2014 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

J.League Division 1
Season	2014
Champions	Gamba Osaka; 2nd J.League title; 2nd Japanese title
Relegated	Omiya Ardija; Cerezo Osaka; Tokushima Vortis
Champions League	Gamba Osaka; Urawa Red Diamonds; Kashima Antlers
Matches played	306
Goals scored	774 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yoshito Ōkubo (18 goals)
Highest attendance	56,758; Reds vs Gamba
Lowest attendance	0; Reds vs S-Pulse
Average attendance	17,240
	← 2013 2015 →

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2014 season
Chairman	Kaoru Koyano
Manager	Hajime Moriyasu
Stadium	Hiroshima Big Arch
J1 League	8th
Emperor's Cup	Round of 16
J.League Cup	Final
Japanese Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hisato Satō (11); All: ; Hisato Satō (17)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 season was Sanfrecce Hiroshima's sixth consecutive season in J.League Division 1, and 44th overall in the Japanese top flight. Sanfrecce Hiroshima also competed in the Emperor's Cup, J.League Cup, Japanese Super Cup, and the AFC Champions League.

Transfers

In

Position	Name	Age	From	Notes
DF	Kyohei Yoshino	19	Tokyo Verdy
FW	Yusuke Minagawa	22	Chuo University
DF	Byeon Jun-Byum	22	Konkuk University
DF	Soya Takahashi	17	Rissho USHS
MF	Yusuke Chajima	22	Tokyo Gakugei University
MF	Yoshifumi Kashiwa	26	Ventforet Kofu
MF	Kosei Shibasaki	29	Tokushima Vortis
GK	Takuto Hayashi	31	Vegalta Sendai
MF	Takuya Marutani	24	Ōita Trinita	Loan return
MF	Tsubasa Yokotake	24	Gainare Tottori	Loan return
MF	Kota Sameshima	21	Gainare Tottori	Loan return
DF	Daiki Nishioka	25	Tochigi SC	Loan return
MF	Junya Osaki	22	Tokushima Vortis	Loan return

Out

Position	Name	Age	To	Notes
MF	Kim Jung-suk	20	Roasso Kumamoto	Loan
DF	Daiki Nishioka	25	Ehime FC	Free transfer
MF	Tsubasa Yokotake	24	Gainare Tottori
MF	Tomotaka Okamoto	23	Sagan Tosu	Loan
DF	Hironori Ishikawa	25	Vegalta Sendai	Loan
GK	Shusaku Nishikawa	27	Urawa Red Diamonds
FW	Sena Inami	21	V-Varen Nagasaki	Loan
DF	Kyohei Yoshino	19	Tokyo Verdy	Loan
MF	Kota Sameshima	21	Nagano Parceiro	Loan
MF	Lee Dae-heon	20	V-Varen Nagasaki	Loan
MF	Junya Osaki	22	Tokushima Vortis
MF	Koji Nakajima	36		End of career

Players

First Team squad

Updated 18 March 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Takuto Hayashi
2	DF	KOR	Hwang Seok-Ho
3	DF	KOR	Byeon Jun-Byum
4	DF	JPN	Hiroki Mizumoto
5	DF	JPN	Kazuhiko Chiba
6	MF	JPN	Toshihiro Aoyama
7	MF	JPN	Kōji Morisaki
8	MF	JPN	Kazuyuki Morisaki
9	FW	JPN	Naoki Ishihara
10	MF	JPN	Yojiro Takahagi
11	FW	JPN	Hisato Satō
13	GK	JPN	Takuya Masuda
14	MF	CRO	Mihael Mikić
16	MF	JPN	Satoru Yamagishi
17	MF	KOR	Park Hyung-Jin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	JPN	Yoshifumi Kashiwa
21	GK	JPN	Yutaro Hara
22	FW	JPN	Yusuke Minagawa
24	MF	JPN	Gakuto Notsuda
25	MF	JPN	Yusuke Chajima
27	MF	JPN	Kohei Shimizu
28	MF	JPN	Takuya Marutani
29	FW	JPN	Takuma Asano
30	MF	JPN	Kosei Shibasaki
33	DF	JPN	Tsukasa Shiotani
34	MF	JPN	Soya Takahashi
35	DF	JPN	Naoki Otani
36	MF	JPN	Hayao Kawabe
37	DF	JPN	Kazuya Miyahara

