2016 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2016 season
Chairman	Kaoru Koyano
Manager	Hajime Moriyasu
Stadium	Hiroshima Big Arch
J1 League	First stage: 4th; Second stage: 8th; Overall: 4th
Japanese Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours
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ChairmanKaoru Koyano

ManagerHajime Moriyasu

StadiumHiroshima Big Arch

J1 LeagueFirst stage: 4th
Second stage: 8th
Overall: 4th

The 2016 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season was the club's eighth consecutive season in J1 League, and 46th overall in the Japanese top flight. Sanfrecce Hiroshima are also competing in the 2016 Japanese Super Cup and the 2016 AFC Champions League.

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Takuto Hayashi	GK	(1982-08-09)9 August 1982 (aged 33)
13	Takuya Masuda	GK	(1989-06-29)29 June 1989 (aged 26)
21	Ryotaro Hironaga	GK	(1990-01-09)9 January 1990 (aged 25)
Defenders
2	Yuki Nogami	DF	(1991-04-20)20 April 1991 (aged 24)
4	Hiroki Mizumoto	CB	(1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 30)
5	Kazuhiko Chiba	DF / DM	(1985-06-21)21 June 1985 (aged 30)
19	Sho Sasaki	DF	(1989-10-02)2 October 1989 (aged 26)
26	Yasumasa Kawasaki	DF	(1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 23)
33	Tsukasa Shiotani	DF	(1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 27)
34	Soya Takahashi	DF	(1996-02-29)29 February 1996 (aged 19)
35	Naoki Otani	DF	(1995-09-24)24 September 1995 (aged 20)
Midfielders
6	Toshihiro Aoyama	DM	(1986-02-22)22 February 1986 (aged 29)
7	Kōji Morisaki	MF	(1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 34)
8	Kazuyuki Morisaki	MF	(1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 34)
14	Mihael Mikić	RW	(1980-01-06)6 January 1980 (aged 35)
16	Kohei Shimizu	MF / ST	(1989-04-30)30 April 1989 (aged 26)
18	Yoshifumi Kashiwa	MF	(1987-07-28)28 July 1987 (aged 28)
24	Yoichi Naganuma	MF	(1997-04-14)14 April 1997 (aged 18)
25	Yusuke Chajima	AM	(1991-07-20)20 July 1991 (aged 24)
28	Takuya Marutani	DM	(1989-05-30)30 May 1989 (aged 26)
29	Tsukasa Morishima	MF	(1997-04-25)25 April 1997 (aged 18)
30	Kosei Shibasaki	MF	(1984-08-28)28 August 1984 (aged 31)
37	Kazuya Miyahara	MF	(1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 19)
Strikers
9	Peter Utaka	FW	(1984-02-12)12 February 1984 (aged 31)
11	Hisato Satō	ST	(1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 33)
22	Yusuke Minagawa	FW	(1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 24)
31	Takumi Miyayoshi	ST	(1992-08-07)7 August 1992 (aged 23)
44	Anderson Lopes	ST	(1993-09-15)15 September 1993 (aged 22)

Date from	Position	Name	From	Type
31 December 2015	MF	Park Hyung-jin	Tochigi SC	Loan return
31 December 2015	DF	Hironori Ishikawa	Mito HollyHock	Loan return
1 January 2016	MF	Tsukasa Morishima	Tsu Technical High School	Transfer
1 January 2016	MF	Yoichi Naganuma	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth	Promotion
4 January 2016	DF	Naoki Otani	Roasso Kumamoto	Loan return
6 January 2016	FW	Takumi Miyayoshi	Kyoto Sanga	Transfer
7 January 2016	MF	Kim Byeom-yong	Montedio Yamagata	Transfer^[2]
26 January 2016	MF	Kota Sameshima	AC Nagano Parceiro	Loan return
2 February 2016	FW	Peter Utaka	Shimizu S-Pulse	Loan^[3]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Type
31 December 2015	FW	Douglas	Tokushima Vortis	Loan return
6 January 2016	MF	Park Hyung-jin	V-Varen Nagasaki	Transfer
8 January 2016	DF	Hironori Ishikawa	Thespakusatsu Gunma	Transfer
15 January 2016	MF	Satoru Yamagishi	Ōita Trinita	Transfer
27 January 2016	MF	Kota Sameshima	Fujieda MYFC	Transfer^[4]
1 April 2016	MF	Gakuto Notsuda	Albirex Niigata	Loan

