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Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Japanese: サンフレッチェ広島, romanized: Sanfuretche Hiroshima) is a Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.

This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. (September 2010)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
サンフレッチェ広島

Full name	Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C
Nickname(s)	Sanfrecce, Sanfre, Viola
Founded	1938; 84 years ago (1938)[1] as Toyo Kogyo S.C.
Ground	Edion Stadium Hiroshima Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
Capacity	36,894[2]
Owner	EDION Mazda
Chairman	Shingo Senda
Manager	Michael Skibbe
League	J1 League
2022	J1 League, 3rd of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Club name

The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese word for three, San and the Italian word frecce, which means 'arrows'. This is based on the story of the feudal lord Mōri Motonari who told his three sons that while a single arrow might be easily snapped, three arrows held together would not be broken and urged them to work for the good of the clan and its retainers.[3]

Former names

• 1938–70: Toyo Kogyo Shukyu Club (東洋工業蹴球部)
  • 1943–46: Play was suspended during this period due to the Pacific War.
• 1971–80: Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club (東洋工業サッカー部)
• 1981–83: Mazda Sports Club Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club (マツダスポーツクラブ東洋工業サッカー部)
• 1984–85: Mazda Sports Club Soccer Club (マツダスポーツクラブサッカー部)
• 1986–92: Mazda Soccer Club (マツダサッカークラブ)

Location

The club's home town is Hiroshima and the side plays at Hiroshima Big Arch and Hiroshima Prefectural Stadium. It holds training sessions at Yoshida Soccer Park in Akitakata, Hiroshima and Hiroshima 1st Ball Park.

History

As Mazda team

Funamoto Ozawa Imanishi Niwa H.Kuwahara Ishii Ogi Okamitsu Matsumoto Kuwata Y.Kuwahara

1965 Inaugural League Champion. Hiroyuki Kuwahara and Yasuyuki Kuwahara are brothers.

The club was a former company team of Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club (東洋工業サッカー部) in 1938 and played in the semi-professional Japan Soccer League.

The club was an original founder ("Original Eight"[lower-alpha 1]) of the now-disbanded Japan Soccer League (JSL) in 1965. They dominated the JSL's early years, winning the title 4 times in a row – a feat that was later equaled by Yomiuri SC/Verdy Kawasaki. The name change was made at Mazda SC (マツダSC) in 1981. When JSL disbanded and became the J.League in 1992, it dropped the company name and became "Sanfrecce Hiroshima". Alongside JEF United Ichihara Chiba and Urawa Red Diamonds they co-founded both leagues ("Original Ten"[lower-alpha 2]).

During the 1969 season they participated in the Asian Club Cup, forerunner to today's AFC Champions League; at the time, the tournament was done in a single locale (in that year it was Bangkok, Thailand), and they ended up in third place, the first participation of a Japanese club in the continental tournament. This also cost them the league title to Mitsubishi/Urawa, and although they won another title in 1970, since then the club has been out of the running for the title, with exceptional seasons such as 1994 when they won runner-up.

1960s

The Toyo Industries that became the first JSL champions also completed the first double by taking the Emperor's Cup. They were also the first of three "Invincibles", undefeated champion clubs in Japan (the others were Mitsubishi in 1969 and Yamaha in 1987–88), although only Toyo completed a double.

Matsumoto, Ogi, and Yasuyuki Kuwahara went on to win the 1968 Olympic bronze medal for the national team.

2000s

In 2002, Sanfrecce became the first former stage winner (first stage, 1994) to be relegated to the lower division, J2. But it only spent a year there, finishing second the very next season to regain promotion back to J1. The club finished 16th in the 2007 season and were relegated to J.League Division 2 after they were beaten by Kyoto Sanga in the promotion/relegation play-off. In 2008 they nevertheless won the J2 title at the first attempt, having 84 points (a difference of 25 points with the runner-up clubs) with six matches left.

