FC Kagura Shimane

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.

FC Kagura Shimane
FC神楽しまね

Full name	Football Club Kagura Shimane
Founded	2011; 14 years ago (2011), as Matsue City 2022; 3 years ago (2022), as Kagura Shimane
Dissolved	14 March 2023; 2 years ago (14 March 2023)
Stadium	They used the Matsue Athletic Stadium Matsue, Shimane
Capacity	24,000
2022	Japan Football League, 12th of 16
Home colours Away colours

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

• Champions (3): 2014, 2015, 2018

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