was a Japanese
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club that played in the
former Japan Football League between
1994
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and
1996
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.
History
PJM Futures was founded in
Hamamatsu
is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. the city had an estimated population of 791,707 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, and a population density of . The total area of the site was .
Overview
...
,
Shizuoka
Shizuoka can refer to:
* Shizuoka Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture
* Shizuoka (city), the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture
* Shizuoka Airport
* Shizuoka Domain, the name from 1868 to 1871 for Sunpu Domain, a predecessor of Shizuoka Prefecture
...
in 1987 as the team of PJM Japan, a company based on
Paul J. Meyer's U.S. academy Success (the company name came from Meyer's initials). The club was later moved to
Tosu, Saga
is a Cities of Japan, city located in the eastern part of Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As of February 28, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 72,755 and a population density of 1,000 persons per km2. The total area ...
in 1994, in which it changed its name to Tosu Futures. This happened one year after joining the
former Japan Football League's Division 2 (which was merged into a single JFL division in 1994).
Saga Stadium was used as a temporary home ground until
Tosu Stadium
is a football stadium in Tosu, Saga, Japan. It serves as a home ground of J1 League club Sagan Tosu. The stadium holds 24,130 people and was built in 1996.
It was built in the site of Tosu rail yard and Tosu classification yard in accord wi ...
opened in 1996. In January, 1997, Tosu futures caught the withdrawal of PJM Japan and was dissolved. In February, 1997,
Sagan Tosu
is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J1 League. The team is located in Tosu, Saga Prefecture.
''Sagan'' is a coined word with a couple of meanings behind it. One of its homophones is in Japanese. This symbolises ...
was established.
Former players
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Hitoshi Morishita (1987-1996)
*
Shigetatsu Matsunaga
is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Matsunaga was educated at and played for Hamana High School and Aichi Gakuin University. After graduating from the university, he joined Nissan Motors (later ...
(1995-1996)
*
Stephen Tataw (1995-1996)
*
Sergio Batista
Sergio Daniel "Checho" Batista (; born 9 November 1962) is an Argentine football manager and former international player.
As a footballer he played as a midfield for Argentinos Juniors, River Plate, Nueva Chicago, Tosu Futures and All Boys. H ...
(1993-1994)
*
Hugo Maradona (1992-1994)
*
Pedro Pasculli
Pedro Pablo Pasculli (born 17 May 1960) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a forward and is currently technical secretary at Bangor City in the Cymru North.
He spent most of his career with Argentinos Juniors and Italian club L ...
(1994)
*
Héctor Enrique
Héctor Adolfo Enrique (born 26 April 1962 in Lanús) is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder, and who was assistant coach of the Argentina national team. He played for ''La Seleccion'' in the 1986 World Cup and in Copa Améri ...
(1995)
*
Dragiša Binić (1995)
*
Zoran Milinković (1995)
{{Japanese Club Football, group=clubs
Sagan Tosu
Defunct football clubs in Japan
Association football clubs established in 1987
Association football clubs disestablished in 1997
1987 establishments in Japan
1997 disestablishments in Japan
Japan Football League (1992–1998) clubs