2015 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	2015 season
Chairman	Kaoru Koyano
Manager	Hajime Moriyasu
Stadium	Hiroshima Big Arch
J1 League	Winners
Emperor's Cup	Semi-finals
J.League Cup	Group stage
FIFA Club World Cup	Third place
Top goalscorer	League:; Douglas (21); All:; Douglas (24)
Highest home attendance	36,609 vs Gamba Osaka; (5 December 2015)
Lowest home attendance	3,179 vs Roasso Kumamoto; (14 October 2015)
Biggest win	8–0 v Hiroshima University of Economics; (5 September 2015)
Biggest defeat	0–3 v Kashiwa Reysol; (16 August 2015); 3–0 v Gamba Osaka; (29 December 2015)
Home colours	Away colours
← 2014	2016 →

The 2015 season was Sanfrecce Hiroshima's seventh consecutive season in J. League Division 1, and 45th overall in the Japanese top flight. Sanfrecce Hiroshima also competed in the Emperor's Cup, J.League Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup. The club secured its third J1 League title after beating Gamba Osaka on aggregate on 5 December 2015.

Transfers

In

Position	Name	Age	From	Notes
DF	Sho Sasaki	25	Ventforet Kofu
DF	Yasumasa Kawasaki	22	Ryutsu Keizai University FC
FW	Douglas	27	Tokushima Vortis	Loan
MF	Kohei Kudo	30	Kyoto Sanga F.C.
GK	Ryotaro Hironaga	24	FC Tokyo
MF	Lee Dae-heon	21	V-Varen Nagasaki	Loan return
MF	Hironori Ishikawa	26	Vegalta Sendai	Loan return
MF	Kim Jung-suk	20	Roasso Kumamoto	Loan return
MF	Sena Inami	22	V-Varen Nagasaki	Loan return

Out

Position	Name	Age	To	Notes
MF	Yojiro Takahagi	28	Western Sydney Wanderers
FW	Naoki Ishihara	30	Urawa Red Diamonds
DF	Naoki Otani	19	Roasso Kumamoto	Loan
GK	Yutaro Hara	24	Roasso Kumamoto
MF	Kohei Kudo	30	Matsumoto Yamaga FC
DF	Hwang Seok-ho	25	Kashima Antlers
MF	Hayao Kawabe	19	Jubilo Iwata	Loan
MF	Lee Dae-heon	21	Tochigi SC	Loan
DF	Park Hyung-jin	21	Tochigi SC	Loan
MF	Hironori Ishikawa	26	Oita Trinita	Loan
MF	Kim Jung-suk	20	Renofa Yamaguchi	Loan
MF	Sena Inami	22	Unattached	Released

Players

First team squad

Updated 7 March 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Takuto Hayashi
3	DF	Byeon Jun-Byum
4	DF	Hiroki Mizumoto
5	DF	Kazuhiko Chiba
6	MF	Toshihiro Aoyama
7	MF	Kōji Morisaki
8	MF	Kazuyuki Morisaki
9	FW	Douglas (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)
11	FW	Hisato Satō
13	GK	Takuya Masuda
14	MF	Mihael Mikić
16	MF	Satoru Yamagishi
18	MF	Yoshifumi Kashiwa
19	DF	Sho Sasaki

No.	Position	Player
22	FW	Yusuke Minagawa
24	MF	Gakuto Notsuda
25	MF	Yusuke Chajima
26	DF	Yasumasa Kawasaki
27	MF	Kohei Shimizu
28	MF	Takuya Marutani
29	FW	Takuma Asano
30	MF	Kosei Shibasaki
33	DF	Tsukasa Shiotani
34	MF	Soya Takahashi
35	DF	Naoki Otani
36	MF	Hayao Kawabe
37	DF	Kazuya Miyahara
38	DF	Kyohei Yoshino

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
J1 League	—	—	Winners	7 March 2015	5 December 2015
Emperor's Cup	Second round	—	Semi-finals	5 September 2015	29 December 2015
J.League Cup	Group stage	—		28 March 2015	3 June 2015
FIFA Club World Cup	Play-off	—	Third-Place	10 December 2015	20 December 2015

