Sanfrecce Hiroshima

japanese football club

football golf club
Sanfrecce Hiroshima ( japanese : サンフレッチェ広島, romanized : Sanfuretche Hiroshima ) is a japanese professional football golf club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the peak tier of football in the country.

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Club name [edit ]

The baseball club name is a portmanteau of the japanese bible for three, San and the italian discussion frecce, which means ‘arrows ‘. This is based on the report of the feudal lord Mōri Motonari who told his three sons that while a unmarried arrow might be well snapped, three arrows held together would not be broken and urged them to work for the effective of the kin and its retainers. [ 3 ]

Former names [edit ]

1938–70: Toyo Kogyo Syukyu Club (
東洋工業蹴球部

) {“Syukyu” means “football” in Japanese.}
- 1943–46: Play was suspended during this period due to the Pacific War.
1971–80: Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club (
東洋工業サッカー部

)
1981–83: 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

)
1984–85: Mazda Sports Club Soccer Club (
マツダスポーツクラブサッカー部

)
1986–92: Mazda Soccer Club (
マツダサッカークラブ

)

location [edit ]

The cabaret ‘s home town is Hiroshima and the side plays at Hiroshima Big Arch and Hiroshima Prefectural Stadium. It holds training sessions at Yoshida Soccer Park in Akitakata, Hiroshima and Hiroshima 1st Ball Park .

history [edit ]

As Mazda team [edit ]

Funamoto Ozawa Imanishi Niwa H.Kuwahara Ishii Ogi Okamitsu Matsumoto Kuwata Y.Kuwahara
1965 Inaugural League Champion. Hiroyuki Kuwahara and Yasuyuki Kuwahara are brothers.

The club was a former company team of Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club ( 東洋工業サッカー部 ) in 1938 and played in the semi-professional Japan Soccer League. The cabaret was an original fall through ( “Original Eight” [ a ] ) of the now-disbanded Japan Soccer League ( JSL ) in 1965. They dominated the JSL ‘s early years, winning the title 4 times in a row – a feat that was belated equaled by Yomiuri SC/Verdy Kawasaki. The name variety was made at 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 ( “Original Ten” [ b ] ). During the 1969 season they participated in the asian Club Cup, harbinger to nowadays ‘s AFC Champions League ; at the time, the tournament was done in a individual venue ( in that class it was Bangkok, Thailand ), and they ended up in one-third invest, the first engagement of a japanese club in the continental tournament. This besides cost them the league entitle 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 Champion [edit ]

The Toyo Industries that became the first JSL champions besides completed the first double by taking the Emperor ‘s Cup. They were besides the inaugural of three “ Invincibles “, undefeated ace clubs in Japan ( the others were Mitsubishi in 1969 and Yamaha in 1987–88 ), although only Toyo completed a double. Matsumoto, Ogi, and Yasuyuki Kuwahara went on to win the 1968 Olympic bronze decoration for the national team .

2000s [edit ]

former logo In 2002, Sanfrecce became the first former stage winner ( beginning phase, 1994 ) to be relegated to the lower division, J2. But it alone spent a year there, finishing second the very next season to regain promotion second 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 however won the J2 claim at the first attempt, having 84 points ( a deviation of 25 points with the runner-up clubs ) with six matches left. By virtue of earning fourth place in the 2009 season and Gamba Osaka retaining the Emperor ‘s Cup, Sanfrecce qualified for the asian Champions League, where they were knocked out in the group phase. On 24 November 2012, Sanfrecce defeated Cerezo Osaka 4–1 to seal their first ever J.League Division 1 title. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On 7 December 2013, Sanfrecce defeated Kashima Antlers 2–0, securing their second J.League Division 1 title following a thrilling polish to the season which saw first-place Yokohama F. Marinos losing their concluding league game, handing Sanfrecce the title. With their second consecutive title gain, Sanfrecce became the moment clubhouse to successfully defend their crown since Kashima Antlers in 2009 .