# 2024 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

The 2024 season was the 89th season in the history of Sanfrecce Hiroshima and their 16th consecutive season in the J1 League. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the Emperor's Cup, the J.League Cup, and the AFC Champions League Two.

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Tolgay Arslan | Melbourne City | Undisclosed | 21 July 2024 |
| MF | Hayao Kawabe | Standard Liège | €3.5M | 2 August 2024 |
| FW | Gonçalo Paciência | Celta Vigo | Undisclosed | 2 September 2024 |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J1 League | 23 February 2024 | 8 December 2024 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 72 | 43 | +29 | 050.00 |
| Emperor's Cup | 12 June 2024 | 11 September 2024 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 075.00 |
| J.League Cup | 24 April 2024 | 8 September 2024 | Round 2 | Quarter-finals | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 083.33 |
| AFC Champions League Two | 19 September 2024 | 5 December 2024 | Group stage | | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 083.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 120 | 58 | +62 | 059.26 |
Source: Competitions

### J1 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe (C) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 72 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 72 | 43 | +29 | 68 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 3 | Machida Zelvia | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 66 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 4 | Gamba Osaka | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 66 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 65 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2024 Emperor's Cup, Vissel Kobe, had already qualified for the Champions League Elite, the spot given to the Emperor's Cup winners (Champions League Elite) was passed to the third-placed team. The spot given to the third-placed team (Champions League Two) was passed to the fourth-placed team consequently. However, if Kawasaki Frontale or Yokohama F. Marinos wins the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite, they will qualify for the subsequent edition as the title holders, while the third-placed team will instead participate in the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two, and the fourth-placed team will have their qualification spot withdrawn.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### AFC Champions League Two
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 16 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 3 | Kaya–Iloilo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | |
| 4 | Eastern | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 3 | |