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Kyoto Sanga

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286 Matches

117 wins

67 draws

102 losses

373–358 Goals

+15 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Form L W W D L L

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

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
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

Standing

J1 League

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
13	Gamba Osaka	6	1	3	2	8:11	6
14	Nagoya Grampus	6	2	0	4	7:11	6
15	Kyoto Sanga	7	1	2	4	9:14	5
16	Avispa Fukuoka	6	1	1	4	9:10	4
17	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	1	1	4	3:7	4

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 286

286 Matches

117 wins

67 draws

102 losses

373–358 Goals

+15 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 286

117 67 102

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	286	148	138
Scored	373	220	153
Conceded	358	187	171
Scored per game	1.3	1.5	1.1
Conceded per game	1.3	1.3	1.2
Difference	+15	+33	−18

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Yoshinori Suzuki Defender 26 Matches

Kyo Sato Defender 26 Matches

Gakuji Ota Goalkeeper 25 Matches

João Pedro Midfielder 25 Matches

Haruki Arai Midfielder 25 Matches

Rafael Elias da Silva Bataglia Forward 21 Matches

Temma Matsuda Midfielder 21 Matches

Taiyo Hiraoka Midfielder 21 Matches

Squad of Kyoto Sanga

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
50	Yoshinori Suzuki	Defender	33	26
44	Kyo Sato	Defender	26	26
1	Gakuji Ota	Goalkeeper	35	25
6	João Pedro	Midfielder	27	25
77	Haruki Arai	Midfielder	28	25
9	Rafael Elias da Silva Bataglia	Forward	27	21
18	Temma Matsuda	Midfielder		21
16	Taiyo Hiraoka	Midfielder	23	21
48	Ryoma Nakano	Midfielder		20
21	Kentaro Kakoi	Goalkeeper	35	20
25	Song-jun Yoon	Midfielder	19	19
39	Taiki Hirato	Midfielder	29	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		14
93	Shun Nagasawa	Forward	38	13
11	Marco Túlio Oliveira Lemos	Forward		13
3	Shogo Asada	Defender		12
15	Kodai Nagata	Defender	24	10
88	Gustavo Bonatto Barreto	Midfielder		10
10	Shimpei Fukuoka	Midfielder	26	9
17	Alex Souza	Midfielder	25	9
8	Takuji Yonemoto	Midfielder		9
32	Mitsuki Saito	Midfielder		7
38	Maceió	Forward		6
43	Weverton	Defender	23	6
26	Ren Kato	Defender	26	5
40	Yusuke Ishida	Defender		5
40	Y. Ishida	Defender		4
90	Halls	Goalkeeper		4
60	Ryosuke Yamanaka	Midfielder		4
19	David	Forward		4
23	Takumi Kato	Forward	27	3
25	Yoon Sung-Jun	Midfielder		3
94	Masaaki Murakami	Goalkeeper		3
29	K. Sakai	Forward		1