is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese association football club in the J. League Division 1.

Club name

The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

 word frecce or 'arrows'. This is based on the story of Mori Motonari

Mori Motonari

was a prominent daimyō in the west Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.-Early years:Mōri Motonari was born under the name Shojumaru in a small domain of Aki province in 1497. He is said to have been born at Suzuo Castle, his mother's homeland...

 who told his three sons that while a single arrow might be easily snapped, three arrows held together would not be broken and urged them to work for the good of the clan and its retainers.

In the popular Captain Tsubasa

Captain Tsubasa

, also known as Flash Kicker, is a popular long running Japanese manga, animation, and video game series, originally created by Yōichi Takahashi in 1981...

 manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

, a character named Shingo Takasugi becomes a professional soccer player and joins Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

• 1938-70 : {"Syukyu" means "football" in Japanese.}
  • 1943-46 : This period was suspend the activities of a clubbing under the influence of the Pacific War
    Pacific War
    The Pacific War, also sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War refers broadly to the parts of World War II that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in East Asia, then called the Far East...
    
    .
• 1971-80 :
• 1981-83 :
• 1984-85 :
• 1986-92 :
• 1992- :

Location

The team's home town is Hiroshima, Hiroshima and the side plays at Hiroshima Big Arch

Hiroshima Big Arch

is a multi-purpose stadium in Hiroshima, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. It has a capacity of 50,000. It is an all-seater.-History:Hiroshima Big Arch was opened in 1992, as the venue of 1992 AFC Asian Cup...

 and Hiroshima Prefectural Stadium

Hiroshima Stadium

Coca-Cola West Hiroshima Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Hiroshima, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of Sanfrecce Hiroshima until 1995. The stadium holds 13,800 people.- External links :*...

. It holds training sessions at Yoshida Soccer Park in Akitakata, Hiroshima

Akitakata, Hiroshima

is a city located in north-central Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.As of April 1, 2011, the city has a population of 31,565, with a household number of 13,223, and an area of 538.17 km²....

 and Hiroshima 1st Ball Park.

As Mazda team

The team was a former company team of in 1938 and played in the semi-professional Japan Soccer League

Japan Soccer League

, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...

. 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. The name change was made at 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

JEF United Ichihara Chiba

is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...

 and Urawa Red Diamonds

Urawa Red Diamonds

are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...

 they co-founded both leagues.

During the 1969

Japan Soccer League 1969

-Japan Soccer League:-Promotion/Relegation Series:No relegations.-Team of the Year:...

 season they participated in the Asian Club Cup, forerunner to today's AFC Champions League

AFC Champions League

The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...

; at the time, the tournament was done in a single locale (in that year it was Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

, Thailand

Thailand

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), and they ended up in third place, the first participation of a Japanese club in the continental tournament. This also cost them the league title to Mitsubishi/Urawa, and although they won another title in 1970, since then the club has been out of the running for the title, with exceptional seasons such as 1994 when they won runner-up.

1965 Inaugural League Champions Team

The Toyo Industries team that became the first JSL champions also completed the first double

The Double

The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...

 by taking the Emperor's Cup

Emperor's Cup

, commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...

. They were also the first of three "Invincibles

The Invincibles (football)

In English football, "The Invincibles" has been used to refer to either the Preston North End team of the 1880s, or the Arsenal team of the 2003–04 season...

", undefeated champion teams in Japan (the others were Mitsubishi Motors

Urawa Red Diamonds

are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...

 in 1969 and Yamaha Motors

Júbilo Iwata

is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...

 in 1987-88), although only Toyo completed a double.

Matsumoto, Ogi, and Yasuyuki Kuwahara went on to win the 1968 Olympic bronze medal

Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Final results for the football competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-Medalists:-Group A:-------------------------Group B:-------------------------Group C:Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play Israel.----...

 for the national team

Japan national football team

The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...

.

2000s

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

J. League Promotion/Relegation Series

In 2004, J. League introduced a series of two test matches called League between the sixteenth-place J. Division 1 club and third-place J.league Division 2 club...

