| Full name | Football Club Kariya | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | F.C. Kariya | ||
| Founded | 1949; 76 years ago (1949) (as Nippon Denso Soccer Club) | ||
| Ground | Wave Stadium Kariya Kariya,Aichi | ||
| Capacity | 2,602[1] | ||
| Chairman | Jin Hase | ||
| Manager | Koji Kadota (ja) | ||
| League | Tōkai Adult Soccer League D1 | ||
| 2023 | 2nd of 8; LostJRCL play-offs | ||
| Website | http://www.fckariya.jp/ | ||
FC Kariya (FC刈谷,Efu Shī Kariya) are aJapanesefootball club based inKariya,Aichi. They're aiming to gain professional status. Since the 2022 season, after being relegated from theJapan Football League, they are currently playing in theTōkai Adult Soccer League, which part ofJapanese Regional Leagues.
The club was founded in 1949 asNippon Denso Soccer Club. They mainly played in theTōkai Regional League; Kariya was already represented in theJapan Soccer League by the club belonging toToyota Industries (not to be confused with nearbyToyota Motors, which is the club that becameNagoya Grampus).
Nippon Denso were finally promoted to theJapan 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 andnon-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 forJ. League status in subsequent campaigns and finished in 17th place on the 2009 season of theJapan Football League, being relegated back to the Tokai Regional League after losing a promotion/relegation series to the more ambitiousZweigen Kanazawa.[2]
In 2015, Kariya became champions of theTōkai Adult Soccer League and participated in the2015 Regional League promotion play-offs, reaching the Top 4, but not the promotion back toJFL. They also featured three times in theEmperor'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. Led by a new managerKoji Kadota, FC Kariya won the tournament to qualify for the Regional Champions League, and finished on it as runners-up, resulting in their return to the Japan Football League comeback for the 2021 season, after 11 seasons of unsuccessful promotion attempts.
On the same season, they were relegated back to the Tōkai Adult Soccer League. On 2022, they already won the tournament, pushing themselves to another promotion race with other 11 teams highly ranked either at their Regional Leagues or at the2022 Shakaijin Cup, at the2022 Regional Champions League. On the first group stage round, FC Kariya did well, with a 3-match unbeaten streak to secure a place in the Final Round. The top 2 of the 4 teams at the group would qualify to the JFL. In the 2nd of the 3 matches to be played at it, FC Kariya lost their promotion hopes for the season, as they lost their first two matches and couldn't overcome a 4-point gap within just a game left.
FC Kariya's shirt features the red sash (orAka Dasuki in Japanese). This design was originally adopted by Kariya High School's soccer club who introduced the sport to the area in theTaishō period. Because of this, the red sash is regarded as the symbolic design of Kariya's football.
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.
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 | Pos. | GP | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 2006 | Japan Football League | 3 | 13th | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 63 | -17 | 32 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2007 | 16th | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 59 | -23 | 28 | 2nd round | |||
| 2008 | 8th | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 40 | 7 | 51 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2009 | 17th | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 51 | -25 | 31 | 1st round | |||
| 2010 | Tōkai Adult Soccer League (Div. 1) | 4 | 2nd | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 9 | 29 | 35 | Did not qualify | Did not play |
| 2011 | 3rd | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 21 | 2nd round | |||
| 2012 | 4th | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 2nd round | Quarter final | ||
| 2013 | 3rd | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 25 | Did not qualify | Did not play | ||
| 2014 | 5 | 4th | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 1st round | ||
| 2015 | 1st | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 21 | 33 | Quarter-final | |||
| 2016 | 1st | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 36 | 40 | Did not play | |||
| 2017 | 2nd | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 33 | ||||
| 2018 | 1st | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 24 | 37 | Runner-up | |||
| 2019 | 1st | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 14 | 30 | 36 | 1st round | Quarter-final | ||
| 2020 | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Did not qualify | Was not held | ||
| 2021 | Japan Football League | 4 | 17th | 32 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 55 | -29 | 18 | 1st round | Not eligible |
| 2022 | Tōkai Adult Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 1st | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 28 | 36 | Did not qualify | Did not play |
| 2023 | 2nd | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 33 | Champions | |||
| 2024 | 2nd | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 31 | ||||
| 2025 | TBA | 14 | |||||||||||
Nippon Denso SC (1949–2005) /FC Kariya (2006–present)
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Tōkai Adult Soccer League | 6 | 1993, 1995, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022 |
| Japanese Regional Champions League | 2 | 1993, 1995 |
| Shakaijin Cup | 1 | 2023 |
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