2014 season | |||
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Chairman | Kaoru Koyano | ||
Manager | Hajime Moriyasu | ||
Stadium | Hiroshima Big Arch | ||
J1 League | 8th | ||
Emperor's Cup | Round of 16 | ||
J.League Cup | Final | ||
Japanese Super Cup | Winners | ||
AFC Champions League | Round of 16 | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Hisato Satō (11) All: Hisato Satō (17) | ||
The 2014 season was Sanfrecce Hiroshima's sixth consecutive season in J.League Division 1, and 44th overall in the Japanese top flight. Sanfrecce Hiroshima also competed in the Emperor's Cup, J.League Cup, Japanese Super Cup, and the AFC Champions League.
Position | Nationality | Name | Age | From | Notes |
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DF | Kyohei Yoshino | 19 | Tokyo Verdy | ||
FW | Yusuke Minagawa | 22 | Chuo University | ||
DF | Byeon Jun-Byum | 22 | Konkuk University | ||
DF | Soya Takahashi | 17 | Rissho USHS | ||
MF | Yusuke Chajima | 22 | Tokyo Gakugei University | ||
MF | Yoshifumi Kashiwa | 26 | Ventforet Kofu | ||
MF | Kosei Shibasaki | 29 | Tokushima Vortis | ||
GK | Takuto Hayashi | 31 | Vegalta Sendai | ||
MF | Takuya Marutani | 24 | Ōita Trinita | Loan return | |
MF | Tsubasa Yokotake | 24 | Gainare Tottori | Loan return | |
MF | Kota Sameshima | 21 | Gainare Tottori | Loan return | |
DF | Daiki Nishioka | 25 | Tochigi SC | Loan return | |
MF | Junya Osaki | 22 | Tokushima Vortis | Loan return |
Position | Nationality | Name | Age | To | Notes |
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MF | Kim Jung-suk | 20 | Roasso Kumamoto | Loan | |
DF | Daiki Nishioka | 25 | Ehime FC | Free transfer | |
MF | Tsubasa Yokotake | 24 | Gainare Tottori | ||
MF | Tomotaka Okamoto | 23 | Sagan Tosu | Loan | |
DF | Hironori Ishikawa | 25 | Vegalta Sendai | Loan | |
GK | Shusaku Nishikawa | 27 | Urawa Red Diamonds | ||
FW | Sena Inami | 21 | V-Varen Nagasaki | Loan | |
DF | Kyohei Yoshino | 19 | Tokyo Verdy | Loan | |
MF | Kota Sameshima | 21 | Nagano Parceiro | Loan | |
MF | Lee Dae-heon | 20 | V-Varen Nagasaki | Loan | |
MF | Junya Osaki | 22 | Tokushima Vortis | ||
MF | Koji Nakajima | 36 | End of career |
Updated 18 March 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competition | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
J1 League | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 38.24 |
Emperor's Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 66.67 |
J.League Cup | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 20.00 |
Japanese Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
AFC Champions League | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 37.50 |
Total | 51 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 72 | 60 | +12 | 39.22 |
Updated to match played 18 March 2016
Source: Competitions
Win Draw Loss
22 February 2014 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–0 | Yokohama F. Marinos | National Stadium, Tokyo |
13:35 JST | Notsuda 6' Asano 66' | Summary | Attendance: 41,273 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 55 |
7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 51 |
8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 50 |
9 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 48 |
10 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 48 |
Win Draw Loss
1 March 20141 | Cerezo Osaka | 0–1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka |
12:00 JST | Yamashita 38' | Report | Shibasaki 61' Shiotani 71' | Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 37,079 Referee: Masaaki Toma |
8 March 20142 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–1 | Kawasaki Frontale | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
10:30 JST | Satō 57' Aoyama 64' Shiotani 90+5' | Report | Kobayashi 45+2' Inamoto 58' Noborizato 86' Jeci 90+2' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 16,176 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
15 March 20143 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
:00 JST | Report | Koroki 42' Suzuki 52' Moriwaki 74' 90+1' Kashiwagi 82' Haraguchi 84'90+1' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 24,734 Referee: Hajime Matsuo |
23 March 20144 | Gamba Osaka | 1–1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Suita |
14:00 JST | Endō 25' Kurata 64' Sato 86' | Report | Aoyama 32' Takahagi 55' Satō 62' (pen.) Notsuda 70' | Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 18,301 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura |
29 March 20145 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3–1 | Tokushima Vortis | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
12:00 JST | Shiotani 44' Ishihara 49' Notsuda 66' | Report | Takasaki 72' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 11,766 Referee: Itaru Hirose |
6 April 20146 | Nagoya Grampus | 2–5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Toyota |
11:00 JST | Kennedy 7', 86' Obu 39' Tanaka 75' | Report | Takahagi 17' Satō 20', 63' (pen.) Shiotani 57' Ishihara 66' Notsuda 88' | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,214 Referee: Minoru Tojo |
12 April 20147 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–0 | FC Tokyo | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
17:00 JST | Chiba 18'80' | Report | Mita 20' Hirayama 46' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,529 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
20 April 20148 | Albirex Niigata | 0–0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Niigata |
13:00 JST | Tanaka 25' | Report | Sato 76' | Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 21,452 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
26 April 20149 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0–3 | Kashima Antlers | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
17:00 JST | Report | Shoji 7' Caio 11' Doi 19' Ueda 27' Ito 42' Yamamoto 49' Endo 54' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 16,992 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
