, known mononymously as wyvern, are a Japanese football club based in Kariya, Aichi. The club plays in the Tōkai Adult Soccer League 1st division.
History The club was founded on 2015 by Nobuo Nasu, starting to play from the District Leagues, as Wyvern FC. The club's name originates from a legendary two-leg winged dragon, the Wyvern, which appears in many different schools or athletic teams around the world as logos, or mascots. The club is said to accurately portray the aggressiveness of the dragons in their playing style, but in high spirits, as the team tends to show energetic and many goal-scoring displays.
The club played from 2015 to 2017 at the West Mikawa District League, before earning promotion for the Aichi Prefectural League. Back-to-back promotions from the 3rd to the 1st division of the prefecture saw them quickly win promotion to the Regional Leagues. In the meantime, the club won the Kariya Prefectural Cup on 2019, while being a 2nd division club at the prefecture league system.
Starting from the 2nd regional division on 2021, their campaign was cut short by the season cancellation, after COVID-19 forced multiple match postponements during the season. As the Japanese football could resume for the first time in three year under the reduced COVID-19 threat, the club was able to make a nearly unbeaten run in the two major competitions the club played in. At the 2022, they won 46 out of 48 possible points, having won their first 14 consecutive matches during the league season, having only failed to win a match on the penultimate league round against Nagoya SC in a 1–1 draw. Nevertheless, with a 12-point gap off the runners-up, the club became 2nd division champions, and then were promoted to the 1st division. Wyvern came close to win the 2022 edition of the Kariya Prefectural Cup, having lost the final on penalty shoot-outs against FC Kariya.
Stadiums They use four different facilities to train. UB Kariya Highway Soccer/Futsal Field (Toyota); UB Tokai Futsal Club (Toyota); Minato Aquilles UB Futsal Field (Nagoya); and UB Creative Base (Kariya).
During the 2022 season, however, the club used two different venues to host their home matches at the Tokai Soccer League 2nd Division: Nagoya Minato Stadium (Nagoya) and Green Ground Kariya (Kariya).
League and cup record ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated League Emperor'sCupShakaijinCupSeason Division Tier Pos. GP W D L F A GD Pts2015 West Mikawa Soccer League Div.2 11 1st 12 10 1 1 64 9 55 31 Did not qualify Did not qualify2016 West Mikawa Soccer League Div.1 10 20171st 13 10 3 0 67 21 46 332018Aichi Prefectural Soccer League Div. 3 9 1st 12 12 0 0 81 8 73 362019Aichi Prefectural Soccer League Div. 2 8 1st 16 16 0 0 54 16 38 482020Aichi Prefectural Soccer League Div. 1 7 1st 8 6 1 1 23 7 16 192021Tōkai Adult Soccer League Div. 2 6 2nd 7 6 0 1 16 6 10 1820221st 16 15 1 0 85 6 79 462023Tōkai Adult Soccer League Div. 1 5 1st 14 10 4 0 34 8 26 34 Round of 1620243rd 14 8 1 5 21 15 6 25 20256th 14 3 6 5 12 15 −3 15 2026TBD 14 Source: WYVERN Game Record 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 +Wyvern FC honoursHonour No. YearsWest Mikawa Soccer League Division 212015Aichi Prefectural Soccer Tournament Preliminaries12016West Mikawa Soccer League Division 112017Aichi Prefectural Soccer League Division 312018Aichi Prefectural Soccer League Division 212019Kariya Prefectural Soccer Tournament12019Aichi Prefectural Soccer League Division 112020Tōkai Adult Soccer League Division 212022Tōkai Adult Soccer League Division 112023
Current squad
Club officials Position NameManager Shinnosuke OkadaVID Noriyuki YamashitaStrengthening manager Kiyoshi MasudaAcademy director Tetsuya AsanoAcademy coach Masashi SakaiStaff Seiichi OgawaU-15 manager and Junior Youth supervisor Atsuya TanizawaFirst-team coach Atsushi MiyazakiDoctor Daisuke TakanoTrainer Kazue Hozumi
Managerial history
Manager Nationality Tenure Start Finish Seiichi Ogawa 1 September 2021 present
References
External links Official Website