Espolada Hokkaido (エスポラーダ北海道) is a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

professional

futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...

club, currently playing in the

F. League The F. League (in Japanese: "F・リーグ", officially "日本フットサルリーグ", Nihon Futtosaru Rīgu) is the top league for Futsal in Japan. The winning team obtains the participation right to the AFC Futsal Club Championship. Histo ...

Division 1. The team is located in

Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...

Arena

Espolada Hokkaido plays its home games mainly at the

Hokkai Kitayell is an indoor sporting arena located in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan. Sometimes called Kitayell, the capacity of the main arena is 8,000. It hosted some of the group games for the 2006 FIBA World Championship and also for the 2006 Women's Volley ...

, but, as the team represents the entire Hokkaido Prefecture, also plays some home-games at the Asahikawa Taisetsu Arena, Otaru City Gymnasium,

Hakodate Arena Hakodate Arena is an arena in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea o ...

, Tomakomai City Gymnasium,

Mikaho Gymnasium The is an indoor sporting arena in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It was built in October 1970, and has an area of 6,267 m² in total. Mikaho Gymnasium was one of the venues for figure skating at the 11th Winter Olympic Games held in Sa ...

and Kushiro Kaze Arena.

History

External links

* Futsal clubs in Japan Sports teams in Sapporo Futsal clubs established in 2008 2008 establishments in Japan {{Japan-footyclub-stub