Nara Club

The club was originally established in Nara in 1991 under the name Tonan Club (都南クラブ, Tonan Kurabu) 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…

As of April 2026