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
20233rd 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. On 2024, they repeated the feat of qualifying to the Emperor's Cup as Yamaguchi representatives over Shunan.[8] In the first round they defeated J3 League team Gainare Tottori in a tense penalty shoot-out by 4-3, with scores level at 1-1 after playing 120 minutes. In the second round of the competition, they lost heavily to Sanfrecce Hiroshima by 11–2. This is the first time Baleine have played official matches against professional sides.

League and cup record
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
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 3rd1812154726+21371st round
2024 TBD182nd 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
FC Baleine Shimonoseki honours
HonourNo.Years
Yamaguchi Prefectural League 1st Division 4 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018
Nogami Cup 1 2011
Yamaguchi Football Championship 1 2020, 2021, 2023

Players and staff

Current squad
As of 30 April 2024 [9]

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  JPN Ryuga Okazaki
3 DF  JPN Naofumi Shimomura
4 DF  JPN Haruto Kawamae
5 DF  JPN Kentaro Handa
6 MF  JPN Masahide Noda
7 MF  JPN Yushiro Masuda
8 FW  JPN Hayate Harasaki
9 FW  JPN Kazuhito Kishida
10 FW  JPN Kenshiro Nishida
11 MF  JPN Gakuto Nomiyama
13 FW  JPN Kota Yonezawa
14 MF  JPN Kaito Toda
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK  JPN Shunya Kachi
17 MF  JPN Yu Nomoto
18 DF  JPN Yuya Saito
20 MF  JPN Ryota Hieda
21 FW  JPN Kakeru Banno
23 FW  JPN Sota Sato
24 MF  JPN Maoto Sakata
27 DF  JPN Yuki Iwamoto
28 DF  JPN Yasutomo Saito
31 DF  JPN Yuto Muneno
39 DF  JPN Daisuke Nishi
91 MF  JPN Kakeru Nagano

Current staff
Position Name
Manager Kazuma Yamane
Assistant manager Kaito Kurogi
Staff manager Shuto Kondo
Akiko Matsumoto
Representant Kota Fukuhara
Chairman Koki Harada

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. "天皇杯 JFA 第104回全日本サッカー選手権大会　鳥取県など5県で代表決まる". jfa.jp (in Japanese). 21 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  9. "選手・スタッフ一覧". fcbaleine.jp. FC Baleine Shimonoseki. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
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