# Belugarosso Iwami

Belugarosso Iwami (ベルガロッソいわみ, Berugarosso Iwami) are a Japanese football club based on the Iwami region of Shimane Prefecture (Hamada, Masuda, Ota, Kawamoto, Misato, Onan, Ochi, Tsuwano, Yoshika.) They play in the Chūgoku Soccer League, one of Japan's fifth tier leagues, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

## History

The club was founded in 1977 as Bunkers. In 2002, they were promoted to the second division of the Shimane Prefecture Adult Soccer League. In 2004, the club were promoted to the Shimane Prefecture League 1st Division. In 2005 the club changed their name to Hamada FC Cosmos.
In 2009, the club won their first Shimane Football Championship beating Dezzolla Shimane in the final, which serves as one of the Emperor's Cup preliminary rounds, earning the right to debut in the main football cup competition of the country. They were defeated in their first match against NIFS Kanoya.
In 2010, the club debuted at the All Japan Club Teams Football Tournament, a cup competition for teams playing prefectural league football. The club also participated in it the following year, and in 2017. On all occasions, they failed to progress further, having not went past the second round of the competition.
In 2018, the club won their third title at the Shimane Prefecture League 1st Division and earned to the promotion to the Chugoku Soccer League.
In 2020 the club changed its name to Belugarosso Hamada.
In 2023, they qualified for the Emperor's Cup for the first time in 14 years, but were eliminated in first round by Kochi United, losing by 1–2.
In 2023 the club changed its name to Belugarosso Iwami.

## Names throughout history

* 1977–2004: Bunkers
* 2005–2019: Hamada FC Cosmos
* 2020–2022: Belugarosso Hamada ("Belugarosso" comes from the Italian word "beluga", which means the famous beluga whale at Shimane Aquarium Aquas, and the Italian word "rosso", which means red, said to represent the image of the setting sun and passion of Hamada.)
* 2023– : Belugarosso Iwami (The name change came alongside a hometown move, from just comprising the Hamada City to the entire Iwami region.)

## League and Cup record

| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| Season | Division | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| As Hamada FC Cosmos |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Shimane Prefecture Division 1 | 3rd | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 19 | Did not qualify | |
| 2018 | Shimane Prefecture Division 1 | 1st | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 24 | Did not qualify | |
| 2019 | Chūgoku Soccer League | 8th | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 52 | -32 | 12 | Did not qualify | |
| As Belugarosso Hamada |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Chūgoku Soccer League | League season cancelled because of COVID-19. | League season cancelled because of COVID-19. | League season cancelled because of COVID-19. | League season cancelled because of COVID-19. | League season cancelled because of COVID-19. | League season cancelled because of COVID-19. | League season cancelled because of COVID-19. | League season cancelled because of COVID-19. | League season cancelled because of COVID-19. | Did not qualify | Not played due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Chūgoku Soccer League | 4th | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 23 | Did not qualify | Not played due to COVID-19 |
| 2022 | Chūgoku Soccer League | 3rd | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 24 | 34 | Did not qualify | Round of 32 |
| As Belugarosso Iwami |||||||||||||
| 2023 | Chūgoku Soccer League | 4th | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 60 | 19 | 41 | 36 | 1st round | Round of 32 |
| 2024 | Chūgoku Soccer League | 3rd | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 17 | 28 | 35 | 1st round | Round of 32 |
| 2025 | Chūgoku Soccer League | TBD | 18 | | | | | | | | TBA | |

### 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

Belugarosso Iwami honours :
| Honour | No. | Years |
| Shimane Football League 1st Division | 3 | 2007, 2015, 2018 |
| Shimane Prefectural Football Championship Emperor's Cup Shimane Prefectural Qualifiers | 3 | 2009, 2023, 2024 |

## Players and staff
### Current squad

    As of 30 April 2024.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | JPN | Riku Sawada |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Tsujikawa |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Daiki Morimoto |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Masaki Tanaka |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Sho Abe |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Yu Nagatani |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Shotaro Kawakita |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Ryotaro Fuke |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Sota Suizu |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Ryota Kawaraji |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Mirai Fujimoto |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Reo Nakamura |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Shohei Hasegawa |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Takayuki Sone |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Ryo Tokuda |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Hiro Kaneda |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Reo Ino |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Genki Shiorayama |
| 21 | MF | JPN | Akira Sawashima |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Genta Uchiyama |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Riku Kawamitsu |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Michi Nagaoka |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Mizuki Nishitani |
| 30 | GK | JPN | Yuto Kido |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Shoto Ikefuji |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Jun Kitamura |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Yuzuru Tabira |

### Current staff

    As of 30 April 2024.
| Position | Name |
| Manager | Hiroki Kishimoto |
| Assistant manager | Shohei Suzuki |
| Staff manager | Daiki Fujikawa |
| Goalkeeping coach | Katsuhisa Suzuki |
| Athletic coach and trainer | Yuji Takee |
| Chief trainer | Wataru Nishikori |
| Trainer | Shota Sasaki Naoki Ishihara |