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Sagan Tosu

{{Short description|Japanese football club}}

{{more citations needed|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox football club

| nickname = Sagan

| image = Sagan Tosu logo.svg

| stadium = Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
Tosu, Saga

| capacity = 24,130

| clubname = Sagan Tosu
サガン鳥栖

| fullname = Sagan Tosu Football Club

| founded = {{Start date and age|1997}}

| chairman = Minoru Takehara

| manager = Akio Kogiku

| league = {{Japanese football updater|SaganTos}}

| season = {{Japanese football updater|SaganTos2}}

| position = {{Japanese football updater|SaganTos3}}

| website = {{url|sagan-tosu.net/}}

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{{nihongo|Sagan Tosu|サガン鳥栖|Sagan Tosu}} is a Japanese professional football club based in Tosu, Saga Prefecture. The club plays in the J2 League, the second tier of Japanese football, since 2025 following relegation from the J1 League in 2024.

Sagan is a coined word with various suggested ideas behind where the name came from. One of its homophones is {{nihongo|sandstone|砂岩|sagan}} in Japanese. This symbolises many small elements uniting to form one formidable object, for example as a metaphor for a team. Also, Sagan Tosu can be interpreted as {{nihongo|"Tosu of Saga (Prefecture)"|佐賀ん鳥栖|Saga-n Tosu}} in the area's dialect.

History

In February 1997, Sagan was established as a new club which virtually took over Tosu Futures, which became insolvent in the previous month. They were admitted to participate in the Japan Football League from 1997 to 1998, as well as the J. League Cup in 1997 as a preferential measure, although J. League Associate Membership status was not awarded to Sagan. In 1999 they were admitted to the new J. League Division 2 (J2) as one of the "Original Ten," which were the ten first members of the J2. They remained at that league until their promotion to J1 at the end of the 2011 season. Little by little, Sagan Tosu started to establish itself as one of the top clubs in the country with the new President & Chief Operating Officer Minoru Takehara, who is also part owner of the club.[サガン、竹原氏が社長就任 「J1昇格と健全な経営」 http://www1.saga-s.co.jp/news/saga.0.1913106.article.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712222911/http://www1.saga-s.co.jp/news/saga.0.1913106.article.html |date=2018-07-12 }}]

In their first season at the J1 League in 2012, confounding the prediction of many critics about their immediate relegation to J2, they maintained their position between 5th and 11th place all the way through the season, except on matchweek 2, in which they were ranked 13th. They were ranked third after the 33rd week, having a chance to qualify for the 2013 AFC Champions League if they hadn't lost to Yokohama F. Marinos in the last match of the season. However, they only lost to Yokohama by 0–1, wrapping up the season in 5th place, while Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Nagoya Grampus and were ranked 3rd. They also became the first club in Asia to sign a partnership with Warrior Sports,[http://www.warriorfootball.com/teams/sagan-tosu Warrior Football – Sagan Tosu] who sponsor many overseas clubs, including English side Liverpool.

In 2013, they made it to the semi-finals of the Emperor's Cup for the first time in the club's history, becoming the first club based in Kyushu to make it to the semi-finals of the Emperor's Cup since Nippon Steel Yawata had done so in the 1981 edition. In 2013, they invited the A-League team Sydney FC along with the former Italian international player Alessandro Del Piero for a Japan Tour for the first time.[https://www.sbnation.com/2013/7/24/4551614/sydney-sagan-tosu-j-league Sagan Tosu outlast Sydney FC in J-League friendly]

In 2014, the club had their most successful season in the J1 League, being ranked on the top of the 2014 J1 League on the 1st, 2nd, 13th, and 18th matchweek. However, the club suddenly made an announcement on the 8th of August which announced the termination of the contract with the head coach Yoon Jung-Hwan, despite the apparently good season.{{cite web |url=http://www.sagantosu.jp/news_detail.asp?c_idx=10002244&contents_code=100100 |script-title=ja:尹晶煥監督 契約解除のお知らせ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140807233533/http://www.sagantosu.jp/news_detail.asp?c_idx=10002244&contents_code=100100 |archive-date=2014-08-07 }} During the course of the year, they continued on their international expansion and started a partnership with the Italian side Juventus for its Juventus Under-16 Japan Tour 2014.The Bianconeri Allievi fly to Japan [https://web.archive.org/web/20141021182836/http://www.juventus.com/juve/en/news/18%20june%202014%20allievi%20japan] On 10 July 2018, the club reached an agreement with former FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League winner, Fernando Torres. The aging star would play 35 games for the side, netting 5 goals before finally hanging up his boots on his star-studded career.

On 19 October 2024, Sagan Tosu officially relegated to J2 League after defeat from Kyoto Sanga 2-0 and return to second tier after 13 years absence with four games left, ended in top tier at 13 years stint.

Kit and colours

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! colspan="5" |Away kits

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! colspan="5" |Alternative kits

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|{{Football kit/No check

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|{{Football kit/No check

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Ladies Day}}}}

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|title={{Center|2016
Hawk Festival Memorial}}}}

|{{Football kit/No check

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|{{Football kit/No check

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Current squad

{{updated|3 June 2025.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sagan-tosu.net/team/player/|title=TOP TEAM PLAYERS|publisher=Sagan Tosu|access-date=14 June 2022}}

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{{Fs player|no=1 |nat=ESP|pos=GK|name=Arnau Riera}}

{{Fs player|no=2 |nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Nagi Matsumoto|other=on loan from Cerezo Osaka}}

{{Fs player|no=4 |nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Yuta Imazu}}

{{Fs player|no=5 |nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Shiva Tafari Nagasawa}}

{{Fs player|no=7 |nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Haruki Arai}}

{{Fs player|no=8 |nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Yoshiki Narahara}}

{{Fs Player|no=9 |nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Jô}}

{{Fs Player|no=10|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Fuchi Honda}}

{{Fs Player|no=11|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Jun Nishikawa|other=on loan from Cerezo Osaka}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=JPN|pos=GK|name=Ryota Izumori}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Taisei Inoue}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Keisuke Sakaiya}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Noriyoshi Sakai}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Kenta Nishizawa}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Shota Hino}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Daichi Suzuki}}

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{{Fs player|no=20|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Cristiano}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Eitaro Matsuda|other=on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Fumiya Kitajima}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Toshiki Ando}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Tatsunori Sakurai|other=on loan from Vissel Kobe}}

{{Fs player|no=32|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Sora Ogawa}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Kento Nishiya}}

{{Fs player|no=34|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Hiroto Yamada}}

{{Fs player|no=35|nat=JPN|pos=GK|name=Kei Uchiyama}}

{{Fs player|no=37|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Reiya Morishita}}

{{Fs player|no=44|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Yuki Horigome}}

{{Fs player|no=45|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Aitaro Higashiguchi Type 2}}

{{Fs player|no=47|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Shion Shinkawa Type 2}}

{{Fs player|no=48|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Yuya Kuroki Type 2}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=LTU|pos=MF|name=Vykintas Slivka}}

{{Fs player|no=91|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Makito Uehara}}

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=Out on loan=

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{{Fs player|no=3 |nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Dai Hirase|other=at FC Gifu}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Ryohei Watanabe|other=at Azul Claro Numazu}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=KOR|pos=GK|name=Koh Bong-jo|other=at Kataller Toyama}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=KOR|pos=GK|name=Lee Yun-sung|other=at YSCC Yokohama}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Koma Osato|other=at ReinMeer Aomori}}

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{{Fs player|no=|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Ryotaro Takeuchi|other=at Criacao Shinjuku}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Hikaru Nakahara|other=at Shimizu S-Pulse}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Shunya Sakai|other=at Tegevajaro Miyazaki}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Ryonosuke Kabayama|other=at Giravanz Kitakyushu}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Marcelo Ryan|other=at FC Tokyo}}

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=Retired number=

  • 17 {{flagicon|Japan}} Sakata Michitaka – A former professor of Saga University and the person which backed up in both the establishment of Tosu Futures and the team's revival as Sagan Tosu. He died due to kidney cancer on 7 January 2000. The number 17 indicates his day of death.

Club officials

Club official for 2025 season.

class="wikitable"
Role

!Name

Manager

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akio Kogiku

Assistant manager

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Naoya Kikuchi

Coaches

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuzuru Suwabe
{{flagicon|JPN}} Naoyuki Iwata
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshizumi Ogawa
{{flagicon|KOR}} Cho Dong-geon

Goalkeeping coach

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Muro

Physical coach

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tadashi Noda

Analyst

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shota Tamaki
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yutaro Hamada

Chief trainer

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Toru Kawaguchi

Athletic trainer

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Atsushi Shiga

Trainer

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Daisuke Adachi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Masahiro Hirano
{{flagicon|JPN}} Masashi Maeda

Interpreter

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alesso Mariani
{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Kang-haeng
{{flagicon|JPN}} Naoto Muramatsu
{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryuki Yamamoto

Competent

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshito Tsuichihara

Deputy officer

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Naoki Egawa
{{flagicon|JPN}} Ayaki Goto