Last updated: 17 April 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J1 League	36	24	6	6	77	33	+44	66.67
Emperor's Cup	5	4	0	1	13	5	+8	80.00
J.League Cup	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	33.33
FIFA Club World Cup	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	75.00
Total	51	33	9	9	106	46	+60	64.71

Last updated: 4 March 2016
Source: Competitions

J1 League

First Stage

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7 March 2015 (2015-03-07) 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Ventforet Kofu	Hiroshima
12:00 JST	Satō 10' Shiotani 35' Douglas 87'	Report	Bruno Dybal 56' Noda 73' Inagaki 90'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 14,671 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 2	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Matsumoto
17:00 JST	Obina 12' (pen.) Kiyama 45+3' Iida 90+3'	Report	Kashiwa 7' Kazuyuki Morisaki 11' Koji Morisaki 45+3'	Stadium: Matsumotodaira Football Stadium Attendance: 17,091 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

22 March 2015 (2015-03-22) 3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima
12:00 JST	Aoyama 75' Chiba 90'	Report	Lee 35'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 26,302 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) 4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1	Vissel Kobe	Hiroshima
16:30 JST		Report	Ogawa 35'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 11,577 Referee: Masaaki Toma

12 April 2015 (2015-04-12) 5	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
12:00 JST	Córdoba 19' Kawamata 45+2' Tanaka 60' Yano 85'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,080 Referee: Ryuji Sato

18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 6	FC Tokyo	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Chōfu, Tokyo
12:00 JST	Muto 1'	Report	Shibasaki 11' Kazuyuki Morisaki 36' Asano 82'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 24,369 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Hiroshima
12:00 JST	Chiba 30' Notsuda 80'	Report	Shirasaki 29' Hiraoka 45+1' Utaka 70' Honda 78'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 11,653 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

29 April 2015 (2015-04-29) 8	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kohoku-ku, Yokohama
17:00 JST	Ito 5'	Report	Douglas 26' Satō 65'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 19,284 Referee: Jarred Gillett

2 May 2015 (2015-05-02) 9	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Vegalta Sendai	Hiroshima
14:00 JST	Notsuda 38' Asano 78'	Report	Watanabe 25' Okuno 45'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 15,566 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

6 May 2015 (2015-05-06) 10	Kawasaki Frontale	0–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki
13:00 JST		Report	Douglas 2' Aoyama 66'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 21,141 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

10 May 2015 (2015-05-10) 11	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1	Gamba Osaka	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Shibasaki 5'	Report	Endō 31' Lins 60' Konno 73'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 17,372 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

16 May 2015 (2015-05-16) 12	Kashima Antlers	2–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashima
13:00 JST	Hwang Seok-ho 61' Ogasawara 64' Dinei 68' Shoji 77' Ito 90+2'	Report	Mizumoto 25' Satō 51' Shiotani 57' Chiba 62' Shibasaki 69' Aoyama 73'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 13,523 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

23 May 2015 (2015-05-23) 13	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4–2	Albirex Niigata	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Shiotani 19', 80' Douglas 37' Marutani 61' Asano 70'	Report	Yamazaki 45+1' Maeno 51' Tanaka 88'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 10,460 Referee: Itaru Hirose

30 May 2015 (2015-05-30) 14	Shonan Bellmare	0–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiratsuka
17:00 JST	Nagaki 26' Otake 41'	Report	Aoyama 79' Mikić 90+2'	Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 11,276 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

7 June 2015 (2015-06-07) 15	Kashiwa Reysol	2–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashiwa
14:00 JST	Cristiano 28' Nakatani 62' Otani 86'	Report	Satō 35' Douglas 50' Suzuki 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium Attendance: 11,352 Referee: Takuto Okabe

20 June 2015 (2015-06-20) 16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5–1	Montedio Yamagata	Hiroshima
14:00 JST	Satō 26', 29', 35' Shibasaki 39' Notsuda 90+3'	Report	Nakashima 69'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,286 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

