Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
サンフレッチェ広島
Full nameSanfrecce Hiroshima Football Club
Nickname(s)Sanfrecce, Sanfre, Viola
Founded1938 (1938) as Toyo Kogyo SC
GroundEdion Peace Wing Hiroshima
Capacity28,520
OwnerEDION
Mazda
ChairmanShingo Senda
ManagerMichael Skibbe
LeagueJ1 League
2024J1 League, 2nd of 20
Websitesanfrecce.co.jp

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 three J1 League, three Emperor's Cup, one J.League Cup and four Japanese Super Cup titles. Internationally, the club has made two appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup, with their most recent appearance being in the 2015 edition.