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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. |
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. |
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The team was a former company team of ''[[Mazda|Toyo Kogyo]] Soccer Club'' in 1938. The name change was made at ''Mazda SC Toyo'' in 1980. It joined J. League in [[1991]]. It was the first team to win a stage championship to |
The team was a former company team of ''[[Mazda|Toyo Kogyo]] Soccer Club'' in 1938. The name change was made at ''Mazda SC Toyo'' in 1980. It joined J. League in [[1991]]. It was the first team to win a stage championship to be relegated to J2 (in [[2002]], but they only spent a year there, finishing the next season in second place to regain promotion back to J1. |
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==Titles== |
==Titles== |
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Revision as of 21:42, 22 July 2005
| Full name | Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | - | ||
| Founded | 1938 | ||
| Ground | Hiroshima Big Arch Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima | ||
| Capacity | 50,000 | ||
| Chairman | Masataka Kubo | ||
| Manager | Takeshi Ono (2003 -) | ||
| League | J. League Div.1 | ||
| J. League 2004 | 12th place (1st:13th, 2nd:11th) | ||
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Japanese: サンフレッチェ広島) is a football team for J. League. 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.
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.
The team was a former company team of Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club in 1938. The name change was made at Mazda SC Toyo in 1980. It joined J. League in 1991. It was the first team to win a stage championship to be relegated to J2 (in 2002, but they only spent a year there, finishing the next season in second place to regain promotion back to J1.
Titles
- 1994 - J. League 1st stage championship
Current Stars
Former Players
- Hayden Foxe
- Tatsuhiko Kubo
- Noh Jung-Yoon
- Tore Pedersen
- Tony Popovic
- César Sampaio
- Takuya Takagi
- Marcus Tulio Tanaka
- Tony Vidmar