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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. 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.