Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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«Sanfrecce»
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| 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 |
| 15 Aug | J1 League |
Urawa
A
|
4:1 | W |
| 8 Aug | J1 League |
JEF United Chiba
H
|
3:0 | W |
| 28 Jul | Friendlies Clubs |
Verspah Ōita
H
|
4:0 | W |
Standing
J1 League| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |
 Kashima
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:6 | 12 |
| 3 |
 Machida Zelvia
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13:3 | 10 |
| 4 |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8:2 | 8 |
| 5 |
 FC Tokyo
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8:7 | 7 |
| 6 |
 Vissel Kobe
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4:3 | 7 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 324| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 324 | 163 | 161 |
| Scored | 532 | 295 | 237 |
| Conceded | 349 | 161 | 188 |
| Scored per game | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| Conceded per game | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Difference | +183 | +134 | +49 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of Sanfrecce Hiroshima
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 |  Akito Suzuki |
Forward | 27 |
| 15 |  Shuto Nakano |
Midfielder | 27 |
| 99 |  Issei Ouchi |
Goalkeeper | 27 |
| 3 |  Taichi Yamasaki |
Defender | 26 |
| 11 |  Kato Mutsuki |
Forward | 26 |
| 14 |  Taishi Matsumoto |
Midfielder | 26 |
| 6 |  Hayao Kawabe |
Midfielder | 25 |
| 5 |  Arai Naoto |
Defender | 25 |
| 33 |  Tsukasa Shiotani |
Defender | 24 |
| 17 |  Kosuke Kinoshita |
Forward | 24 |
| 1 |  Keisuke Osako |
Goalkeeper | 23 |
| 16 |  Takaaki Shichi |
Defender | 23 |
| 7 |  Shunki Higashi |
Midfielder | 23 |
| 40 |  Motoki Ohara |
Midfielder | 22 |
| 19 |  Sasaki Sho |
Defender | 21 |
| 9 |  Ryo Germain |
Forward | 21 |
| 39 |  Sota Nakamura |
Forward | 21 |
| 35 |  J. Nakajima |
Midfielder | 19 |
| 4 |  Hayato Araki |
Defender | 19 |
| 41 |  Naoki Maeda |
Forward | 19 |
| 18 |  Daiki Suga |
Midfielder | 18 |
| 25 |  Yusuke Chajima |
Midfielder | 14 |
| 30 |  Tolgay Ali Arslan |
Forward | 10 |
| 37 |  Ju-Sung Kim |
Defender | 10 |
| 23 |  Shun Ayukawa |
Forward | 8 |
| 45 |  Simon Kobayashi |
Midfielder | 8 |
| 21 |  Yudai Tanaka |
Goalkeeper | 8 |
| 22 |  Sébastien Romain Teddy Haller |
Forward | 3 |
| 8 |  Takumu Kawamura |
Midfielder | 3 |
| 11 |  Mutsuki Kato |
Forward | 1 |
Fixtures of Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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2 Sep · 11:00
Nagoya Grampus
H
J1 League
-
29 Aug
Gamba Osaka
A
0:0
D
-
26 Aug
Okinawa SV
H
4:1
W
-
22 Aug
Kawasaki Frontale
H
1:1
D
-
15 Aug
Urawa
A
4:1
W
-
8 Aug
JEF United Chiba
H
3:0
W
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28 Jul
Verspah Ōita
H
4:0
W
-
16 Jul
Paks
H
-
14 Jul
NK Slaven Belupo
A
3:1
W
Honours of Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- Japanese Super Cup 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 4
- Emperor's Cup 1939, 1970, 2013 3
- J1 League 2012, 2013, 2015 3
- J.League Cup 2022 1