is a Japanese

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club based in

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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 ...

. They play in Toyama Prefectural League. Their team colour is blue.

History

The club was founded as the football club of

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(then Yoshida Kōgyō) in 1962. They won the inaugural 1972 season title of the Hokushin'etsu Regional League, and went on to win another 10 championships in the league before they were promoted to the JFL for the 2001 season. They changed their name to the current one in 2004 when YKK passed the ownership to one of their affiliate company, YKK AP (AP stands for ''Architectural Products''). As they were in regional league, ALO's Hokuriku had been the biggest rival all the time as they have to compete for right to participate in

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as the representative of Toyama.

Merger as a professional team

On September 10, 2007, YKK and

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, the owner of ALO's Hokuriku, agreed with merging their teams to aim promotion to the J. League, the professional football league in Japan, in response of eager request by Toyama football association (TFA). According to Tulip TV, local broadcasting company, over 20 companies informally promised to invest in the new team. In the media briefing, Governor of Toyama Prefecture also participated. TFA has founded an organization named "Civic Soccer 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. The new merged club is named

Kataller Toyama is a football club in Japan that was formed from the merger of the ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP SC. The club currently plays in J3 League. History The idea of a merged club had been discussed by the Toyama Prefectural Football Association as e ...

. After the merger, YKK AP decided to reform the club as an amateur club whose players are mostly YKK AP's employees. They play in Toyama Prefectural League from 2008.

Results in JFL

2001: 6th
2002: 8th
2003: 6th
2004: 4th
2005: runners-up
2006: 4th
2007: 6th Kataller Toyama Football clubs in Japan Association football clubs established in 1962 Sports teams in Toyama Prefecture 1962 establishments in Japan Japan Football League clubs Works association football clubs in Japan {{Japan-footyclub-stub