Kataller Toyama

Football club infobox
clubname = Kataller Toyama
カターレ富山

| fullname = Toyama Prefecture Football Club Team
Kataller Toyama
nickname =
founded = 2007
ground = Toyama Athletic Recreation Park Stadium
Toyama, Toyama
capacity = 28,494
chairman = flagicon|Japan Tetsuo Nakao
manager = flagicon|Japan Hiroshi Sowa　
league = Japan Football League
season = 2008
position =
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leftarm2=0000FF|body2=fff|rightarm2=fff|shorts2=fff|socks2=fff Kataller Toyama ("Katāre Toyama", カターレ富山) is a football club in Japan that was formed from the merger of the old ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP F.C. clubs. They will begin play in the Japan Football League in the 2008 season.

History

The idea of a merged team had been discussed by the Toyama Prefectural Football Association as early as 2005, but discussions had come to nothing.

On September 10th, 2007, YKK (owner of YKK AP F.C.) and Hokuriku Electric Power Company (owner of ALO's Hokuriku), agreed with merging their teams 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 team. 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.

Name and crest

The word "kataller" is a portmanteau of the phrase 勝たれ "katare" which in Japanese 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 語れ "katare", "to talk" (written with a different kanji character).

The crest is shaped in the form of a tulip, the official Toyama Prefecture flower.

Announced 2008 squad

External links

* [http://www.kataller.co.jp/ Official site (in Japanese)]

Japan Football League
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J. League