FC Kariya

F.C. Kariya
FC刈谷
Full name	Football Club Kariya
Nickname(s)	F.C. Kariya
Founded	1949; 72 years ago (as Nippon Denso Soccer Club)
Ground	Wave Stadium Kariya; Kariya, Aichi
Capacity	4,000
Chairman
Manager	Koji Kadota (ja)
League	Japan Football League
2020	1st at Tōkai Adult Soccer League, 2nd at Regional Promotion Series (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

FC Kariya (FC刈谷, Efu Shī Kariya) are a Japanese football club based in Kariya, Aichi. They play in the first division of Tōkai Adult Soccer League and they're aiming towards professional leagues. In 2021 season, they currently play in the Japan Football League.

History[]

The club was founded in 1949 as Nippon Denso Soccer Club. They mainly played in the Tōkai Regional League; Kariya was already represented in the Japan Soccer League by the club belonging to Toyota Industries (not to be confused with nearby Toyota Motors, which is the club that became Nagoya Grampus).

Nippon Denso were finally promoted to the Japan Football League in 1996. They played their first JFL season under new name DENSO Soccer Club because of the change of their owner's name.

DENSO relinquished the ownership at the end of the 2005 season and non-profit organisation Kaeru Sports Club took over. Their name F.C. Kariya was chosen from entries from the public. Despite this change of ownership, F.C. Kariya did not show much ambition for J. League status in subsequent campaigns and finished in 17th place on the 2009 season of the Japan Football League, being relegated back to the Tokai Regional League after losing a promotion/relegation series to the more ambitious Zweigen Kanazawa.^[1]

In 2015 Kariya became champions of the Tōkai Adult Soccer League and participated in the 2015 Regional League promotion play-offs, reaching the Top 4, but not the promotion back to JFL. They also featured three times in the Emperor's Cup, reaching 2nd round both in 2007 and in 2012.

In 2020 season, the Tōkai Adult Soccer League was held in an irregular knock-out format due to the covid-19 pandemic. Lead by a new manager Koji Kadota, FC Kariya won the tournament to qualify for the regional championship, and achieved runner-up in it, resulting to return to the Japan Football League for the 2021 season.

Shirt and colours[]

F.C. Kariya's shirt features the red sash (or Aka Dasuki in Japanese). This design was originally adopted by Kariya High School's soccer club who introduced the sport to the area in the Taishō period. Because of this, the red sash is regarded as the symbolic design of Kariya's football.

Stadiums[]

They play their home games mainly at Kariya Municipal Athletic Park, but Toyohashi City Iwata General Ballgame Stadium and Nagoya City Port Soccer Stadium are also used a couple of times a year. They practice at Denso Ikeda Factory ground which is not open to the public because it is in Denso's factory site.

Current squad[]

Updated to 19 July 2021.^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Tetsuya Yamaoka
2	MF	JPN	‡
3	DF	JPN	Daiki Asada ‡
4	DF	JPN	Hiroki Sasaki
5	DF	JPN
6	DF	JPN	Asahi Ishiwata ‡
7	FW	JPN	Yuta Nakano
8	MF	JPN
9	FW	JPN	Yuki Sato
10	FW	JPN
11	MF	JPN
13	FW	JPN
14	MF	JPN	Daiki Yamamoto ‡
15	MF	JPN
17	DF	JPN	Shuntaro Koga ‡


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	GK	JPN
19	DF	JPN
20	MF	JPN
21	GK	JPN
22	FW	JPN	Ryoto Kamiya (On loan from Kamatamare Sanuki) ‡
23	FW	JPN
24	DF	JPN	Takahiro Tanaka ‡
25	MF	JPN
26	DF	JPN
27	MF	JPN	Yoshinori Katsumata ‡
28	DF	JPN	‡
29	FW	JPN
30	FW	JPN	Yuki Fuke
31	MF	JPN
32	DF	JPN	‡

Key

‡ New for 2021 season

League and cup record[]

Here are listed only the seasons disputed as "FC Kariya"'.

Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Promoted	Relegated

League												Emperor's Cup	Shakaijin Cup
Season	Division	Tier	Position	GP	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Emperor's Cup	Shakaijin Cup
2006	Japan Football League	3	13^th	34	8	8	18	46	63	-17	32		Not eligible
2007			16^th	34	8	4	22	36	59	-23	28	2^nd round
2008			8^th	34	13	12	9	47	40	7	51
2009			17^th	34	7	10	17	26	51	-25	31	1^st round
2010	Tōkai Adult Soccer League (Div. 1)	4	2^nd	16	10	5	1	38	9	29	35
2011			3^rd	14	6	3	5	28	24	4	21		2^nd round
2012			4^th	14	5	3	6	23	17	6	18	2^nd round	Quarter-final
2013			3^rd	14	8	1	5	35	21	14	25
2014		5	4^th	14	6	2	6	19	19	0	20		1^st round
2015			1^st	14	10	3	1	34	13	21	33
2016			1^st	14	13	1	0	43	7	36	40
2017			2^nd	14	10	3	1	35	15	20	33
2018			1^st	14	12	1	1	33	9	24	37		Runner-up
2019			1^st	14	12	0	2	44	14	30	36	1^st round	Quarter-final
2020			1^st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		Not eligible
2021	Japan Football League	4		32								1^st round	Not eligible

Key

Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games Played; W = Games won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals Difference; Pts = Points gained

Honours[]

Tokai Soccer League Champions (6)
Japanese Regional Champions (2)

References[]

External links[]

Official Website (in Japanese)
Official Facebook page (in Japanese)

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[1] ttp://www.fckariya.jp/info/team.php

[2] ttp://www.fckariya.jp/player/list.php

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