By virtue of earning fourth place in the 2009 season and Gamba Osaka retaining the Emperor's Cup, Sanfrecce qualified for the Asian Champions League, where they were knocked out in the group phase.

On 24 November 2012, Sanfrecce defeated Cerezo Osaka 4–1 to seal their first ever J.League Division 1 title.[4][5]

On 7 December 2013, Sanfrecce defeated Kashima Antlers 2–0, securing their second J.League Division 1 title following a thrilling finish to the season which saw first-place Yokohama F. Marinos losing their final league game, handing Sanfrecce the title. With their second consecutive title win, Sanfrecce became the second club to successfully defend their crown since Kashima Antlers in 2009.

2015 proved to be a great year for Sanfrecce, finishing 1st in the 2nd half of the season, then finishing 1st overall, just 2 points above Urawa Red Diamonds, to qualify and represent Japan in that year's FIFA Club World Cup. They would finish 3rd, after winning, 2-1, against Chinese side Guanzhou Evergrande in the 3rd place match.

In 2018, Sanfrecce seemed like they were goingfwin the J1 title, having lead the standings after Round 5, but fell down to 2nd to Kawasaki Frontale, made worse by losing 4 of their last 5 games. 2nd was where they would stay for the rest of the season, giving up the J1 title to defending champion Kawasaki Frontale.

Kit and colours

Colours

The main colour of Sanfrecce Hiroshima is purple.

Kit evolution

Home Kits - 1st
1992 - 1995	1996 - 1999	2000 - 2002	2003 - 2004	2005 - 2006
2007 - 2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
2019	2020	2021	2022 -

Away Kits - 2nd
1992 - 1995	1996 - 1999	2000 - 2002	2003 - 2004	2005 - 2006
2007 - 2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
2019	2020	2021	2022 -

Special Kits - 3rd
2011 3rd	2012 3rd	2018 8.11 Peace Memorial	2019 3rd	2019 8.3 Peace Memorial
2021 LIMITED Carp Collaboration

Record as J.League member

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

Season	Div.	Teams	Pos.	Attendance/G	J.League Cup	Emperor's Cup	AFC CL	FIFA CWC
1992	–	–	–	–	Group stage	2nd round	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
1993	J1	10	5th	16,644	Group stage	Semi-finals
1994		12	2nd	17,191	1st round	Quarter-finals
1995		14	10th	11,689	–	Runners up
1996		16	14th	8,469	Group stage	Runners up
1997		17	12th	6,533	Group stage	4th round
1998		18	10th	8,339	Group stage	Quarter-finals
1999		16	8th	9,377	2nd round	Runners up
2000		16	11th	8,865	2nd round	4th round
2001		16	9th	9,916	Quarter-finals	4th round
2002		16	15th	10,941	Group stage	Semi-finals
2003	J2	12	2nd	9,000	–	4th round
2004	J1	16	12th	14,800	Group stage	4th round
2005		18	7th	12,527	Group stage	5th round
2006		18	10th	11,180	Group stage	5th round
2007		18	16th	11,423	Quarter-finals	Runners up
2008	J2	15	1st	10,840	–	Quarter-finals
2009	J1	18	4th	15,723	Group stage	3rd round
2010		18	7th	14,562	Runners up	3rd round	Group stage
2011		18	7th	13,203	1st round	3rd round	–
2012		18	1st	17,721	Group stage	2nd round		5th place
2013		18	1st	16,209	Quarter-finals	Runners up	Group stage	Not eligible
2014		18	8th	14,997	Final	Round of 16	Round of 16
2015		18	1st	16,382	Group stage	Quarter-finals	–	3rd Place
2016		18	6th	15,464	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	Group stage	Not eligible
2017		18	15th	14,042	Play-off stage	Round of 16	–
2018		18	2nd	14,346	Group stage	Round of 16
2019		18	6th	13,886	Quarter-finals	4th round	Round of 16
2020 †		18	8th	4,545	Group stage	Did not qualify	-
2021 †		20	11th	5,920	Group stage	2nd round
2022		18	3rd	10,493	Winners	Runners-up

