Kataller Toyama

Kataller Toyama
カターレ富山
Full name	Kataller Toyama
Founded	2007; 17 years ago as Kataller Toyama
Stadium	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	http://www.kataller.co.jp/
Home colours	Away colours

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.

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

League														J. League Cup	Emperor's Cup
Season	Div.	Tier	Teams	Pos.	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Attendance/G	J. League Cup	Emperor's Cup
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		2nd round

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 10 August 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)
15	MF	BRA	Gabriel Henrique
16	MF	JPN	Hiroya Sueki
17	MF	JPN	Hiroyuki Tsubokawa
18	MF	JPN	Takumi Ito
19	MF	JPN	Naoki Inoue
20	MF	JPN	Musashi Oyama


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
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
32	MF	JPN	Shun Mizoguchi ^DSP
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)
48	MF	JPN	Yuta Arai (on loan from FC Tokyo)
—	FW	JPN	Manato Furukawa (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)

Club officials

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

Manager	Nationality	Tenure		Managerial Record
Manager	Nationality	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

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	2023 -

Away kit - 2nd
2008-2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
2021	2022	2023 -

References

^ ^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.
^ "Three clubs admitted to J. League". Japan Times. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
^ "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.
^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
^ "Coach Ishizaki's resignation". kataller.co.jp. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ "Coach Michiharu Odagiri Announces Inaugural Press Conference". kataller.co.jp. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

External links

Official site (in Japanese)

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[jleague-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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Former stadia	Iwase Sports Park Gofuku Athletic Stadium Uozu Momoyama Sports Park Stadium