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Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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is a football team for J. League.
Team nameThe team name comes from 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 an arrow might be easily snapped, three arrows would not be broken and urged them to work for the good of the clan and its retainers.
LocationThe team's home town is Hiroshima, Hiroshima and plays at Hiroshima Big Arch and Hiroshima Perfectural Stadium. It practices at Yoshida Soccer Park in Akitakata, Hiroshima and Hiroshima 1st Ball Park.
Foundation from former Mazda teamThe team was a former company team of 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/Tokyo Verdy 1969. The name change was made at 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.
- 1938-1970 :
- 1943-1946 : This period was suspend the activities of a clubing under the influence of the Pacific War.
- 1971-1980 :
- 1981-1983 :
- 1984-1985 :
- 1986-1992 :
- 1992-present :
1965 Inaugural League Champions Team
- Members: Koji Funamoto; Hiroyuki Kuwahara, Michihiro Ozawa, Kazuo Imanishi, Yosuke Niwa; Aritatsu Ogi, Yoshinobu Ishii; Ikuo Matsumoto, Takayuki Kuwata, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Ryuzo Okamitsu.
Team history
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.
Team recordJ.League record| Season | League | Place | GP | Pts | Win | Draw | Lose | Average Crowd |
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| 1993 | J1 1st stage | 6 / 10 | 18 | | 9 | | 9 | 16,644 | | J1 2nd stage | 5 / 10 | 18 | | 9 | | 9 | | J1 Total | 5 / 10 | 36 | | 18 | | 18 | | 1994 | J1 1st stage | Champions / 12 | 22 | | 17 | | 5 | 17,191 | | J1 2nd stage | 4 / 12 | 22 | | 12 | | 10 | | J1 Total | Runners-up / 12 | 44 | | 29 | | 15 | | 1995 | J1 1st stage | 10 / 14 | 26 | 39 | 13 | | 13 | 11,689 | | J1 2nd stage | 12 / 14 | 26 | 28 | 9 | | 17 | | J1 Total | 10 / 14 | 52 | 67 | 22 | | 30 | | 1996 | J1 | 14 / 16 | 30 | 30 | 10 | | 20 | 8,469 | | 1997 | J1 1st stage | 10 / 17 | 16 | 21 | 8 | | 8 | 6,533 | | J1 2nd stage | 13 / 17 | 16 | 15 | 5 | | 11 | | J1 Total | 12 / 17 | 32 | 36 | 13 | | 19 | | 1998 | J1 1st stage | 13 / 18 | 17 | 19 | 7 | | 10 | 8,339 | | J1 2nd stage | 9 / 18 | 17 | 24 | 9 | | 8 | | J1 Total | 10 / 18 | 34 | 43 | 16 | | 18 | | 1999 | J1 1st stage | 6 / 16 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 9,377 | | J1 2nd stage | 8 / 16 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 7 | | J1 Total | 8 / 16 | 30 | 48 | 16 | 1 | 13 | | 2000 | J1 1st stage | 10 / 16 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8,865 | | J1 2nd stage | 11 / 16 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 8 | | J1 Total | 11 / 16 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 15 | | 2001 | J1 1st stage | 13 / 16 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 9,916 | | J1 2nd stage | 3 / 16 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 7 | | J1 Total | 9 / 16 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 0 | 17 | | 2002 | J1 1st stage | 15 / 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10,941 | | J1 2nd stage | 14 / 16 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 8 | | J1 Total | 15 / 16 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 19 | | 2003 | J2 | Runners-up / 12 | 44 | 86 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 9,000 | | 2004 | J1 1st stage | 13 / 16 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14,800 | | J1 2nd stage | 11 / 16 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 5 | | J1 Total | 12 / 16 | 30 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 11 | | 2005 | J1 | 7 / 18 | 34 | 50 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12,527 | | 2006 | J1 | 10 / 18 | 34 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 11,180 | | 2007 | J1 | 16 / 18 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 11,423 | | 2008 | J2 | ? / 15 | | | | | | | >
