The club was founded in 1970 as
Matsuyama Soccer Club and renamed itself as Ehime Football Club in 1995. For many years it competed in the regional and prefectural league, as Matsuyama was represented in the
Japan Soccer League by the
local club belonging to the
Teijin company. Ehime was promoted to the
Japan Football League in 2003. After winning the
JFL in 2005 season, Ehime spent 16 seasons in the
J2 League before being relegated to the
J3 League at the end of the 2021 season. On 28 November 2007, Ehime pulled off a major shock by consigning the
Urawa Red Diamonds, the
AFC Champions League 2007 winners, to a fourth-round exit from the
Emperor's Cup courtesy of a 2–0 win on Urawa's home soil,
Urawa Komaba Stadium. On 11 November 2023, after two years absence from Japanese second division, Ehime officially returned to J2 League for 2024 season. They were promoted as J3 League champions of
2023 season with a narrow 1–0 win against their local rivals,
FC Imabari on matchweek 35 with
Riki Matsuda scored the only goal of the match. == Stadium ==