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J1 League	34	13	11	10	44	37	+7	038.24
Emperor's Cup	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	066.67
J.League Cup	5	1	2	2	7	7	+0	020.00
Japanese Super Cup	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
AFC Champions League	8	3	3	2	12	11	+1	037.50
Total	51	20	16	15	72	60	+12	039.22

Updated to match played 18 March 2016
Source: Competitions

Japanese Super Cup

Win Draw Loss

22 February 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	National Stadium, Tokyo
13:35 JST	Notsuda 6' Asano 66'	Summary		Attendance: 41,273 Referee: Ryuji Sato

J1 League

The 2014 J.League Division 1 season was the 49th season of top-flight football in Japan, and the 22nd since the establishment of the J.League in 1992. The season began on 1 March and ended on 8 December. Sanfrecce Hiroshima were the defending champions.

Due to Japan's participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, there was an extended break to allow for preparation after the 14th-week matches on 17 and 18 May, with the league resuming on 15 July for four clubs who participated in the 2014 AFC Champions League to play rescheduled 12th-week matches, and 19 July for other 14 clubs.^[1]

2014 saw the league played via a home and away system over a single season for the last time until at least 2020. From 2015 the league will revert to an Apertura and Clausura system, with a multi-team play-off 'super stage' to decide the champions, similar to the format used when the J.League began.^[2]

The league was won by Gamba Osaka, who won their second J.League title following a 0–0 away draw against Tokushima Vortis. They became the second league champions (after Kashiwa Reysol) to win the first division after being promoted as second division champions.

Clubs

18 teams compete in this year's competition. Both Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe return to J1 after a single season outside the top flight; they finished as the J.League Division 2 champions and runners-up, respectively. Tokushima Vortis, who finished fourth in the regular season and won the promotion playoff, will make their top-flight debut, becoming the first club from Shikoku to do so. Those three teams replaced Oita Trinita, Shonan Bellmare and Júbilo Iwata; Júbilo were relegated from J1 for the first time after twenty seasons in the top tier, while Bellmare and Trinita were bumped down after cameo appearances in J1.

Albirex Niigata

Greater Tokyo Area†

Keihanshin Area‡

† Greater Tokyo teams
FC Tokyo
Kashima Antlers
Kashiwa Reysol
Kawasaki Frontale
Omiya Ardija
Urawa Red Diamonds
Ventforet Kofu
Yokohama F. Marinos

‡ Keihanshin teams
Cerezo Osaka
Gamba Osaka
Vissel Kobe

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Locations of the 2014 J.League 1 teams

