Lagend Shiga FC

Lagend Shiga FC (レイジェンド滋賀FC, Reijendo Shiga Efushi) is a former football (soccer) club based in Moriyama, which was located in Shiga Prefecture in Japan. They last played in the Kansai Soccer League in 2024, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues. The club was announced it was dissolved in 2025 after 2024 season was completed.

The club was founded in 2005 under the denomination of Shiga FC; it quickly reached the Kansai Soccer League, despite having alternative form and results between 1st and 2nd division. In 2010, the name changed to Tojitsu Shiga FC, with the goal of aiming towards becoming a professional football club.^[1]

In January 2008, they won the Kansai Prefectural Soccer League Finals and were promoted to the second division of the Kansai Soccer League. In 2008, they won the second division of the Kansai League and were promoted to the first division, but the following year, 2009, they finished seventh in the league and were relegated to the second division.

The club was renamed again in 2011, as Lagend Shiga FC: the denomination came from the mix of two English words, "Lake" (due to the presence of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture) and "Legend", with a renovate will of reaching pro-football.^[2] In 2015 it was also mentioned a possible merger with MIO Biwako Shiga, but the deal was never completed and then abandoned in September of that year.

In 2017, Lagend Shiga, alongside St. Andrew's University FC, were relegated to the second division of the Kansai Soccer League, but returned the following year, winning promotion to the 2019 Kansai Soccer League 1st Division. In 2020, they finished at the bottom of the league, but due to the COVID-19 global pandemic outbreak, there were no relegation or promotion between divisions in the Kansai Soccer League. Then, they were able to play the 2021 Kansai Soccer League in the 1st Division, finishing 6th in the league.

On 24 January 2025, the club announced that Lagend Shiga FC would disband and that the management corporation would relocate to become Velago Ikoma, from the city of Ikoma, Nara.^[3][4] The club activities of Lagend Shiga FC came to an end after 2024 season.

The club played most of the matches at the Yasugawa Historical Park Soccer Stadium (Big Lake) in Moriyama in Shiga prefecture. The capacity is stated at 1,200.

Key

As of 23 August 2023. ^[5]

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 1 GK  JPN Tsuyoshi Saito 2 DF  JPN Michito Sugawara 3 DF  JPN Ryo Okamoto 4 DF  JPN Kei Hasegawa 5 DF  JPN Akito Takemoto 6 DF  JPN Yuma Ito 7 MF  JPN Minato Yoshida 8 MF  JPN Akito Nakai 9 FW  JPN Kazuya Oguni 10 MF  JPN Kazuto Uno 11 MF  JPN Yoji Ogawa 13 DF  JPN Torai Moriyama 14 MF  JPN Hiroki Matsushita 15 FW  JPN Kaito Ikeda 16 DF  JPN Hidenori Shirai 17 FW  JPN Kyosei Satake 18 FW  JPN Takashi Takimoto 19 DF  JPN Masato Osugi

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  JPN Juta Nakanishi 21 GK  JPN Yushin Amano 22 DF  JPN Masaharu Maeda 23 FW  JPN Shogo Nakamura 24 DF  JPN Taiki Shimizu 25 MF  JPN Kotaro Kuroiwa 26 FW  JPN Keigo Tarui 28 MF  JPN Kaisei Toyama 29 DF  JPN Tsubasa Oba 30 MF  JPN Yushi Hada 31 GK  JPN Hiroto Kamei 32 MF  JPN Kazuki Shishido 33 MF  JPN Seigo Nagao 35 MF  JPN Satoru Morikawa 36 MF  JPN Keigo Tanaka 37 GK  JPN Shota Nakano 39 DF  JPN Shinri Ono

• Official website (in Japanese)