Japan
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that was formed from the merger of the ALO's Hokuriku and
YKK AP SC
is a Japanese football club based in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture. They play in Toyama Prefectural League. Their team colour is blue.
History
The club was founded as the football club of YKK (then Yoshida Kōgyō) in 1962. They won the inaugural ...
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
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(owner of YKK AP SC) and
Hokuriku Electric Power Company
The Hokuriku Electric Power Company supplies power by a regulated monopoly to Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, the northern part of Fukui Prefecture, and northwestern parts of Gifu Prefecture. It is often abbreviated within its area o ...
(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
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsToyama dialect means "to win", and the French ''aller'', "to go". The phrase is also intended to be a pun of
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
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''cantare'', "to sing", and of native Japanese ''katare'' (語れ), "to talk" (written with a different
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
character).
The crest is shaped in the form of a
tulip
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, the official
Toyama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...
flower.
League & cup record
;Key
Current squad
''As of 20 August 2022''.
Club officials
Managerial history
Kit and colours
Colours
Kataller Toyama's main colour is
blue
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