# 2015 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

The 2015 season was Sanfrecce Hiroshima's seventh consecutive season in J.League Division 1, and 45th overall in the Japanese top flight. Sanfrecce Hiroshima also competed in the Emperor's Cup, J.League Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup. The club secured its third J1 League title after beating Gamba Osaka on aggregate on 5 December 2015.

## Transfers
### In

| Position | Name | Age | From | Notes |
| DF | Sho Sasaki | 25 | Ventforet Kofu | |
| DF | Yasumasa Kawasaki | 22 | Ryutsu Keizai University FC | |
| FW | Douglas | 27 | Tokushima Vortis | Loan |
| MF | Kohei Kudo | 30 | Kyoto Sanga FC | |
| GK | Ryotaro Hironaga | 24 | FC Tokyo | |
| MF | Lee Dae-heon | 21 | V-Varen Nagasaki | Loan return |
| MF | Hironori Ishikawa | 26 | Vegalta Sendai | Loan return |
| MF | Kim Jung-suk | 20 | Roasso Kumamoto | Loan return |
| MF | Sena Inami | 22 | V-Varen Nagasaki | Loan return |

### Out

| Position | Name | Age | To | Notes |
| MF | Yojiro Takahagi | 28 | Western Sydney Wanderers | |
| FW | Naoki Ishihara | 30 | Urawa Red Diamonds | |
| DF | Naoki Otani | 19 | Roasso Kumamoto | Loan |
| GK | Yutaro Hara | 24 | Roasso Kumamoto | |
| MF | Kohei Kudo | 30 | Matsumoto Yamaga FC | |
| DF | Hwang Seok-ho | 25 | Kashima Antlers | |
| MF | Hayao Kawabe | 19 | Júbilo Iwata | Loan |
| MF | Lee Dae-heon | 21 | Tochigi SC | Loan |
| DF | Park Hyung-jin | 21 | Tochigi SC | Loan |
| MF | Hironori Ishikawa | 26 | Oita Trinita | Loan |
| MF | Kim Jung-suk | 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | Loan |
| MF | Sena Inami | 22 | Unattached | Released |

## Players
### First team squad

Updated 7 March 2016
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 |
| 3 | DF | KOR | Byeon Jun-Byum |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Mizumoto |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Kazuhiko Chiba |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Toshihiro Aoyama |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Kōji Morisaki |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kazuyuki Morisaki |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Douglas (on loan from Tokushima Vortis) |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Hisato Satō |
| 13 | GK | JPN | Takuya Masuda |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Mihael Mikić |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Satoru Yamagishi |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Yoshifumi Kashiwa |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Sho Sasaki |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Yusuke Minagawa |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Gakuto Notsuda |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Yusuke Chajima |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Yasumasa Kawasaki |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Kohei Shimizu |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Takuya Marutani |
| 29 | FW | JPN | Takuma Asano |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Kosei Shibasaki |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Tsukasa Shiotani |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Soya Takahashi |
| 35 | DF | JPN | Naoki Otani |
| 36 | MF | JPN | Hayao Kawabe |
| 37 | DF | JPN | Kazuya Miyahara |
| 38 | DF | JPN | Kyohei Yoshino |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| J1 League | — | — | Winners | 7 March 2015 | 5 December 2015 |
| Emperor's Cup | Second round | — | Semi-finals | 5 September 2015 | 29 December 2015 |
| J.League Cup | Group stage | — | | 28 March 2015 | 3 June 2015 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | Play-off | — | Third-Place | 10 December 2015 | 20 December 2015 |
Updated to match played 17 April 2016 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J1 League | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 77 | 33 | +44 | 066.67 |
| Emperor's Cup | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 080.00 |
| J.League Cup | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 033.33 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 075.00 |
| Total | 51 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 106 | 46 | +60 | 064.71 |
Updated to match played 4 March 2016 Source: Competitions

### J1 League
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | FC Tokyo | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 35 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 34 |
| 4 | Gamba Osaka | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 32 |
Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

#### Second stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Q) | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 40 | Qualification to J.League Championship Stage |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 37 | |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 31 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

#### Overall placement

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C) | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 30 | +43 | 74 | Club World Cup, Champions League group stage and J.League Championship Final |
| 2 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 69 | 40 | +29 | 72 | Champions League group stage and J.League Championship 1st Round |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 63 | Champions League group stage and J.League Championship 1st Round |

#### Championship stage

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Emperor's Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### J.League Cup

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| FC Tokyo | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 |
| Albirex Niigata | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 |
| Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Sagan Tosu | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 8 |
| Matsumoto Yamaga | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 |
| Ventforet Kofu | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 |
Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### FIFA Club World Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture