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| Full name | Kataller Toyama | ||
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| Founded | 1962 as YKK AP SC 2007 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 | Club website | ||
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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.
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 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.[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 ninth consecutive season at Japan's third division.
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.
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
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| 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 | 3rd | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 48 | 11 | 62 | 3,444 | 3rd round | ||
| 2024 | 20 | TBD | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | TBA | ||
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.
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For the 2023 season.[4]
| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Michiharu Otagiri
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| Assistant manager | Iwao Yamane Yoshinori Furube Kazuya Nagayama
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| Goalkeeper Coach | Naohito Hirai
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| Technical staff | Yuito Nakao
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| Interpreter | Fernando Aizawa
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| Chief trainer | Kazuyuki Yamamoto
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| Trainer | Takuya Joraku
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| Competent | Harutaro Taninaka
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| Side affairs | Ryohei Taniguchi
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| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | Managerial Record | |||||
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| Start | Finish | P | W | D | L | Win% | ||
| Hiroshi Sowa | Japan |
1 February 2008 | 29 September 2010 | 78 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 26.92 |
| Takayoshi Amma | Japan |
29 September 2010 | 31 December 2014 | 173 | 38 | 42 | 93 | 21.97 [5] |
| 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[6] | |||||
| Michiharu Otagiri | Japan |
19 September 2022 | present[7] | |||||
Kataller Toyama's main colour is blue.
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