Key

• Pos. = Position in league
• Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
• † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
• Source: J.League Data Site

League history

• Division 1 (Japan Soccer League Div. 1): 1965–1983 (as Toyo 1965–1980, as Mazda 1981–)
• Division 2 (Japan Soccer League Div. 2): 1984–1985
• Division 1 (Japan Soccer League Div. 1): 1986/87–1987/88
• Division 2 (Japan Soccer League Div. 2): 1988/89–1990/91
• Division 1 (Japan Soccer League Div. 1): 1991/92
• Division 1 (J.League Div. 1): 1993–2002 (as Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
• Division 2 (J.League Div. 2): 2003
• Division 1 (J.League Div. 1): 2004–2007
• Division 2 (J.League Div. 2): 2008
• Division 1 (J.League Div. 1): 2009–present

Total (as of 2022): 51 seasons in the top tier and 7 seasons in the second tier.

Honours

As Toyo Kogyo SC and Mazda SC (amateur era) as well as Sanfrecce Hiroshima (professional era)

League

• Japan Soccer League/J1 League
  • Champions (8): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 2012, 2013, 2015
• J2 League
  • Champions (1): 2008

Cups

• Emperor's Cup
  • Winners (3): 1965, 1967, 1969
• J.League Cup

Winners (1): 2022

• Japanese Super Cup
  • Winners (4): 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016
• All Japan Works Football Championship
  • Winners (2): 1956, 1962
• NHK Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 1967

Continental record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010	AFC Champions League	Group H	Shandong Luneng	0–1	3–2	3rd
			Pohang Steelers	4–3	1–2
			Adelaide United	1–0	2–3
2013	AFC Champions League	Group G	Bunyodkor	0–2	0–0	4th
			Beijing Guoan	0–0	1–2
			Pohang Steelers	0–1	1–1
2014	AFC Champions League	Group F	Beijing Guoan	1–1	2–2	2nd
			Central Coast Mariners	1–0	1–2
			FC Seoul	2–1	2–2
		Round of 16	Western Sydney Wanderes	3–1	0–2	3–3 (a)
2016	AFC Champions League	Group F	Shandong Luneng	1–2	0–1	3rd
			FC Seoul	2–1	1–4
			Buriram United	3–0	2–0
2019	AFC Champions League	Play-off round	Chiangrai United	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)
		Group F	Guangzhou Evergrande	1–0	0–2	1st
			Melbourne Victory	2–1	3–1
			Daegu FC	2–0	1–0
		Round of 16	Kashima Antlers	3–2	0–1	3–3 (a)

Personnel awards

Domestic

• J.League Player of the Year
  • Hisato Satō (2012)
  • Toshihiro Aoyama (2015)
• J.League Top Scorer
  • Hisato Satō (2012)
• J.League Best Eleven
  • Takuya Takagi (1994)
  • Hisato Satō (2005, 2012)
  • Tomoaki Makino (2010)
  • Hiroki Mizumoto (2012)
  • Shusaku Nishikawa (2012, 2013)
  • Toshihiro Aoyama (2012, 2013, 2015)
  • Yojiro Takahagi (2012)
  • Tsukasa Shiotani (2014, 2015)
  • Douglas (2015)
• J.League Rookie of the Year
  • Kazuyuki Morisaki (2000)
  • Takuma Asano (2015)
• J.League Cup New Hero Award
  • Yojiro Takahagi (2010)
• J.League Manager of the Year
  • Hajime Moriyasu (2012, 2013, 2015)

International

• FIFA Club World Cup Top Scorer
  • Hisato Satō (2012)
• FIFA Puskás Award nominee
  • Hisato Satō (2014)

