| Full name | Fukuyama City FC |
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| Founded | 2017; 8 years ago (2017) asFukuyama City SCC |
| Chairman | Yoshihiro Okamoto |
| Manager | Ryota Mori |
| League | Chūgoku Soccer League |
| 2024 | 1st of 10 (champions) |
| Website | fukuyama-city |
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Fukuyama City FC (福山シティFC,Fukuyama Shiti Efu Shi) are aJapanesefootball club based in theeastern part ofHiroshima, centered on the city ofFukuyama.[1] They play in theChūgoku Soccer League, which part ofJapanese Regional Leagues.
Founded on 2017 asFukuyama SCC(Fukuyama Sports Community Club), the club started their journey on the lower levels of Hiroshima Prefectural Leagues system.[2] Despite playing in the 5th tier of prefectural league football, on 2018, after winning the Hiroshima Prefectural Adult Final Tournament, they got instantly promoted to the 2nd division of the prefecture for the 2019 season.[3][4]
On 2019, the team changed its name intoFukuyama City FC. The club won back-to-back promotions with high-scoring matches, alongside an unbeaten streak that started on their foundation, on 2017, only being broken on 2022.[5][6] The club quickly established themselves as one of the quickest-developed clubs in Japanese football, jumping from the Prefectural League 5th Division to theChugoku Soccer League in a five-season span. They played in the2020 Emperor's Cup, where they won four matches to arrive at the quarter-finals. Uncommon feat for a young club (4-years old at the time), they successfully managed to win against teams of the4th and5th tiers of Japanese football while being a Prefectural League club. They were only stopped byBlaublitz Akita, to whom they lost by 3–1 in a tough match.[7]
In 2022, Fukuyama City won theChugoku Soccer League in their debut at Regional League level, qualifying them for the2022 Regional Champions League. They finished second in their group but were eliminated from the tournament. If they had won or finished runners up in the tournament they would have been directly promoted to the 2023Japan Football League. Promotion to theJFL would have helped to potentially fulfill their goal of joining theJ3 League by 2024.[8]
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | Emperor's Cup | |||||||||||
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| Season | Division | Tier | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| AsFukuyama City SCC | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | Eastern Hiroshima Prefectural League | 8 | 1st | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 39 | 27 | – |
| 2018 | 1st | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 66 | 33 | Lost in the preliminaries | ||
| AsFukuyama City FC | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Hiroshima Prefectural League 2nd Div. | 7 | 1st | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 5 | 102 | 33 | Lost in the preliminaries |
| 2020 | Hiroshima Prefectural League 1st Div. | 6 | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 15 | Quarter-finals |
| 2021 | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 18 | 2nd round | ||
| 2022 | Chugoku Soccer League | 5 | 1st | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 10 | 50 | 47 | 2nd round |
| 2023 | 1st | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 63 | 54 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2024 | 1st | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 13 | 58 | 45 | 2nd round | ||
| 2025 | TBA | 18 | 2nd round | |||||||||
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Hiroshima Prefectural League | 2 | 2017, 2018 |
| Hiroshima Prefectural League 2nd Division | 1 | 2019 |
| Hiroshima Prefectural League 1st Division | 1 | 2020 |
| All Hiroshima Football Championship Emperor's Cup Hiroshima Prefectural Qualifiers | 5 | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 |
| Chūgoku Soccer League | 2 | 2022,2023,2024 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Ryota Mori |
| Assistant manager | Hwang Choi Hakuto Miyashita |
| Goalkeeper coach | Hiroki Tsuda |
| Trainer | Daiki Tonoshiro |
| Strength & Conditioning coach | Yuki Kodama |
| Equipment manager and Kit man | Tomoya Takeishi |
| Sports nutritionist | Hiroe Uehara |