Niigata Prefecture's entire municipalities serve as their hometown. Coach Toru Irie was appointed as manager midway through the season. Key players from last season such as Motoki NAGAKURA, Thomas Deng, and Ryosuke KOJIMA transferred out. During the summer transfer window, they actively strengthened the team by acquiring Takuya SHIMAMURA and Kosuke SHIRAI from Kashiwa Reysol, Sho Funaki from Cerezo Osaka, and Matheus Moraes from Maringa FC in Brazil.