Sagan Tosu

is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. 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 many small elements uniting to form one formidable object. Also, Sagan Tosu can be interpreted as in the area's dialect. In addition, it is widely believed that the word is meant to be a pun with Italian giants Juventus although the club hasn't confirmed it.

History

In February 1997, Sagan was established as a new club which virtually takes over Tosu Futures, which became insolvent in the previous month, and admitted to participate Japan Football League from 1997 to 1998, as well as J. League Cup in 1997 as a preferential measure, although J. League Associate Membership status is not awarded to Sagan. In 1999 they were admitted to the new J. League Division 2 (J2), where they remain. Due to Montedio Yamagata's promotion to Division 1 (J1) in 2009 season, Sagan became the only club which plays in J2 for entire period since its establishment in 1999.

Record as J. League member

Key

• Tms. = Number of teams
• Pos. = Position in league
• Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Players

Current squad

As of August 1, 2010

Notable players

• David Bisconti
• Pericles
• Mike Havenaar
• Yugo Ichiyanagi
• Hirotsugu Nakabayashi
• Naoki Naruo
• Erikson Noguchipinto
• Junnosuke Schneider
• Park Jung-Hye

External links

• ...
  Read More