27 June 2015 (2015-06-27) 17	Sagan Tosu	2–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Tosu
17:00 JST	Toyoda 25', 90+6' Fujita 51'	Report	Miyahara 49' Aoyama 60' Douglas 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Tosu Stadium Attendance: 12,376 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

Second stage

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11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) 1	Vegalta Sendai	3–4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sendai
16:00 JST	Kanazono 44' Ramon Lopes 88' Yamamoto 90+5'	Report	Satō 12', 45+2' Miyahara 40' Kashiwa 61'	Stadium: Sendai Stadium Attendance: 13,523 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6–0	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Iida 3' (o.g.) Iwama 6' (o.g.) Kashiwa 19' Douglas 69' Shibasaki 75', 86'	Report		Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 7,966 Referee: Ryuji Sato

19 July 2015 (2015-07-19) 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Saitama
17:00 JST	Sekine 35'	Report	Asano 67' Chiba 76' Aoyama 84'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 41,492 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) 4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Douglas 45+2' (p), 54' 68'	Report	Mikado 45+1'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 15,174 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) 5	Vissel Kobe	0–4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kobe
17:00 JST		Report	Douglas 15', 48' Satō 24' Notsuda 42' (pen.)	Stadium: Misaki Park Stadium Attendance: 9,538 Referee: Jumpei Iida

12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) 6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1	Kashima Antlers	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Douglas 85'	Report	Yamamoto 32' Nishi 33' Endo 41' Akasaki 71'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 16,689 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) 7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–3	Kashiwa Reysol	Hiroshima
17:00 JST		Report	Cristiano 3', 62', 77' Barada 14'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 14,471 Referee: Masaaki Toma

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 8	Albirex Niigata	0–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Niigata
17:00 JST	Kawaguchi 63'	Report	Shiotani 60' Shimizu 81' Kazuyuki Morisaki 85' Aoyama 89'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 19,615 Referee: Hiromichi Oka

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 9	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5–2	Nagoya Grampus	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Douglas 6', 52', 85' Satō 9' Asano 71'	Report	Isomura 42' Yano 71' Nagai 79' 81' Muta 77'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 13,916 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 10	Montedio Yamagata	1–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Tendō
17:00 JST	Diego Souza 35' Shohei Ogura 48'	Report	Mikić 39' 77' Douglas 61' Asano 79'	Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 8,137 Referee: Takuto Okabe

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 11	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0	Sagan Tosu	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Chiba 75'	Report	Fujita 90+4' Kamada 90+4'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 18,625 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 12	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Shimizu
13:00 JST	Duke 22' Kakuda 65' Jong Tae-se 65'	Report	Douglas 19' Mizumoto 24' Mikić 63' Asano 75', 80'Shiotani 90+2' Kashiwa 90+4'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 13,053 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 13	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1	FC Tokyo	Hiroshima
17:00 JST		Report	Ota 35' Takahashi 41' Kawano 70'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 18,810 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 14	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiroshima
12:00 JST	Shibasaki 50' Aoyama 61' Yamagishi 90+3'	Report	Okubo 83'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 19,751 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15	Ventforet Kofu	0–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kōfu
12:00 JST		Report	Douglas 15' Shimizu 30'	Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 11,062 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 16	Gamba Osaka	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Osaka
12:00 JST	Kurata 26' Yonekura 49' Iwashita 54' Patric 77', 90+1'	Report	Satō 33' Douglas 55' Shimizu 89'	Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 17,435 Referee: Jumpei Iida

22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) 17	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5–0	Shonan Bellmare	Hiroshima
11:30 JST	Douglas 24', 72', 89' Aoyama 25' Satō 42'	Report		Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 33,210 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Overall placement

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¹ The winner of the 2015 Emperor's Cup qualifies for the Group Stage of the 2016 AFC Champions League. Since the Emperor's Cup winner was Gamba Osaka who were the third-placed team, the Qualifying Play-off spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.

