Kyoto Sanga

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283 Matches

117 wins

66 draws

100 losses

370–352 Goals

+18 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Form L L D 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.

Latest results

All matches

29 Aug	J1 League	Avispa Fukuoka H	2:1	W
26 Aug	Emperor’s Cup	Maruyasu Okazaki H	1:0	W
22 Aug	J1 League	Mito Hollyhock H	1:3	L
15 Aug	J1 League	Kawasaki Frontale A	2:2	D
9 Aug	J1 League	V-Varen Nagasaki A	1:2	L
17 Jul	Friendlies Clubs	Shonan Bellmare H	1:4	L

Standing

J1 League

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
12	Gamba Osaka	4	1	2	1	6:7	5
13	Fagiano Okayama	4	1	1	2	3:4	4
14	Kyoto Sanga	4	1	1	2	6:8	4
15	Avispa Fukuoka	4	1	0	3	6:6	3
16	Shimizu S-Pulse	4	1	0	3	1:3	3

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 283

283 Matches

117 wins

66 draws

100 losses

370–352 Goals

+18 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 283

117 66 100

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	283	147	136
Scored	370	218	152
Conceded	352	184	168
Scored per game	1.3	1.5	1.1
Conceded per game	1.2	1.3	1.2
Difference	+18	+34	−16

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Kyo Sato Defender 23 Matches

Yoshinori Suzuki Defender 23 Matches

João Pedro Midfielder 22 Matches

Haruki Arai Midfielder 22 Matches

Gakuji Ota Goalkeeper 22 Matches

Kentaro Kakoi Goalkeeper 20 Matches

Taiyo Hiraoka Midfielder 20 Matches

Taiki Hirato Midfielder 19 Matches

Squad of Kyoto Sanga

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
44	Kyo Sato	Defender	23
50	Yoshinori Suzuki	Defender	23
6	João Pedro	Midfielder	22
77	Haruki Arai	Midfielder	22
1	Gakuji Ota	Goalkeeper	22
21	Kentaro Kakoi	Goalkeeper	20
16	Taiyo Hiraoka	Midfielder	20
39	Taiki Hirato	Midfielder	19
25	Song-jun Yoon	Midfielder	19
7	Masaya Okugawa	Midfielder	19
9	Rafael Elias da Silva Bataglia	Forward	18
2	Shinnosuke Fukuda	Defender	18
18	Temma Matsuda	Midfielder	18
34	Henrique de Souza Trevisan	Defender	18
22	Hidehiro Sugai	Defender	18
48	Ryoma Nakano	Midfielder	17
99	Fuchi Honda	Midfielder	16
11	Marco Túlio Oliveira Lemos	Forward	13
3	Shogo Asada	Defender	12
5	Hisashi Appiah Tawiah	Defender	11
93	Shun Nagasawa	Forward	10
88	Gustavo Bonatto Barreto	Midfielder	10
8	Takuji Yonemoto	Midfielder	9
17	Alex Souza	Forward	8
15	Kodai Nagata	Defender	7
32	Mitsuki Saito	Midfielder	7
10	Shimpei Fukuoka	Midfielder	6
40	Yusuke Ishida	Defender	5
43	Weverton	Defender	4
19	David	Forward	4
38	Maceió	Midfielder	3
94	Masaaki Murakami	Goalkeeper	3
60	Ryosuke Yamanaka	Midfielder	2
23	Takumi Kato	Forward	2
26	Ren Kato	Defender	2
90	Halls	Goalkeeper	1
25	Yoon Sung-Jun	Midfielder	1
40	Y. Ishida	Defender	1
29	K. Sakai	Forward	1