Players

Current squad

As of 16 August 2022[6]

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 Takuto Hayashi 2 DF  JPN Yuki Nogami 3 DF  JPN Tsukasa Shiotani 4 DF  JPN Hayato Araki 6 MF  JPN Toshihiro Aoyama 7 MF  JPN Gakuto Notsuda 9 FW  BRA Douglas Vieira 10 MF  JPN Tsukasa Morishima 13 FW  SUI Nassim Ben Khalifa 14 MF  BRA Ezequiel 15 MF  JPN Tomoya Fujii 16 MF  JPN Yuya Asano 17 MF  JPN Taishi Matsumoto 18 MF  JPN Yoshifumi Kashiwa 19 DF  JPN Sho Sasaki (captain) 20 FW  CYP Pieros Sotiriou 21 DF  JPN Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  JPN Goro Kawanami 23 FW  JPN Shun Ayukawa 24 MF  JPN Shunki Higashi 25 MF  JPN Yusuke Chajima 27 MF  JPN Takumu Kawamura 28 FW  JPN Ryo Tanada 30 MF  JPN Kosei Shibasaki 31 DF  JPN Shuto Nakano DSP 32 MF  JPN Sota Koshimichi Type 2 33 DF  JPN Yuta Imazu 38 GK  JPN Keisuke Osako 39 MF  JPN Makoto Mitsuta 45 MF  JPN Yuzu Kasagi Type 2 46 MF  JPN Ryota Hatano Type 2 48 GK  JPN Koshin Yamada Type 2 49 GK  JPN Eiko Nagoshi Type 2 — DF  JPN Taichi Yamasaki DSP

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  JPN Ryo Nagai (at Fagiano Okayama) 37 FW  BRA Júnior Santos (at Botafogo) 44 MF  JPN Taishi Semba (at Fagiano Okayama)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  JPN Osamu Henry Iyoha (at Roasso Kumamoto) — MF  JPN Kodai Dohi (at Mito HollyHock) — MF  JPN Hiroya Matsumoto (at Zweigen Kanazawa)

Reserve squad (U-18s)

As of 7 September 2022 [7]

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 Eiko Nagoshi 2 DF  JPN Arashi Daijomen 3 DF  JPN Isshin Kuroki 4 MF  JPN Kanata Nakamitsu 5 DF  JPN Yuta Watanabe 6 MF  JPN Ryota Hatano 7 FW  JPN Haruto Takiguchi 8 MF  JPN Yuma Ino 9 FW  JPN Yuichiro Karashima 10 MF  JPN Yuzu Kasagi 11 MF  JPN Sota Koshimichi 12 MF  JPN Ayuki Masutani 13 FW  JPN Hayato Seno 14 MF  JPN Michika Takashita 15 MF  JPN Zento Torii 16 GK  JPN Koshin Yamada 17 DF  JPN Mikio Yamane 18 MF  JPN Seiya Ishibashi

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  JPN Yuki Kimura 20 FW  JPN Sota Hamada 21 GK  JPN Shunsuke Sawada 22 MF  JPN Shin Takeyama 23 FW  JPN Jo Tsunokake 24 MF  JPN Kazuma Matsumoto 25 MF  JPN Yotaro Nakajima 26 MF  JPN Akashi Inoue 27 MF  JPN Miran Ishihara 28 DF  JPN Yutaro Aoi 29 FW  JPN Hagumu Nakagawa 30 FW  JPN Soma Hiroshige 31 GK  JPN Airu Nakahara 32 DF  JPN Fuga Kotani 33 MF  JPN Hiroto Ukai 34 FW  JPN Aren Inoue 35 MF  JPN Hinata Hashimoto 36 FW  JPN Shota Kofie

