FC Baleine Shimonoseki (FCバレイン下関, Efu Shi Barein Shimonoseki) are a Japanese football club based on Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. They play in the Chūgoku Soccer League, one of Japan's fifth tier leagues, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues. The name Baleine means whale in French. Whales are related with the club's hometown Shimonoseki, that was once a whaling base. 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. More information...
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