FC Kariya
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| Full name | Football Club Kariya | ||
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| Nickname(s) | FC Kariya | ||
| Founded | 1949 (as Nippon Denso Soccer Club) | ||
| Ground |
Kariya Municipal Athletic Park Kariya City, Aichi | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
| Chairman | Suzuharu Kamiya | ||
| Manager | Manabu Ishida | ||
| League | Tokai Regional League Div. 1 | ||
| 2015 | 1st | ||
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F.C. Kariya (FC刈谷 Efu Shī Kariya) are a football (soccer) club based in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. They play in the Tokai Regional League Division 1. Their team colours are white and red.
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.
In 2015 Kariya became champions of the Tokai League and will participate in the upcoming 39th All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series.
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.
Red sash
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.
Results in JFL
1996: (The former JFL 15th)
1997: (The former JFL 13th)
1998: (The former JFL 10th)
1999: 4th
2000: 3rd
2001: 5th
2002: 10th
2003: 12th
2004: 16th
2005: 14th
2006: 13th
2007: 16th
2008: 8th
2009: 17th (relegated after losing test matches)
External links
- (Japanese) Official Website