Club Name	Coach	Home Town(s)	Stadium	Capacity	Note(s)
Albirex Niigata	Masaaki Yanagishita	Niigata & Seirō, Niigata	Big Swan Stadium	42,300
Kashima Antlers	Toninho Cerezo	Kashima, Ibaraki	Kashima Soccer Stadium	40,728
Omiya Ardija	Hiroki Shibuya	Omiya, Saitama	NACK5 Stadium	15,500
Cerezo Osaka	Yuji Okuma	Osaka	Nagai Stadium	47,816	2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J.League fourth-placed)
Yokohama F. Marinos	Yasuhiro Higuchi	Yokohama, Kanagawa & Yokosuka, Kanagawa	Nissan Stadium	72,327	2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J.League runners-up)
Kawasaki Frontale	Yahiro Kazama	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Todoroki Athletics Stadium	26,232	2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J.League Third placed team)
Gamba Osaka	Kenta Hasegawa	Suita, Osaka	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium	21,000	Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2013
Nagoya Grampus	Akira Nishino	Nagoya, Aichi	Mizuho Athletic Stadium	27,000
Urawa Red Diamonds	Mihailo Petrović	Urawa, Saitama	Saitama Stadium	63,700
Kashiwa Reysol	Nelsinho Baptista	Kashiwa, Chiba	Kashiwa Soccer Stadium	15,900
Shimizu S-Pulse	Katsumi Oenoki	Shizuoka	IAI Stadium Nihondaira	20,339
Sagan Tosu	Megumu Yoshida	Tosu, Saga	Tosu Stadium	24,490
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hajime Moriyasu	Hiroshima	Hiroshima Big Arch	50,000	2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J.League winners)
FC Tokyo	Massimo Ficcadenti	Tokyo	Ajinomoto Stadium	49,970
Tokushima Vortis	Shinji Kobayashi	All cities/towns in Tokushima	Pocarisweat Stadium	20,441	Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2013 (through a play-off system)
Vegalta Sendai	Susumu Watanabe	Sendai, Miyagi	Yurtec Stadium	19,694
Ventforet Kofu	Hiroshi Jofuku	Kofu, Yamanashi	Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium	17,000
Vissel Kobe	Ryo Adachi	Kobe, Hyōgo	Misaki Park Stadium	30,132	Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2013

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Non-Visa Foreign	Type-C Contract^[3]	Former Player(s)
Albirex Niigata	Léo Silva	Rafael Silva	Lee Myung-Jae	Song Ju-Hun	Michael Fitzgerald		Roger Gaúcho Kim Jin-su
Kashima Antlers	Davi	Jorge Wagner	Luís Alberto		Caio		Jair
Omiya Ardija	Carlinhos Paraiba	Dragan Mrđa	Zlatan Ljubijankić	Cho Won-hee			Dženan Radončić
Cerezo Osaka	Cacau	Kim Seong-jun	Diego Forlán	Kim Jin-Hyeon		Gu Sung-Yun	Gojko Kačar Mitch Nichols
Yokohama F. Marinos	Fabio	Rafinha
Kawasaki Frontale	Jeci	Paulinho	Renato		An Byong-Jun
Gamba Osaka	Lins	Patric		Oh Jae-Suk
Nagoya Grampus	Leandro Domingues	Régis	Danilson Córdoba	Joshua Kennedy		Gustavo
Urawa Red Diamonds	Márcio Richardes
Kashiwa Reysol	Dudu	Dudu	Leandro	Kim Chang-Soo			Leandro Domingues
Shimizu S-Pulse	Dejan Jaković	Calvin Jong-a-Pin	Milivoje Novaković	Lee Ki-Je	Bueno
Sagan Tosu	Choi Sung-Keun	Kim Min-Hyeok		Kim Min-Woo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Mihael Mikić	Byeon Jun-Byum	Park Hyung-Jin	Hwang Seok-Ho
FC Tokyo	Edu	Michele Canini					Kwak Hee-ju
Ventforet Kofu	Cristiano	Gilsinho	Marquinhos Paraná	Irfan Bachdim	Thiago Quirino
Vegalta Sendai	Ramon Lopez	Wilson			Ryang Yong-Gi		Danny Vukovic Michael McGlinchey
Vissel Kobe	Fabio Simplicio	Marquinhos	Pedro Júnior	Jung Woo-Young
Tokushima Vortis	Adriano	Alex	Esteven	Kim Jong-min	Lee Yon-Jick	Son Se-Hwang	Douglas Kleiton Domingues

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Incoming manager
Vegalta Sendai	Graham Arnold	Mutual consent	Susumu Watanabe
Cerezo Osaka	Ranko Popović	Mutual consent	Marco Pezzaiuoli
Shimizu S-Pluse	Afshin Ghotbi	Mutual consent	Katsumi Oenoki
Sagan Tosu	Yoon Jung-Hwan	Sacked	Megumu Yoshida
Omiya Ardija	Kiyoshi Okuma	Sacked	Hiroki Shibuya
Cerezo Osaka	Marco Pezzaiuoli	Sacked	Yuji Okuma

