Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Football club infobox
clubname = Sanfrecce Hiroshima
サンフレッチェ広島


fullname = Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C.
nickname = 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
season = 2007
position = 16th Place (relegated to J2 via play-off)
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nihongo|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 nihongo|"Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club"|東洋工業サッカー部 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. The name change was made at nihongo|"Mazda SC"|マツダ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 : nihongo|Toyo Kogyo Syukyu Club|東洋工業蹴球部 {"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 : nihongo|Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club|東洋工業サッカー部
*1981-1983 : nihongo|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 : nihongo|Mazda Sports Club Soccer Club|マツダスポーツクラブサッカー部
*1986-1992 : nihongo|Mazda Soccer Club|マツダサッカー部
*1992-present : nihongo|Sanfrecce Hiroshima|サンフレッチェ広島

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.

Matsumoto, Ogi, and Yasuyuki Kuwahara went on to win the 1968 Olympic bronze medal for the national team.

Team history

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. 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.

Team record

J.League record

Other domestic competitions

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=Super Cup=

Honours

Toyo kogyo SC & Mazda SC

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

anfrecce Hiroshima

Domestic Leagues

* J. League Division 1:
** 1st Stage Champions (1): 1994

Domestic Cups

* Japanese Super Cup:
** Winners (1): 2008

Players

Current squad

"As of August 3, 2008"

Notable players

"For details on notable players, see ."
* Kazuya Maekawa 1986-99
* Yahiro Kazama 1989-95
* Hajime Moriyasu 1987-97,99-01
* Yoshiro Moriyama 1991-95
* Takuya Takagi 1991-97
* Ryuji Michiki 1992-97
* Hiroshige Yanagimoto 1991-98
* Toshihiro Yamaguchi 1998-00
* Chikara Fujimoto 1999-01
* Marcus Tulio Tanaka 2001-02
* Kenichi Uemura 1993-03
* Kentaro Sawada 1999-03
* Norio Omura 2003-06
* Yūichi Komano 2000-07

* Antônio Carlos Santos 1995-96
* Marcelo Silva Ramos 2003
* César Sampaio 2003-04
* Beto 2004-06
* Dininho 2005-06
* Ueslei 2006-07
* Graham Arnold 1997-98
* Tony Popović 1997-01
* Hayden Foxe 1999-01
* Aurelio Vidmar 1998-99
* Steve Corica 2000-01
* Július Bielik 1991-92
* Pavel Černý 1992-94
* Ivan Hašek 1994-95
* Jan Jönsson 1993
* Jean-Paul Vondenburg 1993
* John van Loen 1995
* Pieter Huistra 1995-96
* Ian Crook 1997-98
* Don Goodman 1998

* Oleg Pashinin 2001
* Michel Pensée 2002
* Dan Calichman 1991-93
* Noh Jung-Yoon 1993-97
* Tore Pedersen 1994-95
* Serhiy Skachenko 2001
* Tomislav Erceg 2002

; Mazda Sports Club
*flagicon|Netherlands Dido Havenaar 1986-88
*flagicon|Netherlands Ron Jans 1987-88
*flagicon|England Ian Griffiths 1988-90 [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/wigan/wigan.htm]
*flagicon|England Tony Henry 1989-91 [http://www.thefootballnetwork.net/main/s474/st84940.htm]
*flagicon|England David Hodgson 1989-90
*flagicon|SCO Alan Irvine 1989-90
*flagicon|SCO Scott McGarvey
*flagicon|Czechoslovakia Yuriy Kabir 1991-92

World Cup players

"'World Cup 1994
*flagicon|South Korea Noh Jung-Yoon"'World Cup 2006
*flagicon|Japan Yūichi Komano

Managers

Toyo kogyo SC & Mazda SC Managers

*flagicon|JapanYoshiki Yamazaki(1938-1942,1947-1950)
*flagicon|JapanMinoru Obata(1951-1963)
*flagicon|JapanYukio Shimomura(1964-1971)
*flagicon|JapanKenzo Ohashi(1972-1975)
*flagicon|JapanIkuo Matsumoto(1976)
*flagicon|JapanAritatu Ogi(1977-1980)
*flagicon|JapanTeruo Nimura(1981-1983)
**"Asst."flagicon|GermanyEckhard Krautzun(Aug-Sep 1983)
*flagicon|JapanKazuo Imanishi(1984-1987)
**"Asst."flagicon|NetherlandsHans Ooft(1984-1987)
*flagicon|NetherlandsHans Ooft(1987-1988)
*flagicon|JapanKazuo Imanishi(1988-1992)
**"Asst."flagicon|EnglandBill Foulkes(1988-1991)

Trivia

*A fictional character named Shingo Takasugi from the popular Captain Tsubasa manga, becomes a professional soccer player and joins Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

External links

*ja icon [http://www.sanfrecce.co.jp/ Sanfrecce Hiroshima Official Site]