1998 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

1998 season
Manager	Thomson
Stadium	Hiroshima Big Arch
J.League	10th
Emperor's Cup	Quarterfinals
J.League Cup	GL-A 4th
Top goalscorer	Tatsuhiko Kubo (12)
Home colours Away colours

1998 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J.League	10th / 18 clubs
Emperor's Cup	Quarterfinals
J.League Cup	GL-A 4th / 5 clubs

Domestic results

J.League

Kashiwa Reysol v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

21 March 1998 (1998-03-21) 1-1	Kashiwa Reysol	0-1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Gamba Osaka

25 March 1998 (1998-03-25) 1-2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Gamba Osaka	Hiroshima Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Yokohama Marinos v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

28 March 1998 (1998-03-28) 1-3	Yokohama Marinos	4-0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Urawa Red Diamonds

4 April 1998 (1998-04-04) 1-4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Nagoya Grampus Eight v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

11 April 1998 (1998-04-11) 1-5	Nagoya Grampus Eight	3-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Bellmare Hiratsuka

15 April 1998 (1998-04-15) 1-6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0-1	Bellmare Hiratsuka	Hiroshima Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Júbilo Iwata v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

18 April 1998 (1998-04-18) 1-7	Júbilo Iwata	5-0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Verdy Kawasaki

25 April 1998 (1998-04-25) 1-8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Verdy Kawasaki	Hiroshima Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vissel Kobe v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

29 April 1998 (1998-04-29) 1-9	Vissel Kobe	0-2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v JEF United Ichihara

2 May 1998 (1998-05-02) 1-10	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3-1	JEF United Ichihara	Hiroshima Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Yokohama Flügels v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

5 May 1998 (1998-05-05) 1-11	Yokohama Flügels	5-1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	International Stadium Yokohama
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Cerezo Osaka

9 May 1998 (1998-05-09) 1-12	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0-2	Cerezo Osaka	Hiroshima Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Kyoto Purple Sanga v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

25 July 1998 (1998-07-25) 1-13	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Avispa Fukuoka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

29 July 1998 (1998-07-29) 1-14	Avispa Fukuoka	1-1 (GG) (a.e.t.) (5-3 p)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Consadole Sapporo

1 August 1998 (1998-08-01) 1-15	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4-3 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Consadole Sapporo	Hiroshima Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Shimizu S-Pulse v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

5 August 1998 (1998-08-05) 1-16	Shimizu S-Pulse	1-0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kashima Antlers

8 August 1998 (1998-08-08) 1-17	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3-2	Kashima Antlers	Hiroshima Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Avispa Fukuoka

22 August 1998 (1998-08-22) 2-1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4-0	Avispa Fukuoka	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

Consadole Sapporo v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

29 August 1998 (1998-08-29) 2-2	Consadole Sapporo	2-0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Shimizu S-Pulse

5 September 1998 (1998-09-05) 2-3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2-2 (GG) (a.e.t.) (8-7 p)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

Kashima Antlers v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

12 September 1998 (1998-09-12) 2-4	Kashima Antlers	0-2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashima Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kashiwa Reysol

15 September 1998 (1998-09-15) 2-5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0-0 (GG) (a.e.t.) (8-9 p)	Kashiwa Reysol	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

Gamba Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

19 September 1998 (1998-09-19) 2-6	Gamba Osaka	0-2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Yokohama Marinos

23 September 1998 (1998-09-23) 2-7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-2	Yokohama Marinos	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

26 September 1998 (1998-09-26) 2-8	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Urawa Komaba Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus Eight

3 October 1998 (1998-10-03) 2-9	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

Bellmare Hiratsuka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

14 October 1998 (1998-10-14) 2-10	Bellmare Hiratsuka	3-0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Júbilo Iwata

17 October 1998 (1998-10-17) 2-11	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2-1	Júbilo Iwata	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

Verdy Kawasaki v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 2-12	Verdy Kawasaki	0-1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vissel Kobe

24 October 1998 (1998-10-24) 2-13	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2-3	Vissel Kobe	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

JEF United Ichihara v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

31 October 1998 (1998-10-31) 2-14	JEF United Ichihara	0-0 (GG) (a.e.t.) (6-5 p)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Ichihara Seaside Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Yokohama Flügels

3 November 1998 (1998-11-03) 2-15	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-2	Yokohama Flügels	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

Cerezo Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

7 November 1998 (1998-11-07) 2-16	Cerezo Osaka	0-1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Osaka Nagai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kyoto Purple Sanga

14 November 1998 (1998-11-14) 2-17	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Hiroshima Big Arch
JST (UTC+09)

Emperor's Cup

v

1st Round

bye

v

2nd Round

bye

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale

13 December 1998 (1998-12-13) 3rd Round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2-1	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiroshima Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Brummell Sendai

20 December 1998 (1998-12-20) 4th Round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3-0	Brummell Sendai	Ehime Matsuyama Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Kashima Antlers v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

23 December 1998 (1998-12-23) Quarterfinals	Kashima Antlers	2-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

J.League Cup

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Verdy Kawasaki

16 May 1998 (1998-05-16) GL-A-1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-3	Verdy Kawasaki	Tottori Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Brummel Sendai v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

