FC Kagura Shimane

FC Kagura Shimane
FC神楽しまね
Full nameFootball Club Kagura Shimane
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011), as Matsue City
2022; 2 years ago (2022), as Kagura Shimane
Dissolved14 March 2023; 19 months ago (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 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 2022.

History

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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

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

League & cup record

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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

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Chūgoku Soccer League

All Japan Senior Football Championship

  • Winners (1): 2018

Regional Promotion Series

  • Winners (1): 2018

Last team squad

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

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

Club Officials

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For the 2022 season.

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

Managerial history

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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

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

Historical logos

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2011–2021
logo

References

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  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.
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