| 2019 season | |||
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| Chairman | Kaoru Koyano | ||
| Manager | Hiroshi Jofuku | ||
| Stadium | Hiroshima Big Arch | ||
| AFC Champions League | Last 16 | ||
The 2019 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season involves the team competing in the J1 League, they finished runners-up in the 2018 J1 League. [1] They will also compete in the J.League Cup, Emperor's Cup, and AFC Champions League.
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| 23 February 20191 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 – 1 | Shimizu S-Pulse | EDION Stadium |
| 14:03 JST [3] | Salomonsson  57' | Report | Kitagawa 30' Hwang  36' | Attendance: 14,084 Referee: Yusuke Araki |
| 1 March 20192 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0 – 0 | Jubilo Iwata | EDION Stadium |
| 19:03 JST [4] | Yoshino 8' Patric 69' | Report | Attendance: 7,741 Referee: Hajime Matsuo |
| 9 March 20193 | Cerezo Osaka | 0 – 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Yanmar Stadium Nagai |
| 14:03 JST [5] | Katayama 33' Matsuda 58'Desábato 81' | Report | Douglas Vieira 5' Salomonsson 18' | Attendance: 12,044 Referee: Koei Koya |
| 17 March 20194 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | v | Matsumoto Yamaga | |
| Report |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 4 - 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 - 2 | 1 - 1 |
| 3 July 2019Round 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4 - 0 | Okinawa SV | Fukuyama |
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: Fukuyama Stadium |
| 14 August 2019Round 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2 - 1 | Zweigen Kanazawa | Hiroshima |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima |
| 18 September 2019Round of 16 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | v | Oita Trinita | Hiroshima |
| 19:00 | Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAN | GZE | DAE | MVC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 |  Guangzhou Evergrande | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 |  Daegu FC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 4 |  Melbourne Victory | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |
| 5 March 2019Group F | Guangzhou Evergrande | 2–0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou |
| 20:00 UTC+8 | Live Report Stats Report | Attendance: 48,216 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) |
| 12 March 2019Group F | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–1 | Melbourne Victory | Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima |
| 19:00 UTC+9 | Live Report Stats Report |
| Attendance: 8,968 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq) |
| 10 April 2019Group F | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2 – 0 | Daegu FC | Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima |
| 19:00 UTC+9 |
| Live Report Stats Report |
| Attendance: 2,611 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan) |
| 23 April 2019Group F | Daegu FC | 0 – 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | DGB Daegu Bank Park, Daegu |
| 20:00 UTC+9 |
| Live Report Stats Report | Attendance: 10,074 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia) |
| 8 May 2019Group F | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 – 0 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima |
| 19:00 UTC+9 | Live Report Stats Report |
| Attendance: 4,302 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
| 22 May 2019Group F | Melbourne Victory | 1 – 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne |
| 20:00 UTC+10 |
| Live Report Stats Report | Attendance: 6,053 Referee:  Turki Al Khudair |
| 18 June 2019Last 16 First Leg | Kashima Antlers | 1 – 0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima |
| 19:00 |
| Report |
| Attendance: 13,179 Referee:  Aziz Asimov |
| 25 June 2019Last 16 Second Leg | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 – 2 (3 – 3 agg.) | Kashima Antlers | Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima |
| 19:00 |
| Report | Attendance: 4,279 Referee:  Ali Sabah |
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