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

Competitions

J1 League
Main article: 2019 J1 League

League table

Results
23 February 2019 1Sanfrecce Hiroshima1 – 1Shimizu S-PulseEDION Stadium
14:03 JST[3] Salomonsson  57' Report Kitagawa  30'
Hwang  36'		 Attendance: 14,084
Referee: Yusuke Araki
1 March 2019 2Sanfrecce Hiroshima0 – 0Jubilo IwataEDION Stadium
19:03 JST[4] Yoshino  8'
Patric  69'		 Report Attendance: 7,741
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
9 March 2019 3Cerezo Osaka0 – 1Sanfrecce HiroshimaYanmar 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 4Sanfrecce HiroshimavMatsumoto 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 2Sanfrecce Hiroshima4 - 0Okinawa SVFukuyama
18:30 Report Stadium: Fukuyama Stadium
14 August 2019 Round 3Sanfrecce Hiroshima2 - 1Zweigen KanazawaHiroshima
19:00 Report Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
18 September 2019 Round of 16Sanfrecce HiroshimavOita TrinitaHiroshima
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 Round of 16 — 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 FGuangzhou Evergrande 2–0 Sanfrecce HiroshimaTianhe 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 FSanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Melbourne VictoryHiroshima 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 FSanfrecce Hiroshima 2 – 0 Daegu FCHiroshima 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 FDaegu FC 0 – 1 Sanfrecce HiroshimaDGB 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 FSanfrecce Hiroshima 1 – 0 Guangzhou EvergrandeHiroshima 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 FMelbourne Victory 1 – 3 Sanfrecce HiroshimaMelbourne 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 Antlers1 – 0 Sanfrecce HiroshimaKashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
19:00
Report
Attendance: 13,179
Referee: Aziz Asimov
25 June 2019 Last 16 Second Leg Sanfrecce Hiroshima3 – 2
(3 – 3 agg.)		 Kashima AntlersHiroshima 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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