Kyoto Sanga

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Club · Japan · J1 League

«Sanga»

289 Matches

119 wins

67 draws

103 losses

376–360 Goals

+16 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Form D L L L W W

Football in Kyoto had to wait until January 2020 for a ground built only for it. Before that the club played at the Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium.

The club that moved in has been in Kyoto since 1922, when Kyoto Shiko Club was formed as an amateur side — the name means the club of the shining purple, and purple has stayed on the shirt through every change of title since. It was Kyoto Purple Sanga when it turned professional in 1993, and Kyoto Sanga FC from 2007. Sanga comes from the Sanskrit sangha, the Buddhist community, which is a plain enough borrowing in a city of temples.

The trophy that matters is the Emperor's Cup of 2002, won in a season when the club had just come up from J2. Daisuke Matsui ran the side through that campaign. Park Ji-sung was at Kyoto from 2000 to 2003 and played in the J2 title win of 2001.

There is no derby with a neighbour, because no other J.League side plays in Kyoto Prefecture. The Kansai fixtures against Gamba Osaka, Cerezo Osaka and Vissel Kobe stand in for one.

The highest the club has finished in J1 is second, in 2021. Peter Utaka is the leading scorer in its history: 52 goals in 109 matches.

Fixtures and results

23 Sep	Emperor’s Cup	Fujieda MYFC H	1:0	W
19 Sep	J1 League	Fagiano Okayama A	2:1	W
15 Sep	AFC Champions League	Daejeon Hana Citizen A	0:1	L
11 Sep	J1 League	Kashiwa Reysol H	2:3	L
6 Sep	J1 League	FC Tokyo A	0:2	L
2 Sep	J1 League	Yokohama F. Marinos A	1:1	D

AFC Champions League

Group stage · East Region

Full table

matches counted in total: 289

289 Matches

119 wins

67 draws

103 losses

376–360 Goals

+16 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 289

119 67 103

wins losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	289	149	140
Scored	376	221	155
Conceded	360	187	173
Scored per game	1.3	1.5	1.1
Conceded per game	1.2	1.3	1.2
Difference	+16	+34	−18

by appearances over the last year

Kyo Sato Defender 28 Matches

Yoshinori Suzuki Defender 28 Matches

Haruki Arai Midfielder 27 Matches

João Pedro Midfielder 27 Matches

Gakuji Ota Goalkeeper 27 Matches

Rafael Elias da Silva Bataglia Forward 23 Matches

Temma Matsuda Midfielder 23 Matches

Ryoma Nakano Midfielder 22 Matches

Kashiwa Reysol

Kyoto Sanga

Ratchaburi

Pohang Steelers

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
44	Kyo Sato	Defender	26	28
50	Yoshinori Suzuki	Defender	34	28
77	Haruki Arai	Midfielder	28	27
6	João Pedro	Midfielder	27	27
1	Gakuji Ota	Goalkeeper	35	27
9	Rafael Elias da Silva Bataglia	Forward	27	23
18	Temma Matsuda	Midfielder		23
48	Ryoma Nakano	Midfielder		22
21	Kentaro Kakoi	Goalkeeper	35	21
16	Taiyo Hiraoka	Midfielder	24	21
39	Taiki Hirato	Midfielder	29	19
25	Song-jun Yoon	Midfielder	19	19
7	Masaya Okugawa	Midfielder	30	19
99	Fuchi Honda	Midfielder		18
2	Shinnosuke Fukuda	Defender	26	18
34	Henrique de Souza Trevisan	Defender	29	18
22	Hidehiro Sugai	Defender		18
5	Hisashi Appiah Tawiah	Defender		16
93	Shun Nagasawa	Forward	38	15
11	Marco Túlio Oliveira Lemos	Forward		13
15	Kodai Nagata	Defender	24	12
3	Shogo Asada	Defender		12
17	Alex Souza	Forward	25	11
10	Shimpei Fukuoka	Midfielder	26	11
88	Gustavo Bonatto Barreto	Midfielder		10
8	Takuji Yonemoto	Midfielder		9
26	Ren Kato	Midfielder	26	7
38	Maceió	Midfielder		7
32	Mitsuki Saito	Midfielder		7
40	Y. Ishida	Defender		6
90	Halls	Goalkeeper		6
43	Weverton	Defender	23	6
60	Ryosuke Yamanaka	Midfielder		5
19	David	Forward		5
40	Yusuke Ishida	Defender		5
25	Yoon Sung-Jun	Midfielder		4
23	Takumi Kato	Forward	27	4
94	Masaaki Murakami	Goalkeeper		3
14	Tiago	Midfielder		2
62	Takaaki Shichi	Defender		1