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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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«Sanfrecce»

327 Matches

164 wins

75 draws

88 losses

543–353 Goals

+190 Difference

1.7 Scored per game

Form D W D W L W

Sanfrecce moved in for the 2024 season, leaving behind the Hiroshima Big Arch, which had held them since the club turned professional in 1992.

What plays there began as a works team. Toyo Kogyo, the car maker that became Mazda, put out a side in 1938, and the company's name travelled through the club's own for the next fifty years — Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club, then Mazda Sports Club, then Mazda Soccer Club, each change following a reorganisation upstairs rather than anything on the pitch. Mazda still part-owns the club today, alongside EDION. When the professional J.League was founded in 1992 the works name went and Sanfrecce arrived: san for three, frecce the Italian for arrows, after Mōri Motonari and his lesson that three arrows bound together do not break.

The titles came late and then quickly. Three J1 League championships in four seasons — 2012, 2013 and 2015 — and in the middle of them the Emperor's Cup of 2013, the club's first since 1970.

Cerezo Osaka remain the fixture that empties the table of meaning, the San-O Derby.

Latest results

All matches

12 Sep	J1 League	Cerezo Osaka H	6:1	W
6 Sep	J1 League	Fagiano Okayama A	2:3	L
2 Sep	J1 League	Nagoya Grampus H	3:0	W
29 Aug	J1 League	Gamba Osaka A	0:0	D
26 Aug	Emperor’s Cup	Okinawa SV H	4:1	W
22 Aug	J1 League	Kawasaki Frontale H	1:1	D

Standing

J1 League

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
2	Vissel Kobe	7	5	1	1	11:5	16
3	Kashiwa Reysol	7	5	0	2	13:10	15
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	7	4	2	1	19:6	14
5	FC Tokyo	7	4	2	1	13:8	14
6	Fagiano Okayama	7	4	1	2	10:8	13

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 327

327 Matches

164 wins

75 draws

88 losses

543–353 Goals

+190 Difference

1.7 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 327

164 75 88

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	327	165	162
Scored	543	304	239
Conceded	353	162	191
Scored per game	1.7	1.8	1.5
Conceded per game	1.1	1.0	1.2
Difference	+190	+142	+48

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Shuto Nakano Defender 30 Matches

Akito Suzuki Forward 30 Matches

Issei Ouchi Goalkeeper 30 Matches

Taishi Matsumoto Midfielder 29 Matches

Arai Naoto Midfielder 28 Matches

Hayao Kawabe Midfielder 28 Matches

Keisuke Osako Goalkeeper 26 Matches

Shunki Higashi Midfielder 26 Matches

Squad of Sanfrecce Hiroshima

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
15	Shuto Nakano	Defender	30
10	Akito Suzuki	Forward	30
99	Issei Ouchi	Goalkeeper	30
14	Taishi Matsumoto	Midfielder	29
5	Arai Naoto	Midfielder	28
6	Hayao Kawabe	Midfielder	28
1	Keisuke Osako	Goalkeeper	26
7	Shunki Higashi	Midfielder	26
3	Taichi Yamasaki	Defender	26
11	Kato Mutsuki	Forward	26
33	Tsukasa Shiotani	Defender	25
19	Sasaki Sho	Defender	24
16	Takaaki Shichi	Defender	24
17	Kosuke Kinoshita	Forward	24
4	Hayato Araki	Defender	22
35	J. Nakajima	Midfielder	22
40	Motoki Ohara	Midfielder	22
18	Daiki Suga	Midfielder	21
39	Sota Nakamura	Forward	21
9	Ryo Germain	Forward	21
41	Naoki Maeda	Forward	19
25	Yusuke Chajima	Midfielder	14
37	Ju-Sung Kim	Defender	13
23	Shun Ayukawa	Midfielder	11
30	Tolgay Ali Arslan	Forward	10
45	Simon Kobayashi	Midfielder	9
21	Yudai Tanaka	Goalkeeper	8
8	Takumu Kawamura	Midfielder	6
22	Sébastien Romain Teddy Haller	Forward	5
11	Mutsuki Kato	Midfielder	4
32	S. Koshimichi	Midfielder	3
46	R. Noguchi	Midfielder	3