. In 2008 they nevertheless won the J2 title at the first attempt, having 84 points (a difference of 25 points with the runner-up teams) with six matches left.

By virtue of earning fourth place in the 2009 season and Gamba Osaka

Gamba Osaka

is a Japanese professional association football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team's name comes from the Italian word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo '70...

 retaining the Emperor's Cup

Emperor's Cup

, commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...

, Sanfrecce qualified for the Asian Champions League

AFC Champions League 2010

The 2010 AFC Champions League was the 29th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation , and the 8th under the current AFC Champions League title. The Final was held at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo on November 13, 2010...

, where they were knocked out in the group phase.

Record as J. League member

Season	Div.	Tms.	Pos.	Attendance/G	J. League Cup J. League Cup J. League Cup is a Japanese football competition organized by J. League. It is also known as Yamazaki Nabisco Cup or Nabisco Cup because confectionery/bakery company Yamazaki Nabisco have sponsored the competition since its inception in 1992.It is generally regarded as the Japanese equivalent to...	Emperor's Cup Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...	Asia
1992	-	-	-	-	Group Stage	2nd Round	-	-
1993	J1	10	5	16,644	Group Stage	Semi-final	-	-
1994	J1	12	2	17,191	1st Round	Quarter-final	-	-
1995	J1	14	10	11,689	-	Final	-	-
1996	J1	16	14	8,469	Group Stage	Final	-	-
1997	J1	17	12	6,533	Group Stage	4th Round	-	-
1998	J1	18	10	8,339	Group Stage	Quarter-final	-	-
1999	J1	16	8	9,377	2nd Round	Final	-	-
2000	J1	16	11	8,865	2nd Round	4th Round	-	-
2001	J1	16	9	9,916	Quarter-final	4th Round	-	-
2002	J1	16	15	10,941	Group Stage	Semi-final	-	-
2003	J2	12	2	9,000	-	4th Round	-	-
2004	J1	16	12	14,800	Group Stage	4th Round	-	-
2005	J1	18	7	12,527	Group Stage	5th Round	-	-
2006	J1	18	10	11,180	Group Stage	5th Round	-	-
2007	J1	18	16	11,423	Quarter-final	Final	-	-
2008	J2	15	1	10,840	-	Quarter-final	-	-
2009	J1	18	4	15,723	Group Stage	3rd Round	-	-
2010	J1	18	7	14,562	Final	3rd Round	CL	Group Stage

Key

• Tms. = Number of teams
• Pos. = Position in league
• Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Toyo kogyo SC & Mazda SC

• Japan Soccer League
  Japan Soccer League
  , or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
  
  : (5) 1965
  Japan Soccer League 1965
  The 1965 season in Japanese football saw the formation of the Japan Soccer League, the first national league in Japan for football clubs.-Japan Soccer League:-Promotion/Relegation Series:Nagoya Bank stays in JSL.-All-Star Game:-References:...
  
  , 1966
  Japan Soccer League 1966
  -Japan Soccer League:-Promotion/Relegation Series:Nagoya Mutual Bank became the first original JSL club to be relegated. In its place, Nippon Kokan from Kawasaki, Kanagawa was promoted and began a long career of league success that was only brought to a halt by the professionalization of the...
  
  , 1967
  Japan Soccer League 1967
  -Japan Soccer League:-Promotion/Relegation Series:Nagoya Mutual Bank promoted, Toyota Industries relegated.-Team of The Year:...
  
  , 1968
  Japan Soccer League 1968
  -Japan Soccer League:-Promotion/Relegation Series:No relegations.-Team of the Year:...
  
  , 1970
  Japan Soccer League 1970
  -Japan Soccer League:-Promotion/Relegation Series:No relegations.- Team of the Year :...
  
  
• Emperor's Cup
  Emperor's Cup
  , commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...
  
  : (3) 1965
  1965 Emperor's Cup
  -Overview:It was contested by 8 teams, and Toyo Industries won the championship.-Quarterfinals:*Kwansei Gakuin University 1-0 Furukawa Electric*Toyo Industries 5-0 Chuo University*Yawata Steel 5-1 Meiji University...
  