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gamba Osaka (C)	34	19	6	9	59	31	+28	63	Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage^[a]
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	18	8	8	52	32	+20	62
3	Kashima Antlers	34	18	6	10	64	39	+25	60
4	Kashiwa Reysol	34	17	9	8	48	40	+8	60	Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round^[a]
5	Sagan Tosu	34	19	3	12	41	33	+8	60
6	Kawasaki Frontale	34	16	7	11	56	43	+13	55
7	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	14	9	11	37	29	+8	51
8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	13	11	10	44	37	+7	50
9	FC Tokyo	34	12	12	10	47	33	+14	48
10	Nagoya Grampus	34	13	9	12	47	48	−1	48
11	Vissel Kobe	34	11	12	11	49	50	−1	45
12	Albirex Niigata	34	12	8	14	30	36	−6	44
13	Ventforet Kofu	34	9	14	11	27	31	−4	41
14	Vegalta Sendai	34	9	11	14	35	50	−15	38
15	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	10	6	18	42	60	−18	36
16	Omiya Ardija (R)	34	9	8	17	44	60	−16	35	Relegation to 2015 J2 League
17	Cerezo Osaka (R)	34	7	10	17	36	48	−12	31
18	Tokushima Vortis (R)	34	3	5	26	16	74	−58	14

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J.League Data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Because Gamba Osaka won the 2014 Emperor's Cup, the group stage spot has been given to third-placed Kashima Antlers, while ACL qualification spot has been awarded to the fourth-placed Kashiwa Reysol.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Team ╲ Round
Gamba Osaka	14	5	9	11	14	16	15	13	14	15	16	15	11	16	13	11	8	6	5	7	8	7	5	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Urawa Red Diamonds	6	9	5	5	11	6	4	3	5	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Kashima Antlers	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	3	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Kashiwa Reysol	10	12	14	10	12	9	9	10	9	6	6	7	4	5	6	7	9	8	9	6	7	6	8	9	8	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4
Sagan Tosu	1	1	4	9	4	8	5	5	3	5	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	3	5	5	4	4	4	5
Kawasaki Frontale	8	14	16	14	9	4	7	8	8	9	7	8	6	8	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	5	3	4	5	6	6	6
Yokohama F. Marinos	3	3	2	3	5	7	10	11	13	14	11	12	15	12	9	8	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	7	7	7
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	4	7	6	3	2	1	2	4	2	4	4	5	6	7	5	5	7	6	8	9	9	9	7	9	8	8	7	9	8	8	9	9	8
FC Tokyo	10	12	13	16	15	12	13	12	10	10	12	13	12	10	10	9	7	5	7	5	5	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9
Nagoya Grampus	12	7	6	4	6	11	12	15	15	13	14	11	13	15	15	14	14	15	16	14	14	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10
Vissel Kobe	8	11	8	12	7	3	3	1	2	3	5	6	3	3	5	6	6	9	8	9	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	9	10	9	9	10	10	11
Albirex Niigata	5	10	10	6	8	10	6	7	7	7	8	5	8	7	8	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12
Ventforet Kofu	17	15	15	13	13	15	16	14	12	12	13	14	16	14	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	14	15	16	13	13	13	13	13
Vegalta Sendai	13	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	14	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Shimizu S-Pulse	4	8	12	15	16	14	11	6	6	8	10	10	9	9	12	15	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	15	17	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15
Omiya Ardija	16	16	11	8	10	13	14	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16
Cerezo Osaka	15	5	3	2	2	5	8	9	11	11	9	9	10	13	14	13	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Tokushima Vortis	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Leader and qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
	Relegation to 2015 J2 League

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J. League data site
Note 1: Matchday 12 results for 2014 AFC Champions League Participants (Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs. Yokohama F. Marinos, Cerezo Osaka vs. Kawasaki Frontale), held on 15 July 2014, are included in Matchday 15 ranking. Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Kawasaki Frontale and Cerezo Osaka qualified to the Round of 16 of the 2014 AFC Champions League, in which the First Leg matches overlap with matches for Matchday 12

