Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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| Full name | Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Sanfrecce, Sanfre | ||
| Founded | 1992 | ||
| Ground |
Hiroshima Big Arch Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima | ||
| Capacity | 50,000 | ||
| Owner | Mazda | ||
| Chairman | Kaoru Koyano | ||
| Manager | Hajime Moriyasu | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2015 | 1st (Champions) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima (サンフレッチェ広島 Sanfurecche Hiroshima) is a professional association football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. The club currently competes in the J1 League.
Club name
The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'. This is based on the story of Mori 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.[1]
- 1938–70 : Toyo Kogyo Syukyu Club (東洋工業蹴球部) {"Syukyu" means "football" in Japanese.}
- 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)
- 1992– : Sanfrecce Hiroshima (サンフレッチェ広島)
Location
The team's home town is Hiroshima, 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
| 1965 Inaugural League Champions Team. Hiroyuki Kuwahara and Yasuyuki Kuwahara are brothers. |
The team 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. 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.
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.
1965 Inaugural League Champions Team
The Toyo Industries team 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 teams in Japan (the others were Mitsubishi Motors in 1969 and Yamaha Motors 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 teams) 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.[2][3]
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 team to successfully defend their crown since Kashima in 2009.
Record as J. League member
| Season | Div. | Tms. | Pos. | Attendance/G | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Asia | |
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| 1992 | - | - | - | - | Group Stage | 2nd Round | - | - |
| 1993 | J1 | 10 | 5 | 16,644 | Group Stage | Semi-final | - | - |
| 1994 | J1 | 12 | 2 | 17,191 | 1st Round | Quarter-final | - | - |
| 1995 | J1 | 14 | 10 | 11,689 | - | Final | - | - |
| 1996 | J1 | 16 | 14 | 8,469 | Group Stage | Final | - | - |
| 1997 | J1 | 17 | 12 | 6,533 | Group Stage | 4th Round | - | - |
| 1998 | J1 | 18 | 10 | 8,339 | Group Stage | Quarter-final | - | - |
| 1999 | J1 | 16 | 8 | 9,377 | 2nd Round | Final | - | - |
| 2000 | J1 | 16 | 11 | 8,865 | 2nd Round | 4th Round | - | - |
| 2001 | J1 | 16 | 9 | 9,916 | Quarter-final | 4th Round | - | - |
| 2002 | J1 | 16 | 15 | 10,941 | Group Stage | Semi-final | - | - |
| 2003 | J2 | 12 | 2 | 9,000 | - | 4th Round | - | - |
| 2004 | J1 | 16 | 12 | 14,800 | Group Stage | 4th Round | - | - |
| 2005 | J1 | 18 | 7 | 12,527 | Group Stage | 5th Round | - | - |
| 2006 | J1 | 18 | 10 | 11,180 | Group Stage | 5th Round | - | - |
| 2007 | J1 | 18 | 16 | 11,423 | Quarter-final | Final | - | - |
| 2008 | J2 | 15 | 1 | 10,840 | - | Quarter-final | - | - |
| 2009 | J1 | 18 | 4 | 15,723 | Group Stage | 3rd Round | - | - |
| 2010 | J1 | 18 | 7 | 14,562 | Final | 3rd Round | CL | Group Stage |
| 2011 | J1 | 18 | 7 | 13,203 | 1st Round | 3rd Round | - | - |
| 2012 | J1 | 18 | 1 | 17,721 | Group stage | 2nd Round | - | - |
| 2013 | J1 | 18 | 1 | 16,209 | Quarter-final | Final | CL | Group Stage |
| 2014 | J1 | 18 | 8 | 14,997 | Final | Round of 16 | CL | Round of 16 |
| 2015 | J1 | 18 | 1 | 16,382 | Group Stage | Quarter-final | - | - |
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average league attendance
Honours
Toyo Kogyo SC & Mazda SC
Domestic Leagues
Domestic Cups
- Emperor's Cup: (3)
- All Japan Works Football Championship: (2)
- 1956, 1962 (shared)
- NHK Super Cup: (1)
International Competitions
- Asian Club Championship:
- Third place (1) : 1969
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Domestic Leagues
- J.League First stage
- Champions (1): 1994
- J1 League Second stage
- Champions (1): 2015
- J. League Division 2:
- Champions (1): 2008
Domestic Cups
- Japanese Super Cup:
- Winners (3): 2008, 2013, 2014
International Competitions
- FIFA Club World Cup
- Third Place (1): 2015
League history
- Division 1 (Japan Soccer League Div. 1): 1965–83
- Division 2 (Japan Soccer League Div. 2): 1984–85
- Division 1 (Japan Soccer League Div. 1): 1986–87
- Division 2 (Japan Soccer League Div. 2): 1988–90
- Division 1 (Japan Soccer League Div. 1): 1991–92
- Division 1 (J. League Div. 1): 1993–02
- Division 2 (J. League Div. 2): 2003
- Division 1 (J. League Div. 1): 2004–07
- Division 2 (J. League Div. 2): 2008
- Division 1 (J. League Div. 1): 2009–present
Total (as of 2011): 40 seasons in the top tier and 7 seasons in the second tier.
Players
Current squad
Updated 13 February 2016[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
For details on notable players, see Category:Sanfrecce Hiroshima players.
The following players have represented their country at the World Cup whilst playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima:
Former players
International capped players
Managers
| Manager | Nat. | Tenure | Team | Assistant coach |
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| 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 (Aug 1983 – Sept 83) |
| 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 | July 1992 – Dec 94 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |  Jan Jönsson (1993–94) |
| Wim Jansen | Netherlands | Jan 1995 – Dec 96 | ||
| Eddie Thomson | Scotland | Jan 1997 – Dec 00 | Tom Sermanni (1997–98) | |
| Valeri Nepomniachi |  Russia | Jan 1, 2001 – Dec 31, 2001 | ||
| Gadzhi Gadzhiev | Russia | Jan 1, 2002 – June 2002 | ||
| Takahiro Kimura | Japan | June 2002 – Dec 02 | ||
| Takeshi Ono | Japan | Dec 1, 2002 – April 1, 2006 | ||
| Kazuyori Mochizuki (interim) | Japan | April 2, 2006 – June 9, 2006 | ||
| Mihailo Petrović |  Serbia | June 10, 2006 – Dec 31, 2011 | Ranko Popović (2006–07) | |
| Hajime Moriyasu | Japan | Jan 1, 2012– |
References
- ↑ Archived 13 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "SOCCER/ Hiroshima capture first J-League title – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun". Ajw.asahi.com. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ↑ "Hiroshima capture first J-League title | Football | Reuters". Football.uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ↑ https://www.sanfrecce.co.jp/player/
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sanfrecce Hiroshima. |
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima official website (Japanese) (English)
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