FC Baleine Shimonoseki

FC Baleine Shimonoseki (FCバレイン下関, Efu Shi Barein Shimonoseki) are a Japanese football club based on Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.[1][2] They play in the Chūgoku Soccer League, one of Japan's fifth tier leagues, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues.[3]

FC Baleine Shimonoseki
FCバレイン下関
Full nameFC Baleine Shimonoseki
Founded2006 (2006)
GroundNogihama Park;
Saving Athletic Stadium
Capacity5,000 (NP)
23,939 (SAS)
ChairmanKoki Harada
ManagerKazuma Yamane
LeagueChūgoku Soccer League
20222nd of 10
WebsiteClub website

Name origin

The name Baleine means whale in French. Whales are related with the club's hometown Shimonoseki, that was once a whaling base.[1]

History

The club was founded on 2006, starting from the 4th division of the Yamaguchi Prefecture League, one of the 10th-tier leagues of Japanese football. Baleine would only get out of prefectural football on 2018, after winning promotion to the Chugoku Soccer League, starting their journey on regional football. In their first season, on 2019, it finished on 4th place within 10 participating teams.[4]

Between 2020 and 2022, the club reached its peak so far, having finished two seasons as league runners-up, and qualified for the Emperor's Cup twice in the period. In the 2020 Emperor's Cup, the club made its debut at the second round, in a competition professional teams-shrunk due to the pandemic.[5] They ended up losing against fellow Chugoku region side Fukuyama City FC. In the following year, the club once again failed to win an Emperor's Cup match, losing against Mitsubishi Mizushima FC, also from the Chugoku region, on the first round of the competition.[6]

On 2023, Baleine qualified for the Emperor's Cup, winning their qualification as Yamaguchi representatives on 23 April, after beating Shunan University in the prefectural preliminaries' Final.[7] They were knocked out in the first round by Verspah Oita.

League and cup record
LeagueEmperor's
Cup
SeasonDivisionPos.PWDLFAGDPts
2006 Yamaguchi 4th Division B Block 2nd8602397+3218Did not qualify
2007 1st8800492+4724
2008Yamaguchi 3rd Division B Block 1st7700241+2321
2009Yamaguchi 2nd Division 1st7511405+3516
2010 Yamaguchi 1st Division 3rd105143218+1416
2011 1st1210114014+2631
2012 5th104242914+1514
2013 5th122372335-1211
2014 2nd105143321+1216
2015 2nd1410224512+3332
2016 1st10820335+2826
2017 1st12921418+3329
2018 1st121110649+5534
2019 Chugoku Soccer League 4th1810264523+2232
2020 League season cancelled because of COVID-19 2nd round
2021 2nd1611233516+19351st round
2022 2nd1814044122+1942Did not qualify
2023 TBD1800000001st round
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points won

Honours
  • Yamaguchi Prefectural League 1st Division (4): 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Yamaguchi Football Championship (2): 2020, 2021
  • Nogami Cup (1): 2011

Players

Current squad
As of 23 August 2023. [8]

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 Ryuga Okazaki
3 DF Japan JPN Naofumi Shimomura
4 DF Japan JPN Rintaro Yoshizawa
6 DF Japan JPN Itsuki Tanabe
7 MF Japan JPN Yushiro Masuda
8 FW Japan JPN Shiori Nakai
9 FW Japan JPN Kazuhito Kishida
10 MF Japan JPN Keigo Hieda
11 MF Japan JPN Ryusei Machida
13 FW Japan JPN Kota Yonezawa
14 MF Japan JPN Teppei Misogami
16 GK Japan JPN Sena Eto
17 MF Japan JPN Reo Tokushige
18 FW Japan JPN Mitsutaka Yamashiro
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Japan JPN Kenta Ishizawa
21 MF Japan JPN Kakeru Nagano
22 FW Japan JPN Masato Kawanishi
24 DF Japan JPN Hiroki Sasaki
25 GK Japan JPN Tatsuya Iwamoto
27 DF Japan JPN Yuki Iwamoto
28 MF Japan JPN Yuto Kawai
31 MF Japan JPN Yuto Muneno
32 MF Japan JPN Gakuto Nomiyama
34 DF Japan JPN Yuya Saito
39 DF Japan JPN Daisuke Nishi
40 MF Japan JPN Kento Shiozaki
41 MF Japan JPN Kaito Kurogi
47 MF Japan JPN Haru Azuma

Current staff
As of 4 May 2023.[8]
Position Name
Manager Japan Kazuma Yamane
Assistant manager Japan Shoma Kurata
Club strategy manager Japan Shiuto Kondo
Staff manager Japan Akiko Matsumoto
Chairman Japan Koki Harada
Vice-chairman Japan Hideki Kodama
Representative Japan Kota Fukuhara

References
  1. "クラブガイド" (in Japanese). FC Baleine Shimonoseki. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. "goo 地図". Goo Map. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. "FCバレイン下関" (in Japanese). Spocale. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. "Japan 2019". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  5. "天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会　大会方式について" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  6. "天皇杯 JFA 第101回全日本サッカー選手権大会 １回戦 【21】" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  7. "天皇杯 JFA 第103回全日本サッカー選手権大会　山形県など8県で代表決まる". jfa.jp (in Japanese). 23 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  8. "選手／スタッフ". fcbaleine.jp. FC Baleine Shimonoseki. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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