Kyoto Sanga F.C.

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Kyoto Sanga F.C.
京都サンガＦＣ

Full name

Kyoto Sanga F.C.

Nickname(s)

Sanga

Founded

1922,
as Shiko Club (紫光倶楽部)

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

old logo

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). The club was formerly known as Kyoto Purple Sanga with "purple", the colour of the team uniforms, an imperial colour reflecting Kyoto's status as Japan's ancient imperial capital city. It was decided however that, from 2007, the team will simply been known as "Kyoto Sanga".

1 Players
2 Managers
3 Team Record
- 3.1 League
- 3.2 Other domestic competitions
  - 3.2.1 Emperor's Cup
  - 3.2.2 J. League Cup
4 Honours
5 Related clubs
6 External links

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

As of February 10, 2007

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Naohito Hirai
2	DF	Yutaka Akita
3	DF	Tiago Prado Nogueira
4	MF	Jun Andou
5	DF	Kazuki Teshima
6	DF	Ryuzo Morioka
7	FW	Takaaki Tokushige
8	MF	Atsushi Mio
9	FW	Andre Pinto Candacam
10	FW	Paulinho
11	MF	Daisuke Hoshi
13	DF	Takuya Mikami
14	MF	Daisuke Nakaharai
15	MF	Hiroki Nakayama
16	MF	Daisuke Saito
17	MF	Toshiya Ishii

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Kenichiro Meta
19	DF	Kentoku Noborio
20	MF	Kazuki Kuranuki
21	GK	Satoshi Hashida
22	MF	Daigo Watanabe
23	DF	Yuki Okubo
24	FW	Noboru Kohara
25	FW	Yasumasa Nishino
26	GK	Koji Nishimura
27	MF	Daishi Kato
28	MF	Kang Hyun-Su
29	DF	Masataka Tamura
30	FW	Wataru Sumida
31	FW	Yutaka Tahara
32	MF	Yuji Mito
33	GK	Hideaki Ueno

[edit] Notable players

[edit] World Cup Players

World Cup 2002

Park Ji-Sung

[edit] Managers

Manager	Nat.	Tenure
Takeshi Takama	Japan	1993
Seishiro Shimatani	Japan	1994
Jorge Yonashiro	Japan	1994
José Oscar Bernardi	Brazil	1995-1996
Jorge Yonashiro	Japan	1996
Pedro Rocha	Uruguay	1997
Marius Johan Ooft	Netherlands	1998
Hidehiko Shimizu	Japan	1998-1999
Bunji Kimura	Japan	1999
Shu Kamo	Japan	1999-2000
Gert Engels	Germany	2000-2003
Bunji Kimura	Japan	2003
Pim Verbeek	Netherlands	2003
Bunji Kimura	Japan	2003
Akihiro Nishimura	Japan	2004
Koichi Hashiratani	Japan	2004-2006
Naohiko Minobe	Japan	2006-

[edit] Team Record

[edit] League

Season	League	Place	GP	Pts	Win	Draw	Lose	Average Crowd
1992	Former JFL Division 2	Runners-up / 10	18	37	11	3	4
1993	Former JFL Division 1	10 / 10	18	-	2	-	16
1994	Former JFL	5 / 16	30	-	20	-	10
1995	Former JFL	Runners-up / 16	30	70	23	-	7
1996	J. League	16 / 16	30	24	8	-	22	9,404
1997	J. League First Stage	13 / 17	16	18	6	-	10	7,881
	J. League Second Stage	16 / 17	16	9	3	-	13
	J. League Total	14 / 17	32	27	9	-	23
1998	J. League First Stage	15 / 18	17	16	6	-	11	8,015
	J. League Second Stage	11 / 18	17	23	9	-	8
	J. League Total	13 / 18	34	39	15	-	19
1999	J. League Division 1 First Stage	14 / 16	15	12	4	0	11	8,859
	J. League Division 1 Second Stage	9 / 16	15	19	7	0	8
	J. League Division 1 Total	12 / 16	30	31	11	0	19
2000	J. League Division 1 First Stage	16 / 16	15	7	2	1	12	7,253
	J. League Division 1 Second Stage	12 / 16	15	18	6	1	8
	J. League Division 1 Total	15 / 16	30	25	8	2	20
2001	J. League Division 2	Champions / 12	44	84	28	5	11	3,808
2002	J. League Division 1 First Stage	6 / 16	15	24	9	1	5	10,352
	J. League Division 1 Second Stage	7 / 16	15	22	8	0	7
	J. League Division 1 Total	5 / 16	30	46	17	1	12
2003	J. League Division 1 First Stage	16 / 16	15	10	3	1	11	10,850
	J. League Division 1 Second Stage	14 / 16	15	13	3	4	8
	J. League Division 1 Total	16 / 16	30	23	6	5	19
2004	J. League Division 2	5 / 12	44	69	19	12	13	7,807
2005	J. League Division 2	Champions / 12	44	97	30	7	7	7,857
2006	J. League Division 1	18 / 18	34	22	4	10	20	9,781
2007	J. League Division 2

[edit] Other domestic competitions

[edit] Emperor's Cup

Season	Result
1996	Quarter-finals
1997	4th Round
1998	3rd Round
1999	4th Round
2000	3rd Round
2001	4th Round
2002	Champions
2003	3rd Round
2004	4th Round
2005	4th Round
2006	4th Round
2007

[edit] J. League Cup

Season	Result
1996	Group Stage
1997	Group Stage
1998	Group Stage
1999	2nd Round
2000	Semi-finals
2001	1st Round
2002	Group Stage
2003	Group Stage
2004	Didn't qualify
2005	Didn't qualify
2006	Group Stage
2007