kataller Toyama
Founded	1962 (1962) as YKK AP SC 2007 (2007) as Kataller Toyama
Ground	Toyama Athletic Recreation Park Stadium Toyama, Toyama
Capacity	28,494
Chairman	Eiji Sakai
Manager	Michiharu Otagiri
League	J3 League
2023	J3 League, 3rd of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Kataller Toyama (カターレ富山, Katāre Toyama) is a football club in Japan that was formed from the merger of the ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP SC. The club currently plays in J3 League.

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.

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 20 companies informally promised to invest in the new club. In the media briefing, the governor of Toyama Prefecture also participated.

TPFA has founded an organization 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 organization 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.

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.

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).

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

League														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	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	TBD	38									TBD

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 20 August 2022.

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	Genki Yamada (on loan from Renofa Yamaguchi)
2	DF	JPN	Shoma Kamata
3	DF	JPN	Ryuya Ohata
4	DF	JPN	Kazuma Takayama
5	DF	JPN	Junya Imase
6	MF	JPN	Teppei Usui
7	MF	JPN	Yoji Sasaki
8	FW	JPN	Shunta Takahashi
9	FW	JPN	Yohei Ono
10	FW	BRA	Matheus Leiria
11	FW	BRA	Luís Henrique
13	MF	JPN	Naoto Ando
14	FW	JPN	Daichi Matsuoka
15	DF	JPN	Taiyo Hama (On loan from Consadole Sapporo)
16	MF	JPN	Hiroya Sueki
17	MF	JPN	Yuya Himeno
18	MF	JPN	Shota Kawanishi

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	JPN	Daiki Yagishita
20	MF	JPN	Musashi Oyama
21	GK	JPN	Yohei Nishibe
22	MF	JPN	Nobuyuki Shiina
23	DF	JPN	Makoto Rindo
24	MF	JPN	Yuma Matsumoto
25	MF	JPN	Shosaku Yasumitsu
26	DF	JPN	Kyosuke Kamiyama
27	FW	JPN	Tsubasa Yoshihira
28	MF	JPN	Sosuke Shibata (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
29	MF	JPN	Shuto Hori
30	MF	BRA	Arthur Silva (on loan from FC Tokyo)
31	GK	JPN	Kazuki Saito
32	MF	BRA	Gabriel Henrique
33	DF	JPN	Takuma Shikayama
37	MF	CHN	Chen Binbin (on loan from Shanghai Port)
41	GK	JPN	Toshiki Hirao

Club officials

Position	Name
Manager	Michiharu Otagiri
First Team Coach	Iwao Yamane
Goalkeeper Coach	Naohito Hirai
Physical Coach	Yoshinori Furube
Sports doctor	Hashiguchi Tsu Akio Maeda Ken Nishino Tomohiro Iwasawa Shigeharu Nogami Satoru Kitano Yoshihiko Murayama Zenpei Tetsuo
Doctor	Fukushima Shun
Physicaltherapist	Yoshinobu Takahata
Internal medicine / medical check	Masaoka Yobun
Interpreter & Assistant Manager	Masaoka Jair
Chief trainer	Kazuyuki Yamamoto
Trainer	Joraku Takuya
Competent	Hosoda Shinichiro
Side affairs	Taninaka Harutaro

Managerial history

Manager	Nationality	Tenure
		Start	Finish
Hiroshi Sowa	Japan	1 February 2008	29 September 2010
Takayoshi Amma	Japan	29 September 2010	31 December 2014
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
Michiharu Otagiri	Japan	19 September 2022	current

Kit and colours

Colours

Kataller Toyama's main colour is blue.

Kit evolution

Home kit - 1st
2008-2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
2020	2021	2022 -

Away kit - 2nd
2008-2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
2021	2022 -

External links

• Official site (in Japanese)