| Full name | Football Club Kagura Shimane | ||
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| Founded | 2011; 13 years ago (2011), as Matsue City 2022; 2 years ago (2022), as Kagura Shimane | ||
| Dissolved | 14 March 2023; 15 months ago (14 March 2023) | ||
| Stadium |  They used the Matsue Athletic Stadium Matsue, Shimane | ||
| Capacity | 24,000 | ||
| 2022 | Japan Football League, 12th of 16 | ||
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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.
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)toFC 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]
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | Emperor's Cup |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
All Japan Senior Football Championship
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.
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For the 2022 season.
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  Noriaki Sanenobu
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| Assistant Head Coach | Hiroki Matsumoto Hidenori Kato
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| Main Manager | Kenta Hisayama
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| 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 |
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