Championship stage

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

2 December 2015	Gamba Osaka	2 – 3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
19:30	Nagasawa 60' Konno 82'	Report	Douglas 80' Sasaki 90+1' Kashiwa 90+6'	Attendance: 17,844 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

5 December 2015	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 – 1	Gamba Osaka	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:30	Asano 76'	Report	Konno 28'	Attendance: 36,609 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Emperor's Cup

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

5 September 2015 Second Round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	8 - 0	Hiroshima University of Economics	Fukuyama Takegahana Stadium, Fukuyama, Hiroshima
15:00				Attendance: 4,529

14 October 2015 Third Round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 - 0	Roasso Kumamoto	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:01				Attendance: 3,179

11 November 2015 Fourth Round	Tokushima Vortis	1 - 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Pocarisweat Stadium, Naruto, Tokushima
19:00				Attendance: 3,154 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

26 December 2015 Quarter-finals	F.C. Tokyo	1 - 2 (a.e.t.)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nagasaki Athletic Stadium, Isahaya, Nagasaki
15:00				Attendance: 9,933 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

29 December 2015 Semi-finals	Gamba Osaka	3 - 0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka
15:05	Usami 7', 74' Nagasawa 90+1'			Attendance: 17,027 Referee: Ryuji Sato

J.League Cup

Team^[1]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
F.C. Tokyo	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12
Albirex Niigata	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	9
Shonan Bellmare	6	2	3	1	5	5	0	9
Sagan Tosu	6	2	2	2	3	4	-1	8
Matsumoto Yamaga	6	1	1	4	8	13	-5	4
Ventforet Kofu	6	0	2	4	4	10	-6	2

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

28 March 2015 (2015-03-28) 1	Albirex Niigata	0–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Niigata
12:00 JST	Cortez 61' Yamazaki 78' Léo Silva 81' Kobayashi 84'	Report	Chiba 38'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 12,049 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

8 April 2015 (2015-04-08) 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–2	Shonan Bellmare	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Miyahara 15' Asano 25', 90'	Report	Bruno Correa 14' Kim Jong-pil 43', 50' Kobayashi 45' Hirose 75'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 4,684 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

22 April 2015 (2015-04-22) 3	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	2–4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Matsumoto
17:00 JST	Goto 4' Obina 42' Ishihara 50' Shiina 87'	Report	Byeon Jun-Byum 24' Sho Sasaki 26' Notsuda 34', 41' Asano 67'	Stadium: Matsumotodaira Football Stadium Attendance: 8,468 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

20 May 2015 (2015-05-20) 4	Sagan Tosu	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Tosu
17:00 JST	Isozaki 4' Yoshida 77'	Report	Byeon Jun-Byum 88'	Stadium: Tosu Stadium Attendance: 5,316 Referee: Ryuji Sato

27 May 2015 (2015-05-27) 5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	FC Tokyo	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Shimizu 57', 79' Shiotani 90+2'	Report	Hayashi 90'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 6,701 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

3 June 2015 (2015-06-03) 6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Ventforet Kofu	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Asano 37' Shimizu 84'	Report	Hosaka 75'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 5,730 Referee: Shoichiro Mikami

FIFA Club World Cup

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

10 December 2015 (2015-12-10) Play-off	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Auckland City	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
19:45	Minagawa 9' Shiotani 70'	Report		Attendance: 19,421^[2] Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

13 December 2015 (2015-12-13) Quarter-finals	TP Mazembe	0–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nagai Stadium, Osaka
19:30		Report	Shiotani 44' Chiba 56' Asano 78'	Attendance: 23,609^[3] Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

16 December 2015 (2015-12-16) Semi-finals	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1	River Plate	Nagai Stadium, Osaka
19:30		Report	Alario 72'	Attendance: 20,133^[4] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) Third Place	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	Guangzhou Evergrande	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
16:00	Douglas 70', 83'	Report	Paulinho 4'	Attendance: 47,968^[5] Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)

References

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External links

(Japanese) Sanfrecce Hiroshima official site
(Japanese) J. League official site

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