Results

v t e Home \ Away	ALB	ANT	ARD	CER	FMA	FRO	GAM	GRA	RED	REY	SAG	SFR	SSP	TOK	VEG	VEN	VIS	VOR
Albirex Niigata		1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2
Kashima Antlers	1–2		2–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	5–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	1–0
Omiya Ardija	2–2	2–1		2–0	2–3	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	3–3	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	0–3	1–3
Cerezo Osaka	0–0	1–4	1–1		2–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	3–1
Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–0		2–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	3–0
Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	4–1	3–4	5–4	0–3		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0
Gamba Osaka	5–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0		0–1	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–0
Nagoya Grampus	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2		1–2	1–1	2–3	2–5	2–3	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–2		3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–2	2–1
Kashiwa Reysol	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	0–1	3–2		2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0
Sagan Tosu	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	5–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	4–0	0–2	5–2	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1
Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–4	3–0	0–1	1–3		1–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
FC Tokyo	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	3–0	0–1	4–4	4–0	2–1	2–1	4–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	4–0
Vegalta Sendai	1–2	0–1	2–2	3–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–3	4–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	3–2	1–0		1–1	4–3	2–1
Ventforet Kofu	1–1	0–4	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0		2–0	0–1
Vissel Kobe	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–5	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0		3–0
Tokushima Vortis	1–2	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–4	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J. League Data
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale	18
2	Yohei Toyoda	Sagan Tosu	15
3	Marquinhos	Vissel Kobe	14
4	Pedro Júnior	Vissel Kobe	13
	Yoshinori Muto	FC Tokyo	13
	Milivoje Novaković	Shimizu S-Pulse	13
8	Yu Kobayashi	Kawasaki Frontale	12
	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds	12
	Kensuke Nagai	Nagoya Grampus	12
11	Edu	FC Tokyo	11
	Leandro	Kashiwa Reysol	11
	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	11

Updated to games played on 8 December 2014
Source: J. League Data

Awards

Individual

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Most Valuable Player	Yasuhito Endō	Gamba Osaka
Rookie of the Year	Caio	Kashima Antlers
Manager of the Year	Kenta Hasegawa	Gamba Osaka
Top scorer	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale	18 goals.

Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Shusaku Nishikawa (3)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
DF	Kosuke Ota (1)	FC Tokyo	Japan
DF	Masato Morishige (2)	FC Tokyo	Japan
DF	Tsukasa Shiotani (1)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan
MF	Gaku Shibasaki (1)	Kashima Antlers	Japan
MF	Yoshinori Muto (1)	FC Tokyo	Japan
MF	Léo Silva (1)	Albirex Niigata	Brazil
MF	Yasuhito Endō (11)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Yoshito Ōkubo (2)	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan
FW	Takashi Usami (1)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Patric (1)	Gamba Osaka	Brazil

* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	603,770	56,758	0	35,516	−4.3%^†
2	FC Tokyo	428,184	42,059	13,048	25,187	+0.5%^†
3	Yokohama F. Marinos	392,496	40,571	11,088	23,088	−16.0%^†
4	Albirex Niigata	390,648	35,533	2,104	22,979	−12.0%^†
5	Cerezo Osaka	367,651	42,723	10,262	21,627	+14.9%^†
6	Kashima Antlers	300,310	32,099	8,840	17,665	+7.6%^†
7	Nagoya Grampus	284,474	38,966	5,599	16,733	+3.7%^†
8	Kawasaki Frontale	283,241	19,668	10,609	16,661	+0.1%^†
9	Vegalta Sendai	257,949	18,914	11,144	15,173	+2.1%^†
10	Vissel Kobe	255,185	25,382	9,375	15,010	+30.3%^†
11	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	254,951	24,734	9,515	14,997	−7.5%^†
12	Gamba Osaka	250,738	19,569	10,898	14,749	+20.0%^†
13	Shimizu S-Pulse	241,577	19,824	8,539	14,210	+0.5%^†
14	Sagan Tosu	240,323	23,277	8,276	14,137	+22.8%^†
15	Ventforet Kofu	206,904	36,505	5,416	12,170	−3.5%^†
16	Omiya Ardija	183,791	14,182	7,001	10,811	−2.9%^†
17	Kashiwa Reysol	182,161	14,623	6,115	10,715	−14.6%^†
18	Tokushima Vortis	151,034	17,274	3,594	8,884	+104.3%^†
	League total	5,275,387	56,758	0	17,240	+0.1%^†

Updated to games played on 8 December 2014
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J2.