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Key to colors > | Played in 1st division league | | | Played in 2nd division league |
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Other domestic competitions
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| 1992 | 2nd Round | | 1993 | Semi-finals | | 1994 | Quarter-finals | | 1995 | Runners-up | | 1996 | Runners-up | | 1997 | 4th Round | | 1998 | Quarter-finals | | 1999 | Runners-up | | 2000 | 4th Round | | 2001 | 4th Round | | 2002 | Semi-finals | | 2003 | 4th Round | | 2004 | 4th Round | | 2005 | 5th Round | | 2006 | 5th Round | | 2007 | Runners-up | | 2008 | |
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| 1992 | Group Stage | | 1993 | Group Stage | | 1994 | 1st Round | | 1995 | Not Held | | 1996 | Group Stage | | 1997 | Group Stage | | 1998 | Group Stage | | 1999 | 2nd Round | | 2000 | 2nd Round | | 2001 | Quarter-finals | | 2002 | Group Stage | | 2003 | Didn't qualify | | 2004 | Group Stage | | 2005 | Group Stage | | 2006 | Group Stage | | 2007 | Quarter-finals | | 2008 | Didn't qualify |
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| 2008 | Champions |
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HonoursToyo kogyo SC & Mazda SC- Japan Soccer League: (5) 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970
- Emperor's Cup: (3) 1965, 1967, 1969
Sanfrecce HiroshimaDomestic Leagues
Domestic Cups
PlayersCurrent squadAs of July 6, 2008
Notable playersFor details on notable players, see .
Kazuya Maekawa 1986-99
Yahiro Kazama 1989-95
Hajime Moriyasu 1987-97,99-01
Yoshiro Moriyama 1991-95
Takuya Takagi 1991-97
Ryuji Michiki 1992-97
Hiroshige Yanagimoto 1991-98
Toshihiro Yamaguchi 1998-00
Chikara Fujimoto 1999-01
Marcus Tulio Tanaka 2001-02
Kenichi Uemura 1993-03
Kentaro Sawada 1999-03
Norio Omura 2003-06
Yuichi Komano 2000-07
Antônio Carlos Santos 1995-96
Marcelo Silva Ramos 2003
César Sampaio 2003-04
Beto 2004-06
Dininho 2005-06
Ueslei 2006-07
Graham Arnold 1997-98
Tony Popovic 1997-01
Hayden Foxe 1999-01
Aurelio Vidmar 1998-99
Steve Corica 2000-01
Július Bielik 1991-92
Pavel Cerný 1992-94
Ivan Haek 1994-95
Jan Jönsson 1993
Jean-Paul Vondenburg 1993
John van Loen 1995
Pieter Huistra 1995-96
Ian Crook 1997-98
Don Goodman 1998
Oleg Pashinin 2001
Michel Pensée 2002
Dan Calichman 1991-93
Noh Jung-Yoon 1993-97
Tore Pedersen 1994-95
Serhiy Skachenko 2001
Tomislav Erceg 2002
Mazda Sports Club
World Cup playersWorld Cup 1994
Noh Jung-Yoon
World Cup 2006
Managers
Toyo kogyo SC & Mazda SC Managers- Yoshiki Yamazaki(1938-1942,1947-1950)
- Minoru Obata(1951-1963)
- Yukio Shimomura(1964-1971)
- Kenzo Ohashi(1972-1975)
- Ikuo Matumoto(1976)
- Aritatu Ogi(1977-1980)
- Teruo Nimura(1981-1983)
- Kazuo Imanishi(1984-1987)
- Hans Ooft(1987-1988)
- Bill Foulkes(1988-1991)
- Kazuo Imanishi(1991-1992)
Trivia
- A fictional character named Shingo Takasugi from the popular Captain Tsubasa manga, becomes a professional soccer player and joins Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
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