29 April 201410 | Sagan Tosu | 1–2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Tosu |
12:00 JST | Mizunuma 13' Yasuda 60' 87' Kim Min-hyeok 80' | Report | Yamagishi 17' Ishihara 82' Shibasaki 89' | Stadium: Tosu Stadium Attendance: 17,339 Referee: Takuto Okabe |
3 May 201411 | Vissel Kobe | 0–0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kobe |
13:00 JST | Takahashi 45' | Report | Stadium: Misaki Park Stadium Attendance: 17,573 Referee: Masaaki Toma |
10 May 201412 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–1 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
12:00 JST | Shiotani 14' Kazuyuki Morisaki 84' | Report | Novakovič 52' Yoshida 82' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,960 Referee: Minoru Tojo |
18 May 201413 | Vegalta Sendai | 1–0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Sendai |
11:00 JST | Akamine 16' | Report | Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 18,863 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
15 July 201414 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
17:00 JST | Ishihara 56' | Report | Saito 90' Ito 90+4' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 9,515 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura |
19 July 201415 | Omiya Ardija | 3–3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Ōmiya-ku, Saitama |
17:00 JST | Mrđa 48'54', 71' Ljubijankič 52' | Report | Satō 3', 22' Ishihara 25' | Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 9,272 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima |
23 July 201416 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5–2 | Kashiwa Reysol | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
17:00 JST | Satō 22' Takahagi 32' 43' Kashiwa 61' Minagawa 71' Koji Morisaki 90' | Report | Kudo 11' Leandro 24' Suzuki 53' Kano 55' Watanabe 75' Takayama 79' Masushima 88' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,673 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
27 July 201417 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–1 | Ventforet Kofu | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
17:00 JST | Shibasaki 85' | Report | Cristiano 21' Ishihara 33' Ogi 90+2' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 15,101 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura |
2 August 201418 | Kashima Antlers | 5–1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kashima |
16:30 JST | Caio 9' Nakamura 48' Gaku Shibasaki 67'83' Luis Alberto 67' Nishi 70' Davi 81' | Report | Shibasaki 34' Ishihara 48' Kashiwa 55' | Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 16,632 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
11 August 201419 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–0 | Sagan Tosu | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
17:00 JST | Minagawa 81' | Report | Yasuda 18' Mizunuma 60' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,026 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
16 August 201420 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 1–0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |
16:00 JST | Abe 22' | Report | Attendance: 39,224 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
23 August 201421 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0–0 | Cerezo Osaka | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
17:00 JST | Report | Maruhashi 41' Kim Seong-jun 77' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 21,102 Referee: Jumpei Iida |
30 August 201422 | Tokushima Vortis | 0–1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Naruto |
16:30 JST | Takasaki 34' Osaki 83' | Report | Minagawa 32' (pen.) Chiba 89' | Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 11,640 Referee: Yosuke Kubota |
13 September 201423 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0–1 | Gamba Osaka | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
17:00 JST | Aoyama 41' | Report | Iwashita 11' Usami 33' Sato 44' Abe 71' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 17,490 Referee: Hajime Matsuo |
20 September 201424 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–0 | Albirex Niigata | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
:00 JST | Aoyama 23' Ishihara 63' | Report | Ibusuki 79' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 11,937 Referee: Takuto Okabe |
23 September 201425 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1–0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Yokohama |
13:00 JST | Ito 87' (pen.) | Report | Hayashi 87' | Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 23,438 Referee: Itaru Hirose |
27 September 201426 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–1 | Vissel Kobe | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
16:30 JST | Asano 49' Shiotani 87' | Report | Marquinhos 71' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,433 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
5 August 201427 | Kashiwa Reysol | 0–0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kashiwa |
13:30 JST | Suzuki 36' Fujita 55' Otani 56' | Report | Shimizu 55' | Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,115 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura |
18 October 201428 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4–0 | Nagoya Grampus | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
14:00 JST | Shiotani 56' Ishihara 57', 82' (pen.) Satō 60' Mizumoto 69' (pen.) | Report | Córdoba 54' 67' Tanaka 81' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 16,304 Referee: Yosuke Kubota |
22 October 201429 | FC Tokyo | 2–1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Chōfu, Tokyo |
17:00 JST | Watanabe 25' Ota 59' Muto 75' | Report | Takahagi 51' Satō 55' | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 13,048 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto |
26 October 201430 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1–3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka |
:00 JST | Takagi 80' | Report | Notsuda 21' Ishihara 28', 38' Satō 65' | Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 13,098 Referee: Hiroyuki Takayama |