Club staff

Position	Name
Manager	Michael Skibbe
Assistant manager	Shinya Sakoi
First-team coach	Serhat Umar Kenji Arima Yoshifumi Matsuo Masaru Misuno
Goalkeeping coach	Shinkichi Kikuchi
Physical coach	Mineichi Isobe
Medical advisor	Toru Kameo
Chief trainer	Shintaro Sato
Trainer	Hiroyuki Nomura Minoru Kimoto Tetsuo Tsuruoka
Physiotherapist	Wataru Kuriyama Yuma Saito
Interpreter	Ritsuro Nishimura Ugo
Competent	Tomohiro Mizuno Mitsunaga Hashimoto
Side affairs	Kohei Morita Shoki Mukai
Head of Soccer School	Kentaro Sawada

Managers

Manager	Nationality	Tenure	Club	Assistant coach
Yoshiki Yamazaki	Japan	1938–42, 1947–50	Toyo Kogyo	—
Minoru Obata	Japan	1951–63
Yukio Shimomura	Japan	1964–71
Kenzo Ohashi	Japan	1972–75
Ikuo Matsumoto	Japan	1976
Aritatsu Ogi	Japan	1977–80
Teruo Nimura	Japan	1981–83	MAZDA Sports	Eckhard Krautzun (August – September 1983)
Kazuo Imanishi	Japan	1984–87		Hans Ooft (1984–87) Dido Havenaar (1986–87)
Hans Ooft	Netherlands	1987–88		Dido Havenaar (1987–88)
Kazuo Imanishi	Japan	1988–92		Bill Foulkes (1988–91)
Stuart Baxter	Scotland	1 July 1992 – 31 January 1995	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Jan Jönsson (1993–94)
Wim Jansen	Netherlands	1 February 1996 – 31 January 1997		—
Eddie Thomson	Scotland	1 February 1997 – 31 January 2001		Tom Sermanni (1997–98)
Valeri Nepomniachi	Russia	1 February 2001 – 17 December 2001		—
Gadzhi Gadzhiev	Russia	1 February 2002 – 15 July 2002
Takahiro Kimura	Japan	16 July 2002 – 30 November 2002
Takeshi Ono	Japan	1 December 2002 – 1 April 2006
Kazuyori Mochizuki (interim)	Japan	2 April 2006 – 9 June 2006
Mihailo Petrović	Serbia	10 June 2006 – 31 December 2011		Ranko Popović (2006–07)
Hajime Moriyasu	Japan	1 January 2012 – 4 July 2017		—
Jan Jönsson	Sweden	10 July 2017 – 7 December 2017
Hiroshi Jofuku	Japan	7 December 2017 – 25 October 2021
Kentaro Sawada	Japan	26 October 2021 – 31 Feb 2022
Michael Skibbe	Germany	1 Feb 2022 –		Shinya Sakoi (2022–)

Notes

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese and English)

На других языках

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[de] Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (jap. サンフレッチェ広島, Sanfuretche Hiroshima; von japanisch san = drei, italienisch frecce = Pfeile) ist ein japanischer Fußballverein und Gründungsmitglied der landesweiten Profiliga J. League. Inklusive der Erfolge der Vorgängervereine ist Sanfrecce mit 8 Titeln (Stand 2021) zusammen mit den Kashima Antlers Rekordmeister des Landes.

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- [en] Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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[es] Sanfrecce Hiroshima

El Sanfrecce Hiroshima (サンフレッチェ広島, Sanfuretche Hiroshima?) es un club de fútbol profesional japonés que participa en la J1 League. El club está ubicado en Hiroshima, y disputa sus partidos en el estadio Hiroshima Big Arch, con capacidad para 50 000 asientos. El morado es el color tradicional del club, que se refleja en el uniforme —totalmente morado— y en su escudo.

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[ru] Санфречче Хиросима

«Санфречче Хиросима» (яп. サンフレッチェ広島 Санфурэтте Хиросима, англ. Sanfrecce Hiroshima) — японский футбольный клуб из города Хиросима, префектура Хиросима.

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