References

^ "J.League season to begin on March 1". Japan Times. 2013-12-17.
^ "J-League switches to two-stage season in order to boost fans and revenue". Inside World Football.com. 2013-09-20. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
^ "Player registration and contracts". J.League. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 28 November 2014.

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1 March 2014 (2014-03-01) 1	Cerezo Osaka	0–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
12:00 JST	Yamashita 38'	Report	Shibasaki 61' Shiotani 71'	Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 37,079 Referee: Masaaki Toma

8 March 2014 (2014-03-08) 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
10:30 JST	Satō 57' Aoyama 64' Shiotani 90+5'	Report	Kobayashi 45+2' Inamoto 58' Noborizato 86' Jeci 90+2'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 16,176 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

15 March 2014 (2014-03-15) 3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
:00 JST		Report	Koroki 42' Suzuki 52' Moriwaki 74' 90+1' Kashiwagi 82' Haraguchi 84' 90+1'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 24,734 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

23 March 2014 (2014-03-23) 4	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Suita
14:00 JST	Endō 25' Kurata 64' Sato 86'	Report	Aoyama 32' Takahagi 55' Satō 62' (pen.) Notsuda 70'	Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 18,301 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

29 March 2014 (2014-03-29) 5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–1	Tokushima Vortis	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
12:00 JST	Shiotani 44' Ishihara 49' Notsuda 66'	Report	Takasaki 72'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 11,766 Referee: Itaru Hirose

6 April 2014 (2014-04-06) 6	Nagoya Grampus	2–5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
11:00 JST	Kennedy 7', 86' Obu 39' Tanaka 75'	Report	Takahagi 17' Satō 20', 63' (pen.) Shiotani 57' Ishihara 66' Notsuda 88'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,214 Referee: Minoru Tojo

12 April 2014 (2014-04-12) 7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	FC Tokyo	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Chiba 18' 80'	Report	Mita 20' Hirayama 46'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,529 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

20 April 2014 (2014-04-20) 8	Albirex Niigata	0–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Niigata
13:00 JST	Tanaka 25'	Report	Sato 76'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 21,452 Referee: Ryuji Sato

26 April 2014 (2014-04-26) 9	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–3	Kashima Antlers	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST		Report	Shoji 7' Caio 11' Doi 19' Ueda 27' Ito 42' Yamamoto 49' Endo 54'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 16,992 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

29 April 2014 (2014-04-29) 10	Sagan Tosu	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Tosu
12:00 JST	Mizunuma 13' Yasuda 60' 87' Kim Min-hyeok 80'	Report	Yamagishi 17' Ishihara 82' Shibasaki 89'	Stadium: Tosu Stadium Attendance: 17,339 Referee: Takuto Okabe

3 May 2014 (2014-05-03) 11	Vissel Kobe	0–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kobe
13:00 JST	Takahashi 45'	Report		Stadium: Misaki Park Stadium Attendance: 17,573 Referee: Masaaki Toma

10 May 2014 (2014-05-10) 12	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
12:00 JST	Shiotani 14' Kazuyuki Morisaki 84'	Report	Novakovič 52' Yoshida 82'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,960 Referee: Minoru Tojo

18 May 2014 (2014-05-18) 13	Vegalta Sendai	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sendai
11:00 JST	Akamine 16'	Report		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 18,863 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

15 July 2014 (2014-07-15) 14	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Ishihara 56'	Report	Saito 90' Ito 90+4'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 9,515 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

