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Full name | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Sanfrecce, Sanfre, Viola | ||
Founded | 1938 | as Toyo Kogyo SC||
Ground | Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima | ||
Capacity | 28,520 | ||
Owner | EDION Mazda | ||
Chairman | Shingo Senda | ||
Manager | Michael Skibbe | ||
League | J1 League | ||
2023 | J1 League, 3rd of 18 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Japanese: サンフレッチェ広島, romanized: Sanfuretche Hiroshima) is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiroshima. The club competes in the J1 League, top flight of the Japanese football league system. Sanfrecce is one of the most successful clubs in Japan. The club is the joint fourth in most J1 League titles with three, the joint first in most top-flight titles (which includes the defunct Japan Soccer League), with eight, and the club with the most participations in Emperor's Cup finals, with 15.
Sanfrecce have won 3 J1 League title, 3 Emperor's Cup, 1 J.League Cup and 4 Japanese Super Cup. Internationally, the club has made two appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup with their most recent appearance being in the 2015 edition.