  , 1967
  1967 Emperor's Cup
  -Overview:It was contested by 8 teams, and Toyo Industries won the championship.-Quarterfinals:*Kansai University 1-0 Nippon Kokan*東京教育大学 1-3 Mitsubishi Motors*Chuo University 4-5 Yanmar Diesel...
  
  , 1969
  1969 Emperor's Cup
  -Overview:It was contested by 8 teams, and Toyo Industries won the championship.-Quarterfinals:*Keio University 2-4 Furukawa Electric*Hosei University 1-6 Toyo Industries*Rikkyo University 3-3 Yawata Steel...
  
  
• AFC Club Championship: Third place 1969

Domestic Leagues

• J. League Division 1
  J. League
  The or is the top division of and is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class 'A' ranking by the AFC. Currently, J. League Division 1 is the first level of the Japanese...
  
  :
  • 1st Stage Champions (1): 1994
• J. League Division 2
  J. League
  The or is the top division of and is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class 'A' ranking by the AFC. Currently, J. League Division 1 is the first level of the Japanese...
  
  :
  • Champions (1): 2008

League history

• Division 1 (Japan Soccer League Div. 1): 1965-83
• Division 2 (Japan Soccer League Div. 2): 1984-85
• Division 1 (Japan Soccer League Div. 1): 1986-87
• Division 2 (Japan Soccer League Div. 2): 1988-90
• Division 1 (Japan Soccer League Div. 1): 1991-92
• Division 1 (J. League Div. 1): 1993-02
• Division 2 (J. League Div. 2): 2003
• Division 1 (J. League Div. 1): 2004-07
• Division 2 (J. League Div. 2): 2008
• Division 1 (J. League Div. 1): 2009-present

Total (as of 2011): 40 seasons in the top tier and 7 seasons in the second tier.

Current squad

As of July 22, 2011

Out on loan

Notable players

For details on notable players, see :Category:Sanfrecce Hiroshima players.
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Chikara Fujimoto

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Kazuya Maekawa

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Hajime Moriyasu

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Takuya Takagi

is a former Japanese football player and a current football coach. He is currently the manager at Roasso Kumamoto. He was a physical forward and the Japanese media and fans dubbed him as the Cannon of Asia.-Club:...

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Hiroshige Yanagimoto

is a retired Japanese football defender who was capped 30 times for Japan, including one 1995 FIFA Confederations Cup match.Yanagimoto played for Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Gamba Osaka in the J...

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AFC Graham Arnold

Graham Arnold

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Ilian Stoyanov

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 Scott McGarvey 

World Cup players

World Cup 1994

1994 FIFA World Cup

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 Noh Jung-Yoon

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2006 FIFA World Cup

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 Yūichi Komano

Yuichi Komano

is a Japanese football player. He plays for J. League division 1 side Júbilo Iwata. He is right-footed and mainly plays right full back for the club but he is often employed in the left for Japan national football team.-Playing career:...

Managers

{| class="wikitable"
!Manager!!Nat.!!Tenure!!Team!!Assistant coach
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|Yoshiki Yamazaki || || 1938-42, 1947-50 ||rowspan="6"| Toyo Kogyo
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|Minoru Obata || || 1951-63
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|Yukio Shimomura || || 1964-71
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|Kenzo Ohashi || || 1972-75
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|Ikuo Matsumoto || || 1976
|-
|Aritatsu Ogi || || 1977-80
|-
|Teruo Nimura || || 1981-83 ||rowspan="4"| MAZDA
Sports || Germany Eckhard Krautzun

Eckhard Krautzun

Eckhard Krautzun is a German football coach and former football player.-Managerial career:As a player, Krautzun turned out for Union Solingen, Rheydter SV, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Young Fellows Zürich and TeBe Berlin. As well as a manager, Krautzun has acted as a technical director and scout...