19 July 2014 (2014-07-19) 15	Omiya Ardija	3–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
17:00 JST	Mrđa 48' 54', 71' Ljubijankič 52'	Report	Satō 3', 22' Ishihara 25'	Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 9,272 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

23 July 2014 (2014-07-23) 16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5–2	Kashiwa Reysol	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Satō 22' Takahagi 32' 43' Kashiwa 61' Minagawa 71' Koji Morisaki 90'	Report	Kudo 11' Leandro 24' Suzuki 53' Kano 55' Watanabe 75' Takayama 79' Masushima 88'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,673 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

27 July 2014 (2014-07-27) 17	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Ventforet Kofu	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Shibasaki 85'	Report	Cristiano 21' Ishihara 33' Ogi 90+2'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 15,101 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

2 August 2014 (2014-08-02) 18	Kashima Antlers	5–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashima
16:30 JST	Caio 9' Nakamura 48' Gaku Shibasaki 67' 83' Luis Alberto 67' Nishi 70' Davi 81'	Report	Shibasaki 34' Ishihara 48' Kashiwa 55'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 16,632 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

11 August 2014 (2014-08-11) 19	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	Sagan Tosu	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Minagawa 81'	Report	Yasuda 18' Mizunuma 60'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,026 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

16 August 2014 (2014-08-16) 20	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
16:00 JST	Abe 22'	Report		Attendance: 39,224 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

23 August 2014 (2014-08-23) 21	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0	Cerezo Osaka	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST		Report	Maruhashi 41' Kim Seong-jun 77'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 21,102 Referee: Jumpei Iida

30 August 2014 (2014-08-30) 22	Tokushima Vortis	0–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Naruto
16:30 JST	Takasaki 34' Osaki 83'	Report	Minagawa 32' (pen.) Chiba 89'	Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 11,640 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

13 September 2014 (2014-09-13) 23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1	Gamba Osaka	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Aoyama 41'	Report	Iwashita 11' Usami 33' Sato 44' Abe 71'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 17,490 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

20 September 2014 (2014-09-20) 24	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Albirex Niigata	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
:00 JST	Aoyama 23' Ishihara 63'	Report	Ibusuki 79'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 11,937 Referee: Takuto Okabe

23 September 2014 (2014-09-23) 25	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Yokohama
13:00 JST	Ito 87' (pen.)	Report	Hayashi 87'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 23,438 Referee: Itaru Hirose

27 September 2014 (2014-09-27) 26	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Vissel Kobe	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
16:30 JST	Asano 49' Shiotani 87'	Report	Marquinhos 71'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,433 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

5 August 2014 (2014-20-05) 27	Kashiwa Reysol	0–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashiwa
13:30 JST	Suzuki 36' Fujita 55' Otani 56'	Report	Shimizu 55'	Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,115 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

18 October 2014 (2014-10-18) 28	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4–0	Nagoya Grampus	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
14:00 JST	Shiotani 56' Ishihara 57', 82' (pen.) Satō 60' Mizumoto 69' (pen.)	Report	Córdoba 54' 67' Tanaka 81'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 16,304 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

22 October 2014 (2014-10-22) 29	FC Tokyo	2–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Chōfu, Tokyo
17:00 JST	Watanabe 25' Ota 59' Muto 75'	Report	Takahagi 51' Satō 55'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 13,048 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

26 October 2014 (2014-10-26) 30	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
:00 JST	Takagi 80'	Report	Notsuda 21' Ishihara 28', 38' Satō 65'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 13,098 Referee: Hiroyuki Takayama

2 November 2014 (2014-11-02) 31	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Omiya Ardija	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
14:00 JST	Yamagishi 76'	Report	Shiotani 11' (o.g.) Kitano 67' Yokoyama 81'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 14,024 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

22 November 2014 (2014-11-22) 32	Ventforet Kofu	2–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kofu
12:00 JST	Hatao 57' Yamamoto 65' Arai 77'	Report		Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 14,067 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

