Kyoto Sanga F.C.

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Kyoto Sanga F.C.
京都サンガＦＣ

Full name

Kyoto Sabga F.C.

Nickname(s)

Sanga

Founded

1922, as Shiko Club

Ground

Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
Ukyo-ku, Kyoto

Capacity

20,389

Chairman

Toru Umemoto

Manager

Naohiko Minobe

League

J. League Div.2

2006

18th Place, Relegated (J1)





Home colours





Away colours

Nishikyogoku Stadium

Kyoto Sanga F.C. (京都サンガＦＣ, Kyōto Sanga Efushī^?) is a Japanese professional football (soccer) club based in Kyoto. It was relegated from the J. League's Division One in 2004 despite having many national team players on its roster. Stars like Teruaki Kurobe and Daisuke Matsui have since left for greener pastures.

The word "Sanga" is a sanskrit term meaning "group" or "club", often used to denote Buddhist congregations. This reflects Kyoto's rich tradition of Buddhist temples (see sangha). "Purple" describes the colour of the team uniforms, which is also an imperial colour reflecting Kyoto's status as Japan's ancient imperial capital city. It has been decided that, from 2007, the team will simply been known as "Kyoto Sanga", dropping the "purple" from its name.

1 Current players
2 Former players
3 J-League Division 1 Record
4 Honours
5 Related clubs
6 External links

[edit] Current players

As of November 26, 2006

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Naohito Hirai
2	DF	Satoru Suzuki
3	MF	Julio Cesar PINHEIRO Garcia
4	DF	Kazuhiro Suzuki
5	DF	Masakazu Washida
6	DF	Takuya Mikami
7	DF	Arata Kodama
8	MF	Atsushi Mio
9	FW	ANDRE Pinto Candacam
10	FW	Paulo Antonio De Oliveira
11	MF	Daisuke Hoshi
13	MF	Hideaki Ikematsu
14	MF	Daisuke Nakaharai
15	MF	Hiroki Nakayama
16	MF	Daisuke Saito

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Toshiya Ishii
18	MF	Kenichiro Meta
19	DF	Kentoku Noborio
20	FW	Takenori Hayashi
21	GK	Satoshi Hashida
22	MF	Daigo Watanabe
23	DF	Yuki Okubo
24	FW	Noboru Kohara
25	GK	Hideaki Uendo
26	GK	Koji Nishimura
27	MF	Daishi Kato
28	MF	Jun Ando
29	DF	Masataka Tamura
30	FW	Masatoshi Matsuda
31	FW	Yutaka Tahara
32	DF	Kazuki Teshima
33	DF	Makoto Kakuda

[edit] Former players

[edit] J-League Division 1 Record

1992 - (JFL Division 2 - 2nd *As Kyoto Shiko Soccer Club)
1993 - (JFL Division 1 - 10th)
1994 - (JFL - 5th)
1995 - (JFL - 2nd)
1996 - 16th
1997 - 14th
1998 - 13th
1999 - 12th
2000 - 15th
2001 - Division 2 (Champion)
2002 - 5th
2003 - 16th
2004 - Division 2 (5th)
2005 - Division 2 (Champion)
2006 - 18th

[edit] Honours

Emperor's Cup: 2002
J. League Division 2: 2001, 2005

[edit] Related clubs

FC Kyoto BAMB 1993 (Kansai Soccer League Division 1)
Kyoto Shiko Club (Kansai Soccer League Division 2)
Shiko Club women's (Kansai Women's Soccer League)

[edit] External links

Official website

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