23 May 1998 (1998-05-23) GL-A-2	Brummel Sendai	0-1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

v

GL-A-3

bye

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Urawa Red Diamonds

3 June 1998 (1998-06-03) GL-A-4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Júbilo Iwata v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

6 June 1998 (1998-06-06) GL-A-5	Júbilo Iwata	3-0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Júbilo Iwata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J.League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
						Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kazuya Maekawa	(1968-03-22)March 22, 1968 (aged 29)	cm / kg	0	0
2	DF		Hiroshi Miyazawa	(1970-11-22)November 22, 1970 (aged 27)	cm / kg	21	1
3	DF		Hiroshige Yanagimoto	(1972-10-15)October 15, 1972 (aged 25)	cm / kg	23	0
4	MF		Hiroyoshi Kuwabara	(1971-10-02)October 2, 1971 (aged 26)	cm / kg	28	0
5	DF		Tetsuya Ito	(1970-10-01)October 1, 1970 (aged 27)	cm / kg	24	3
6	DF		Mitsuaki Kojima	(1968-07-14)July 14, 1968 (aged 29)	cm / kg	24	0
7	MF		Ian Crook	(1963-01-18)January 18, 1963 (aged 35)	cm / kg	9	1
7	MF		Aurelio Vidmar	(1967-02-03)February 3, 1967 (aged 31)	cm / kg	15	4
8	MF		Yasuhiro Yoshida	(1969-07-14)July 14, 1969 (aged 28)	cm / kg	32	2
9	FW		Graham Arnold	(1963-08-03)August 3, 1963 (aged 34)	cm / kg	10	1
9	FW		Don Goodman	(1966-05-09)May 9, 1966 (aged 31)	cm / kg	10	2
10	FW		Tatsuhiko Kubo	(1976-06-18)June 18, 1976 (aged 21)	cm / kg	32	12
11	FW		Masato Fue	(1973-03-22)March 22, 1973 (aged 24)	cm / kg	1	0
12	FW		Susumu Oki	(1976-02-23)February 23, 1976 (aged 22)	cm / kg	20	4
13	MF		Satoshi Koga	(1970-02-12)February 12, 1970 (aged 28)	cm / kg	13	0
14	MF		Katsuhiro Minamoto	(1972-07-02)July 2, 1972 (aged 25)	cm / kg	26	1
15	MF		Iwao Yamane	(1976-07-31)July 31, 1976 (aged 21)	cm / kg	11	0
16	GK		Takashi Shimoda	(1975-11-28)November 28, 1975 (aged 22)	cm / kg	34	0
17	MF		Kota Hattori	(1977-11-22)November 22, 1977 (aged 20)	cm / kg	32	1
18	DF		Tony Popovic	(1973-07-04)July 4, 1973 (aged 24)	cm / kg	25	4
19	DF		Kenichi Uemura	(1974-04-22)April 22, 1974 (aged 23)	cm / kg	17	0
20	MF		Keita Kanemoto	(1977-07-13)July 13, 1977 (aged 20)	cm / kg	3	0
21	MF		Makoto Okubo	(1975-05-03)May 3, 1975 (aged 22)	cm / kg	6	1
22	GK		Tetsuharu Yamaguchi	(1977-09-08)September 8, 1977 (aged 20)	cm / kg	0	0
23	FW		Kazuyoshi Matsunaga	(1977-11-13)November 13, 1977 (aged 20)	cm / kg	8	1
24	MF		Yuji Ishikawa	(1979-07-02)July 2, 1979 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
25	DF		Shinya Kawashima	(1978-07-20)July 20, 1978 (aged 19)	cm / kg	3	0
26	FW		Hisashi Hiroike	(1978-10-05)October 5, 1978 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
27	DF		Yosuke Ikehata	(1979-06-07)June 7, 1979 (aged 18)	cm / kg	4	0
28	FW		Yuya Matsuoka	(1978-06-15)June 15, 1978 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
29	FW		Takahisa Iwamura	(1978-05-11)May 11, 1978 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
29	MF		Atsushi Nagai	(1974-12-23)December 23, 1974 (aged 23)	cm / kg	0	0
30	DF		Toru Yasutake	(1978-12-10)December 10, 1978 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
31	GK		Motoki Ueda	(1979-05-14)May 14, 1979 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
32	MF		Junya Ohata	(1979-04-06)April 6, 1979 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
33	MF		Ryoji Yukutomo	(1979-04-20)April 20, 1979 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
34	FW		Masahiro Akimoto	(1979-04-15)April 15, 1979 (aged 18)	cm / kg	1	0
35	DF		Kazuya Yamashita	(1979-04-02)April 2, 1979 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
36	GK		Takaya Oishi	(1972-07-07)July 7, 1972 (aged 25)	cm / kg	0	0
37	MF		Toshihiro Yamaguchi	(1971-11-19)November 19, 1971 (aged 26)	cm / kg	17	2
38	DF		Hayden Foxe	(1977-06-23)June 23, 1977 (aged 20)	cm / kg	15	3

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