29 November 2014 (2014-11-29) 33	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki
12:00 JST	Ōkubo 34' Renatinho 45+1'	Report	Satō 88'	Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 15,468 Referee: Ryuji Sato

6 December 2014 (2014-12-06) 34	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Vegalta Sendai	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
13:30 JST	Kashiwa 9' Takahagi 64', 67'	Report	Murakami 25'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 17,189 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Emperor's Cup

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

12 July 2014 Second Round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5-2	Fukuoka University	Fukuyama
16:00	Notsuda 22', 90' Shimizu 53' Shiotani 64' Minagawa 90+4'	Report	Yamasaki 14', 43'	Stadium: Fukuyama Takegahana Stadium Attendance: 5,196 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

27 August 2014 Third Round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-0	Mito HollyHock	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
19:00	Sato 26'			Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch

10 September 2014 Round of 16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-3	Gamba Osaka	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
	Minagawa 90'	Report	Sato 31', 45' Lins 85'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch

J.League Cup

Win Draw Loss

Quarter-finals

3 September 2014 First leg	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
19:04				Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 6,718 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

7 September 2014 Second leg	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Saitama
18:00	Abe 34' Makino 71'		Notsuda 39' Sato 48'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 17,645 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Semi-finals

9 October 2014 First leg	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
19:03	Sato 41', 50'			Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 5,516 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

12 October 2014 Second leg	Kashiwa Reysol	2–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
16:00	Leandro 38', 51'		Ishihara 74'	Attendance: 9,010 Referee: Masaaki Toma

Final

8 November 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–3	Gamba Osaka	Saitama Stadium 2002
13:05	Sato 20', 35'		Patric 38', 54' Omori 71'	Attendance: 38,126 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

AFC Champions League

Sanfrecce Hiroshima have qualified for the Group Stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League by winning the 2013 J.League Division 1.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Seoul	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	Beijing Guoan	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	6
4	Central Coast Mariners	6	2	0	4	4	7	−3	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

25 February 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Beijing Guoan	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:00 UTC+9	Chiba 77'	Report	Ha Dae-sung 62'	Attendance: 6,021 Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

11 March 2014	Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
19:30 UTC+11	Sterjovski 23', 32'	Report	Shiotani 21'	Attendance: 2,168 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

19 March 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	FC Seoul	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:00 UTC+9	Takahagi 53' Shiotani 79'	Report	Rafael Costa 60'	Attendance: 6,281 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

1 April 2014	FC Seoul	2–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
19:30 UTC+9	Yun Il-lok 53' Rafael Costa 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Notsuda 20' Hwang Seok-ho 70'	Attendance: 8,897 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

16 April 2014	Beijing Guoan	2–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Workers Stadium, Beijing
19:30 UTC+8	Shao Jiayi 55' Guerrón 60'	Report	Ishihara 66' Zhao Hejing 70' (o.g.)	Attendance: 36,738 Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

23 April 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:30 UTC+9	Yamagishi 72'	Report		Attendance: 9,778 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Round of 16

7 May 2014 First leg	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:00 UTC+9	Ishihara 51', 65' Shibasaki 90+1'	Report	Jurić 78' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,423 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

14 May 2014 Second leg	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney
19:30 UTC+10	Cole 55' Šantalab 85'	Report		Attendance: 10,639 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

External links

(in Japanese) Sanfrecce Hiroshima official site
(in Japanese) J. League official site

[table_note_res_GS0.4170754670245-4] Because Gamba Osaka won the 2014 Emperor's Cup, the group stage spot has been given to third-placed Kashima Antlers, while ACL qualification spot has been awarded to the fourth-placed Kashiwa Reysol.

[1] "J.League season to begin on March 1". Japan Times. 2013-12-17.

[2] "J-League switches to two-stage season in order to boost fans and revenue". Inside World Football.com. 2013-09-20. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2013-12-17.

[3] "Player registration and contracts". J.League. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 28 November 2014.

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8 titles	Kashima Antlers 1996 1998 2000 2001 2007 2008 2009 2016
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