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Type
9 July 2016	FW		Anderson Lopes	Tombense	Loan^[5]
11 July 2016	DF		Yuki Nogami	Yokohama FC	Transfer^[6]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Type
13 July 2016	MF	Kim Byeom-yong	Shimizu S-Pulse	Loan^[7]
18 July 2016	FW	Takuma Asano	Arsenal	Transfer^[8]
25 July 2016	DF	Kyohei Yoshino	Kyoto Sanga	Loan

2016 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

Transfers

Winter

In

Out

Summer

In

Out

Competitions

Overall

Overview

Japanese Super Cup

J1 League

First stage

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

Second stage

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

Overall results

Results summary

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Cards

References

External links

Related Articles

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
J1 League	—	4th		27 February 2016
Champions League	Group stage	—		23 February 2016	4 May 2016
Japanese Super Cup	Final	—	Winners	20 February 2016

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J1 League	27	13	7	7	50	30	+20	048.15
Japanese Super Cup	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Champions League	6	3	0	3	9	8	+1	050.00
Total	34	17	7	10	62	39	+23	050.00

20 February 2015	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–1	Gamba Osaka	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
13:35 JST	Sasaki 38' Satō 51' Asano 57' Utaka 73' 88'	Summary	Ideguchi 45+1' Niwa 55' Usami 68'	Attendance: 33,805 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Kawasaki Frontale	17	11	5	1	33	15	+18	38
3	Urawa Red Diamonds	17	10	3	4	26	16	+10	33
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	17	8	5	4	32	18	+14	29
5	Omiya Ardija	17	7	5	5	17	18	−1	26
6	Gamba Osaka	17	7	3	7	22	20	+2	24

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	8	5	4	32	18	+14	29	4	2	2	14	8	+6	4	3	2	18	10	+8

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W
Position	13	16	16	11	7	10	5	4	7	7	6	6	8	6	5	4	4

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiroshima
12:00 JST		Report	Kobayashi 84'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 18,120 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) 2	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
13:00 JST	Simović 17' Lee Seung-hee 28' Öhman 68'	Report	Satō 45' Aoyama 60' Chiba 65'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 27,061 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–2	Shonan Bellmare	Hiroshima
11:00 JST	Utaka 67' (pen.) S. Fujita 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Paulinho 46' Y. Fujita 71'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 13,460 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) 4	Omiya Ardija	1–5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
14:00 JST	Pečnik 31' Mrđa 53' Yokotani 60' Komoto 76' Ienaga 79' Yokoyama 90+3'	Report	Utaka 22' Asano 39' Aoyama 67' Kashiwa 73' Shibasaki 89'	Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 13,452 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

15 June 2016 (2016-06-15) 15	FC Tokyo	1–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Chōfu, Tokyo
17:00 JST	Kawano 66' Hashimoto 69'	Report	Asano 66' Miyahara 81'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 15,358 Referee: Ryuji Sato

25 June 2016 (2016-06-25) 17	Ventforet Kofu	0–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kōfu
17:00 JST	Hashizume 13' Matsuhashi 69'	Report	Shibasaki 16' 61' Marutani 65' Shiotani 74' Utaka 80'	Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 11,816 Referee: Masuya Ueda

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Sagan Tosu	17	8	5	4	26	22	+4	29
9	FC Tokyo	17	9	2	6	23	21	+2	29
10	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	17	8	2	7	26	22	+4	26
11	Kashima Antlers	17	6	2	9	24	24	0	20
12	Vegalta Sendai	17	6	2	9	19	23	−4	20

