2019 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

The 2019 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season involves the team competing in the J1 League, they finished runners-up in the 2018 J1 League.[1] They will also compete in the J.League Cup, Emperor's Cup, and AFC Champions League.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2019 season
ChairmanKaoru Koyano
ManagerHiroshi Jofuku
StadiumHiroshima Big Arch
AFC Champions LeagueLast 16

Squad
As of 25 February 2019[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  JPN Takuto Hayashi
2 DF  JPN Yuki Nogami
3 DF  SWE Emil Salomonsson
4 DF  JPN Hiroki Mizumoto
5 MF  JPN Kyohei Yoshino
6 DF  JPN Toshihiro Aoyama (captain)
7 MF  JPN Gakuto Notsuda
8 FW  KVX Besart Berisha
10 FW  BRA Patric
13 DF  JPN Akira Ibayashi
14 MF  JPN Tsukasa Morishima
15 MF  JPN Sho Inagaki
16 FW  JPN Daiki Watari
17 MF  JPN Taishi Matsumoto
18 MF  JPN Yoshifumi Kashiwa (vice-captain)
19 DF  JPN Sho Sasaki
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  BRA Douglas Vieira
21 GK  JPN Ryotaro Hironaga
22 MF  JPN Yusuke Minagawa
23 DF  JPN Hayato Araki
24 FW  JPN Shunki Higashi
25 MF  JPN Hiroya Matsumoto
26 MF  JPN Ayumu Kawai
27 DF  JPN Kohei Shimizu (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
30 MF  JPN Kosei Shibasaki
33 DF  JPN Takuya Wada
34 GK  JPN Hirotsugu Nakabayashi
38 GK  JPN Keisuke Osako
40 MF  JPN Hayao Kawabe
44 MF  BRA Rhayner (on loan from Tombense)
50 DF  JPN Soya Takahashi

Competitions

J1 League
Main article: 2019 J1 League

Results
23 February 2019 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 – 1 Shimizu S-Pulse EDION Stadium
14:03 JST[3] Salomonsson  57' Report Kitagawa  30'
Hwang  36'		 Attendance: 14,084
Referee: Yusuke Araki
1 March 2019 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0 – 0 Jubilo Iwata EDION Stadium
19:03 JST[4] Yoshino  8'
Patric  69'		 Report Attendance: 7,741
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
9 March 2019 3 Cerezo Osaka 0 – 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Yanmar Stadium Nagai
14:03 JST[5] Katayama  33'
Matsuda  58'
Desábato  81'		 Report Douglas Vieira  5'
Salomonsson  18'		 Attendance: 12,044
Referee: Koei Koya
17 March 2019 4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Matsumoto Yamaga
Report

J. League Cup
Main article: 2019 J.League Cup

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 4 - 3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 - 2 1 - 1

Emperor's Cup
Main article: 2019 Emperor's Cup
3 July 2019 Round 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4 - 0 Okinawa SV Fukuyama
18:30 Report Stadium: Fukuyama Stadium
14 August 2019 Round 3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 - 1 Zweigen Kanazawa Hiroshima
19:00 Report Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
18 September 2019 Round of 16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Oita Trinita Hiroshima
19:00 Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima

AFC Champions League
Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League

Group standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAN GZE DAE MVC
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 15 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 2–0 2–1
2 Guangzhou Evergrande 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10 2–0 — 1–0 4–0
3 Daegu FC 6 3 0 3 10 6 +4 9 0–1 3–1 — 4–0
4 Melbourne Victory 6 0 1 5 4 17 −13 1 1–3 1–1 1–3 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Results
5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) Group F Guangzhou Evergrande 2–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8
Live Report
Stats Report		 Attendance: 48,216
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) Group F Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Melbourne Victory Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:00 UTC+9
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 8,968
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
10 April 2019 (2019-04-10) Group F Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 – 0 Daegu FC Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:00 UTC+9
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 2,611
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
23 April 2019 (2019-04-23) Group F Daegu FC 0 – 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima DGB Daegu Bank Park, Daegu
20:00 UTC+9
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 10,074
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)
8 May 2019 (2019-05-08) Group F Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 – 0 Guangzhou Evergrande Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:00 UTC+9
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 4,302
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
22 May 2019 (2019-05-22) Group F Melbourne Victory 1 – 3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+10
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 6,053
Referee: Turki Al Khudair
18 June 2019 Last 16 First Leg Kashima Antlers 1 – 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
19:00
Report
Attendance: 13,179
Referee: Aziz Asimov
25 June 2019 Last 16 Second Leg Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 – 2
(3 – 3 agg.)		 Kashima Antlers Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:00
Report
Attendance: 4,279
Referee: Ali Sabah

References
  1. https://us.soccerway.com/national/japan/j1-league/2018/regular-season/r45564/
  2. "サンフレッチェ広島 ２０１９シーズン　選手背番号について" [About Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2019 season player number] (in Japanese). Sanfrecce Hiroshima. 11 January 2019.
  3. https://www.jleague.jp/en/match/j1/2019/022303/live/
  4. https://www.jleague.jp/en/match/j1/2019/030102/live/
  5. https://www.jleague.jp/en/match/j1/2019/030906/live/
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