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| Full name | Kyoto Sanga Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Purple Sanga | ||
| Founded | 1922, as Kyoto Shiko Club (京都紫光クラブ) | ||
| Ground | Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan | ||
| Capacity | 21,600 | ||
| Owner | Kyoto Purple Sanga Co., Ltd. | ||
| Chairman | Masaaki Ito | ||
| Manager | Cho Kwi-jae | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2023 | J1 League, 13th of 18 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Sports |
| Founded | January 13, 1994 in Kyoto, Japan[1] |
Key people | Hiroshi Imai (Chairman) Kazuo Inamori (Honorary President)[1] |
| Products | Football club |
| Revenue |  ¥ 2140 million (2014)[1] |
| Owners | Kyocera (55.4%)[2] Nintendo (16.6%)[2] |
Kyoto Sanga (京都サンガ) is a Japanese professional football club based in Kyoto. The club plays in the J1 League, the top tier of football in the country. Its name "Sanga" comes from the Sanskrit word sangha, a term meaning "group" or "club" and often used to denote the Buddhist priesthood, associating the club with Kyoto's many Buddhist temples.[3]
The club was formerly known as Kyoto Purple Sanga with "purple", the colour of the team uniforms, an imperial colour reflecting Kyoto's status as Japan's ancient imperial capital city. It was decided that, from 2007, the team will simply be known as "Kyoto Sanga". They are the oldest club competing in the J.League.
Kyoto Sanga have won two J2 League titles and one Emperor's Cup.
- ^ a b c "Club profile". Kyoto Sanga. Archived from the original on November 27, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- ^ a b Sasaki, Norihiko. "Thoroughly analyzed the financial results of J-League". Shūkan Tōyō keizai. 6058. Toyo Keizai: 148–151.
- ^ Daniel Sloan (November 5, 2011). Playing to Wiin: Nintendo and the Video Game Industry's Greatest Comeback. John Wiley & Sons. p. 126. ISBN 978-0470825129.