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.
Domácim štadiónom klubu je Matsue Athletic Stadium s kapacitou 5 000 miest. Hlavným trénerom tímu je od roku 2023 Taku Watanabe.
Medzi najznámejších hráčov, ktorí hrali za Matsue City FC, patria napríklad:
* Jumpei Takaki (bývalý japonský reprezentant)
* Hiroki Morihara (bývalý japonský reprezentant)
* Hayate Muroki (bývalý japonský mládežnícky reprezentant)
Matsue City FC má tiež silný mládežnícky program a jeho akadémia vychovala niekoľko talentovaných hráčov, ktorí pokračovali v hre za profesionálne kluby v Japonsku.