2 November 201431 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–1 | Omiya Ardija | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
14:00 JST | Yamagishi 76' | Report | Shiotani 11' (o.g.) Kitano 67' Yokoyama 81' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 14,024 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
22 November 201432 | Ventforet Kofu | 2–0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kofu |
12:00 JST | Hatao 57' Yamamoto 65' Arai 77' | Report | Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 14,067 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
29 November 201433 | Kawasaki Frontale | 1–1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kawasaki |
12:00 JST | Ōkubo 34' Renatinho 45+1' | Report | Satō 88' | Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 15,468 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
6 December 201434 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–0 | Vegalta Sendai | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
13:30 JST | Kashiwa 9' Takahagi 64', 67' | Report | Murakami 25' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 17,189 Referee: Minoru Tojo |
Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture
12 July 2014 Second round | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5-2 | Fukuoka University | Fukuyama |
16:00 | Notsuda 22', 90' Shimizu 53' Shiotani 64' Minagawa 90+4' | Report | Yamasaki 14', 43' | Stadium: Fukuyama Takegahana Stadium Attendance: 5,196 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
27 August 2014 Third round | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1-0 | Mito HollyHock | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
19:00 | Sato 26' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch |
10 September 2014 Round of 16 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1-3 | Gamba Osaka | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
Minagawa 90' | Report | Sato 31', 45' Lins 85' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch |
Win Draw Loss
3 September 2014First leg | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0–0 | Urawa Red Diamonds | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
19:04 | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 6,718 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
7 September 2014Second leg | Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Saitama |
18:00 | Abe 34' Makino 71' | Notsuda 39' Sato 48' | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 17,645 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura |
9 October 2014First leg | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–0 | Kashiwa Reysol | Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima |
19:03 | Sato 41', 50' | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 5,516 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
12 October 2014Second leg | Kashiwa Reysol | 2–1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium |
16:00 | Leandro 38', 51' | Ishihara 74' | Attendance: 9,010 Referee: Masaaki Toma |
8 November 2014 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–3 | Gamba Osaka | Saitama Stadium 2002 |
13:05 | Sato 20', 35' | Patric 38', 54' Omori 71' | Attendance: 38,126 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have qualified for the group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League by winning the 2013 J.League Division 1.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | FC Seoul | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | |
3 | Beijing Guoan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |
4 | Central Coast Mariners | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 |
Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture
25 February 2014 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–1 | Beijing Guoan | Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima |
19:00 UTC+9 | Chiba 77' | Report | Ha Dae-sung 62' | Attendance: 6,021 Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
11 March 2014 | Central Coast Mariners | 2–1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Central Coast Stadium, Gosford |
19:30 UTC+11 | Sterjovski 23', 32' | Report | Shiotani 21' | Attendance: 2,168 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) |
19 March 2014 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–1 | FC Seoul | Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima |
19:00 UTC+9 | Takahagi 53' Shiotani 79' | Report | Rafael Costa 60' | Attendance: 6,281 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) |
1 April 2014 | FC Seoul | 2–2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul |
19:30 UTC+9 | Yun Il-lok 53' Rafael Costa 90+4' (pen.) | Report | Notsuda 20' Hwang Seok-ho 70' | Attendance: 8,897 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar) |
16 April 2014 | Beijing Guoan | 2–2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Workers Stadium, Beijing |
19:30 UTC+8 | Shao Jiayi 55' Guerrón 60' | Report | Ishihara 66' Zhao Hejing 70' (o.g.) | Attendance: 36,738 Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia) |
23 April 2014 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–0 | Central Coast Mariners | Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima |
19:30 UTC+9 | Yamagishi 72' | Report | Attendance: 9,778 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
7 May 2014First leg | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3–1 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima |
19:00 UTC+9 | Ishihara 51', 65' Shibasaki 90+1' | Report | Jurić 78' (pen.) | Attendance: 8,423 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) |
14 May 2014Second leg | Western Sydney Wanderers | 2–0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Parramatta Stadium, Sydney |
19:30 UTC+10 | Cole 55' Šantalab 85' | Report | Attendance: 10,639 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) |
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