FC Kagura Shimane

FC Kagura Shimane
FC神楽しまね
Full nameFootball Club Kagura Shimane
Founded2011 (2011), as Matsue City
2022 (2022), as Kagura Shimane
Dissolved14 March 2023 (14 March 2023)
Stadium
They used the Matsue Athletic Stadium
Matsue, Shimane
Capacity24,000
2022Japan Football League, 12th of 16

FC Kagura Shimane (FC神楽しまね, Efu Sī Kagura Shimane) was a former football club based in Matsue, which is located in Shimane Prefecture in Japan. They last played in the Japan Football League, the Japanese fourth tier of football, until dissolved in 2022.

History

FC Kagura Shimane was founded as Matsue City FC on the basis of a precedent team, which already was playing in Chūgoku Soccer League, Vorador Matsue.[1] In 2011, the new-born club started their new activities to join Japanese professional football as soon as they could. An NPO corporation was made to manage the club and push towards J. League, while winning twice the Chūgoku Soccer League.

They also featured eight times in the Emperor's Cup, getting past the 1st round in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020.

The team's name was changed from Matsue City FC (松江シティフットボールクラブ, Matsue Shiti Futtobōru Kurabu) to FC Kagura Shimane on February 1, 2022.[2]

The club withdrew from the JFL on 23 January 2023, just a few days after the league schedule was released.[3][4] Unpaid wages and intern turmoil led to many players leaving the club, with the situation being made public by themselves. On 14 March 2023, after their parent company "Matsue City FC KK" was filed by bankruptcy, the club officially dissolved.[5]

Changes in club name

  • Matsue City FC : 2011–2021
  • FC Kagura Shimane : 2022

League & cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League Emperor's
Cup
Shakaijin
Cup
Season Division Tier Position P W D L F A GD Pts
2010 Chūgoku Soccer
League
5 3rd 18 11 2 5 50 36 14 35 Did not qualify
As Matsue City FC
2011 Chūgoku Soccer
League
5 7th 18 5 3 10 28 37 -9 18 Did not qualify 1st round
2012 3rd 18 12 2 4 36 25 11 38 1st round
2013 4th 18 7 4 7 39 34 5 25 Did not qualify
2014 1st 18 12 2 4 50 20 30 38 Quarter final
2015 1st 18 17 1 0 70 4 66 52 2nd round 1st round
2016 2nd 18 12 4 2 48 16 32 40 1st round Quarter final
2017 2nd 18 14 2 2 82 18 64 44 2nd round Runner's up
2018 1st 18 18 0 0 76 4 72 54 2nd round Winners
2019 JFL 4 15th 30 5 10 15 26 51 -25 25 1st round Not eligible
2020 10th 15 6 2 7 18 24 -6 20 2nd round
2021 5th 32 14 8 10 38 37 1 50 1st round
As FC Kagura Shimane
2022 JFL 4 12th 30 9 7 14 32 42 -10 34 2nd round Not eligible
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals for; A = Goal against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points gained

Honours

Chūgoku Soccer League

All Japan Senior Football Championship

  • Winners (1): 2018

Regional Promotion Series

  • Winners (1): 2018

Last team squad

Updated to 17 September 2022.[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  JPN Ryota Inoue
2 DF  JPN Kento Sasaki
3 DF  JPN Naofumi Shimomura
4 FW  JPN Masaki Miyauchi
5 DF  JPN Masahiro Baba
6 MF  JPN Takuya Kakine
8 MF  JPN Keishiro Sato (captain)
9 FW  JPN Masaya Yuma
11 MF  JPN Gaku Sugamoto
13 DF  JPN Shun Tsutsui
14 MF  JPN Ren Yamamoto
15 DF  JPN Satoru Unemoto
16 MF  JPN Tomoya Takahata  
18 FW  JPN Keisuke Hotta
19 FW  JPN Riku Sawada
No. Pos. Nation Player 
20 MF  JPN Kenta Ishikawa
21 GK  JPN Koshiro Takashima
22 MF  JPN Akira Sawashima
24 FW  JPN Hiroumi Kakura
25 DF  JPN Daisuke Matsushita
27 DF  JPN Shingo Momoi  
28 DF  JPN Yusuke Tsukijawa  
29 DF  JPN Takeru Osada
30 GK  JPN Shoto Ikefuji
31 MF  JPN Yuzuru Tabira
32 DF  JPN Naoya Imamura
33 GK  JPN Kenji Tanaka
39 FW  JPN Koya Tanio
44 MF  JPN Ruka Baba

Club Officials

For the 2022 season.

Position Staff
Manager Noriaki Sanenobu
Assistant Head Coach Hiroki Matsumoto
Hidenori Kato
Main Manager Kenta Hisayama

Managerial history

Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Hiroyoshi Katayama Japan 6 September 2014 31 December 2015
Kōji Tanaka Japan 1 February 2016 31 January 2020
Noriaki Sanenobu Japan 1 February 2020 31 January 2023

Kit evolution

Home kits - 1st
2018
2019
2020
Away kits - 2nd
2018
2019
2020

Historical logos

2011–2021

References

  1. ^ "松江シティフットボールクラブ - 選手&クラブ|クラブ概要". football.matsue-city.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  2. ^ "『新チーム名』発表のお知らせ". Matsue City FC. 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  3. ^ "JFL退会のお知らせ". www.fc-kagurashimane.jp (in Japanese). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. ^ "2022年度第8回JFL理事会報告事項(しまね、入替について)". www.jfl.or.jp (in Japanese). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  5. ^ "「FC神楽しまね」の運営会社 破産手続き開始を申し立て". nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). 14 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  6. ^ "選手・スタッフ". fc-kagurashimane.jp. Retrieved 9 August 2022.