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are a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. They currently play in J. League Division 1, having been promoted to the first tier of Japanese professional football for the first time in 2014 after finishing second in that season's J. League Division 2. They were previously promoted to the J. League Division 2 for the first time in 2011. Their nickname is the (or shortened ), symbol birds of Nagano Prefecture. ==History== The club was founded in 1965 by the players who represented Nagano Prefecture. The players frequented a cafe called Yamaga in front of Matsumoto railway station and initially they were simply called ''Yamaga Club''. In 2004, they were renamed as Matsumoto Yamaga FC when nonprofit organisation Alwin Sports Project were set up to support the club with the intention of promotion to J. League. In the 2007 and 2008 season they finished respectively 1st and 4th in the Hokushin'etsu First Division, but failed to gain the promotion to the Japan Football League as they exited at the group stage of the All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series against other regional champions. 2008 also brought a crucial Emperor's Cup run, where they defeated former Japanese champions in the third round by penalty kicks, only to be eliminated 8–0 by . The 2009 season brought inconsistency, as they took 4th place in the regional league but knocked Urawa Red Diamonds out of the Emperor's Cup in the second round, their biggest giant-killing ever. By virtue of winning the Shakaijin Cup, they earned a berth in the Regional Promotion Series, and won the series at home to earn promotion to the Japan Football League for 2010. They earned 7th place on their first season in the third tier. In 2011, despite a season thrown off by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the resulting inability of to play a full schedule, Yamaga earned 4th place and were promoted to J. League Division 2. After three seasons they earned their first ever promotion to J1 League, only to be relegated after one season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matsumoto Yamaga FC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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