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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
サンフレッチェ広島

Full name Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C.

Nickname(s) Sanfrecce, Sanf, Sanfre

Founded 1938

Ground Hiroshima Big Arch
Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
(Capacity: 50,000)

Chairman Yūichi Mototani

Manager Mihailo Petrovic (Jun. 2006 -)

League J. League Div.2

2007 16th Place (relegated to J2 via play-off)

Home colours

Away colours

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (サンフレッチェ広島, Sanfuretche Hiroshima^?) is a football team in the J. League.

Team name

The team name comes from the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'. This is based on the story of Mori Motonari who told his three sons that while an arrow might be easily snapped, three arrows would not be broken and urged them to work for the good of the clan and its retainers.

Location

The team's home town is Hiroshima, Hiroshima and plays at Hiroshima Big Arch and Hiroshima Perfectural Stadium. It practices at Yoshida Soccer Park in Akitakata, Hiroshima and Hiroshima 1st Ball Park.

Foundation from former Mazda team

The team was a former company team of Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club (東洋工業サッカー部, Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club^?) in 1938 and played in the semi-professional Japan Soccer League. They dominated the JSL's early years, winning the title 4 times in a row - a feat that was later equaled by Yomiuri S.C./Verdy Kawasaki/Tokyo Verdy 1969. The name change was made at Mazda SC (マツダSC, Mazda SC^?) in 1981. When JSL disbanded and became the J. League in 1992, it dropped the company name and became "Sanfrecce Hiroshima". Alongside JEF United Ichihara Chiba and Urawa Red Diamonds they co-founded both leagues.

1938-1970 : Toyo Kogyo Syukyu Club (東洋工業蹴球部, Toyo Kogyo Syukyu Club^?) {"Syukyu" means "football" in Japanese.}
- 1943-1946 : This period was suspend the activities of a clubing under the influence of the Pacific War.
1971-1980 : Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club (東洋工業サッカー部, Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club^?)
1981-1983 : Mazda Sports Club Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club (マツダスポーツクラブ東洋工業サッカー部^?)
1984-1985 : Mazda Sports Club Soccer Club (マツダスポーツクラブサッカー部, Mazda Sports Club Soccer Club^?)
1986-1992 : Mazda Soccer Club (マツダサッカー部, Mazda Soccer Club^?)
1992-present : Sanfrecce Hiroshima (サンフレッチェ広島, Sanfrecce Hiroshima^?)

1965 Inaugural League Champions Team

Formation: 4-2-4.

Members: Koji Funamoto; Hiroyuki Kuwahara, Michihiro Ozawa, Kazuo Imanishi, Yosuke Niwa; Aritatsu Ogi, Yoshinobu Ishii; Ikuo Matsumoto, Takayuki Kuwata, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Ryuzo Okamitsu.

Team history

Old logo

In 2002, Sanfrecce became the first former stage winner (first stage, 1994) to be relegated to the lower division, J2. But it only spent a year there, finishing second the very next season to regain promotion back to J1. The club finished 16th in the 2007 season and were relegated to J. League Division 2 after they were beaten by Kyoto Sanga in the promotion/relegation play-off.

Team record

J.League record

Season	League	Place	GP	Pts	Win	Draw	Lose	Average Crowd
1993	J1 1st stage	6 / 10	18	-	9	-	9	16,644
	J1 2nd stage	5 / 10	18	-	9	-	9
	J1 Total	5 / 10	36	-	18	-	18
1994	J1 1st stage	Champions / 12	22	-	17	-	5	17,191
	J1 2nd stage	4 / 12	22	-	12	-	10
	J1 Total	Runners-up / 12	44	-	29	-	15
1995	J1 1st stage	10 / 14	26	39	13	-	13	11,689
	J1 2nd stage	12 / 14	26	28	9	-	17
	J1 Total	10 / 14	52	67	22	-	30
1996	J1	14 / 16	30	30	10	-	20	8,469
1997	J1 1st stage	10 / 17	16	21	8	-	8	6,533
	J1 2nd stage	13 / 17	16	15	5	-	11
	J1 Total	12 / 17	32	36	13	-	19
1998	J1 1st stage	13 / 18	17	19	7	-	10	8,339
	J1 2nd stage	9 / 18	17	24	9	-	8
	J1 Total	10 / 18	34	43	16	-	18
1999	J1 1st stage	6 / 16	15	27	9	0	6	9,377
	J1 2nd stage	8 / 16	15	21	7	1	7
	J1 Total	8 / 16	30	48	16	1	13
2000	J1 1st stage	10 / 16	15	19	7	1	7	8,865
	J1 2nd stage	11 / 16	15	18	6	1	8
	J1 Total	11 / 16	30	37	13	2	15
2001	J1 1st stage	13 / 16	15	13	5	0	10	9,916
	J1 2nd stage	3 / 16	15	24	8	0	7
	J1 Total	9 / 16	30	37	13	0	17
2002	J1 1st stage	15 / 16	15	10	3	1	11	10,941
	J1 2nd stage	14 / 16	15	16	5	2	8
	J1 Total	15 / 16	30	26	8	3	19
2003	J2	Runners-up / 12	44	86	25	11	8	9,000
2004	J1 1st stage	13 / 16	15	15	3	6	6	14,800
	J1 2nd stage	11 / 16	15	16	3	7	5
	J1 Total	12 / 16	30	31	6	13	11
2005	J1	7 / 18	34	50	13	11	10	12,527
2006	J1	10 / 18	34	45	13	6	15	11,180
2007	J1	16 / 18	34	34	8	8	18	11,423
2008	J2	? / 15

Key to colors
	Played in 1st division league
	Played in 2nd division league

Other domestic competitions

Emperor's Cup

Season	Result
1992	2nd Round
1993	Semi-finals
1994	Quarter-finals
1995	Runners-up
1996	Runners-up
1997	4th Round
1998	Quarter-finals
1999	Runners-up
2000	4th Round
2001	4th Round
2002	Semi-finals
2003	4th Round
2004	4th Round
2005	5th Round
2006	5th Round
2007	Runners-up
2008

J. League Cup

Season	Result
1992	Group Stage
1993	Group Stage
1994	1st Round
1995	Not Held
1996	Group Stage
1997	Group Stage
1998	Group Stage
1999	2nd Round
2000	2nd Round
2001	Quarter-finals
2002	Group Stage
2003	Didn't qualify
2004	Group Stage
2005	Group Stage
2006	Group Stage
2007	Quarter-finals
2008	Didn't qualify

Super Cup

Season	Result
2008	Champions

Honours

Toyo kogyo SC & Mazda SC

Japan Soccer League: (5) 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970
Emperor's Cup: (3) 1965, 1967, 1969