Equipment manager

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiki Sugimoto

Chief doctor

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kyota Nishifuru

Managerial history

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Manager !! rowspan="2" |Nationality !! colspan="2" |Tenure

StartFinish
Takashi Kuwahara{{JPN}}1 February 199331 January 1995

Hiroshi Sowa{{JPN}}1 February 199731 January 2000

Kazuhiro Kōso{{JPN}}1 February 200031 January 2002

Hiroshi Soejima{{JPN}}1 February 200231 January 2003

Yoshinori Sembiki{{JPN}}1 February 200331 January 2004

Ikuo Matsumoto{{JPN}}1 February 200431 January 2007

Yasuyuki Kishino{{JPN}}1 February 200731 January 2010

Ikuo Matsumoto{{JPN}}1 February 201031 January 2011

Yun Jeong-hwan{{KOR}}1 February 20117 August 2014

Megumu Yoshida{{JPN}}8 August 201431 January 2015

Hitoshi Morishita{{JPN}}1 February 201531 January 2016

Massimo Ficcadenti{{ITA}}1 February 201618 October 2018

Kim Myung-hwi{{KOR}}19 October 201831 January 2019

Luis Carreras{{ESP}}1 February 20194 May 2019

Kim Myung-hwi{{KOR}}4 May 201920 December 2021

Kenta Kawai{{JPN}}1 February 20228 August 2024

Kosuke Kitani{{JPN}}9 August 2024present

League & cup record

class="wikitable"

|bgcolor=gold|Champions

|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up

|bgcolor=ff6600|Third place

|bgcolor=palegreen|Promoted

|bgcolor=pink|Relegated

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!colspan="13"|League !!rowspan="2"|J. League Cup !!rowspan="2"|Emperor's Cup

SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.PW (OTW/PKW)DL (OTL/PKL)FAGDPtsAttendance/G
1997

|rowspan="2|JFL

1611th3012 (1/0)–173854–1638—rowspan="2" | Not eligible3rd round
1998

|16

bgcolor=palegreen|8th3011 (3)–164055–1539—3rd round
1999

|rowspan="13"|J2

108th3611 (1)220 (2)5264–12373,3851st round3rd round
2000

|11

6th4013 (2)515 (5)4152–11483,7141st round3rd round
2001

|12

10th448 (2)428 (2)4582–37323,4791st roundRound of 16
2002

|12

9th44914214164–23413,890rowspan="10"|Not eligible3rd round
2003

|12

12th44311304089–49203,1721st round
2004

|12

11th44811253266–34353,6104th round
2005

|12

8th4414102058580527,8554th round
2006

|13

4th48221313644915797,4654th round
2007

|13

8th48219186366–3726,114Round of 16
2008

|15

6th42197165051–1647,261Quarter-finals
2009

|18

5th51251313715120885,939Round of 16
2010

|19

9th3613121142411516,6333rd round
2011

|20

bgcolor=silver|2nd3819127683434697,7312nd round
2012

|rowspan="13"|J1

185th3415811483995311,991Group stage2nd round
2013

|18

12th34137145463–94611,515Group stageSemi-finals
2014

|18

5th3419312413386014,137Group stageRound of 16
2015

|18

11th34913123754–174013,450Group stageQuarter-finals
2016

|18

11th341210123637–14612,636Group stageRound of 16
2017

|18

8th34138134144–34714,194Group stage3rd round
2018

|18

14th341011132934–54115,000Group stageQuarter-finals
2019

|18

15th34106183253–213615,050Group stageQuarter-finals
2020 †

|18

13th34715123743–6364,675Group stageDid not qualify
2021 †

|20

7th3816111153358597,276Group stageRound of 16
2022

|18

11th349151045441429,358Group stageRound of 16
2023

|18

14th34911144347–43810,230Group stage3rd round
2024

|20

bgcolor=pink|20th38105234868–20359,800Group stage (9)Round of 16
2025

|J2

20TBD381st roundTBD

;Key

{{smalldiv|1=

  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
  • OTW / PKW = Overtime wins / Penalty kicks wins 1997 & 1998 seasons – 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002 Overtime wins only
  • OTL / PKL = Overtime losses / Penalty kicks losses 1997 and 1998 seasons – 1999, 2000 & 2001 Overtime losses only
  • † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances were reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: [http://data.j-league.or.jp/SFRT01/ J.League Data Site]

}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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  • {{official website|http://www.sagan-tosu.net/}} {{in lang|ja}}

{{Sagan Tosu}}

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