is a Japanese football (soccer) club based in the Nara city, capital of Nara Prefecture. They currently play in J3 League, the third tier professional in the Japanese football.
History The club was originally established in Nara in 1991 under the name and it became a member of the Football Association of Nara. The club went up to the top division in 1997.
It was renamed to its current name in 2008, and was promoted to the regional league in 2009. In 2014, they won the Regional League promotion series, earning promotion to the Japan Football League, where they played from 2015 to 2022.
On 5 November 2022, Nara was promoted to the J3 League for the first time in their history, after beating Veertien Mie in a narrow 1–0 win, with Sotaro Yamamoto scoring the winning goal in the 86th minute, to confirm their early access to the J3, a few rounds before the end of the season. The Nara-based club was promoted after eight consecutive seasons in the JFL. 15 days later at the same month, Nara secured their first JFL title, after drawing 1–1 with Sony Sendai at the last round of the competition. A ten-goal difference in Nara's favor them and FC Osaka was the determining factor that gave Nara the league title.
On 24 October 2023, Nara Club announcement officially granted J2 License after approval of Club Licensing Board.
Starting in 2024, the club partnered with BG Group from the Kingdom of Thailand as one of their shirt sponsors and Thai players Patrick Gustavssonn and Kiadtiphon Udom joined from BG Pathum United FC, which is owned by BG. On January 24, 2025, it was announced that a capital alliance would be formed with BG Group, which will acquire and hold 14.98% of the shares for approximately 92 million yen.
Stadium Nara Club currently plays its home matches at the Rohto Field Nara. The capacity is 30,600.
League and cup record ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated League J.League CupEmperor's CupShakaijin CupSeason Division Tier Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Tonan Club1992Nara Pref. League Edu. 11 *3rd * * * * * * * * Not eligible * *1993Nara Pref. League Div. 5 10 1st * * * * * * * * 1994Nara Pref. League Div. 4 8 1st * * * * * * * * 1995Nara Pref. League Div. 3 7 1st * * * * * * * * 1996Nara Pref. League Div. 2 6 1st * * * * * * * * 1997Nara Pref. League (Div. 1) 5 6th * * * * * * * * 19984th * * * * * * * * 19996 3rd * * * * * * * * 20002nd * * * * * * * * 20011st * * * * * * * * 2002117th 10 3 3 4 14 14 0 12 Did not qualify Did not qualify20035th 10 6 0 4 17 14 3 18 20041st 10 8 1 1 25 8 17 25 2005 3rd 10 6 1 3 25 11 14 19 2006 1st 10 8 1 1 31 11 20 25 200712 3rd 11 6 1 4 22 10 12 22 Nara Club2008Nara Pref. League (Div. 1)6122nd 11 8 3 0 39 9 30 27 Not eligibleDid not qualify1st round2009Kansai Soccer League (Div. 2)58 1st 14 9 3 2 47 18 29 30 2nd round Did not qualify2010Kansai Soccer League(Div. 1)4 4th 14 6 6 2 36 24 12 24 1st round20111st 14 11 2 1 42 13 29 35 1st round20122nd 14 8 5 1 28 11 17 29 2nd round20135th 14 3 4 7 11 22 −11 14 2nd round201451st 14 10 3 1 30 11 19 33 3rd round Quarter-finals2015JFL 4 16 7th 30 13 7 10 33 28 5 46 1st round Not eligible201610th 30 11 7 12 41 48 -7 37 1st round20177th 30 10 10 10 41 51 -10 40 1st round20188th 30 12 6 12 33 32 1 42 2nd round201914th 30 8 10 12 27 32 -5 34 1st round202013th15 5 3 7 21 21 0 182nd round 20211710th 32 10 13 9 39 36 3 43 Did not qualify2022161st 30 16 11 3 48 25 23 59 1st round2023J3 3 20 5th 38 15 12 11 45 32 13 57 1st round202417th 38 7 18 13 43 56 -13 39 2nd round2nd round 20259th 38 15 11 12 50 46 4 56 1st round2nd round 202610 TBD 18 N/A N/A2026-2720 TBD 38 TBD TBD Key
Honours +Nara Club HonoursHonourNo.YearsNara Prefecture League Division 511993Nara Prefecture League Division 411994Nara Prefecture League Division 311995Nara Prefecture League Division 211996Nara Prefecture League Division 132001, 2004, 2006Kansai League Division 212009Nara Prefectural Football Championship (Emperor's Cup Prefectural Qualifiers)162009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025Kansai League Division 122011, 2014KSL Cup22012, 2014Japan Football League12022
Players Current squad .
Out on loan
Club staff Position StaffManager Masashi OguroAssistant manager Kenta BetsukiGoalkeeper coach Masatoshi HayashiInterpreter Yosuke FukudaAnalyst and side affairs Kazuki FujiwaraChief trainer Hiroshi FujimotoChief trainer Kazushi Matsumura
Managerial history
Manager Nationality Tenure Start Finish Koji Yamaguchi 1991 2009Ken'ichiro Fujimoto 2010 Satoru Yoshida 1 January 2011 31 December 2011Masashi Hachūda 1 February 2012 3 January 2013Jiro Yabe 3 July 2012 7 October 2013Jun Mizukoshi 8 October 2013 31 January 2014Atsushi Nakamura 1 February 2014 31 January 2017Norihiro Satsukawa 12 February 2017 31 January 2019Koichi Sugiyama 12 February 2019 31 January 2020Maiki Hayashi 1 February 2020 31 January 2021Julián Marín Bazalo 1 February 2021 4 September 2024Ichizo Nakata 4 September 2024 12 June 2025 Michiharu Otagiri 12 June 2025 8 December 2025Masashi Oguro 14 December 2025 present
Kit evolution Home kit - 1st Away kit - 2nd Others - 3rd
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