Japan Soccer League co-founders Urawa Red Diamonds, JEF United Chiba, Kashiwa Reysol, Cerezo Osaka, Sanfrecce Hiroshima (listed under current names, all formed the old league in 1965); Independent club Shimizu S-Pulse, established as a professional club upon J. League creation in 1992; Sagan Tosu who took over the folded Tosu Futures in former JFL in 1997; Yokohama FC who were directly admitted into the Japan Football League in 1999 upon their formation; Kataller Toyama that formed in 2008 as a result of the fusion of JFL clubs ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP.