Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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| Full name | Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Sanfrecce, Sanfre | ||
| Founded | 1938[1] | ||
| Ground | Hiroshima Big Arch Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima | ||
| Capacity | 36,894[2] | ||
| Owner | Mazda | ||
| Chairman | Kaoru Koyano | ||
| Manager | Hiroshi Jofuku | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2017 | J1 League, 15th | ||
| Website | http://www.sanfrecce.co.jp/ | ||
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Template:Lang-ja) is a professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. The club play in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.
Club name
The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and the Italian word frecce, which means 'arrows'. This is based on the story of the feudal lord Mōri 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.[3] A similar event occurred in The Secret History of the Mongols; "One day in spring, while she was cooking some dried lamb, she had her five sons Belgünütei, Bügünütei, Buqu Qatagi, Buqatu Salji and Bodončar Mungqaq sit in a row. She gave an arrow-shaft to each of them and said, ‘Break it!’ One by one they immediately broke the single arrowshafts and threw them away. Then she tied five arrowshafts into a bundle and gave it to them saying, ‘Break it!’ The five sons each took the five bound arrow-shafts in turn, but they were unable to break them.[4]
- 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.[5][6]
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
| Season | Div. | Tms. | Pos. | Attendance/G | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | AFC CL | FIFA CWC |
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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 | Group Stage | |
| 2011 | J1 | 18 | 7 | 13,203 | 1st Round | 3rd Round | - | - |
| 2012 | J1 | 18 | 1 | 17,721 | Group stage | 2nd Round | - | 5th Place |
| 2013 | J1 | 18 | 1 | 16,209 | Quarter-final | Final | Group Stage | |
| 2014 | J1 | 18 | 8 | 14,997 | Final | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | |
| 2015 | J1 | 18 | 1 | 16,382 | Group Stage | Quarter-final | - | 3rd Place |
| 2016 | J1 | 18 | 6 | 15,464 | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Group Stage | - |
| 2017 | J1 | 18 | 15 | 14,042 | Play-off stage | Round of 16 | - | - |
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average league attendance
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 2016): 45 seasons in the top tier and 7 seasons in the second tier.
Honours
DomesticSanfrecce Hiroshima (Professional era)
Toyo Kogyo SC & Mazda SC (Amateur era) |
InternationalSanfrecce Hiroshima (Professional era)
Toyo Kogyo SC (Amateur era)
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Personnel awards
Domestic
- J. League Player of the Year
Hisato Satō (2012)- Toshihiro Aoyama (2015)
- J. League Top Scorer
- Hisato Satō (2012)
- J. League Best Eleven
- Takuya Takagi (1994)
- Hisato Satō (2005, 2012)
- Tomoaki Makino (2010)
- Hiroki Mizumoto (2012)
- Shusaku Nishikawa (2012, 2013)
- Toshihiro Aoyama (2012, 2013, 2015)
- Yojiro Takahagi (2012)
- Tsukasa Shiotani (2014, 2015)
Douglas (2015)
- J. League Rookie of the Year
- Kazuyuki Morisaki (2000)
- Takuma Asano (2015)
- J. League Cup New Hero Award
- Yojiro Takahagi (2010)
- J.League Manager of the Year
- Hajime Moriyasu (2012, 2013, 2015)
International
- FIFA Club World Cup Top Scorer
- Hisato Satō (2012)
- FIFA Puskás Award nominee
- Hisato Satō (2014)
Players
Current squad
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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Managers
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | Team | Assistant coach |
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| Yoshiki Yamazaki |  Japan
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1938–42, 1947–50 | Toyo Kogyo | — |
| Minoru Obata | Japan
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1951–63 | ||
| Yukio Shimomura | Japan
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1964–71 | ||
| Kenzo Ohashi | Japan
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1972–75 | ||
| Ikuo Matsumoto | Japan
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1976 | ||
| Aritatsu Ogi | Japan
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1977–80 | ||
| Teruo Nimura | Japan
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1981–83 | MAZDA Sports |  Eckhard Krautzun (August – September 1983)
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| Kazuo Imanishi | Japan
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1984–87 |  Hans Ooft (1984–87) Dido Havenaar (1986–87)
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| Hans Ooft | Netherlands
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1987–88 | Dido Havenaar (1987–88)
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| Kazuo Imanishi | Japan
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1988–92 |  Bill Foulkes (1988–91)
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| Stuart Baxter | England
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July 1992 – December 1994 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |  Jan Jönsson (1993–94)
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| Wim Jansen | Netherlands
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January 1995 – Dececember 1996 | — | |
| Eddie Thomson |  Scotland
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January 1997 – December 2000 | Tom Sermanni (1997–98)
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| Valeri Nepomniachi |  Russia
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1 January 2001 – 31 December 2001 | — | |
| Gadzhi Gadzhiev | Russia
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1 January 2002 – June 2002 | ||
| Takahiro Kimura | Japan
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June 2002 – December 2002 | ||
| Takeshi Ono | Japan
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1 December 2002 – 1 April 2006 | ||
| Kazuyori Mochizuki (interim) | Japan
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2 April 2006 – 9 June 2006 | ||
| Mihailo Petrović |  Serbia
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10 June 2006 – 31 December 2011 | Ranko Popović (2006–07)
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| Hajime Moriyasu | Japan
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1 January 2012 – 4 July 2017 | — | |
| Jan Jönsson | Sweden
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10 July 2017 – 7 December 2017 | ||
| Hiroshi Jofuku | Japan
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7 December 2017 – present |
References
- ^ Sanfrecce Hiroshima Profile at J.League Official Website
- ^ "Edion Stadium Hiroshima". J.League. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ [1] Archived 13 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Secret History of the Mongols, Chapter 1 verse 19
- ^ "SOCCER/ Hiroshima capture first J-League title – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun". Ajw.asahi.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Hiroshima capture first J-League title | Football | Reuters". Football.uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 30 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "サンフレッチェ広島 ２０１８シーズン 選手背番号について" [About Saifurece Hiroshima 2018 season player number] (in Japanese). Sanfrecce Hiroshima. 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Sanfrecce Hiroshima (players)". Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
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