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Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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Key facts
- 2025
- J1 League, 4th of 20
- Full name
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima Football Club
- Nicknames
- Sanfrecce , Sanfre , La Viola
- Short name
- HIR
- Founded
- 1938 ; 88 years ago ( 1938 ) as Toyo-Kogyo SC , 1992 ; 34 years ago ( 1992 ) as Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- Ground
- Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima
- Capacity
- 28,520
- Owner s
- EDION, Mazda
- Chairman
- Shingo Senda
- Manager
- Bartosch Gaul
- League
- J1 League
- Website
- www .sanfrecce .co .jp
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Encyclopedic overview
Current season
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.
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