Matsue City FC
Wikipedia - FC Kagura Shimane
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
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. 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.
The club withdrew from the JFL on 23 January 2023, just a few days after the league schedule was released. 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.
Klub byl založen v roce 2001 pod názvem Matsue SC. V roce 2005 se stal zakládajícím členem Japonské fotbalové ligy (JFL), třetí nejvyšší japonské divize. V roce 2011 se klub přejmenoval na FC Matsue City.
Největším úspěchem klubu bylo vítězství v japonském amatérském poháru v roce 2004. V roce 2012 se klub naposledy umístil na třetím místě v JFL, což mu vyneslo postup do druhé divize J2 League. V J2 League však klub strávil pouze jednu sezónu a po sestupu v roce 2013 se vrátil do JFL.
V roce 2022 skončil Matsue City FC na 13. místě v JFL a v roce 2023 se bude znovu účastnit této divize.