 (Aug-Sep 1983)
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|Kazuo Imanishi

Kazuo Imanishi

Kazuo Imanishi is a former Japanese footballer. He has played for Japan national team and Toyo Industries. These days he is chairman of F.C...

 || || 1984-87 || Netherlands Hans Ooft

Hans Ooft

Marius Johan Ooft is a Dutch football manager who is the first foreigner to coach Japan national football team. Under Ooft, Japan won AFC Asian Cup for the first time in 1992.-Honors:*AFC Asian Cup Champions - 1992*J. League Cup Champions - 2003...

 (1984–87),  Netherlands Dido Havenaar

Dido Havenaar

Dido Havenaar is a retired Dutch-Japanese footballer. He is a former goalkeeper who played in the Japan Soccer League and the J. League Division 1....

 (1986–87)
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|Hans Ooft

Hans Ooft

Marius Johan Ooft is a Dutch football manager who is the first foreigner to coach Japan national football team. Under Ooft, Japan won AFC Asian Cup for the first time in 1992.-Honors:*AFC Asian Cup Champions - 1992*J. League Cup Champions - 2003...

 || || 1987-88 || Netherlands Dido Havenaar

Dido Havenaar

Dido Havenaar is a retired Dutch-Japanese footballer. He is a former goalkeeper who played in the Japan Soccer League and the J. League Division 1....

 (1987–88)
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|Kazuo Imanishi

Kazuo Imanishi

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 || || 1988-92 || Kingdom of England Bill Foulkes

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 (1988–91)
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|Stuart Baxter

Stuart Baxter

Stuart Baxter is a Scottish football manager and former player. During his years as a professional player he played for a number of clubs in England, Scotland, Australia, Sweden and in the United States...

 || || 1992-94 ||rowspan="9"| Sanfrecce
Hiroshima || Sweden Jan Jönsson

Jan Jönsson

Jan Jönsson is a former Swedish football player, currently a football coach for Rosenborg.-Coaching career:Between 1993 and 1994 he was inaugurated as the Sanfrecce Hiroshima assistant coach with Stuart Baxter manager who became acquainted in Halmstad.Then, he is inaugurated as a coach with the...

 (1993–94)
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|Wim Jansen

Wim Jansen

Wilhelmus Marinus Anthonius Jansen is a Dutch former association football player and manager.- Playing career :He spent most of his playing career with his hometown team, Feyenoord, between 1965 and 1980...

 || || 1995-96
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|Eddie Thomson

Eddie Thomson

Eddie Thomson was a Scottish football player and coach.-Career:Born in Rosewell, Scotland, he played 162 games for Heart of Midlothian F.C. from 1966 to 1973, before moving to Aberdeen F.C. and playing a further 91 games with them...

 || || 1997-00　|| Kingdom of Scotland Tom Sermanni

Tom Sermanni

Tom Sermanni is a Scottish association football coach and former professional player. He currently coaches Australia women.-Playing career:...

 (1997–98)
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|Valeri Nepomniachi || || 2001
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|Gadzhi Gadzhiev

Gadzhi Gadzhiev

Gadzhi Muslimovich Gadzhiyev is a Russian football manager.He was assistant coach to the Soviet Union side which won gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and an assistant coach of the USSR national football team in 1990–1992...

 || || 2002
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|Takahiro Kimura

Takahiro Kimura (footballer)

Takahiro Kimura is a former Japanese football player. He is currently manager at FC Gifu.-References:*...

 || || 2002
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|Takeshi Ono

Takeshi Ono (footballer born 1962)

Takeshi Ono is a Japanese football manager.-References:*...

 || || 2003-06
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|Kazuyori Mochizuki || || 2006
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|Mihailo Petrović

Mihailo Petrovic (footballer)

Mihailo Petrović is a Serbian football coach and former football player. He also holds an Austrian passport....

 || || 2006-11　|| Austria Ranko Popović

Ranko Popovic

Ranko Popović is a Serbian football coach and former player, currently coaching Japan Football League side Machida Zelvia. He also holds an Austrian passport.-Club career:...

 (2006–07)
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External links

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Official Site

• English-language fan site Sanfrecce Train 2009 (operated by Hiroden)