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–4	Kashima Antlers	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Asano 54', 82'	Report	Endo 33' Kanazaki 49' Hayashi 56' (o.g.) Nakamura 58' Shibasaki 69'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 16,551 Referee: Itaru Hirose

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	8	5	4	32	18	+14	29	4	2	2	14	8	+6	4	3	2	18	10	+8

1 April 2016 (2016-04-01) 5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–0	Vegalta Sendai	Hiroshima
17:30 JST	Utaka 51' (pen.), 55' Chajima 62' Miyahara 90+2'	Report	Oiwa 90+4'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 9,587 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 6	Kashima Antlers	4–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashima
14:00 JST	Doi 8' Shibasaki 57' Caio 61', 90+3' Ogasawara 85'	Report	Utaka 38' Miyayoshi 87'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 19,764 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

15 April 2016 (2016-04-15) 7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	Albirex Niigata	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Chajima 25' Kawanami 56' (o.g.) Kazuyuki Morisaki 57' Chiba 65'	Report	Léo Silva 54' Sakai 71'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 8,602 Referee: Bumpei Ueda

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) 8	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama
12:00 JST	Nakamura 70' (pen.) Fábio Aguiar 90'	Report	Utaka 15', 72' Chiba 68'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 25,106 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

29 April 2016 (2016-04-29) 9	Júbilo Iwata	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Iwata
12:00 JST	Fujita 55' Nakamura 65'	Report	Yoshino 59'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 14,379 Referee: Masaaki Toma

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 10	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–0	Sagan Tosu	Hiroshima
14:00 JST	Chajima 2' Utaka 33', 52'	Report		Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 16,733 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

13 May 2016 (2016-05-13) 11	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Hiroshima
17:30 JST	Mikić 12'	Report	Wako 74'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 8,956 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

21 May 2016 (2016-05-21) 12	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–3	Gamba Osaka	Hiroshima
14:00 JST	Aoyama 32' Mikić 75' Utaka 90+4'	Report	Ademilson 23' Kurata 64' Nagasawa 82'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 17,220 Referee: Takuto Okabe

29 May 2016 (2016-05-29) 13	Avispa Fukuoka	0–4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
12:00 JST		Report	Utaka 18' Miyayoshi 31', 53' Shibasaki 36'	Stadium: Level5 Stadium Attendance: 13,264 Referee: Itaru Hirose

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	8	5	4	32	18	+14	29	4	2	2	14	8	+6	4	3	2	18	10	+8

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11) 14	Vissel Kobe	1–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kobe
14:00 JST	Pedro Júnior 13' Leandro 41' Watanabe 80'	Report	Utaka 3'	Stadium: Misaki Park Stadium Attendance: 14,509 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

18 June 2016 (2016-06-18) 16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Shibasaki 6' Miyahara 50' Shiotani 64', 69' Satō 83'	Report	Sekine 26' Ugajin 40'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 24,656 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	5	2	3	18	12	+6	17	3	1	2	11	7	+4	2	1	1	7	5	+2

2 July 2016 (2016-07-02) 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–0	Júbilo Iwata	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Shibasaki 19', 32' Utaka 65'	Report	Yamamoto 61'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 14,502 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) 3	Kashiwa Reysol	3–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashiwa
17:00 JST	Nakayama 5' Nakatani 42' Digeo Oliveira 56' Cristiano 61' (pen.)	Report	Marutani 31' Shiotani 43' Shibasaki 45+1'	Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium Attendance: 7,090 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

17 July 2016 (2016-07-17) 4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Marutani 50' Minagawa 81' Satō 83'	Report	Fábio Aguiar 31' Martinus 87' Ito 88'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 25,845 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) 5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Vissel Kobe	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Utaka 45+1' Miyaykoshi 60'	Report	Nílton 17' Pedro Júnior 80' Fujita 82'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,310 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) 6	Gamba Osaka	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Suita
17:00 JST	Abe 2' Higashiguchi 69'	Report		Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 32,444 Referee: Masuya Ueda

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Nagoya Grampus	Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Utaka 2' Miyaoshi 22' Shimizu 84'	Report	Lee Seung-hee 90'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,911 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto