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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 is 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 Saga-n Tosu in the area's dialect.
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, Warrior Football – Sagan Tosu who sponsor many overseas clubs, including English side Liverpool FC.
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. 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. During the course of the year, they continued on their international expansion and started a partnership with the Italian side Juventus FC for its Juventus Under-16 Japan Tour 2014.The Bianconeri Allievi fly to Japan [3] 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.
| Manager | Akio Kogiku |
| Assistant manager | Naoya Kikuchi |
| Coaches | Yuzuru Suwabe Naoyuki Iwata Yoshizumi Ogawa Cho Dong-geon |
| Goalkeeping coach | Takuya Muro |
| Physical coach | Tadashi Noda |
| Analyst | Shota Tamaki Yutaro Hamada |
| Chief trainer | Toru Kawaguchi |
| Athletic trainer | Atsushi Shiga |
| Trainer | Daisuke Adachi Masahiro Hirano Masashi Maeda |
| Interpreter | Alesso Mariani Lee Kang-haeng Naoto Muramatsu Ryuki Yamamoto |
| Competent | Yoshito Tsuichihara |
| Deputy officer | Naoki Egawa Ayaki Goto |
| Equipment manager | Yoshiki Sugimoto |
| Chief doctor | Kyota Nishifuru |
| 31 January 1995 |
| 31 January 2000 |
| 31 January 2002 |
| 31 January 2003 |
| 31 January 2004 |
| 31 January 2007 |
| 31 January 2010 |
| 31 January 2011 |
| 7 August 2014 |
| 31 January 2015 |
| 31 January 2016 |
| 18 October 2018 |
| 31 January 2019 |
| 4 May 2019 |
| 20 December 2021 |
| 8 August 2024 |
| present |
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| 1997 | 3rd round |
| 3rd round | |
| 1999 | 3rd round |
| 2000 | 3rd round |
| 2001 | Round of 16 |
| 3rd round | |
| 1st round | |
| 4th round | |
| 4th round | |
| 2006 | 7,465 |
| Round of 16 | |
| 2008 | Quarter-finals |
| 2009 | Round of 16 |
| 2010 | 3rd round |
| 2011 | 2nd round |
| 2012 | 2nd round |
| Semi-finals | |
| Round of 16 | |
| Quarter-finals | |
| Round of 16 | |
| 3rd round | |
| Quarter-finals | |
| Quarter-finals | |
| Did not qualify | |
| Round of 16 | |
| Round of 16 | |
| 3rd round | |
| 2024 | Round of 16 |
| 2025 | 3rd round |
| 2026 | N/A |
| 2026-27 | TBD |
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