Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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| Full name | Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Sanfrecce, Sanfre | |||
| Founded | 1938 | |||
| Ground | Hiroshima Big Arch Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima | |||
| Capacity | 50,000 | |||
| Chairman | Yūichi Mototani | |||
| Manager | Hajime Moriyasu (Dec. 2011 - ) | |||
| League | J. League Division 1 | |||
| 2011 | 7th | |||
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima (サンフレッチェ広島, Sanfuretche Hiroshima) is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.
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 S.C./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.
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 | - | - |
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average league attendance
Honours
Toyo Kogyo SC & Mazda SC
- Japan Soccer League: (5)
- Emperor's Cup: (3)
- Asian Club Championship: Third place
- All Japan Works Football Championship: (2)
- 1956, 1962 (shared)
- NHK Super Cup: (1)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Domestic Leagues
- J. League Division 1:
- 1st Stage Champions (1): 1994
- J. League Division 2:
- Champions (1): 2008
Domestic Cups
- Japanese Super Cup:
- Winners (1): 2008
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
As of February 1, 2012 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
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Notable players
Template:Famous players For details on notable players, see Category:Sanfrecce Hiroshima players.
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World Cup 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-Sep 1983)
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| Kazuo Imanishi | Japan |
1984-87 |  Hans Ooft (1984–87), Dido Havenaar (1986–87)
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| Hans Ooft | Netherlands |
1987-88 | Dido Havenaar (1987–88)
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| Kazuo Imanishi | Japan |
1988-92 |  Bill Foulkes (1988–91)
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| Stuart Baxter | England |
1992-94 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
 Jan Jönsson (1993–94)
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| Wim Jansen | Netherlands |
1995-96 | ||
| Eddie Thomson |  Scotland |
1997-00 | Tom Sermanni (1997–98)
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| Valeri Nepomniachi |  Russia |
2001 | ||
| Gadzhi Gadzhiev | Russia |
2002 | ||
| Takahiro Kimura | Japan |
2002 | ||
| Takeshi Ono | Japan |
2002-06 | ||
| Kazuyori Mochizuki | Japan |
2006 | ||
| Mihailo Petrović |  Austria |
2006-11 | Ranko Popović (2006–07)
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| Hajime Moriyasu | Japan |
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External links
- Template:Ja icon Sanfrecce Hiroshima Official Site
- English-language fan site
- Template:Ja icon Sanfrecce Train 2009 (operated by Hiroden)
References
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